This episode of the Useless Information Retrocast includes the following:
Question of the Day: In what year was the first computer marketed for personal use?
You can read about the Honeywell Kitchen Computer on Rare Historical Photos.
Retrosponsor: Maxwell House Coffee
The commercial for Maxwell House Coffee is from the Good News of 1938, which was broadcast on May 5, 1938.
Tidbits:
Too Many Smiths (1957)
The 2½-Mile Miracle (1960)
You Can Call Me Al, Just Al (1966)
Footnotes to History:
The Sandbag Hit the Parachute (1900)
Eat Curdled Milk and Live Long (1905)
Nudists Pay Salaries for Laundry Work (1934)
Bum Steer Dope Leads To Dead End Foot Race (1951)
Was No Need to Raze the Roof (1962)
