In 1977, the Fonz jumped over a shark on the TV show Happy Days. Although the show went on to have six more successful seasons, it became a symbol of decline and something that everything from baseball teams to podcasts should avoid.
Category Archives: Technology
That Mumble
The 1980s was the last decade when most college students still relied on typewriters, but recently there has been a revived interest in vintage machines.
Call Me I’m Always Here
The late eighties saw a burst of ads for 1-900 numbers that promised to relieve your feelings of loneliness. But the phone sex business can be traced at least back to the 1970s.
I F’d Up
The mix of orange juice and rice can be used in a wide range of savory and sweet recipes. Before college students had cell phones, dormitories hired receptionists to direct calls to a phone in each resident hall.
Paul Mason Fotsch 