history - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Sun, 22 Jun 2014 15:41:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 This was the very first Photoshopped image https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/06/this-was-the-very-first-photoshopped-image/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-was-the-very-first-photoshopped-image Tue, 24 Jun 2014 23:00:11 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7841 In today’s technology age, it’s easy to identify the history of certain things. The first phonebook?  Hard to know.  The first wristwatch? Questionable. The origin of the sandwich? We know the (supposed) story, but we aren’t able to pinpoint the exact ingredients or date that the sandwich was invented. Photoshop Which brings up to the CREATION […]

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]]> The History of the Guitar Solo https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/09/the-history-of-the-guitar-solo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-history-of-the-guitar-solo Fri, 27 Sep 2013 23:00:03 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6852 Kids – no matter how much you’ll hate it now, you should take the time to learn a musical instrument. Web Watch doesn’t care if it’s the piano, accordion, guitar, or marimba (heck, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots play music using plastic instruments, and that stuff sounds GOOD).  The key here is that you should […]

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]]> 10% of all African-Americans may be surprised by this one fact https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/03/10-of-all-african-americans-may-be-surprised-by-this-one-fact/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-of-all-african-americans-may-be-surprised-by-this-one-fact Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:39 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5961 Most people have a fairly good idea of who they are and where they come from. The traditional family structure is typically in place, with family members across the board getting together at some point in their lives: parents, brothers, sisters naturally. Grandparents, usually.  Great-grandparents becoming a bit more rare, but still often seen.  Cousins, […]

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]]> Which is the Most Influential Beer of All Time? https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/01/which-is-the-most-influential-beer-of-all-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=which-is-the-most-influential-beer-of-all-time Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:00:32 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5823 Who doesn’t enjoy a good beer? Okay – we see a few of you out there who are claiming to be more of a wine enthusiast.  And that’s okay – you can skip over this posting since there won’t be anything of interest to you here, unless you’re wanting to impress the beer lover in […]

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]]> The 1800’s were a vulgar, obscene time in history https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/11/the-1800s-were-a-vulgar-obscene-time-in-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-1800s-were-a-vulgar-obscene-time-in-history Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:34 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5613 If you’ve never had the opportunity to visit the Old Country (Germany, Italy, France, etc), you’ll be amazed at how history surrounds you at every turn when you do finally make it over there. Everywhere you look will be some ancient building or piece of art, forever preserved for the never-ending crowds of ooh-ing and […]

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]]> The Museum of Endangered Sounds https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/06/the-museum-of-endangered-sounds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-museum-of-endangered-sounds Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:00:52 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=5073 You’re one of those old people, aren’t you? Always living in the past, telling those young punks of today how easy they have it now.  You begin every sentence with, “oh yeah, well back in MY day, we didn’t have the Internet. And we LIKED it!” So time marches on – it happens. We can […]

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