All hail Scottish engineer John Logie Baird!  Your lesson for today is that Mr. Baird invented the first mechanical television (followed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth who invented the first electronic television).  Considering I didn’t know his name until recently, I am certain he doesn’t really get his due for the significance of his invention. How far we have come in my lifetime:  From my early years of television viewing on the 5 channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, UHF Channel 19) broadcasting on our living room console TV to the 1300+ channels in the Spectrum cable channel guide lineup…