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Feedback* QOTW: You accidentally trigger a teleportation device that merges you with a household appliance. Which appliance are you now fused with and what hilarious superpowers do you possess?

On This Day in History for September 25, 2024This is the 269th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1513, that Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
334 years ago today, Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas,was published for the first and only time.
On September 25, 1890, The United States Congress established Sequoia National Park.
Also today in 1906, Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrated the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles..
68 years ago today, TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, was inaugurated.
It was also this date in 1974 that Dr. Frank Jobe performed first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
That same date in 1992, NASA launched the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe failed while preparing for orbital insertion.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Ole Rømer, the Danish astronomer and instrument maker was born 380 years ago today.
English explorer and navigator, Steven Borough, born on this date in 1525.
French geologist and engineer, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont was born 226 years ago today.
German palaeontologist and geologist, Karl Alfred von Zittel, born on this date in 1839.
Born September 25, 1893, Swedish mathematician and statistician Harald Cramér.
American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter, Shel Silverstein, born on this date in 1930.
English mathematician and scholar, Bryan John Birch is 93 today.
Also born on that same date in 1937, American computer scientist and lawyer, Mary Allen Wilkes.
American actor, singer, and director, Anson Williams is 75 today.
American actor, singer, and producer, Mark Hamill, born on this date in 1951.
Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist was born on that same date in 1952.
Also born on that same date in 1956, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation, W. Daniel Hillis.
American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries, Jamie Hyneman, born on this date in 1956.

Listener Birthdays

10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche (From Saint Louis Missouri) (Pronounced Like the first part of the word “Wet” and the word “She”)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 25, 2023

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News* Three-Mile Island nuclear site reopening to power AI * NASA’s flying to an ocean world. Its spacecraft is giant. | Mashable * Scientists Horrified by What They Found Under the Doomsday Glacier * How NASA Could Find Evidence of Life on Another Planet Within 25 Years – Slashdot

Hacks & Strange Stories* Vaporizing Plastics Recycles Them Into Nothing But Gas, Researchers Find

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Remember When* We’re losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it?

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Apollo 11: First Steps Edition – Tubi + Weezer – Concert + Hootie and the Blowfish – Concert * Chuck + The Acolyte (season 1) on D+ + Why your Nintendo was on Channel 3 (except in Cleveland)

Geek Library* Limozeen – Zeenin’ Into The Night * Sony’s Breakthrough Color TV * The Making of The Best Of Both Worlds! * The original Apple Vision

Question of the week* If you could invent a gadget from any sci-fi movie or show, what would it be and what hilariously impractical use would you put it to?

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Feedback* QOTW: You time travel to the year 2124 for ten minutes and are allowed to make one Google search. What is it?

On This Day In History for September 18, 2024This is the 262nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 104 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1544, that The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene made landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain.
231 years ago today, the first cornerstone of the United States Capitol was laid by George Washington.
Also on September 18, 1809, The Royal Opera House in London opened.
Also today in 1837, Tiffany & Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) was founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a “stationery and fancy goods emporium”.
It was on this date in 1851, that saw the first publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later became The New York Times.
The Confederate States celebrated for the first and only time a Thanksgiving Day on this date in 1862.
It was 154 years ago today that Old Faithful Geyser was observed and named by Henry D. Washburn.
The Blackpool Illuminations were switched on for the first time on this date in 1879.
That same date in 1927, The Columbia Broadcasting System went on the air.
It was 47 years ago today that Voyager I took the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
It was on this date in 1997, that United States media magnate Ted Turner donated US$1 billion to the United Nations.
On September 18, 2001, the first anthrax letters were mailed from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English lexicographer and poet, Samuel Johnson, born on this date in 1709.
Adrien-Marie Legendre, the French mathematician and theorist was born 272 years ago today.
French physicist and academic, Léon Foucault, born on this date in 1819.
Swedish-American actress, Greta Garbo was born 119 years ago today.
Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1907.
Victor Ambartsumian, the Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic was born 116 years ago today.
Born September 18, 1932, Russian physicist and astronaut Nikolay Rukavishnikov.
Robert Blake, the American actor, producer, and screenwriter was born 91 years ago today.
Also turning 84 today is American singer and actor Frankie Avalon.
Born September 18, 1944, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut Charles L. Veach.
British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee, John McAfee was born 79 years ago today.

Listener Birthdays

18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)
20 – Joel Harper (Rincewind) / Milwaukee WI
20 – Joel Rickenbach [deceased] (host of the You’ve Got Geek Podcast)
21 – Dean Jensen (Beaker1)
22 – Bilbo Bagins
22 – Frodo Bagins

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 18, 2024

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News* Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration | New Scientist * Earth Gaining a Temporary New Moon, Scientists Say * China has lit its first artificial sun: 120 million degrees and the world on edge

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Remember When* How the Tandy 1000 Outsmarted the Competition and Made History! | #SepTandy * Meet The World’s Oldest Fish—Presumed Extinct For 60 Million Years, Then Rediscovered In A Small Fishing Town

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Pass me the remote Kreg + Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Theater + Masterchef – Fox/Hulu * Chuck* + YouTube TV (w/NFL Package) + The Biggest Lie in Hollywood | Technicolor + A lot of videos on the reMarkable Paper Pro

Question of the week* You accidentally trigger a teleportation device that merges you with a household appliance. Which appliance are you now fused with and what hilarious superpowers do you possess?

Patreon Topic this week* First post-retirement update (Disney) * Chuck (finally) set up calendly * What’s up with Google Task’s API?

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On This Day in History for August 28, 2024This is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1565, that Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sighted land near St. Augustine, Florida and founded the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
August 28, 1609, Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.
That same date in 1830, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive raced a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in U.S. railroads.
It was also this date in 1845 that The first issue of Scientific American magazine was published.
The Carrington event was the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service was widely disrupted on this date in 1859.
It was on this date in 1898, that Caleb Bradham’s beverage “Brad’s Drink” was renamed “Pepsi-Cola”.
Also on August 28, 1937, Toyota Motors became an independent company.
Also today in 1993, NASA’s Galileo probe performed a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discovered a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
August 28, 1999, The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reached completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approached the end of its life.
It was on this date in 2016, that The first experimental mission of ISRO’s Scramjet Engine towards the realization of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota..

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician and philosopher, Antoine Augustin Cournot, born on this date in 1801.
Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate, Tjalling Koopmans was born 114 years ago today.
American author and illustrator, Jack Kirby, born on this date in 1917.
Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1919.
John Herbert Chapman, the Canadian physicist and engineer was born 103 years ago today.
American atmospheric scientist Warren M. Washington is 88 today.
English mathematician and academic, John Kingman, born on this date in 1939.
Also born on that same date in 1954, American geneticist, chemist, and engineer, George M. Church.
British-Canadian actress and director, Amanda Tapping is 59 today.
Also turning 56 today is Scottish actor and singer Billy Boyd.
Also born on that same date in 1969, American actor and comedian, Jack Black.
Swedish game designer and programmer, Johan Andersson, born on this date in 1974.

Listener Birthdays

25 – David “Grizzly” Smith from Grizzly’s Growls podcasts
27 – Chuck’s forgotten iPod
30 – Maximilian Björsten, Stockholm Sweden
31 – Tim Downing
1 – David Kloempken
2 – Scott Tyler
4 – Kyra Vega
5 – Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977]
6 – Susan Murph (SusietheGeek) How to Grow Your Geek Podcast
6 – Brad Miller
10 – Anthony Warnack (EastBayAnt) [1979]
14 – Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 28, 2024

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News* New image shows the North Star is changing. And it has spots. | Mashable

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Remember When* Dinosaur killer was a rare asteroid from unusually far away, study shows * AI shows ‘face of Jesus’ as Shroud of Turin debate rages | Weird | News | Express.co.uk

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Media Corner* Comedian Uncovers Highly Disturbing Facts About ‘The Jetsons’ | Cracked.com

Pass me the remote* Chuck + The Acolyte – Disney+

Geek Library* How This New Battery is Changing the Game – YouTube

Question of the week* You time travel to the year 2124 for ten minutes and are allowed to make one Google search. What is it?

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On This Day In History for August 21, 2024This is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1770, that James Cook formally claimed eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
Also on August 21, 1883, An F5 tornado struck Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
The first successful adding machine in the United States was patented by William Seward Burroughs on this date in 1888.
It was 79 years ago today thatb Physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
August 21, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully conducted a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile..
That same date in 1959, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii’s admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
31 years ago today, NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
Also today in 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician and engineer, Hubert Gautier, born on this date in 1660.
Giacomo F. Maraldi, the French-Italian astronomer and mathematician was born 359 years ago today.
Born August 21, 1754, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting William Murdoch.
Augustin-Louis Cauchy, the French mathematician and academic was born 235 years ago today.
Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer was born on that same date in 1823.
American animator, director, and producer, Friz Freleng, born on this date in 1906.
Born August 21, 1909, Russian mathematician and physicist Nikolay Bogolyubov.
Also turning 68 today is English-Canadian actress Kim Cattrall.
American businessman, co-founder of America Online (AOL), Steve Case, born on this date in 1958.
Born August 21, 1961, American marine biologist, cartoonist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants Stephen Hillenburg.
Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google, Sergey Brin, born on this date in 1973.

Listener Birthdays

21 – Dean Jensen (Beaker1)
22 – Bilbo Bagins
22 – Frodo Bagins

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 21, 2024

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News* NASA Citizen Scientists Spot Object Moving 1 Million Miles Per Hour – NASA Science

Hacks & Strange Stories* Huge LEGO Star Trek ‘Deep Space Nine’ Model Has Over 75,000 Pieces – Bell of Lost Souls * Alan Parsons Speaks Up on Difficulties of Recording Pink Floyd Classic: ‘We Had to Measure the Tape With a Ruler’ | Ultimate Guitar * Researchers Are Using Mayonnaise to Improve Nuclear Fusion Experiments

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Jackpot! – Amazon Prime * Chuck + Ted Lasso Season 1 (Apple TV+) + Retro Recipes – YouTube

Geek Library* Turns out REST APIs weren’t the answer (and that’s OK!) * The weird ways the elements got their names * 20 Famous Cigarette Brands That FADED Into History! * San Francisco’s Lost Belt Railroad

Question of the week* If you could have any fictional creature as a pet, which one would you choose?

Patreon Topic this week* First failure with AliExpress * Finding neutral with a dead battery * Ubuntu on the Mac Mini

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Feedback* QOTW: What is the funniest inconvenient curse to put on someone?

On This Day In History for August 14, 2024This is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1592, that the first sighting of the Falkland Islands was made by John Davis.
On August 14, 1885, Japan’s first patent was issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
It was 131 years ago today that France became the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
Also on August 14, 1901, the first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
Also today in 1920, the 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially opened in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly-adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.
On August 14, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
76 years ago today, there was the Beaver drop. This was an Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers from Northwestern Idaho to the Chamberlain Basin in Central Idaho. The program involved parachuting beavers into the Chamberlain Basin.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian mathematician and physicist, Giambattista Benedetti, born on this date in 1530.
Born August 14, 1777, Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted.
Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler was born on that same date in 1851.
Italian mathematician and academic, Guido Castelnuovo was born 159 years ago today.
Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, the Belgian mathematician and academic was born 158 years ago today.
Canadian-American physicist and academic, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster was born 138 years ago today.
Turkish astronomer and mathematician, Nüzhet Gökdoğan, born on this date in 1910.
Frank Oppenheimer, the American physicist and academic was born 112 years ago today.
Born August 14, 1914, American physicist, chemist, and academic Herman Branson.
Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Richard R. Ernst, born on this date in 1933.
Also turning 79 today is American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter Steve Martin.
American cartoonist, Gary Larson, born on this date in 1950.
American chemist and astronaut, Tracy Caldwell Dyson is 55 today.

Listener Birthdays

17 – Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek’s son and Geek in Training)
19 – Brian Litecky (blitecky)
19 – Matt Rider (The Eagle Scout Geek )
20 – Jedi_Kez (aka Brian From Winnipeg)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 14, 2024

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News* First rocks recovered from Earth’s mantle | Popular Science * The robo-dentist will see you now: AI bot operates on a live human without supervision for the first time – and it’s 8 times faster than a normal specialist | Daily Mail Online

Hacks & Strange Stories* New fossils could reveal origin of ancient ‘hobbit’ humans | CNN

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Remember When* World’s oldest calendar discovered in ancient temple may rewrite birth of civilization

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + Foundation (Apple TV+) + The Umbrella Academy Season 3 (Netflix)

Geek Library* Why Star Trek’s Graphic Design Makes Sense * Words we’ve ruined. * The Lost Map That Changed American Travel Forever * What’s poopy about a poop deck? | NAUTICAL ETYMOLOGY

Question of the week* Which fictional universe would you feel at home in?

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Feedback* QOTW: + If you could fund research to solve one major scientific problem, what would it be and why?

On This Day In History for August 7, 2024This is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1679, that The brigantine Le Griffon became the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
Also today in 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends became the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
On August 7, 1944, IBM dedicated the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
It was also this date in 1947 that Thor Heyerdahl’s balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashed into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 -day, 7,000 kilometers (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that prehistoric peoples could have traveled from South America.
It was on this date in 1959 that Explorer 6 launched from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
That same date in 1974, Philippe Petit performed a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
Viking 2 entered orbit around Mars on this date in 1976.
Also today in 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter declared a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
It was on this date in 1987, that Lynne Cox became the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
Also today in 1997, The Space Shuttle Discovery launched on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English explorer and cartographer, Robert Dudley, born on this date in 1574.
German geographer and academic, Carl Ritter was born 245 years ago today.
Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician was born on that same date in 1869.
Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist, Louis Leakey was born 121 years ago today.
American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer, Stan Freberg, born on this date in 1926.
James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author was born on that same date in 1928.
Also turning 46 today is American actor Cirroc Lofton.

Listener Birthdays

4 – Clark & Diana (Awesome people and the kids of Gary from Jacksonville)
6 – Fritz The German
6 – Julie Tomasi
8 – Philippa Ballantine
9 – Matt Coe (WoWaddict) [1991]
9 – Julia Posz – (Technorama Promo)
10 – Sam Martin
11 – Steve Wozniak
11 – David Brewer (Tyrion The Imp)
13 – Christine Fiore MegaPodTastic and Honey, You’ve GOT to See This!
17 – Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek’s son and Geek in Training)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 7, 2024

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News* Starliner astronauts’ return still not set: Timeline of launch, issues * Mysterious 1,300-ft-long structures found under Antarctic ice shelf * The Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. Here’s when to see the most ‘shooting stars’. | Live Science

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Remember When* The terrible Radio Shack computer that became your phone | Popular Science

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Deadpool & Wolverine – Theater + Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – Netflix + Knox Goes Away – Max * Chuck + Rebel Moon Parts 1 and 2 – Netflix + Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire – Netflix + 1917 – Netflix

Geek Library* YouTube channel – City Nerd * The Apple II Clone That Wasn’t | Multitech MPF II * YouTube channel – Rob Words

Question of the week* What futuristic technology from a movie or TV show do you wish was real right now, and how would it change your life?

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On This Day In History for July 17, 2024This is the 199th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 167 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1850, that Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
Also today in 1867, Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
125 years ago today, NEC Corporation was organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
It was 122 years ago today that Willis Carrier created the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
That same date in 1938, Douglas Corrigan took off from Brooklyn to fly the “wrong way” to Ireland and became known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan.
69 years ago today, Disneyland was dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
It was 62 years ago today, as part of nuclear weapons testing, the “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I became the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft docked with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations on this date in 1975.
Also today in 1984, The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
On July 17, 1989, was the first flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
It was also this date in 2001 that Concorde was brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
Also on July 17, 2018, Scott S. Sheppard announced that his team has discovered a dozen irregular moons of Jupiter.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician and philosopher, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, born on this date in 1698.
Born July 17, 1763, German-American businessman and philanthropist John Jacob Astor.
Georges Lemaître, the Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist was born 130 years ago today.
Born July 17, 1910, American chemist and microbiologist Frank Olson.
American physicist and academic, invented the laser, Gordon Gould, born on this date in 1920.
Russian mathematician and academic, Sergei K. Godunov was born 95 years ago today.
Born July 17, 1935, Canadian actor and producer Donald Sutherland.
Also born on that same date in 1954, American author, screenwriter, and producer, J. Michael Straczynski.
Also turning 69 today is American mycologist and author Paul Stamets.
Canadian author and activist, Cory Doctorow, born on this date in 1971.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 17, 2024

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News* Planet smells like rotten eggs, study finds * Earth’s inner core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean | CNN * This Is The Fastest Object Ever Made by Humans, And It’s Not Slowing Down : ScienceAlert

Hacks & Strange Stories* Boris Puts Two Raspberry Pis to Work in This Impressively-Industrial Home Assistant Control Panel – Hackster.io * Trillionth of a Second Shutter Speed Camera Captures Chaos in Action : ScienceAlert

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Remember When* German Navy looks to replace its outdated floppy disk system for its frigate fleet

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix) + The Mandalorian/all seasons (D+) + Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix) * Kreg + Hit Man (Netflix) + Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix)

Geek Library* YouTube: What If Channel * YouTube: SciManDan * Reddit: r/ScienceHumour

Question of the week* Which fictional character would be the worst roommate?

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On This Day in History for July 3, 2024This is the 185th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 181 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1608, that Québec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
Also on July 3, 1767, Pitcairn Island was discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
That same date in 1767, Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, was founded and the first edition is published.
The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opened on this date in 1819.
It was on this date in 1884, that Dow Jones & Company published its first stock average.
July 3, 1886, Karl Benz officially unveiled the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
It was also this date in 1886 that The New-York Tribune became the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
Also on July 3, 1938, World speed record for a steam locomotive was set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h).

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Danish botanist and physicist, Ferdinand Didrichsen, born on this date in 1814.
Dankmar Adler, the German-born American architect and engineer was born 180 years ago today.
Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher was born on that same date in 1879.
American mathematician and academic, Jesse Douglas was born 127 years ago today.
Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician was born on that same date in 1933.
Also born on that same date in 1935, American geologist, astronaut, and politician, Harrison Schmitt.
Also turning 81 today is American actor Kurtwood Smith.
Also born on that same date in 1943, American astronaut, Norman E. Thagard.
American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer, Yeardley Smith, born on this date in 1964.
Also born on that same date in 1971, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founded WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.

Listener Birthdays

4 – Mike McBride
6 – Peter(1982, Sweden)
8 – Trampas Whiteman (aka Dragonhelm)
8 – Mark Lee (aka geekdad72) Stardate -351519.09
8 – Alan Ralph (a.k.a. Spiffy)
8 – Kim Eaddy – Kreg’s Wife

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 3, 2024

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News* Hydrogen teleported for first time and no one understands how: 20 tons that can be anywhere * China Just Retrieved Rocks from the Dark Side of the Moon. What Does This Mean for Science? » Explorersweb

Hacks & Strange Stories* Robot smiles with living skin. That’s not creepy at all : NPR

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Remember When* 30 years later, FreeDOS is still keeping the dream of the command prompt alive | Ars Technica * Comet 13P/Olbers, not seen since 1956, set to fly by Earth

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Battlestar Galactica Mini-Series (Prime) + The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor – (Netflix) * Chuck + The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix) + Oppenheimer (Amazon Prime)

Geek Library* Flat Earth Fail Compilation 48: Extreme Failure * When Engineering Goes Wrong: Three Badly Designed Ships * Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Romulans * This Iconic Animal House Scene Was Entirely Improvised * Why Chicago’s Hidden Street has 3 Levels (The History of Wacker Drive) * What Happened to Titanic’s Survivors After the Sinking? * Why People Prefer More Pain * Wheel of Fortune’s Forgotten Origin Story (Who Was Drunk During the Pilot?) * FM is RLL, MFM is RLL, RLL is RLL! Fight me.

Question of the week* If you could fund research to solve one major scientific problem, what would it be and why?

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On This Day In History for June 26, 2024This is the 178th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 188 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1886, that Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
The first Grand Prix motor race was held at Le Mans on this date in 1906.
115 years ago today, The Science Museum in London came into existence as an independent entity.
Also today in 1927, The Cyclone roller coaster opened on Coney Island.
That same date in 1936, saw the initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
82 years ago today was the first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
It was 79 years ago today that The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
William Shockley filed the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor on this date in 1948.
That same date in 1974, The Universal Product Code was scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
It was also this date in 1977 that Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
27 years ago today, J. K. Rowling published the first of her Harry Potter novel series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the United Kingdom.
It was also this date in 2000 that The Human Genome Project announced the completion of a “rough draft” sequence.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Swedish chemist and mineralogist, Georg Brandt, born on this date in 1694.
Born June 26, 1730, French astronomer and academic Charles Messier.
1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer, William Thomson, born on this date in 1824.
Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician was born on that same date in 1878.
Willy Messerschmitt, the German engineer and businessman was born 126 years ago today.
English computer scientist and physicist, Maurice Wilkes, born on this date in 1913.
American computer scientist Robert Everett was born 103 years ago today.
Pavel Belyayev, Soviet soldier, pilot and cosmonaut was born on that same date in 1925.
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Coleman Richardson was born 87 years ago today.

Listener Birthdays

15 – Miss Eliza Sea from Wingin’ It 3D
16 – Joe Edmisson
16 – Jason from The Angry Geek
17 – Digital Dan from the Hook Show
18 – Luke (platypuss72) from UK
18 – Xianfox from Appleton
19 – Steven (sphen603) from Wichita, Kansas
21 – Ascii Adam from the Hook Show
22 – Lance Heath
22 – Jack Stevens
22 – Chris Martinez (Scotland)
25 – Mark Sheppard (Wichita, Kansas) Born 1957
25 – Jim Guckin from Philadelphia, Pa
26 – Patrick Norton
26 – Daughter of Will The Computer Guy
27 – Jordan Burkhead, daughter of Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast
29 – Martin McKeay (Accch, this is the Big 40!)
29 – Gilles Laurent
30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 26, 2024

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News* A 13-Year-Old Built Archimedes’ Mythical Death Ray—and It May Actually Work * China’s ‘artificial sun’ achieves breakthrough in nuclear fusion * The sun’s magnetic field is about to flip. Here’s what to expect. | Space

Hacks & Strange Stories* Remote Amazon tribe connects to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service, become hooked on porn, social media * Mystery monolith appears in Nevada desert

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Remember When* What the web looked like in 1994, the year it became the internet – Fast Company

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Media Corner* Star Citizen player remakes the entire first Star Wars movie in-game

Pass me the remote* Kreg + Remembering Gene Wilder – Netflix + Ultraman: Rising – Netflix + iRobot – Tubi * Chuck + Cult Massacre: One Day In Jonestown (Disney+/Nat Geo) + Mysteries Of The Terracotta Warriors (Netflix) + Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (Netflix) + Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Disney+)

Geek Library* The Computer That Didn’t Save Computerland | Computerland BC286 – YouTube * You’ll always look for this when you drive now * Arizona Memories from the ’50s – YouTube * Why Chicago Secretly Razed A Major Airport – YouTube * Growing Up With Deaf Parents. Chris Ruppe – YouTube * If You Grew Up in the 1970s – You Remember… – YouTube * A Sticky History of Superglue – YouTube * Insane Things that Used to Be Illegal – YouTube * Apple PenLite: The iPad Before the iPad! – YouTube

Question of the week* If we discovered an alien civilization, besides language, how would you try and communicate with them?

Patreon Topic this week* Chuck: The tale of making a remarkable songbook * Chuck: What’s up with Nextdoor.com?!

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On This Day In History for June 5, 2024This is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1817, that the first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, was launched.
It was 141 years ago today that the first regularly scheduled Orient Express departed Paris.
June 5, 1893, the trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother began in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
It was also this date in 1956 that Elvis Presley introduced his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
June 5, 1964, DSV Alvin was commissioned.
It was also this date in 1991 that Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.
Also today in 1995, The Bose-Einstein condensate was first created.
It was on this date in 2002, that Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz became the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian mathematician and philosopher, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, born on this date in 1646.
Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist, Johan Gadolin was born 264 years ago today.
John Couch Adams, the English mathematician and astronomer was born 205 years ago today.
Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, Dennis Gabor was born 124 years ago today.
Beatrice de Cardi, the English archaeologist and academic was born 110 years ago today.
Born June 5, 1915, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa, Lancelot Ware.
American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment, Kathleen Kennedy, born on this date in 1953.
Also turning 59 today is American astronomer and author Michael E. Brown.

Listener Birthdays

4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)
5 – Chris MC
6 – Adam Larson (UncleAdam)
6 – Grandma Grace (1921)
8 – Bobby Irvin
10 – Tim (from Australia)
10 – Weber (BTW June 10 – AA was founded 1935)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 5, 2024

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News* New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fast

Hacks & Strange Stories* Robotic ‘Third Thumb’ expands hand’s range of motion, carrying capacity * Modded an iPod Classic from 2008 to add Bluetooth, USB-C, and an SS * What Time Is It On The Moon? Why Nasa Wants To Set Up A Lunar Time Zone

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Remember When* Walter Cronkite tried to predict the year 2000

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Media Corner* Yes, The Book of Boba Fett Did Mirror Patton Oswalt’s Parks and Recreation Filibuster

Pass me the remote Kreg + Better Call Saul – Netflix (I finished it!) + Star Trek Discovery – Paramount+ * Chuck + A Gentlemen in Moscow – Hulu (we finished it) + An ELF off* the shelf | The Quest Super ELF | COSMAC 1802

Geek Library* The Bubbling Tale of Who Invented the Lava Lamp * Scroll Lock – The Secret Key THEY Don’t Want You to Press! * 20 Things From The 1970s, We Can No Longer Do! * 20 Things that Nazis invented And You Didn’t Know About * What is this rare multi-user UNIX workstation? (Plexus P/20) * Why Chicago’s Standard Oil Building Almost Failed * OBSOLETE Car Features that were actually DANGEROUS – Life in America * I made my OWN Apple TV—with a Raspberry Pi * 10 Famous Cereals That HAVE FADED Into HISTORY * XO-1: The $100 Laptop (Which Cost $200) – Krazy Ken’s Tech Talk * QuickCharge Pro is a SCAM (It Gets Worse) – Krazy Ken’s Tech Talk * San Francisco’s Lost Docks * 15 OLDEST Buildings Still in Use Today

Question of the week* If you could create a game show for any fictional universe, what would it be like?

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On This Day In History for May 19, 2024This is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1886, that The pharmacist John Pemberton placed his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity was tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin on this date in 1919.
It was on this date in 1950, that The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
That same date in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay’s (adopted) 39th birthday.
May 29, 1999, Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
It was also this date in 2015 that One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opened.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English mathematician and philosopher, Humphry Ditton, born on this date in 1675.
German astronomer and selenographer, Johann Heinrich von Mädler was born 230 years ago today.
Bob Hope, the English-American actor, singer, and producer was born 121 years ago today.
John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States was born on that same date in 1917.
English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Peter Higgs was born 95 years ago today.
American animator, producer, and author, David Kirschner, born on this date in 1955.

Listener Birthdays

30 – Petri Lopia
31 – Troy Dunlavy
1 – Selganor
2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)
4 – Leo Schrauwen – history and pictures from Ekeren (Antwerp, Belgium) in Dutch
4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 29, 2024

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News* After You Die, Your Steam Games Will Be Stuck in Legal Limbo – Slashdot * Google’s AI tells users to add glue to their pizza, eat rocks and make chlorine gas | Live Science

Hacks & Strange Stories* AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once | ScienceDaily

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Remember When* This iPod prototype was hiding Apple’s unreleased Tetris clone – The Verge * Messaging Service ICQ To Shut Down Next Month After Nearly 30 Years – Slashdot

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + Loki – Disney+ + How are Microchips Made? + What is this rare multi-user UNIX workstation? (Plexus P/20) * Kreg + The 1% Club – Prime + Better Call Saul – Netflix

Geek Library* Elliot Lake’s Deadly Design Flaw – Massive Engineering Mistakes – Engineering Documentary * Blazing Saddles Producers Tried To HIDE These FACTS From The Public * How Did Darth Vader Sleep? * When Did We Stop Being Naked? * 50 Greatest Historical Events That Never Happened * 20 Inventions That Killed Their Inventor * What Happens When You Remove a Dam * Unsolved Mysteries of History: The Questions Your Teacher Couldn’t Answer * Where Are The Time Travellers? (Shorts) * The Great Pyramid Mystery: The Oldest Cover-Up In History * What Happened to COLOSSUS The Forbin Project? * The Pulaski Skyway’s Forbidden Mystery * 20 Things Only Nerds Will Remember From The 1980s! * Reviving a 1970’s Hard Drive for the Mini Centurion! * How does Bluetooth Work? * Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It’s a Long Story) * When Fish First Breathed Air * The PicoMEM is an amazing software defined ISA card * Why Florida’s Overseas Highway Turned From Dream to Disaster * (361) How 7,000 Years of Epic Floods Changed the World (w/ SciShow!) – YouTube * 20 Things From The 1980s, We Can No Longer Do! * Obsolete Car Features From The Past * Daily Life In Ancient Egypt (3D Animated Documentary – Life Of An Egyptian) * 5 of the Most Idiotic Warships Ever Made * The Forbidden and Forgotten UMC Green 486 CPU * Appalachia’s Abandoned Tunnel Explained

Question of the week* What free thing is so good you can’t believe it’s actually available for free?

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On This Day In History for May 22, 2024This is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1762, that Trevi Fountain was officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
Also today in 1804, The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began as the Corps of Discovery departed from St. Charles, Missouri.
On May 22, 1826, HMS Beagle departed on its first voyage.
Also on May 22, 1846, The Associated Press was formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. president to ever hold a patent on this date in 1849.
It was also this date in 1866 that Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms.
May 22, 1906, The Wright brothers were granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”.
Apollo 10’s Lunar Module flew within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the Moon’s surface on this date in 1969.
Also on May 22, 2012, SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launched a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket in the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor, William Sturgeon, born on this date in 1783.
Brazilian engineer and politician, Augusto Pestana was born 156 years ago today.
Born May 22, 1904, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor Uno Lamm.
German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope, Bodo von Borries was born 119 years ago today.
Born May 22, 1912, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Herbert C. Brown.
Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic, Thomas Gold, born on this date in 1920.
Also turning 78 today is Russian-Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva.
English physicist and academic, Michael Green is 78 today.
Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, Shuji Nakamura, born on this date in 1954.

Listener Birthdays

6 – Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)
6 – Bill Barbour
6 – Steve Bickle
6 – Brian Brown
8 – Curtis Parish
12 – Amanda Huggenkiss
14 – JPCJ
16 – Dan Delaney
22 – Tim Elliott
23 – Kris Ziel Host and producer of The AVScast and 24 Under Review
26 – Eli Yukelzon
27 – Tonya from Dancing With Elephants
28 – Chris Martens, Host of The Jesus Geeks, Z Net Central, and Producer of On The Edge Of Darkness

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 22, 2024

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News* How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth * The Bennu samples have rocks unlike any meteorite ever found * Hypnotoad From ‘Futurama’ Has Officially Overtaken the National Park Service | Cracked.com * Near-flawless quantum teleportation demonstrated in groundbreaking experiment –

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Remember When* Star Wars 1977 movie opening reactions and lines – YouTube * The Computers Of Voyager | Hackaday

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + Secrets of the Neanderthals – Netflix + James Burke Connections – 04 Faith in Numbers + Ahsoka – Disney+ * Kreg + Lift – Netflix + Masterchef Junior Finale – Hulu

Geek Library* The Best Sci-Fi Anthology Series of the Year Is Streaming For Free Right Now * Nasa shows what it’s like inside a black hole * Other things from Chuck’s library + A Geologic Mystery in Madagascar; Solved at Last? + 15 UNUSUAL Geological Wonders + Why Can’t Mickey Mouse Cross THIS LINE And Other Secrets Disney Doesn’t Want You To Know + Why There’s a Straight Line Through Scotland + How Tesla made the WORST TRUCK EVER

Question of the week* What scientific breakthrough are we closer to than most people realize?

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Feedback* QOTW: What is a movie where the main character just can’t get anything right? * Postcard from Jorge in Oslo

On This Day In History for April 24, 2024This is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1704, that The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, was published.
On April 24, 1800, The United States Library of Congress was established when President John Adams signed legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress”.
Also on April 24, 1885, American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.
It was 129 years ago today that Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, set sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop “Spray”.
April 24, 1914, The Franck-Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society.
Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launched a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organize a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance on this date in 1916.
It was on this date in 1967, that Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died in Soyuz 1 when its parachute failed to open. He was the first human to die during a space mission.
It was also this date in 1990 that the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31.
It was 13 years ago today that WikiLeaks started publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom, Edmund Cartwright, born on this date in 1743.
Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper was born 144 years ago today.
Born April 24, 1899, Russian-American mathematician and academic Oscar Zariski.
David Blackwell, the American mathematician and academic was born 105 years ago today.
Born April 24, 1930, American actor, director, and producer Richard Donner.
Australian-English guitarist and composer, John Williams is 83 today.
Also turning 82 today is American singer, actress, activist, and producer Barbra Streisand.
American actor, Jack Quaid, born on this date in 1992.

Listener Birthdays

26 – Stewe Lundin – Sweden
26 – Frank Lopez
29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe
29 – Timothy Karre
29 – Dhruv Gupta
30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 24, 2024

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News* NASA’s Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io (video) | Space * Farewell to Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot: Hilarious Bloopers and Triumphs Reel + Hello, Electric Atlas – IEEE Spectrum * A chunk of metal that tore through a Florida home definitely came from the ISS | Ars Technica * Computer scientist wins Turing Award for seminal work on randomness | Ars Technica

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Remember When* Journalists kept ruining Spock’s death in ST II – Collecting Trek

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Media Corner* Seth MacFarlane & Martin Scorsese Team to Restore Vintage Animated Movies

Pass me the remote* Chuck + Amadeus (Director’s cut) – Netflix + American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders – Netflix * Kreg + Conan O’Brien Must Go – Max

Geek Library* The Mysteries Of North America’s Great Lakes | Naked Science | Spark * California’s Dangerous Capitola Village Situation * Design & 3D-Print Your Own 8-bit Gaming Figures * Data & Picard * (1938) The Birth of SQL & the Relational Database – YouTube

Question of the week* If you could shrink yourself to the size of an ant, what scientific phenomena would you want to explore?

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Feedback* QOTW: What seems to be overpriced, but in reality is 100% worth it? * Voicemail from Krazy Joe * Email from Dave

Hi,
I agree with Kreg, John Carter of Mars isn’t a terrible movie… I’d heard it had poor reviews before watching, but really enjoyed it.

Regarding Kreg’s review of The Tourist.
My feelings about the main character was flipped during the last episode, but having watched and enjoyed season two (small spoiler… the last 30 seconds of season two does it again).

If you have time, I’d still recommend watching season two.

On This Day In History for April 17, 2024This is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1492, that Spain and Christopher Columbus signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
503 years ago today, the trial of Martin Luther over his teachings began during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
April 17, 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano reached New York Harbor.
The Ellis Island immigration center processed 11,747 people, more than on any other day on this date in 1907.
Also on April 17, 1951, The Peak District became the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
It was on this date in 1961, that a group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro – known as the Bay of Pigs invasion.
That same date in 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returned to Earth safely on this date in 1970.
Also today in 2014, NASA’s Kepler space telescope confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian priest and astronomer, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, born on this date in 1598.
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, the German botanist and explorer was born 230 years ago today.
French mathematician and academic, Étienne Bobillier was born 226 years ago today.
J. P. Morgan, the American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. was born 187 years ago today.
Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist was born on that same date in 1863.
Spanish-American ventriloquist, Señor Wences, born on this date in 1896.
Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente was born on that same date in 1906.
Also born on that same date in 1936, Swiss chemist, Urs Wild.
Czech pianist, composer, and producer, Jan Hammer, born on this date in 1948.

Listener Birthdays

19 – Amanda (SusietheGeek’s daughter & Geek in Training)
21 – Kim and Kreg’s Anniversary

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 17, 2024

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News* Scientists created a black hole in lab to test a theory, then it started glowing extremely bright – Good * NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity finds ‘otherworldly’ wreckage on planet’s surface

Hacks & Strange Stories* Elon Musk’s X Goes to War With Twitter.com, Creating a Phishing Nightmare

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Remember When* 5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030 | Ars Technica * Expired Cans of Salmon From Decades Ago Reveal a Big Surprise : ScienceAlert

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Ripley – Netflix * Chuck + Files of the Unexplained: Season 1 – Netflix + Amadeus – Netflix + Why the International Date Line Looks So Stupid

Geek Library* Why The Mississippi River Bridge Collapsed

Question of the week* What is a movie where the main character just can’t get anything right?

Patreon Topic this week* Chuck electrified his ukulele * Great service from Zoom

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On This Day In History for April 10, 2024This is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 265 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 837, that Halley’s Comet made its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometers/3.2 million miles).
On April 10, 1606, The Virginia Company of London was established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
Also today in 1710, The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, came into force in Great Britain.
It was on this date in 1858, that after the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it was recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
It was 158 years ago today that The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
It was on this date in 1872, that The first Arbor Day was celebrated in Nebraska.
That same date in 1912, RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
April 10, 1916, The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) was created in New York City.
It was on this date in 1925, that The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
It was 85 years ago today that Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.’s “Big Book”, was first published.
54 years ago today, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
Also on April 10, 2019, Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announced the first ever image of a black hole, which was located in the center of the M87 galaxy.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German mathematician, physicist, and physician, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, born on this date in 1651.
John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker was born on that same date in 1713.
Born April 10, 1762, Italian physicist and academic Giovanni Aldini.
Arnold Orville Beckman, the American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist was born 124 years ago today.
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Burns Woodward was born 107 years ago today.
Born April 10, 1927, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate Marshall Warren Nirenberg.
Egyptian actor and screenwriter, Omar Sharif, born on this date in 1932.
Also turning 68 today is English chemist and academic Carol V. Robinson.
English computer scientist and academic, Carole Goble, born on this date in 1961.
Also turning 56 today is American actor, producer, and screenwriter Orlando Jones.

Listener Birthdays

14 – Danny Harnish
16 – Donna Tomasi

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 10, 2024

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News* NASA investigates whether debris that struck Florida home fell from space – The Washington Post * Have Scientists Finally Made Sense of Hawking’s Famous Black Hole Formula? – Slashdot * Voyager 1 Issue Tracked Down To Defective Memory Chip | Hackaday

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Media Corner* 35 Fictional Locations You Can Visit Right Here in the Real World | Cracked.com * New Disney animatronics breathe convincing life into its 2D characters – The Verge

Pass me the remote* Chuck + Starcrash (MST3K) – Netflix + Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War – Netflix + Gentleman in Moscow – Paramount+ + Why is this number everywhere? + The Most Important day in Tornado Science History – April 3, 1974 * Kreg + Resident Alien – Netflix + Lon.TV – YouTube

Geek Library* Why Chicago Razed The First Skyscraper | The Field Building * 12 NEW Arduino Projects!!! (2024 Edition) * Let’s Make 80s Computers Talk | 1980s Commodore Speech Synthesizer * 6 Theories of the Edmund Fitzgerald * New York’s Lost Subway Entrances * Faulty Sega Mega Drive Game | Can I Fix It? * What’s on the rooftops of New York’s most famous skyscrapers? – IT’S HISTORY * New York’s Liberty Island was a Military Fort

Question of the week* What seems to be overpriced, but in reality is 100% worth it?

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On This Day In History for April 3, 2024This is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1860, the first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, began.
139 years ago today, Gottlieb Daimler was granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he used seven months later to create the world’s first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.
On April 3, 1933, was the first flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
It was on that same date in 1973 that Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
It was on this date in 1975, that Bobby Fischer refused to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
It was also this date in 1981 that The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, was unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
It was 28 years ago today that Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski was captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
It was on this date in 2000, in the court case United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft was ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
On April 3, 2010, Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German mathematician and astronomer, Michael Neander, born on this date in 1529.
William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist was born on that same date in 1715.
Pierre Bretonneau, the French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy was born 246 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1798, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877), Charles Wilkes.
Bud Fisher, the American cartoonist was born 139 years ago today.
American publisher, co-founded Time magazine, Henry Luce was born 126 years ago today.
Born April 3, 1909, Polish-American mathematician and academic Stanislaw Ulam.
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, Gus Grissom was born 98 years ago today.
Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center, Fazlur Rahman Khan, born on this date in 1929.
American actor and comedian, Eddie Murphy is 63 today.

Listener Birthdays

4 – Brian K
4 – Joel McLaughlin (aka Gorkon)
4 – Amy Bowen
5 – Chad Davis, Jon Issler (hsteckylf)
5 – Griffin Sylvester (Ildreancipher)
5 – Martine Tysmans – citytrips, travelling, jokes… (in Dutch)
5 – Ringmaster Greg from Dancing With Elephants
6 – Trevor Litecky (future Geek)
6 – Samwise Gamgee
7 – P.C. Haring

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 3, 2024

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News* Woman Wins Contest, Blasts Off and Docks at Space Station * Scientists plan to study solar eclipse with planes and NASA probe * Get Ready for the Robotic Fish Revolution | Hakai Magazine

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Remember When* From Eliza to ChatGPT: the 60-year history of chatbots – The Verge * 20 years of Gmail – The Verge

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + Shogūn – Hulu + Faraway Downs – Hulu + Texas Instruments Made a Computer (& It Failed) * Kreg + Starcrash – Tubi + Master Chef – Hulu

Geek Library* Coding games like it’s the 80s | Usborne Computer Programming Book – YouTube * My STAR WARS House & Collection Tour (2024) – YouTube * More videos from Chuck + Mercury and MESSENGER + Forgotten and Abandoned Highway 80 Through the California Desert + How the Colorado Plateau Formed & Rose 8,500 Feet

Question of the week* What is something that you think shouldn’t exist?

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On This Day In History for March 27, 2024This is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1513, that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reached the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
On March 27, 1886, Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrendered to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
It was 112 years ago today that First Lady Helen Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the origin of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Also today in 1915, Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, was put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life
It was 60 years ago today, that The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 struck Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage
That same date in 1975, Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System began.
It was 48 years ago today that The first section of the Washington Metro opened to the public.
Also on March 27, 1998, The Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French engineer, urban planner, and politician, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, born on this date in 1809.
Edward Augustus Inglefield, the English admiral and explorer was born 204 years ago today.
Born March 27, 1844, American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient Adolphus Greely.
German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Wilhelm Röntgen was born 179 years ago today.
Born March 27, 1847, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Otto Wallach.
American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist, William Libbey, born on this date in 1855.
Douglas Hartree, the English mathematician and physicist was born 127 years ago today.
American mathematician and computer programmer, Margaret K. Butler, born on this date in 1924.
American science fiction writer, Kevin J. Anderson is 62 today.
Also born on that same date in 1963, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, Quentin Tarantino.
Canadian actor, Nathan Fillion is 53 today.

Listener Birthdays

21 – Krazy Joe Fiore, MegaPodTasticand Honey, You’ve GOT to See This!
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
29 – Marc Blackburn

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 27, 2024

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News* Mars declared unsafe for humans to live as no one can survive for longer than four years * 2024 Abel prize: Michel Talagrand wins maths award for making sense of randomness | New Scientist * Neuralink Reveals First Human-Trial Patient

Hacks & Strange Stories* Robot turns itself to liquid to escape cage and then reforms just like in Terminator 2 * Dogs’ brain activity shows they recognize the names of objects | Ars Technica

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Media Corner* 45 Years Ago, the First Star Wars Ripoff was Stupid, Cheap, and Absurdly Fun

Pass me the remote* Chuck + Colossus – The Greatest Secret in the History of Computing + Why The First Computers Were Made Out Of Light Bulbs + Installing Windows 3.1 on an iPhone From Floppy Disks! * Kreg + Roadhouse – Amazon Prime + Yesterday – Netflix

Geek Library* Star Rekt – YouTube * What Will Happen On The Day Of The Yellowstone Eruption? * Atlanta’s Underground Zero Mile Explained | ABANDONED * America Unearthed: Ancient Ruins Discovered in California (S3, E7) | Full Episode | History * Real Reason Why Nazi Officers Fled to Argentina After WW2 * The Tiny Most Powerful Aircraft that Almost Changed All of Aviation * New York’s Longest Bridge | Verrazano Narrows * Reimagining the Iconic BeOS BeBox * These Computers Changed the World * The Most Inbred People Of All Time | Random Thursday * Explore Mysterious Rivers On The Deep Seafloor * Capacitors how do they work * The Next Pompeii | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS * I Perfected the iMac G4 * THE MATRIX: Every Glitch & Details You Missed | Deep Dive * The Discovery That Transformed Pi * Chicago’s Weird “Pedway” Tunnel System Explained * When Apple Made an OS for its Enemies * Tragically Inexperienced: The Ocean Ranger Oil Rig Disaster * 10 Photos That Can Prove That Time Travel Exists

Question of the week* What is your favorite terrible movie?

Patreon Topic this week* Dropped phone and the consequences * Chuck talks to his AI self

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Feedback* QOTW: If humans discovered a way to teleport anywhere on Earth instantaneously, how would this change daily life and global society?

On This Day In History for March 13, 2024This is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1639, that Harvard College was named after clergyman John Harvard.
It was 243 years ago today that William Herschel discovered Uranus.
162 years ago today, The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
Also on March 13, 1930, The news of the discovery of Pluto was announced by Lowell Observatory.
It was 55 years ago today that Apollo 9 returned safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opened between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. on this date in 1988
It was also this date in 2020 that President Donald Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American astronomer and mathematician, Percival Lowell, born on this date in 1855.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1899.
American chemist and Women’s Army Corps officer, Myrtle Bachelder was born 116 years ago today.
L. Ron Hubbard, American author was born on that same date in 1911.
Born March 13, 1916, American engineer and academic Jacque Fresco.
Ralph J. Roberts, the American businessman, co-founded Comcast was born 104 years ago today.
Al Jaffee, American cartoonist was born on that same date in 1921.
American singer-songwriter and pianist, Neil Sedaka is 85 today.
Also born on that same date in 1942, American computer scientist and engineer, Dave Cutler.
Also turning 79 today is Russian mathematician and academic Anatoly Fomenko.

Listener Birthdays

13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo
14 – Pi Day (3/14)
16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com
19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
19 – Michael R. Mennenga

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 13, 2024

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News* NASA Launches Astronauts After Finding Crack in Spacecraft During Countdown * Archimedes’ death ray might have worked, teen science project suggests | CNN * Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed fusion energy pioneer claims ‘pivotal moment’ | Recharge * Quantum Computing Takes a Giant Leap With Light-Based Processors

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Remember When* New technology allows archaeologists to use particle physics to explore the past – CBS News

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Media CornerPass me the remote* Kreg + Ricky Stanicky – Prime + The Tourist – Netflix + Passengers – Rental + Wonka – Max * Chuck + Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix) + Old pinball machines are amazingly complex + Dune 2 (Theater)

Geek Library1. Pi Solar Camera – Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi 2. The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math 3. What’s inside a .EXE File? 4. Why do hurricane lanterns look like that? 5. The First Transistors 6. Netscape it’s rise, fall, and eventual revenge 7. The Rise of Unix. The Seeds of its Fall. 8. Why people thought steel houses were a good idea 9. The Forgotten Era: What Really Happened AFTER the Dinosaurs Went Extinct ? Earth History Documentary 10. America’s Ice Age Explained | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E12) | Full Episode | History 11. The Grand Canyon Explained | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E1) | Full Documentary | History 12. 6 Years STRANDED On Desolate Pacific Island 13. New York’s Lost Domino Sugar Refinery

Question of the week* What movie would be the most improved if you add “vs Predator” to the title?

Patreon Topic this week* ChatGPT/AI and podcasting

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On This Day In History for February 21, 2024This is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1804, that The first self-propelling steam locomotive made its outing at the Pen-y-Darren Ironworks in Wales
That same date in 1842, John Greenough was granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine
It was on this date in 1878, that The first telephone directory was issued in New Haven, Connecticut
That same date in 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue
In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrated the first “instant camera”, the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America on this date in 1947
On February 21, 1948, NASCAR was incorporated
It was also this date in 1972 that The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 landed on the Moon

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German astronomer, composer, and theorist, Sethus Calvisius, born on this date in 1556.
Francis Ronalds, the British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph was born 236 years ago today.
Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate, Henrik Dam was born 129 years ago today.
Born February 21, 1921, American aeronautical engineer Richard T. Whitcomb.
American computer scientist and engineer, Thelma Estrin was born 100 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1943, American businessman, co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records, David Geffen.
United States Senator, American captain, pilot, and astronaut, Mark Kelly is 60 today.

Listener Birthdays

23 – Zhadum
23 – Keith Hughes(a.k.a. EdGizmo)
25 – Norbert
25 – Sandi Sheppard (Mark’s lovely wife)
28 – Wayne “Your Ad Here” Pittenger – Bethlehem PA
29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury UK

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 21, 2024

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News* Water molecules found on asteroids thought to be ‘completely dry’ | CNN * Private Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from space | Space

Hacks & Strange Stories* ‘Rat Dck’ Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science Journal * You’ve tried plant-based meat, but here come meat-based plants * AI falsely fines Dutch man 380 euro for using phone while driving – The Jerusalem Post

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Pass me the remote* Kreg: + The Wedding Crashers + Better Call Saul * Chuck: + Building the Eiffel Tower | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS (YouTube) + The Only Reason the Voyager Probes are Still Working Today (YouTube) + The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix)

Question of the week* If humans discovered a way to teleport anywhere on Earth instantaneously, how would this change daily life and global society?

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On This Day In History for February 14, 2024This is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1778, that The United States flag was formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones
Also today in 1849, In New York City, James Knox Polk became the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken
That same date in 1855, Texas was linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas
It was 148 years ago today, that Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone, as did Elisha Gray
It was also this date in 1899 that Voting machines were approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections
It was on this date in 1912, that The U.S. Navy commissioned its first class of diesel-powered submarines
It was 106 years ago today that Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar.
It was also this date in 1924 that The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
February 14, 1961, Discovery of the chemical element 103, Lawrencium, was first synthesized at the University of California
That same date in 1990, The Voyager 1 spacecraft took the photograph of planet Earth that later became famous as Pale Blue Dot
On February 14, 2000, The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid
It was also this date in 2005 that YouTube was launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German priest and mathematician, Johannes Werner, born on this date in 1468.
Born February 14, 1819, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter Christopher Latham Sholes.
French astronomer and academic, Benjamin Baillaud, born on this date in 1848.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., the American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel was born 165 years ago today.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1869.
American actor and producer, Jack Benny was born 130 years ago today.
Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer was born on that same date in 1898.
American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Herbert A. Hauptman was born 107 years ago today.
Born February 14, 1934, American actress and singer Florence Henderson.
Also turning 57 today is Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
English actor, director, and producer, Simon Pegg is 54 today.
Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype, Jaan Tallinn, born on this date in 1972.

Listener Birthdays

14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
14 – Andrew from Illinois
15 – Philip from Australia
17 – Bob Trate of MegaPodTastic and Action Figure Junkies
18 – Hot John Miller of MegaPodTastic
18 – Ray Insalaco – Central Village, CT
19 – Scooter in Connecticut
19 – Steve in Sumter
19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, SC)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 14, 2024

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News* NASA’s Voyager 1 probe is malfunctioning in deep space due to a critical memory error | Tom’s Hardware * Space-based research may lead to cancer ‘kill switch’ | Fortune Well

Hacks & Strange Stories* Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen

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Remember When* It turns out that ray tracing on a 42-year-old computer is actually possible, if you’re willing to wait 17 hours for each frame to load | TechRadar * Over 40 Years Later, William Shatner Still Loves The Commodore Vic-20 | Time Extension

Thank you Patrons!This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes.

Pass me the remote* Kreg + The Marvels – Disney+ + Freelance – Hulu + Good Grief – Netflix + True Detective – Max * Chuck + When Whales Could Walk | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS – YouTube + Ice Age Footprints | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS – YouTube + Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED – YouTube + The Mystery Of The Village That Beat The Black Death | Riddle Of The Plague Survivors | Chronicle – YouTube

Question of the week* If time travel was possible and you could send a modern smartphone back to a scientist from the past, who would you choose and how do you think it would change history?

Patreon Topic this week* reMarkable news from Chuck – new stylus & one less thing in Todoist * Kiwi browser for Android * Banning/limiting screen time in French town

End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:

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Feedback* QOTW: Take your favorite Superhero and give them a D&D Class

On This Day In History for February 14, 2024This is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1778, that The United States flag was formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones
Also today in 1849, In New York City, James Knox Polk became the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken
That same date in 1855, Texas was linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas
It was 148 years ago today, that Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone, as did Elisha Gray
It was also this date in 1899 that Voting machines were approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections
It was on this date in 1912, that The U.S. Navy commissioned its first class of diesel-powered submarines
It was 106 years ago today that Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar.
It was also this date in 1924 that The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
February 14, 1961, Discovery of the chemical element 103, Lawrencium, was first synthesized at the University of California
That same date in 1990, The Voyager 1 spacecraft took the photograph of planet Earth that later became famous as Pale Blue Dot
On February 14, 2000, The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid
It was also this date in 2005 that YouTube was launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German priest and mathematician, Johannes Werner, born on this date in 1468.
Born February 14, 1819, American journalist and politician, invented the typewriter Christopher Latham Sholes.
French astronomer and academic, Benjamin Baillaud, born on this date in 1848.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., the American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel was born 165 years ago today.
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1869.
American actor and producer, Jack Benny was born 130 years ago today.
Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer was born on that same date in 1898.
American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Herbert A. Hauptman was born 107 years ago today.
Born February 14, 1934, American actress and singer Florence Henderson.
Also turning 57 today is Greek-English businessman, founded easyJet Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
English actor, director, and producer, Simon Pegg is 54 today.
Estonian computer programmer, co-developed Skype, Jaan Tallinn, born on this date in 1972.

Listener Birthdays

14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast
14 – Andrew from Illinois
15 – Philip from Australia
17 – Bob Trate of MegaPodTastic and Action Figure Junkies
18 – Hot John Miller of MegaPodTastic
18 – Ray Insalaco – Central Village, CT
19 – Scooter in Connecticut
19 – Steve in Sumter
19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, SC)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 14, 2024

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