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And That’s Pretty Much All There Is To Say

In Study Break on April 23, 2012 at 7:34 am

It was 7 years ago today that the first video was posted on YouTube: a full 19 seconds of nothing very special that proved yet again that a medium can be the message.

And like that other medium, television, it somehow changed the way the world disseminates and receives information and entertainment — without belying an unstated commitment to being a reliable and often comforting waste of time.

The first YouTube video has a seemingly prescient last line that looks like it could have spelled the beginning of the end of the whole experiment.

It’s interesting to go back in time and look at the origin of something big. We can only hope that if scientists are ever able to tune their telescopes back in time to record the creation of the universe, the Big Bang won’t deliver the same conclusion as the guy in this video.

But either way, we’re pretty sure it will be posted on YouTube.

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A Quick Progamming Note

In Updates on January 14, 2012 at 10:03 pm
We told you last week that the Lester & Charlie Poll is now available in a fairly hidden section of our local news channel’s website. Turns out that more people found it than we anticipated– with voters earning more than 1.1 million “PIX Reward” points by taking our poll.We’re still not sure what people should do with those rewards, but it sounds good. If you want to check it out yourself, click the logo above for instructions!
And this week, we were flattered to learn that A World of Progress Radio (AWOP) will be featuring our polls in their weekly Sunday radio show. AWOP’s mission is “to help support and extend the voices of people of good conscience and the work they are doing.” Hopefully, we won’t mess that up. If you want to tune in, clicking the logo above will bring you to their site, which has program times and a lot of other good stuff!