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Mark Harris
03-22-2008, 07:35 PM
A friend had this posted in his blog. I grew up on this guy. One of the most amazing journalists ever.

Anyway, he had this show called "CONNECTIONS" which traced the most bizarre connections of inventions of the past to things we have today.

here is a youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbCNycm0nQ

Anyway, if anyone is struggling with their idea, or looking for ideas for timefest, this might shake your head up enough to get the juices flowing.
Blaine
03-22-2008, 08:36 PM
A friend had this posted in his blog. I grew up on this guy. One of the most amazing journalists ever.

Anyway, he had this show called "CONNECTIONS" which traced the most bizarre connections of inventions of the past to things we have today.

here is a youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbCNycm0nQ

Anyway, if anyone is struggling with their idea, or looking for ideas for timefest, this might shake your head up enough to get the juices flowing.
Connections was one of my favorite shows of all time. :thumbsup:
Ted Arabian
03-22-2008, 09:04 PM
OMG!!!! I love James Burke AND Connections!!! I miss that show so much!!! I can't believe that it is not aired on any of these 500 channels that I have!

Never thought of checking YouTube. Thanks for the tip.

Wow. So cool to have some fellow James Burke fans! I had his book The Day the Universe Changed! Loved it

Very cool!
Ted Arabian
03-22-2008, 09:29 PM
How nice! I finally got to show my wife an episode of Connections and see James Burke. I've been talking about that show since the day we got married... Just one of my favorites!

So nice to hear his voice again!

Thanks Mark. What a treat!
Scott W. Smith
03-22-2008, 10:27 PM
I've never heard of james Burke or that show so wow what a goldmine. You Tube at it's best. Thanks for the link.
Jack Daniel Stanley
03-22-2008, 10:36 PM
Yeah never heard of it, but wicked cool.
Blaine
03-22-2008, 10:59 PM
I've never heard of james Burke or that show so wow what a goldmine. You Tube at it's best. Thanks for the link.


Yeah never heard of it, but wicked cool.
:shocked:
Jack Daniel Stanley
03-23-2008, 12:06 AM
Well I was six when it aired in 1978 ... for one season ... in England. :)

Maybe it wasn't syndicated in Texas or I surely would have seen it. There were only 6 or 7 channels for the first 12 years of my life.
Mark Harris
03-23-2008, 05:29 AM
I had actually seen his later show first, "The day the world changed," which was made in the 80s. Same kind of show. Then I got into CONNECTIONS.
Ted Arabian
03-23-2008, 06:16 AM
I didn't get into Connections until 1988. I was hooked immediately!
SteveDunster
03-23-2008, 06:03 PM
James Burke!!! He's the DADDY!

When I was a boy he did a series call the James Burke Half Hour - oh wow, that series alone is responsible for an entire generation going into engineering....well that and the Moon Shot I guess, oh and Star Trek of course.

I enjoyed CONNECTIONS, but I enjoyed THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED more. I learned more history in that series than anything else I've experienced. This guy is so lucid. I'd love to buy some DVDs of his if they become available, I'm gonna start searching Amazon.
Ted Arabian
03-23-2008, 08:00 PM
J I'd love to buy some DVDs of his if they become available, I'm gonna start searching Amazon.

Steve, PM me if you find anything! I would love to have a collection of James Burke in my house.
Jeff Anderson
03-23-2008, 08:07 PM
I got hooked on Connections reruns on PBS for a while. My favorite was the power grid going down. Pretty impressive show. I bet PBS sells the DVD's. They sell just about anything they've ever aired it seems like.

eta - http://www.shoppbs.org/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=connections&origkw=connections&sr=1 $$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!
eta again - netflix has all three 5 disc sets though, so if you're a netflixer you've got it.
Mark Harris
03-23-2008, 08:13 PM
What's funny about that black out is just about the exact same thing just happened again a few years back. Man, that was a fun day.

Here's one of the things JB's up to these days:

http://www.k-web.org/
Blaine
03-23-2008, 08:17 PM
Steve, PM me if you find anything! I would love to have a collection of James Burke in my house.Here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000NJVY3U/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance) you go.
dvpixl
03-23-2008, 11:12 PM
fascinating.
Ted Arabian
03-24-2008, 05:04 AM
eta - http://www.shoppbs.org/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=connections&origkw=connections&sr=1 $$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!
eta again - netflix has all three 5 disc sets though, so if you're a netflixer you've got it.


Here's one of the things JB's up to these days:http://www.k-web.org/


Here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000NJVY3U/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance) you go.

Thanks guys! :beer:

Mark, that is an interesting site. I have to check more of it out but it was running rather slowly for me just now.

Amazon link appreciated, Jeff and Blaine.

NETFLIX idea.... awesome! Never thought of checking that out! Will do right now, though!

Mark, really glad that you started this thread. :thumbsup:
Sprocketboy
03-24-2008, 07:45 PM
Netfix has them ALL. Nice.