Last updated: 2024 January 15.
These are the various topics I am continually researching as a hobby.
From 1995 to 2005, these were strictly timelines. Chronological listings of events for about seven major topics. In 2006, I did some work on my timeline-generating software to allow a single database to easily generate timelines for smaller related topics. For example, the personal computer timeline now has offshoots for Apple Computers, IBM, Amiga, and Commodore 64. Other major topics have similarly been split.
Another thing I started was to assemble lists of "pop culture references". For some of my topics, I now have lists of the occurances of the topic in TV shows and movies. For example, when The Simpsons does a parody of Disney's Mary Poppins film, that's a Pop Culture reference. I've been having great fun watching shows on the computer and saving images of the references.
And one more thing that I started just for Corvettes, is a list of racing successes. I have a separate list of any major race where a Corvette placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. There have been a lot!
Something combining all timeline data is Ken P's Today in History. This Web page will detect today's date, and display a list of all events from all timeline topics for the day. I also generate a larger This Day in History using the World History and other databases.
On to the timeline topics...
My Chronology of Personal Computers is completely free on the Web. This timeline incorporates over 5,000 events, and can be printed on hundreds of pages.
Here are some smaller related computer timelines that I have constructed:
The Chronology of The Walt Disney Company is completely available on the Web, with the full version available for a fee in a large PDF file of hundreds of formatted pages.
Disney characters are a popular topics for postage stamps of many countries. I have assembled a list of Walt Disney on Postage Stamps here.
Additional spin-off timelines cover the complete details of Disney's first two theme park areas:
I owned a 1976 L-82 Corvette for ten years, and hope to own a few more in the future. I would like to try a 1984-87 style, and a 1960 red with white coves, eventually settling on a early 1970s model. In the meantime, I'll have to be content with researching the history in books and magazines.
The Chronology of Chevrolet Corvettes gives you over 2,000 entries, with details of the development of every model since 1953. The work of Zora Arkus-Duntov, the brave racing attempts of the Grand Sport Corvettes, the numerous showcars, and the races, they're all here. Any major race involving a Corvette has a place in this timeline. Auction events that include Corvettes are here too, so we can see the prices rise over the years to the first million dollar Corvette.
To see the top-three finishes of Corvettes in all races known to me, Corvette Racing Successes is what you're after.
I also have a web site of Corvettes on Postage Stamps.
And finally, Chevrolet Corvette References in Pop Culture documents the movie and TV appearances of our favorite car.
So, yes, I have an extensive Chronology of Video Game Systems. All the home TV-based and handheld systems are there, including as many non-North American releases as I can find. Hundreds of game releases too, as well as dozens of standalone arcade machines. Releases of arcade games are hard to find. There just weren't magazines devoted to them like we have now for home systems. Note that I do not include computer games in here, only dedicated video game systems and software.
My Chronology of Canadian Coins details the processes, decisions, and announcements of the whole history of decimal coins in Canada. For now I have left out early penny tokens, and decimal coinage of the British North America colonies.
I also collect stamps, and have recently started topical collecting. I have started a web site to list all world Coins on Postage Stamps, Disney on Postage Stamps, and Corvettes on Postage Stamps.
For some 30 years, I have collected not just coins and stamps, but unrelated items that incorporate the design of a coin, stamp, or paper money in them. You've seen coffee mugs with a $20 bill wrapped around the side, but have you seen $100 bill toilet paper or a dollar coin cigarette lighter? Visit Ken P's Coin/Stamp/Bill Novelties to see these and many more.
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