A Baseball-Opera Chronology

By Mark Schubin | Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 6:18 pm

  “Who Would Doubt That I’m A Man,” sheet music for a baseball song from an 1895 opera I often write about the history of media technology. So why is […]  More

Goberman Leaving Lincoln Center

By Mark Schubin | Friday, June 8, 2012 - 3:54 pm

  When you think of the very latest in motion-image technology, you might think of laser projection, glasses-free stereoscopic-3D, digital surround sound, high-dynamic-range imaging, and the like. Would you believe […]  More

Satellites Are Really Old

By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 1:32 pm

Here’s something to ponder: Why is Galileo called Galileo? Other great astronomers and scientists are known by their last names: Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, etc. Tycho Brahe is known by his […]  More

125th Anniversary of Pay Cable

By Mark Schubin | Friday, October 29, 2010 - 12:01 am

Question: What is shown in the drawing at the left? Here’s more information to help you figure it out: It’s a small portion, the lower left corner, of a larger […]  More

100th Anniversary Today

By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 1:47 pm

  It isn’t often that we get hundredth anniversaries in media technology, so I figured this one — a double-header, actually — is worth mentioning.  Today is the anniversary of […]  More