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Why Smart TVs Aren’t

At least, not in a good way.

You might be surprised just how dumb your smart TV really is.

Tourists traveling the Mother Road through the Sooner State need only remember three words: Last Free Exit. That’s because Oklahoma’s best Route 66 experience isn’t in a museum or roadside café. It’s on the road itself.

Signs along the interstate make it pretty obvious the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority wants everyone to take the toll road. But now might be a good time, as America celebrates the Route 66 centennial, to flaunt one of our state’s most overlooked historical assets: State Highway 66.

Travel Tips for Car Nuts

Planning any road trips this summer? Not sure where to go?

I found a helpful article from Jalopnik listing the top ten automotive museums in the U.S. Then I added a few of my own and compiled it all on a Google map. You’re welcome.

The Origin of Insects

A Musical Release 40 Years in the Making

Today’s guest blogger is our East Tulsa historian and bon vivant, Mr. Eric.

In September 2025 Radio Milan released an EP entitled The Origin of Insects. The featured music was originally recorded in 1982 at Longbranch Studios in Tulsa. For the next 43 years those tapes lay dormant.

These four early compositions express an energy that was flowing throughout the Tulsa “new wave” scene of the early Eighties. The driving rhythms, upbeat melodies and intelligent lyrics combine for an Eighties flashback that is surprisingly current.

Antenna TV: All Through the House

Cutting the cord isn’t just for the living room.

I was in high school before my parents grudgingly bought a color TV. Back then a television was a piece of furniture, and any family who owned more than one… well that was pretty high class. Today it’s hard to imagine a modern home with less than three TV sets!

All those screens in the modern home can be a challenge for cordcutters. Free digital TV broadcasts and the plethora of streaming services make it easier than ever to ditch expensive cable bills. But to get a stable signal of free over-the-air TV often requires mounting an antenna on your roof or in the attic.

Next problem: How to share that signal amongst a number of televisions throughout the house? That typically requires a splitter and/or amplifier to maintain a usable signal. Unfortunately that’s a finicky solution depending on the number of TVs and length of coax cable you’re dealing with. Seems like there ought to be a wireless solution?

There is.