I fell asleep during the 3rd part of John Adams and I missed something important. Question inside, in case it's a spoiler for someone. [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 8 answers

Help me figure out the TV show and episode I saw on the history of handguns (or specifically the revolver). [more inside]
posted on Sep 12, 2007 - 7 answers

Which episode of Deadwood should I show my college history class? [more inside]
posted on Jun 7, 2006 - 19 answers

I have regular television cable service, and I want to hook it up to an old television with only UHF/VHF and a coaxial port. If I recall my grandmother's set-up correctly, I need a little cable box which takes in the cable signal and feeds the television's coax port. Cable channels are selected through the box. Thing is, I can't seem to find this sort of thing in Radio's Shack catalogue, or anywhere online for that matter. With the advent of cable-friendly television sets, am I out of luck? How hard will it be for me to find a simple cable box?
posted on Aug 2, 2005 - 17 answers

As a lay...very lay...student of Roman Republic and Empire, and anticipating the upcoming HBO/BBC series Rome with relish, I'm reading everything I can get my hands on about both Republic and Empire. Currently I'm reading an abridgement of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I just inherited. What next? [insert Latin for "more inside" here].
posted on Sep 2, 2004 - 19 answers