Kreg and Chuck get their first interview in the movie industry. Anthony Mann joins us to talk about his independent film “<a href=”http://newdraculamovie.com/”>The Terror of Dracula</a>”. As they usually do, Chuck and Kreg find out more than just movie facts. Have some fun and listen.
]]>In this episode…
- A message from the future
- A message from the past
- and a message to put on your do not call list
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Feedback:
- Email from Charles Stell
- VMail from Mark in Memphis
Introducing the team…
- Happy Birthday to:
- 03 – Keao Wright
- 03 – Leon
- 05 – Joe Mieczkowski host of Onthepodcast
- 06 – Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)
- 06 – Bill Barbour
- 06 – Steve Bickle
- 08 – Curtis Parish
- 12 – Amanda Huggenkiss
- 14 – JPCJ
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
- Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET to see and hear the show raw and unedited. Just circle Technorama Podcast, Kreg, or me and you’ll see the announcement when we join the hangout.
On This Day In History for May 9, 2012
- 1874 – The first horse-drawn bus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
- 1887 – Buffalo Bill Cody‘s Wild West Show opens in London.
- 1904 – The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h).
- 1926 – Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd’s diary seems to indicate that this did not happen).
- 1960 – The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle‘s Enovid, making Enovid the world’s first approved oral contraceptive pill.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895)
- 1874 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)
- 1927 – Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- 1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- 1931 – Vance Brand, American astronaut
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 9, 2012
We’ve been nominated for a Parsec!
News
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remember When
Media Corner
- MIB Inspired treats
- TARDIS cat house
- A little discussion about the Avengers
What the Chuck
- Sky Mall: Rejuvenate your skin with expensive crap
End of Show Stuff
Promos From:
- It has come to my attention
- Plane Crazy Down Under
- Tales from the Archives – Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences
- No show next week – Chuck is traveling (again).
- Next show date is June 6
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In this episode…
- A way to grow your double your brain capacity
- The French apologize for everything
- We take a hands on look at the first sentient robot
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Introducing the team…
- Happy Birthday to:
- 29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe
- 30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
On This Day In History for April 25, 2012
- It was on this date in 1782 that Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.
- The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness today in 1847
- Also today in 1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
- New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates on this date in 1901
- Today in 1939 – DC Comics publishes its second major superhero in Detective Comics – he is Batman, one of the most popular comic book superheroes of all time.
- Also on this date in 1953 – Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid describing the double helix structure of DNA.
- 53 years ago today – The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
- it was on this date in 1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
- Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit today in 1961.
- 29 years ago today, Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto‘s orbit.
- and today in 2003 – The Human Genome Project comes to an end two and a half years earlier than expected.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Scottish astronomer James Ferguson, born today in 1710
- Also born on this date in 1849 German mathematician Felix Klein
- American aviator John Bevins Moisant, was born today in 1868
- Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Guglielmo Marconi, was born today 1874
- Happy birthday to French astronomer, Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs, today in 1918
- Also Felix Berezin, the Russian mathematician was born today in 1931
- Hank Azaria, the man of many voices on the Simpsons turns 48
- Firefly actress Gina Torres, turns 43
- as does actress Renée Zellweger
News
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Did Technorama inspire the handmade particle accelerator?
- Designer nori on your sushi?
- Ever heard of Witzelsucht? Sounds funny … at first.
Remember When
- The Apple ][ just turned 35!
- Why we don’t have robots at restaurants. These guys ruined it for everyone!
What the Chuck!
What the Kreg!
- I saw The Three Stooges today
End of Show Stuff
- No show next week for May 2, 2012. Chuck is out of town (again) – sorry
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Coming up in this episode…
- News from the Trekverse
- How to use math to get out of a traffic ticket
- Wal-Mart has lowest prices on 10 year old tech
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 04 – Brian K – My Blog
- 04 – Joel McLaughlin (aka Gorkon)
- 05 – Chad Davis
- 05 – Jon Issler (hsteckylf)
- 05 – Griffin Sylvester (Ildreancipher)
- 05 – Martine Tysmans – citytrips, travelling, jokes… (in Dutch)
- 05 – Ringmaster Greg from Dancing With Elephants
- 06 – Trevor Litecky (future Geek)
- 07 – P.C. Haring
- 14 – Danny Harnish
- 18 – Skaifey (Anthony)
- 19 – Amanda (SusietheGeek’s daughter & Geek in Training)
- 23 – Runtime
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News
- New Star Trek Phase 2 Episode « TrekToday
- Jack Tramiel passed away- Founder of Commodore
- Physicist gets out of ticket with math
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Apple Macintosh 128k prototype with 5.25-inch Twiggy floppy drive for sale on eBay — Engadget
- Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet & PC – YouTube
Remember When
Media Corner
- Video of the Day: Star Trek Mistakes Part 6 – The Final Nitpick | TrekMovie.com
- Call of Reach: Episode #3 Lag In Real Life – YouTube
- PAC-MAN The Movie (The Fan Film) – YouTube
- MAKE | 9-Year-Old’s DIY Cardboard Arcade Gets Flashmobbed
What the Kreg!
- My adventure at Create South 2012
End of Show Stuff
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- You, for downloading and listening
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Coming up in this episode…
- April Fools Stuffs that were floating about on the internet..
- Loose format on this episode
- So, don’t expect much
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April Fools Links
- Chew On This: Rechargeable Gum – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks
- ThinkGeek :: Star Wars Admiral Ackbar Singing Bass
- ThinkGeek :: Keurig K-cup™ 5-Star Meals
- YouTube – Broadcast Yourself
- Introducing Gmail Tap
- Google Street Roo – exploring the outback one bounce at a time
- Google Racing
- rock hill weather – Google Search – Update Your Weather
- Google Maps 8-bit for NES – YouTube
- Reddit has a time Machine
- Adblock is showing me Cats instead if Ads (Kreg)
- http://xkcd.com/# Displays a different comic depending on Browser, Location, etc. (discussion at Reddit)
End of Show Stuff
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In this episode…
- A hill of beans actually does amount to something
- Another perfectly normal thing shaped like a gun
- Have you seen the new iPad? Are you sure?
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred
- 23 – Richard Parkman
- 25 – Nicholas St Gabriel
- 26 – Chuck Tomasi
- 26 – Brina Baird in Hampton, VA
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
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On This Day In History for March 21, 2012
This is the 81st day of the year. There are 285 days remaining in 2012.
- It was on this date in 1871 that Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
- Also on this date in 1928 – Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
- Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes on this date 49 years ago.
- NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes, March 21, 1965.
- Today in 1970 – The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Mayor of San Francisco Joseph Alioto.
- It was also March 21, 1980 – On the season finale of the soap opera Dallas, the infamous character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase “Who shot J.R.?“
- and 13 years ago Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- German composer 1685 – Johann Sebastian Bach, (d. 1750)
- French mathematician 1768 – Joseph Fourier, (d. 1830)
- American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1932 – Walter Gilbert,
- The man who plays Alexi Volkhoff on one of our favorite shows, actor Timothy Dalton, turns 66.
- American computer scientist Scott Fahlman celebrates his 64th birthday today
- and finally Ferris Beuller, actor Matthew Broderick, turns 49.
It’s also
- International World Puppetry Day
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Mother’s Day (in most of the Arab World)
- Truant’s Day in Poland
- International Earth Day
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 21, 2012
News
- Unix Creators get their day!
- How do you like your new iPad? Are you sure?
- Cape Cod doctor offers vasectomy and free pizza
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Elaborate Steampunk wine bottle opener
- Old time stock ticker gets new life
- Not just the musical fruit: Beans can be deadly
Remember When
Media Corner
- Pics of Katee Sackhoff in the upcoming Riddick movie
- Which Batmobile would win a race, 1966 or 1989?
What the Chuck!
- Bad idea: A camera shaped like a gun
What the Kreg!
- Breaking News.. Ninja Turtles are an Alien Race? Tough, edgy? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles no longer mutants? Really, Michael Bay?
Geek Library
End of Show Stuff
- Don’t forget -only a few more days to let us know if you want to March in the Dragon*Con parade with us! Deadline is March 31, 2012. It’s shaping up to be a great team!
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In this episode…
- Think it’s cool to be in a Star Wars film? Think again.
- The stupid things people put on Facebook
- A lot of interesting stuff from yester-year
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes from the show.
Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
- 18 – Gregory Lemon of Myth Show and Myth Minute
- 19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
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On This Day In History for March 14, 2012
This is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, there 292 remaining in 2012.
- It was on this date in 1794 that Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
- That same date in 1903 The Hay-Herran Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate would later reject the treaty.
- It was also March 14 1910 that the Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere.
- Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the world to successfully treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin today in 1942.
- 48 years ago today a jury in Dallas, Texas, finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released today in 1994.
- Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on-board a Russian launch vehicle on this date in 1995
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, born on this date in 1835
- German scientist and Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich, was also born today in 1854
- Also born today in 1863 – American railroad engineer Casey Jones
- A name everyone recognizes, Mr. E=Mc2, Albert Einstein was born today in 1879
- Polish mathematician Waclaw Sierpinski was born 130 years ago today
- Aircraft designer for the Douglas Aircraft company, Ed Heinemann was born on this date in 1908
- American astronaut and CEO Frank Borman turns 83.
- and finally American astronaut, Eugene Cernan, celebrates his 78th birthday today.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 14, 2012
News
- Woman finds husband’s other wife on Facebook
- Mythbusters may be able to save sunken cruise ship
- Personal Note: Going to see Mythbusters in Raleigh in a couple of weeks
- USS Enterprise Takes Its Final Voyage – Slashdot
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remember When
- 1939 – Robot Dog gets kills chasing car
- Behold the biggest prop airplane
- An eReader from 1935
- The first robot brains were made from alarm clocks
- Rocket powered mail… Why not?
Media Corner
- Muppet’s Dr. Bunsen Honeydew congratulates Mars Rover Team
- It’s not easy being young Anakin Skywalker
- Dick Clark is Selling His Flintstones Home | Cartoon Brew
End of Show Stuff
- We will be dressing and marching as MIB again in the Dragon*Con Parade! Let us know if you want to join us in the parade before March 31, 2012
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Coming up in this episode…
- It’s election season and one of our favorites has won
- What ever happened to toys of mass destruction?
- A social network I’ll never be joining – EVER!
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the hangout
- Happy Birthday to:
- 07 – Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer
- 07 – Caleb from Dancing With Elephants
- 08 – Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394
- 08 – BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk
- 11 – Andy Helsby of Absoblogginlutely!
- 11 – Ken Kitzman a.k.a kitzken
- 13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo
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Feedback
Will Shattuck writes:
“Hey Guys,
Here’s a social engineering hack. A security expert used several social engineering techniques to sneak in to the RSA Security Conference. Kind of ironic, huh?
Take care,
Will”
On This Day In History for March 7, 2012
- It was on this date in 1876 that Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
- The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore today in 1900.
- and it was 100 years ago today that Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole nearly 3 months earlier.
- on March 7, 1950, The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
- it was today in 1985 that The song “We Are the World” has its international release.
- Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor 26 years ago today.
- and today in 1994, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
- the Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched exactly three years ago today.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- French physicist Antoine César Becquerel born on this date in 1788
- Also born today in 1792 – John Herschel, the English mathematician and astronomer
- Astrophotography pioneer Henry Draper was born on this date in 1837
- American television broadcaster Willard Scott turns 78 today
- Astronomer Alan Hale turns 54
- and finally actor TJ Thyne turns 37
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 7, 2012
News
- Bender elected head of school board – REALLY!
- NASA lost a laptop with unencrypted space station codes
- Ralph McQuarrie passes away. Long time concept artist for a TON of Scifi properties
Hacks & Strange Stories
- The flash drive you’ll want to leave home
- Do we really need a cupcake ATM?
- Warp Drives May Come With a Killer Downside
- * Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme – YouTube
Remember When
Media Corner
- How much would it cost to rent the TARDIS?
- Rejected Star Wars Toys
- Concept art: Star Wars light saber rolling papers
- * (from Reddit) – I Judged A Science Fair… - Is terminal velocity attainable in Portal 2?
What the Chuck!
Geek Library
End of Show Stuff
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Craig Glassner is a long time Technorama listener as well as a Park Ranger that works at Alcatraz and has for quite a while. He is very knowledgeable and knows all the ins and outs. 
We talk to Craig about the history of Alcatraz and the Hollywood history as well, and perhaps come up with a few things you didn’t know about the place.
]]>Coming up in this episode…
- McFood you didn’t McKnow about
- Strange animal and strange music come together
- Hollywood got it wrong, again?
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes from the show.
Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- No birthdays on the calendar this week!
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
- Listen to the audio stream if you happen to be around. If you cannot make it, you can find us on ustream.tv. Search for Technorama.
Feedback
- Voice mail from Bruce Barr
On This Day In History for February 29, 2012
- It was on this date in 1504 that Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
- Did you know there was a February 30th? Today in 1712 – February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style.
- Also today in 1916 In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
- Bill Keane’s comic Family Circus makes its debut today in 1960.
- An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country that same day in 1960.
- Also on this date in 1972 – Hank Aaron becomes the first player in the history of Major League Baseball to sign a $200,000 contract.
- and 16 years ago today – Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, killing 123 people.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, born on this date in 1792
- Also born today in 1840 – Submarine designer and inventor John Philip Holland,
- The man for whom punch cards were named, American statistician Herman Hollerith was born today in 1860
- Film director William A. Wellman, was also born today in 1896
- as was band leader Jimmy Dorsey in 1904
- Vance Haynes, the American archaeologist turns 84 today
- and mathematician Gene Golub was born on this date in 1932
- Finally American astronaut Jack Lousma celebrates his 76th birthday today
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 29, 2012
News
- Why do astronauts crave spicy food?
- Check your cables before announcing you’ve made a breakthrough discovery
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remember When
Media Corner
- Indiana Jones, or rather Hollywood, may have gotten it wrong (again)
- Kreg, as you enjoy watching ST:TNG, watch how many times Worf is wrong
- How much would it cost to build the Death Star?
What the Chuck!
Geek Library
- Some basic lessons on critical thinking and logic
- Midway has come out with the Coolest video game app I’ve found yet
Mentions
- (Kreg) I love The Clone Wars…I see what Darth Maul is coming back.
End of Show Stuff
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- School encourages better grammar with a ban
- A job interview test from yesterday
- We’ll make you wish you were dying
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- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 23 – Zhadum
- 23 – Keith Hughes(a.k.a. EdGizmo)
- 25 – Norbert
- 25 – Sandi Sheppard (Mark’s lovely wife)
- 29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury UK
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On This Day In History for February 22, 2012
- It was on this date in 1632 that Galileo‘s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
- That same date in 1879 in Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth stores.
- The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina today in 1904. The islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
- U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House. on this date in 1924. (That was two years after President Harding brought the first radio to the White House.)
- and today in 1995 – The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
- It was exactly one year ago today that an earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude strikes Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 181 people.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- German mathematician Carl Wilhelm Borchardt, born today in 1817
- also born today in 1824 French astronomer Pierre Janssen
- Russian mathematician Nikolay Sonin, was born on this date in 1849
- and on February 22, 1857 German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz was born
- this time a SWISS physicist -Walter Ritz, was born in 1878
- Danish physical chemist Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, was born today in 1879
- also born today in 1880 – Hungarian mathematician Frigyes Riesz
- Yeah – another physicist – German physicist Fritz Strassmann was born today in 1902
- The world’s tallest man ever measuring in at 8 feet 11.1 inches (or 2.72 meters), Robert Wadlow, was born on this date in 1918
- The crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin would have been 50 today.
- and finally, one of the two men who brought us the Mortal Kombat video games, Ed Boon, turns 48
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 22, 2012
News
Hacks & Strange Stories
- We tried to warn you – texting and walking is dangerous. Now we have proof.
- Always check your eBay items before you sell them!
Remember When
- Rare working Black Apple ][ on eBay
- We really didn’t know too much about space travel back in John Glenn’s days
Media Corner
- I wish I were dying so I could make a wish like this – Drivable R2-D2
- Chuck’s favorite floppy drive song yet
What the Chuck!
- (From Mike Wills and Will Shattuck) Canadian digs out basement using only radio controlled tractors and trucks… since 2005!
Geek Library
- Could you have passed Thomas Edison’s job interview test?
- Great way to troll someone’s windows desktop
- Great juxtaposition (image)
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- A wedding proposal based on our show sign off?
- Do you remember the first PC game? It’s baaaaack!
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 15 – Philip from Australia
- 19 – Scooter in Connecticut
- 19 – Steve in Sumter
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On This Day In History for February 15, 2012
- It was on this date in 1946 that ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
- that same date in 1971, The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
- Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time on this date in 1972.
- February 15, 1982 – The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers.
- At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people today in 1996.
- and just 11 years ago in 2001 the first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei born on this date in 1564.
- Cyrus McCormick, American inventor was born today in 1809
- Also born on this date in 1812 – Jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany
- Irish Antarctic exploer Sir Ernest Shackleton was born on this date in 1874
- turn 78 today is Swiss computer scientist Niklaus Wirth
- Astronaut Roger Chaffee was born today in 1935
- One of our favorite cartoonists, Matt Groening turns 58.
- and finally NASA Astronaut Leland D. Melvin, celebrates his 48th birthday today
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 15, 2012
Listener Feedback
- Matt Beckwith
- Suzie the Geek
- Mark in Memphis
News
- Don’t like what your kids are doing on Facebook? Here’s one way to deal with it.
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remember When
Media Corner
- Space 1999 remake?
- Also available on io9.com
- Lucas claims that Greedo always shot first
What the Kreg!
- Saw Star Wars 1 in 3D
- Saw Space Junk
Geek Library
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 08 – Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK
- 08 – Blake Noble in Pittsburgh, PA
- 09 – “Podcast” Mike Wills from Minnesota
- 10 – Zach Akgulian – Appleton, WI
- 10 – Drace (Shari from ND)
- 14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
- 14 – Andrew back in Illinois
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On This Day In History for February 8, 2012
This is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 326 days remaining in 2012.
- It was on this date in 1879 that Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
- D.W. Griffith‘s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles on this date in 1915
- February 8, 1922 – President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House. For the first three weeks, everyone thought it was some kind of radiator.
- After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth on this date in 1974.
- And 16 years ago today – The massive Internet collaboration “24 Hours in Cyberspace” takes place.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- French astronomer Jacques Cassini born today in 1677
- Also born on this date in 1700, mathematician Daniel Bernoulli
- French author Jules Verne would be celebrating his 184th birthday today
- Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was born today in 1834
- and born today in 1906 American physicist and inventor Chester Carlson
- Writer John Grisham, turns 57 today
- Bassist for the band “Spock’s Beard” Dave Meros turns 56
- and finally actor Gary Coleman would have been 44 had he not passed away in 2010
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 8, 2012
News
- If Newt gets his moon base, we already know what Women will be doing
- Bacteria colors your poop to tell what ails you
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Perhaps inspired by Clinton’s virtual table of random things? – The Swap-o-matic
- Moby Dick printed on toilet paper
- Does ATM stand for “Auto-Transfer Mouse?”
Remember When
Media Corner
- Maybe a Star Trek living room wasn’t such a good idea
- Heroes and Villains D&D Alignment Chart
- The Death and Return of Superman
What the Chuck!
What the Kreg!
- Star Trek TNG on Blu-Ray
Geek Library
- Ever ready a research paper? Ever wonder what it REALLY means?
- February 1st was “Change Your Password” day
- Chuck has so many, he’s taking the whole month!
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- A PSA about phone etiquette
- 10 technologies congress tried to kill
- Does Steven Hawking have an equation for time travel?
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- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 21 – Michael Rabalais – Stingray42
- 22 – TAW012294
- 23 – Kathie Luke, IL
- 23 – Chris Moody from PodioMedia Chat
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On This Day In History for January 18, 2012
- It was on this date in 1535 that Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
- That same date in 1778, James Cook becomes the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the “Sandwich Islands”.
- It was also today in 1788 that the first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay. (Yes, I put this in just for the Star Trek reference)
- 1884 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.
- The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time on this date in 1896
- President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States on January 18, 1911
- Also on that same date – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, in the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri today in 1916.
- Today in 1919, Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
- Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires’ disease on this date in 1977.
- And just 15 years ago, 1997, Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
- The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth today in 2000
- Seven years ago, the Airbus A380, the world’s largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
- And today, yes TODAY is the Internet blackout to Protest Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA).
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- 1813 – Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire born today in 1813
- Also born today in 1854 is Alexander Graham Bell’s notable partner, Thomas Watson
- Turning 79 today Ray Dolby, the American inventor of the Dolby noise reduction system (no it wasn’t Thomas Dolby)
- and finally actor Kevin Costner turns 57
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 18, 2012
News
- Don’t be THAT guy! – mute your phone
- 19 foot lego Saturn V rocket
- Microsoft patents GPS to avoid questionable areas – feature for walkers
Hacks & Strange Stories
- From Mike Wills – Matchbox launcher that reacts to emergency band radio
- Unicorn poop rainbow cookies
- Calling in stupid
Remember When
Media Corner
- Star Wars Budget
- Man on A Mission - Richard Garriott’s story – Want to see
- New USS Enterprise Plush and Star Trek Door Chime Coming To ThinkGeek
Geek Library
- (from Chuck’s Dad) – Italian to Inglese conversion
- From Phil Clark: 10 predictions from 100 years ago that came true
- Second source: Geeks are Sexy
- No, Steven Hawking does not have an equation for time travel. Here’s the fax to prove it!
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In this episode…
- What’s in your soda?
- This is not the burger you’re looking for
- A little news from the Trek-verse
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 14 – Glynne Tolar
- 15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka GoofyRalph)
- 17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) from Canada
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On This Day In History for January 11, 2012
- It was on this date in 1569 that the first recorded lottery in England took place.
- William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus today in 1787
- Also today in 1838, Samuel Morse first successfully tests the electrical telegraph.
- The Grand Canyon National Monument is created on this date in 1908.
- and it was today in 1922 that saw the first use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
- On January 11, 1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- Amelia Earhart is the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California today in 1935.
- Also today in 1949 – The first “networked” television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They go on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
- It was that same date in 1949 that amazingly had the first recorded case of snowfall in Los Angeles, California.
- In Brisbane Queensland, Australia – The Gateway Bridge is officially opened today in 1986.
- And 16 years ago today, Space shuttlel mission STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Danish Scientist Nicolas Steno born today in 1638.
- Also born today in 1757, English mechanical engineer Samuel Bentham
- The man for whom Listerine was named after, Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist was born today in 1786
- American physicist and inventor in the develpment of electronic communications George Washington Pierce, was born on this date in 1872
- Also born today in 1926, Soviet cosmonaut, Lev Demin
- And finally, Sir C. A. R. Hoare, British computer scientist turns 78 today.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 11, 2012
News
- Technorama videos are posted in one place
- Click the “Videos” link on the Technorama home page or search YouTube for Technorama Podcast
- Our goal is to use Google+ hangouts On Air soon! Any help?
- Steven Hawking is seeking a new grad assistant
- Do the -EEWWW!
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remember When
Media Corner
- Spielberg’s “Tintin” in 2D | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
- Derezzed on five floppy drives – YouTube
- Exclusive: Sherlock Star Benedict Cumberbatch Cast As Star Trek Sequel Villain | TrekMovie.com
What the Chuck!
What the Kreg!
- Look What I found – NCR using Windows
Geek Library
- Kreg – Currently Reading Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
- Get your baby thinking pragmatically with flow chart blocks
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In this episode…
- Do you know what’s in Mountain Dew
- One of the original video games turns 40
- And a few things for your virtual podcast stocking
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 21 – James Ballard KarakSindru
- 22 – Bo Pace
- 22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000)
- 23 – Richard Green
- 24 – MaDBooM
- 25 – Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)
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Feedback
- Vmail: Will the Computer Guy x3
- Vmail: Tee Morris – Lamb Castration –ouch
- Email: David – Fixing his Christmas lights
- Email: Amber – Cell phones on airplanes
“I used to turn my phone completely off when they would tell you to, until the power button stopped working on my Nexus 1 so now I just put it in Airplane mode. Usually I need my phone when I land and I can’t always get to my power cable to trick the phone into turning on right away. Once I get a phone with a working power button I will probably go back to turning off my phone. -Amber I know the voices aren’t real, but they come up with some really great ideas.”
On This Day In History for December 21, 2011
- It was on this date in 1620 that William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- Arthur Wynne‘s “word-cross”, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World today in 1913.
- also on this date in 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world’s first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theater.
- Today in 1967, Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, after living for 18 days after the transplant.
- Apollo 8 is launched December 21, 1968 from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
- 17 years ago today Mexican volcano Popocatepetl, dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- British Chemist Thomas Graham born today in 1805
- Also born today in 1890 geneticist and Nobel laureate Hermann Joseph Muller
- Actor Samuel L. Jackson turns 64
- and the man who brought us The Lion King, Little Mermaid, Kung Fu Panda, and many other hit movies, film producer Jeffrey Katzenberg turnss 61
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 21, 2011 News
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remember When
Media Corner
What the Chuck!
Geek Library
- The Internet Justice League – From co-worker Ben
- c-Jump and CPU wars – nerdy games
and a little something for your stocking
- Chewie sings Silent Night
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies on a Glass Harp
- 24 hours of ambient Enterprise-D noise
End of Show Stuff
- Last show of the year. We will be off for Christmas and New year. Next time you’ll hear us in podcast form will be Jan 11.
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Coming up in this episode…
- The mother of WiFi
- More earwear to go with your ear guards
- Add a little high tech holiday cheer
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- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium
- 17 – Jorge Schrauwen
- 20 – Phil Burchill (will be 0×21 in 2006)
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On This Day In History for December 14, 2011
- It was on this date in 1782 that the Montgolfier brothers‘ first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
- That same date in 1896, the Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
- Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law today in 1900
- Two years later, the Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii.
- December 14, 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- Roald Amundsen‘s team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole today in 1911.
- It was also on this date in 1962 that NASA‘s Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
- and today in 1972 Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
- and just five years ago American spy satellite USA-193 is launched.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist born on this date in 1546
- also born today in 1909 American geneticist and Nobel laureate Edward Tatum,
- one of my favorite comedian/musicians, Spike Jones was born today in 1911
- sharing the same birthday is German/American aerospace engineer Hans von Ohain
- Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate Nikolay Basov was born on this date in 1922
- Dutch chess grandmaster Jan Timman turns 60 today
- and finally Canadian astronaut Steven MacLean turns 57
And today is Monkey Day – a day when monkey business is actually encouraged (a quote from Hallmark Cards)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 14, 2011
News
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Steering wheel desk now with cup holder
- More earwear: Keep those ears warm
- Bad idea to get out of work
- Now you can get in to space – you just have to die first
Media Corner
- Did you know actress Hedy Lamarr is the mother of WiFi?
- Favorite sci-fi/fantasy insult
- Nobilis Reed - ”Why you stuck up, half witted, scruffy looking, nerf-herder.” “Who’s scruffy looking?!”
- David Roberson
- So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb. – SpaceBalls
- You better pray to the god of skinny punks that this wind doesn’t pick up, ’cause I’ll come over there, and jam an oar up your ass. – Tommy Boy
- “DIE GAS-PUMPER!” – The Jerk
- Johnee Bee Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
- Matt Beran To the pain.
- Jorge Schrauwen Only human. — Matrix
- Debra Paulson Resistance is futile — Next Generation, Star Trek. If you consider that an insult. It’s more of a threat.
- Sam Vander Velden: “Assimilate This!” -Worf from First Contact
- Leon W. Durivage ?”I hate warriors, too narrow-minded. I’ll tell you what I do like though: a killer, a dyed-in-the-wool killer. Cold blooded, clean, methodical and thorough. Now a real killer, when he picked up the ZF-1, would’ve immediately asked about the little red button on the bottom of the gun. ” – Zorg, The Fifth Element
- Joe Fiore Kirk: Spock, you want to know something?, Everybody’s Human. Spock: I find that remark… insulting.
What the Chuck!
- Do you turn off your phone on the airplane during takeoff and landing?
Geek Library
- Infographic – eletrical outlets of the world
- Wisconsin boy builds lego farm equipment
- Hey Netflix customers – turn your flat screen TV in to a fireplace
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- A couple quick book reviews by Chuck
- A way you can be useful after you’re dead
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- 08 – chuckchat.com (2004)
- 09 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62)
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On This Day In History for December 7, 2011
- It was on this date in 1696 that Connecticut Route 108, third oldest highway in Connecticut, is laid out to Trumbull.
- American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri today in 1869.
- also on this date in 1900, Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission.
- Dec 7, 1930 – 1930! W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts broadcasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
- We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention Dec 7, 1941 – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing a declaration of war upon Japan by the United States.
- Instant replay is used for the first time in an Army-Navy game by its inventor, director, Tony Verna today in 1963
- that same day in 1972 – Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
- The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, today in 1995, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
- and today in 1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi the Persian astronomer born today in 903
- German mathematician Leopold Kronecker was also born on this date in 1823
- and finally, astronomer Gerard Kuiper was born today in 1905
This is also
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 7, 2011
Feedback
- From Eric:
I thought you might be interested in a Kickstarter project I just launched: the iPad 2 Duct Tape Magnetic Jacket.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/651134780/ipad-2-duct-tape-magnetic-jacket
- From Brian (on Facebook):
Brian tagged Technorama in a post.
Brian wrote: “I added the Appletonian-produced Technorama podcast to my iTunes subscriptions. A fun couple of geeks discuss geekery weekly. If it weren’t for them, I never would have learned about ear guards. “
- From Mike (on Google+):
Dear +Kreg Steppe and +Chuck Tomasi, According to +Ham Nation (on +TWiT), you don’t need to know Morse Code to get your license anymore. However, most tend to learn it after the fact just because it is so much in the community.
News
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remember When
- What was the first math problem that we NEEDED a computer to solve?
- Another history Christmas idea – Apple signing papers are for sale
Media Corner
Geek Library
- Chuck: Recent books -
- “Ready Player One” – read by Wil Wheaton
- Steve Jobs biography
- Chuck: bought an Elgato video capture unit
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- One of Dr. Michio Kaku’s prediction has just come true
- RoboCop may be helping out at a prison near you
- Would you hack an elevator
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- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- Nov 30 – Scott Sigler
- Dec 01 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)
- Dec 01 – Jonathan Coulton
- Dec 01 – Phil Rossi
- Dec 02 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast
- Dec 06 – SuperMoonMan
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Letters
- Darusha’s got a new book in the works – show your support!
On This Day In History for November 30, 2011
- It was on this date in 1783 that a 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
- It was also November 30 1824 that the first ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal. It opens for a trial run exactly five years to the date in 1829.
- The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman becomes the first to officially exceed 100mph today in 1934.
- November 30, 1954 in Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
- Michael Jackson‘s Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released today in 1982.
- and it was just 12 years ago that British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe‘s largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Italian architect Andrea Palladio born today in 1508
- Ernst Chladni, the German physicist was also born on this date 1756
- Gunsmith, Oliver Winchester, was born November 30, 1810
- He shares his birthday with writer Mark Twain, born 25 years later in 1835
- Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate Nils Gustaf Dalén was also born on this date in 1869
- Actor Robert Guillaume turns 84
- TV host Dick Clark celebrates his 82nd birthday today.
- Russian mathematician Dmitri Victorovich Anosov turns 75
- and finally, British film director Ridley Scott, reaches his 74th birthday today.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 30, 2011
News
- South Korea plans trial run of robot prison guards
- 700,000 HAM licenses and still going strong
- Walking through doorways causes forgetting
- Hence the Rich Hall sniglet “Destinesia”
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Three player chess
- Don’t have room? Try the zero footprint – vertical chess set
- How to hack an elevator
- Smart contacts are coming!
- Dr. Kaku was right again!
Remember When
What the Chuck!
Geek Library
- Kickstarter project – Narratavius
- Twine – Kickstarter Project
- How to read a schematic
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- Farming Robots
- More video games becoming movies?
- and Thomas “The Command line“ Gideon is here to talk about the EU Hackathon
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 22 – Tom Posz – (from California, USA)
- 25 – Lane Williams
- 26 – Joanie
- 27 – Brad P. from NJ
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On This Day In History for November 23rd, 2011
- 1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
- 1936 – The first edition of Life is published.
- 1955 – The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to Australia.
- 1963 – The BBC broadcasts the first ever episode of Doctor Who (starring William Hartnell) which is the world’s longest running science fiction drama.
- 1976 – Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.
- 1990 – The first all woman expedition to the South Pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.
- 2001 – The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- 1553 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
- 1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)
- 1715 – Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
- 1869 – Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
- 1887 – Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for (date)
News
Hacks & Strange Stories
Media Corner
- SF Signal: Lost Mark Hamill Video Interview
- RAMAGE video game to become a movie??
- ASCII Star Wars Portraits & Other Weirdness From BASIC-Era Computer Magazines
Bill Klumpp from G+ says, “I used to have this specific issue. Unfortunately, it and the old copies of Computer Shopper from the ’80′s (some of which were up to 800 pages +) were destroyed when the roof sprung a leak at the parents house in Florida because the apartment where the ex and I were living in at the time didn’t have room for me to store them. A lot of those old computer magazines were fun reads, especially when they tried to compare all the old computers you could buy or build from companies such as Commodore, Radio Shack, Texas Instruments, Sega, ActiVision, and other computer makers who have faded into the sands of time, along with the parts for building your own IBM PC-XT and AT.”
Thomas Gideon on his Trip to Brussels
- You can find Thomas at his website The Commandline.net
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