>"Since then, with the exception of a brief period in 1903, a week or so in 1937 and some power outages between then and 1976, the light has been on."<p>Honestly, if they had said this bulb had managed to be on all of that time, I might see making a big deal out of it. But 110 years minus an entire week and several outages is like giving someone an award for perfect attendance who only called in sick 12 times.
The bulb itself isn't the only ancient thing; take a look at its website <a href="http://www.centennialbulb.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.centennialbulb.org/</a><p>Animated GIFs, counters... it's like I'm back in 1996 all over again.