Professor Barnhardt's Journal: 2002-2012

Yes, just one day after announcing that PBJ was going on hiatus and would return in a few weeks with a new focus, I've decided to kill the thing.

I would love to thank all of the contributors PBJ has had over the years one by one, but it would make this post a mile long, and I wouldn't know who to put first. But please go through the archives on the left and read some of the great things that so many people have written here since 2002. I'm still amazed that I could send a note to someone well-known who had no idea who I was at the time and say "hey, wanna write for this magazine you've never heard of...for free?" And 9 times out of 10 they'd say yes and write something that was truly fantastic. PBJ would not have survived without them.

Thanks for 10 great years everybody! You can still keep up with my future projects at my site. More good stuff coming...

Bob Sassone

Hiatus!

Professor Barnhardt's Journal is taking a little break. Details here. Check back in a few weeks!

Thank you.

The Management

Tuesday Random Links

• Bizarre things you can buy from vending machines around the world.
• Great chili recipes from Betty Crocker.
• Celebrity deaths: actor James Farentino and Dick Tufeld, the voice of the Lost in Space robot.
• A letter from David Ogilvy on how to write ads.

Etta James: 1938-2012

Jon Stewart on Yesterday's Web Blackout

It's a good thing the people writing the laws know how the Web works.

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Here's the very first episode of Today

In honor of the 60th anniversary of Today, NBC has posted the very first episode of the show, from January 14, 1952.

It's a rather remarkable video. That's Dave Garroway wearing the GIGANTIC clip-on mic, but even more interesting is the fact that the first episode of the show not only had a time stamp in the corner and a news crawl at the bottom - something all the morning shows and news channels have now - but also a giant board that gave a quick summary of what was happening on the front pages of newspapers around the country, in the arts, in sports, in weather, and in quirky news. It looks like a web site, doesn't it?

Andy Rooney: The Memorial Service

They had a memorial service for Andy Rooney last week at Rose Hall. Here's the story from CBS News (TV Newser has a great summary on who spoke and who attended the service).