My Century

The Z3 was the world’s first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer. it was freely programmable via paper tape-software (c1941)

ENIAC was only programmable by manual rewiring or switches. Elizabeth Snyder and Betty Jean Jennings developed the programs for the February 1, 1946 demonstration but no women were invited to the University of Pennsylvania's celebratory dinner.

ENIAC had NO memory until July 1953 when a 100-word expansion core memory, debveloped by Boroughs, was added. ENIAC weighed 27 tons, contained 18,000 vacuum tubes, 7,200 crystal diodes, 1,500 relays, 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors.

We had dial telephones. "Party Lines" were common with phone numbers shared by two families.

The telephone in our grocery store looked like this one.

My mother's typewriter was like this one

My generation had typewriters with red and black type

Electric typewriter made typing faster and easier

The IBM Selectric electric typewriter revolutionized typing.

The IBM Selectric used a "ball" instead of keys.

Some of my photos were taken with my Brownie Hawkeye camera using Kodak 127 film. Notice the "flash" attachment.

Some of my photos were taken with my Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera

I had many cameras including $700 Nikon digital SLR camera

My Photo Website has videos taken with my Panasonic movie camera

Oalm Pilot pocket computer

Olivetti printing pocket calculator

Olivetti pocket calculator

Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, led the development of the first cellphone with a prototype in 1973.

The modern cellphone is a computer, telephone, typewriter, radio, TV, encyclopdeia, camera and movie camera

The 1924 Packard Straight Eight led the industry in luxury cars with its powerful, eight cylinders, quiet-riding chassis and four-wheel brakes. My grandfather's dealerships sold Packard, Nash and Hudson.

My 2019 Cadillac CT6 - Platinum Edition

What my Cadillac CT6 cost!

Tesla self-driving electric automobile

A driverless taxi
Man in Space

Neil Armstrong on the Moon, July 20, 1969
"That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

On Feb. 9, 1971, the Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard their Command Module Kitty Hawk in the south Pacific Ocean.

Salyut Russian Space Station 1971. The Original Space Station

The 21st century Space Station

In April 1973 we began rocketing into space with people and cargo in a Space Shuttle.

A Space Shuttle returns to Earth from outer space. The Shuttle program ended July 21, 2011.

Voyager I was launched 9/5/77 to explore our solar system

Today Voyager I and Voyager II are still traveling. Voyager I is 15 billion miles from Earth in interstellar space.
9/11

9/11 Never Forget

Terrorists hijacked two commercial jets and flew them into the towers

We watched as the towers burned and collapsed

Nineteen suicide terorists killed 2,977 Americans and injured thousands more
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Memorial at Ground Zero, NYC

In Memory of Two Towers
Corona Virus

Americans huddled in their homes for months on end, believing that if they went outside, death awaited them

Public officials overreacted putting American cities into a coma

Public officials shut down millions of businesses putting tens of millions out of work

Public officials ignored pleas of small business owners who saw their life’s efforts snuffed out.

Hospitals became hazmat facilities

The media hid the truth that 80% of the deaths were infirmed elderly and people with 3 or more cormobidities

Doctors who objected were threatened and accused of Vodou

Loved ones were locked away

The arbitrary six-foot rule made operating many businesses and city life virtually impossible.

The media disregarded scientific evidence that outdoors was the safest place to be and that people should get out into the fresh air.

Fear reigned. Stay socially distanced! Wear your outdoor masks! No gatherings of more than a few dozen!

Masks and social distancing were forced on children

Schools went to extremes

Bubbles when masks were not practical!

MADNESS and DISINFORMATION closed schools

The viccine was mandated

Those who objected to the mandate were fired

The media claimed those who objected were "driven by deliberate ignorance and cognitive distortions"

People scrambled to get the vaccine

Administering vaccine in carss

The CDC lied about deaths including flu, pnemonia, and "probable covid" as confirmed covid deaths
Riots of May 2020

Black Lives Matter championed Obama's war on police

Political leaders encouraged abolishing the Police

Minneapolis saw over $500 million in damages and 150 buildings set on fire.

Bricks were ripped out of streets

Bricks and frozen water bottles were thrown at police

Police stations were destryed or burned down

Police cruisers were firebombed,

Portland saw BLM protestors destroy 1,500 buildings by fire leaving 10,000 people homeless

Banks were broken into, ATMs ripped out of walls, pharmacies were plundered for drugs

On a national scale property damage was assesed at $2 billion.

Democrats denied the riots. "We have seen mothers and veterans who were peacefully demonstrating"

Democrats denied the riots. "They are mothers, veterans and mayors"

Antifa in 2017

Democrats deny the existance of Antifa

Democrats deny the existance of Antifa

Today's socialist leaders are products of a politicized and failing education system