Bulb-ly

When I took a bath yesterday, my vision suddenly became dark. I could not see anything and rubbing my eyes, hoping that it was only a nightmare. Then I realized that I the light bulb was spoilt.
So now I need to change the light bulb. Not a big deal, a little climbing, unscrewing the bulb and getting a little electrocution will do.

But let’s now look closely at how the light bulb was invented, because
a.) We need to appreciate how small things in life that make our life better were invented
b.) I reallly run out of topic for this blog.

The light bulb was invented and perfected in 1870s by Thomas A. Edison, who was finally able to invent the correct filament for the light bulb after trying for more than 10,000 times. For this he commented, “I did not fail, I’ve just found 10,000 ways to waste my sponsor’s money”.
No sorry what he actually said and became his famous quotation was “I did not fail, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”
So later he patented his invention and light bulb became popular.

Different from today’s light bulb, the first light bulb could last for thousands of hours because at that time people’s brain was very small.
But later the people’s brains were developed, especially the industrialists, and later the people at General Electric and its industry realized that they wouldn’t make much money if people did not change their light bulb very often. Thus born the light bulbs that need to be changed every time they are in contact with hazardous things, such as air.
This is basically the same industry strategy that’s used by Bill Gates, who released a new version of Windows and MS Office right after you bought the older version from the store.

So there you are. The short history of light bulb. I am going to write more about my life again once there is something interesting happens, ... no wait, I am married, nothing interesting is supposed to happen to me now. Ah well.