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A quick note about the passing of Jane Goodall
Talk about the Discord Server

Feedback* QOTW: If you had to permanently give up one category of modern technology, which one would you ditch and why?

On This Day In History for October 8, 2025This is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 84 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1645, that Jeanne Mance opened the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
On October 8, 1829, the train Stephenson’s Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
It was also this date in 1871 that Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front caused the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.
October 8, 1921, KDKA in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field conducted the first live broadcast of a football game.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English physician, John Clarke, born on this date in 1609.
Born October 8, 1715, French scientist and missionary Michel Benoist.
German pianist, composer, and physicist, Salomon Kalischer was born 180 years ago today.
Born October 8, 1872, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer Mary Engle Pennington.
Danish chemist and astronomer, Ejnar Hertzsprung was born 152 years ago today.
American pilot and engineer, Robert R. Gilruth, born on this date in 1913.
Also born on that same date in 1939, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter, Paul Hogan.
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, Chevy Chase, born on this date in 1943.

Listener Birthdays

9 – Itsuko Rumpke (sounds like IT SUE-Koe)
9 – Mario (New Jersey)
10 – Victor Cajiao
10 – Garrett Riffal
11 – Bruce Barr
13 – Jason Schwanz

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 8, 2025

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News* James Webb telescope captures its first direct image of a glowing exoplanet the size of Saturn | Daily Mail Online * Space Startup Wants to Deliver Cargo Anywhere on Earth in One Hour * Move Over Messi: China’s New Robot Soccer League Is Wild!

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Remember When* The Internet We Didn’t Get | Hackaday * Ants Trapped For Years in a Soviet Nuclear Bunker Survived in The Most Horrifying Way : ScienceAlert

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Pass me the remote Chuck + The Spy (Netflix) + Outlander season 7 (Netflix) + 28 Years Later (Netflix) + House of Guinness (Netflix) + The Naked Gun (Paramount+) * Kreg* + Kpop Demon Hunters – Netflix + Peacemaker – HBO + NetworkChuck – YouTube

Geek Library* Popular Operating systems from 1980 to today (video) * Popular programming languages from 1955 to today (video)

Question of the week* You get a one minute trip to the past or future…what do you do with it?

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Feedback* QOTW: What’s the most useless/obsolete piece of technology you own, and why haven’t you thrown it away yet?

On This Day In History for October 1, 2025This is the 274th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 91 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1890, that Yosemite National Park was established by the U.S. Congress.
That same date in 1891, Stanford University opened its doors in California, United States.
On October 1, 1903, Baseball: The Boston Americans played the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
That same date in 1908, Ford Model T automobiles were offered for sale at a price of US$825.
The George Washington Bridge in the United States was opened, linking New Jersey and New York on this date in 1931.
It was also this date in 1940 that the Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opened to traffic.
It was on this date in 1947, that The North American F-86 Sabre flew for the first time.
67 years ago today, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was replaced by NASA.
October 1, 1961, The CTV Television Network, Canada’s first private television network, was launched.
It was 56 years ago today that Concorde broke the sound barrier for the first time.
Also on October 1, 1971, Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Florida.
Also today in 1971, The first practical CT scanner was used to diagnose a patient.
It was also this date in 1982 that Sony and Phillips launched the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony released the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind.
It was 43 years ago today, that EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opened at Walt Disney World in Florida.
24 years ago today, 3G wireless technology first became available when it was adopted by Japanese telecommunications company NTT Docomo.
On October 1, 2003, the popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan was launched.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American engineer and businessman who founded the Boeing Company, William Boeing, born on this date in 1881.
Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1894.
Austrian-English physicist and academic, Otto Robert Frisch, born on this date in 1904.
José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer was born on that same date in 1910.
English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester, Kathleen Ollerenshaw was born 113 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1922, Chinese-American physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate, Chen-Ning Yang.
American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons, Dave Arneson was born 78 years ago today.
Born October 1, 1950, Russian physician and astronaut Boris Morukov.
Hungarian mathematician and educator, Éva Tardos is 68 today.
Also born on that same date in 1960, American scientist, Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser, Joshua Wurman.

Listener Birthdays

1 – 10/1 = 101 & Stephen Wesche (From Saint Louis Missouri) (Pronounced Like the first part of the word “Wet” and the word “She”)
2 – Adam Rumpke
6 – John Deurholt (Jo Dho)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 1, 2025

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News* NASA announces Voyager 1’s remarkable new discovery at the edge of our solar system – African In Space * Unusual New 3I/ATLAS Discovery Suggests the Interstellar Comet is “Anomalously Massive” – The Debrief * This dwarf planet has gas: Makemake’s methane surprises scientists | Space

Hacks & Strange Stories* Enthusiasts bond twelve 56K modems together to set dial-up broadband records — a dozen screeching boxes achieve record 668 kbps download speeds | Tom’s Hardware

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Remember When* Million-year-old skull could rewrite timeline of human origin, researchers say – ABC News

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + Infinitum: Subject Unknown (YouTube) + Cunk on Life (Netflix) + Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Netflix) + Adolescence (Netflix) * Kreg + Star Trek: Kahn + Only Murders in the Building – Hulu

Question of the week* If you had to permanently give up one category of modern technology, which one would you ditch and why?

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We were thrilled to welcome back the incomparable Adam Savage1! It’s been two decades since his first interview with us, and the capital ‘M’ Maker is busier than ever. He shares how his work evolved after MythBusters and MythBusters Junior, moving to the creation of roughly 400 videos a year on his incredibly successful YouTube channel, Tested. Adam discusses the incredible access his reputation has granted him in film and aerospace industries, his thoughts on the current state of maker technology—from having 3D printers in his shop to his reluctance to jump on AI for creative output—and his philosophy of being a “permission machine” that inspires others to pursue their deepest passions. Tune in to hear the full interview, including Adam’s favorite movie, sound effect, and, of course, a deep dive into his complex relationship with duct tape!

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Feedback* QOTW: What’s the most useless robot you can imagine and what does or doesn’t it do?

On This Day In History for Sept 24, 2025This is the 267th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1852, that the first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, traveled 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
September 24, 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s first National Monument.
Jimmy Doolittle performed the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible on this date in 1929.
That same date in 1935, Earl and Weldon Bascom produced the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
77 years ago today, the Honda Motor Company was founded.
It was 65 years ago today that USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.
Also on September 24, 2014, The Mars Orbiter Mission made India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
It was on this date in 2023, that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully landed back on Earth.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Dutch mathematician and politician, Johan de Witt, born on this date in 1625.
Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting was born on that same date in 1870.
American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever, Sarah Knauss, born on this date in 1880.
Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated was born on that same date in 1883.
Born September 24, 1896, American novelist and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar-Chatt-Duncanson model, Michael J. S. Dewar was born 107 years ago today.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for Sept 24, 2025

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News* “It Replaces Your Entire Data Center”: Scientists Create DNA Cassette Tapes That Hold More Data Than Thousand Hard Drives * Chimps consume alcohol equivalent of nearly 2 drinks a day – Ars Technica * Hubble reveals baby stars in a galaxy torn by gravity | ScienceDaily * What do people actually use ChatGPT for? OpenAI provides some numbers. – Ars Technica

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Remember When* Back to the Future…predx2ictions for 2025 – Mike’s Road Trip

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Pass me the remote Kreg + Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 – Netflix + Venom – Netflix + The Six Million Dollar Man – Peacock + Mission Impossible I, II, III – Netflix * Chuck* + The Amateur – Hulu + Becoming Led Zeppelin – Netflix + 28 Days Later – Netflix + Infinitum: Subject Unknown – YouTube + Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan – Netflix + Alien Earth – Hulu

Question of the week* What’s the most useless/obsolete piece of technology you own, and why haven’t you thrown it away yet?

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Feedback* QOTW: + What’s a piece of forgotten ’90s tech that you think deserves a modern comeback, and how would you upgrade it?

On This Day In History for September 17, 2025This is the 260th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1543, that The first Finnish-language book, the Abckiria by Mikael Agricola, was published in Stockholm.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing “animalcules”, later known as protozoa on this date in 1683.
Also on September 17, 1908, The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashed, killing Selfridge, who became the first airplane fatality.
It was 64 years ago today that the world’s first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise was unveiled by NASA on this date in 1976.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Italian astronomer, Celio Calcagnini, born on this date in 1479.
German geologist and paleontologist, Herman Adolfovich Trautscohold was born 208 years ago today.
Bernhard Riemann, the German-Italian mathematician and academic was born 199 years ago today.
Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company, David Dunbar Buick, born on this date in 1854.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer was born on that same date in 1857.
Russian chemist, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, born on this date in 1867.
Eivind Astrup, Norwegian explorer was born on that same date in 1871.
Gerald Guralnik, the American physicist and academic was born 89 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 Baggins
22 – Frodo Baggins

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 17, 2025

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News* Did NASA’s Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to bring its samples home to find out, scientists say | Space * Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes * Ant queen gives birth to two different species | CNN

Hacks & Strange Stories* Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run ‘at like, 5,000 frames per second’ on Windows NT | PC Gamer

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Remember When* Retrotechtacular: The Noisy Home Computer From 1967 | Hackaday

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Pass me the remote Kreg + Aka Charlie Sheen – Netflix + The Breakfast Club – Peacock + THIS Is Where the Internet Lives – NetworkChuck on YouTube + This is Spinal Tap + Spinal Tap 𝛑: The End Continues – Theater * Chuck* + The Mask (Tubi) + Shazam (YouTube movie) + Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street (Netflix) + Leave The World Behind (Netflix) + Katrina: Come Hell Or High Water (Netflix) + Genghis Khan: A Secret History (D+) + Infinite (YouTube)

Question of the week* What’s the most useless robot you can imagine and what does or doesn’t it do?

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Feedback* QOTW: If your smart home could suddenly talk back, what’s the first sassy comment it would make about your daily habits?

On This Day In History for July 23, 2025This is the 204th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 161 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1829, that In the United States, William Austin Burt patented the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
Also today in 1903, The Ford Motor Company sold its first car.
Also on July 23, 1926, Fox Film bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company went on the air in Bombay on this date in 1927.
63 years ago today, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Also today in 1962, Telstar relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite.
On July 23, 1972, The United States launched Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
It was on this date in 1995, that Comet Hale-Bopp was discovered; it became visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
It was 28 years ago today that Digital Equipment Corporation filed antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
26 years ago today, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory..
Also on July 23, 2015, NASA announced discovery of Kepler-452b by the Kepler space telescope.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French physicist and mathematician, Étienne-Louis Malus, born on this date in 1775.
Swiss-German physicist and engineer, Walter H. Schottky was born 139 years ago today.
Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Vladimir Prelog, born on this date in 1906.
Vera Rubin, American astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1928.
American actor and activist, Woody Harrelson is 64 today.
Also turning 36 today is English actor Daniel Radcliffe.

Listener Birthdays

August
- 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)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 23, 2025

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News* The Sculpting Robots Quietly Used by Big-Name Artists * A strange fossil at the edge of the solar system just shook up Planet Nine theories | ScienceDaily * The Large Hadron Collider Discovers Antimatter Behaving Oddly in New Class of Particles | Scientific American * 23andMe’s Data Sold to Nonprofit Run by Its Co-Founder – ‘And I Still Don’t Trust It’ – Slashdot

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Remember When* We saw the heart of Pluto 10 years ago—it’ll be a long wait to see the rest – Ars Technica

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Superman – Theater (again) + The Bear – Hulu * Chuck + Marco Polo (Netflix) + Star Trek VI and Generations (Paramount+) + Trainwreck: Balloon Boy (Netflix) + The Deer Hunter (Netflix) + Vertigo (Netflix)

Question of the week* You’ve just been hired to design the worst possible “smart” kitchen gadget. What is it?

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Feedback* QOTW: If you could temporarily break one fundamental law of science or physics to make your weekend better, what scientific law would you break, and what would you do?

Mad Marv

I would really like to see the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics break.

Specifically entropy and I’d like to see the total entropy of the universe decrease. Entropy is states of disorder and randomness.

Entropy is supposed to always increase and therefore can be used to determine the direction of time. So if entropy somehow decreased across the universe…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_as_an_arrow_of_time

Marv

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On This Day In History for July 16, 2025This is the 197th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 168 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1536, that Jacques Cartier, navigator and explorer, returned home to St. Malo after claiming Stadacona (Quebec), Hochelaga (Montereal) and the River of Canada (St. Lawrence River) region for France.
That same date in 1661, The first banknotes in Europe were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
Also today in 1769, Father Junípero Serra founded California’s first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolved into the city of San Diego, California.
Also on July 16, 1790, The District of Columbia was established as the capital of the United States after the signature of the Residence Act.
John Robertson Duigan made the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia on this date in 1910.
Also on July 16, 1935, The world’s first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
It was 80 years ago today that the Atomic Age began when the United States successfully detonated a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the Manhattan Project.
On July 16, 1956, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed its last “Big Tent” show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics, all subsequent circus shows were held in arenas.
That same date in 1965, The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opened.
On July 16, 1969, The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission was launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA.
It was also this date in 1994 that the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was destroyed in a head-on collision with Jupiter.
Millennium Park, considered Chicago’s first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, was opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley on this day in 2004.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Norwegian pilot and explorer, Roald Amundsen, born on this date in 1872.
Frits Zernike, the Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 137 years ago today.
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German mathematician and engineer was born on that same date in 1903.
American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher’s, Orville Redenbacher, born on this date in 1907.
American actress Phoebe Cates is 62 today.
American actor, comedian, and producer, Will Ferrell, born on this date in 1967.

Listener Birthdays

18 – Lord Doomicus
18 – Nikolai from Dancing With Elephants
23 – John Miller Jr. – Lancaster SC
23 – Dave Perillo, MegaPodTastic and Montygog’s Art-O-Rama!
26 – Aaron Heath (Adelaide, Australia)
27 – Wife of Will The Computer Guy
29 – Shaun Farrell, host of the Adventures in Scifi Publishing podcast
29 – John Kratzer
30 – Brian Hunt aka Zaphodbblx
31 – Wedding Anniversary of Will The Computer Guy (2007, 9 years)
31 – Denise Inglis

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 16, 2025

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News* Bug Hunters Gain Access to 64 Million McDonald’s Job Applicants’ Info by Using the Password ‘123456’ * Remember That Asteroid NASA Deflected in a Test of Saving Earth? We Have Bad News * ‘I felt pure, unconditional love’: the people who marry their AI chatbots | Podcasts | The Guardian * Elephants gesture with an intention to communicate their desires, study finds

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Remember When* A 7-Billion-Year-Old Ice Ball Just Entered Our Solar System

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Superman – Theater + Heads of State – Prime + The Bear – Hulu + Iron Heart – Disney+ * Chuck + Jaws at 50 – Disney+ + Lost Treasures of Rome – Disney+ + Star Trek II & III – Paramount+ + Trainwreck: The Real Project X – Netflix + Sandman Season 2 – Netflix

Geek Library* Double Rainbow (viral video) – Wikipedia * Look forward to retirement

Question of the week* If your smart home could suddenly talk back, what’s the first sassy comment it would make about your daily habits?

Patreon Topic this week* Dragon Con is coming!

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On This Day In History for July 9, 2025This is the 190th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 175 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1763, that The Mozart family started their grand tour of Europe, lifting the profile of their son Wolfgang Amadeus.
132 years ago today, Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performed the first successful open-heart surgery in the United States without anesthesia.
Also on July 9, 1937, The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation were destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
It was also this date in 1955 that The Russell-Einstein Manifesto called for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
It was on this date in 1958, that A 7.8 magnitude strike-slip earthquake in Alaska caused a landslide that produced a megatsunami. The run-up from the waves reached 525 m (1,722 ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
July 9, 1962, Starfish Prime tested the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American inventor, the man who invented the sewing machine, Elias Howe, born on this date in 1819.
Italian composer and conductor Ottorino Respighi was born 146 years ago today.
John Archibald Wheeler, the American physicist and author was born 114 years ago today.
Dutch mathematician and academic, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn was born 107 years ago today.
Kathleen Booth, the British computer scientist and mathematician was born 103 years ago today.
American computer scientist and graphic artist, Janice Lourie is 95 today.
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Tom Hanks, born on this date in 1956.
American software developer, co-founded Netscape, Marc Andreessen is 54 today.
American actor, director, and producer, Fred Savage, born on this date in 1976.

Listener Birthdays

10 – KHD a.k.a. The Devin
11 – Steven Truax (rednecktech)
12 – Shadowbird712 of Shadowbird Studios (http://shadowbirdsrandomcrap.blogspot.com/) (Sorry for the cheap plug, y’all)
12 – François Pominville nickname: Bookaroo (Year: 11110110001, Canada)
13 – Ben Ragunton of TGGeeks

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 9, 2025

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News* Controversy Erupts As Scientists Start Work To Create Artificial Human DNA * Mosquito-sized drone is designed for Chinese spy missions — military robotics lab reveals incredibly tiny bionic flying robots | Tom’s Hardware * A Strange Mark Just Appeared on the Moon — NASA Satellite Captures Startling Lunar Disruption

Hacks & Strange Stories* Whack-A-Disk | Hackaday * ‘Antiques Roadshow’ guest says ‘holy money’ after expert revealed the value of his Batman painting

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + The China Syndrome (YouTube) + Buy Now – The Shopping Conspiracy (Netflix) + Grenfell: Uncovered (Netflix) + Trainwreck: Poop Cruise (Netflix) + Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers (Netflix) * Kreg + Everything is going to be Great – Theater + The Day the Earth Blew Up – Max + Ironheart – Disney+

Geek Library* Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read | Open Culture

Question of the week* If you could temporarily break one fundamental law of science or physics to make your weekend better, what scientific law would you break, and what would you do?

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“Happy 20th birthday Technorama, and happy belated 60, Chuck. One third a lifetime is a lifetime. Thanks, Chuck and Kreg for taking me on this journey with you.”

On This Day In History for June 18, 2025This is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 196 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1858, that Charles Darwin received a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin’s own, prompting Darwin to publish his theory.
Also today in 1873, Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
97 years ago today, Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she was a passenger; Wilmer Stultz was the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
Columbia Records introduced the long-playing record album (or LP) in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on this date in 1948.
That same date in 1981, The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, made its first flight.
June 18, 1983, Aboard Space Shuttle STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.
It was on this date in 2006, that The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 was launched.
It was 16 years ago today that The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft was launched.
It was on this date in 2023, that Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board including the co-founder and CEO of the company, Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean..

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English astronomer and merchant, William Lassell, born on this date in 1799.
American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library, Henry Clay Folger was born 168 years ago today.
Also born 167 years ago was Scottish-English mathematician and academic Andrew Forsyth.
Born on that same date in 1870, French mathematician and philosopher, Édouard Le Roy.
English lieutenant and mountaineer, George Mallory, born June 18, 1886.
Born today in 1907, Swiss-American metaphysicist, philosopher, and author, Frithjof Schuon.
German mathematician Oswald Teichmüller was born 112 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1915, American mathematician Alice T. Schafer.
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Jerome Karle, born on this date in 1918.
American astronomer and cosmologist Allan Sandage was born 99 years ago.
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Dudley R. Herschbach, born on this date in 1932.
Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut, Vitaly Zholobov is 88 today.
American actress, Carol Kane, born on this date in 1952.
Also born on that same date in 1962, American physicist and academic, Lisa Randall.

Listener Birthdays

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)

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 18, 2025

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News* 1,000-foot mega-tsunami could erase parts of the U.S., scientists say it has happened before * Unprecedented Close-Up View of Asteroid Shows Rocks That Look Surprisingly Familiar * First-Ever Photo of a Single Atom Captured : A Game-Changer for Science – Glass Almanac

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Remember When* Cassette Data Storage From The 1970s | Hackaday * Bill Atkinson – Wikipedia (Passed Away June 5)

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Rear Window – Netflix + Predator: Killer of Killers – Hulu + Fountain of Youth – Apple TV * Chuck + Titan: The Oceangate Disaster – Netflix + Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror – Netflix + Britain and The Blitz – Netflix + Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story – Netflix

Question of the week* What’s the most absurd ‘internet of things’ gadget you can imagine existing in the near future?

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Feedback* QOTW: If you could have any fictional AI from a movie or TV show as your personal assistant, but they had to use a 56k dial-up connection for all their processing, who would you choose and what would be their most frustrating quirk?

On This Day In History for June 11, 2025This is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1509, that Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon.
That same date in 1559, Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano sailed for Florida with a party of 1,500, intending to settle on the gulf coast (Vera Cruz, Mexico).
On June 11, 1748, Denmark adopted the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
It was on this date in 1770, that British explorer Captain James Cook ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
Also on June 11, 1776, The Continental Congress appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
Also today in 1788, Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reached Alaska.
It was also this date in 1892 that The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, was officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
Inventor Edwin Armstrong gave the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey on this date in 1935.
63 years ago today, Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly became the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
It was on this date in 1998, that Compaq Computer paid US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
That same date in 2002, Antonio Meucci was acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
Cassini-Huygens made its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe on this date in 2004.
That same date in 2008, The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into orbit.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German astronomer (died 1788), Johann Georg Palitzsch, born on this date in 1723.
Also born on that same date in 1834, German mechanical engineer and physicist (died 1893), Johann Bauschinger.
Also turning 183 today is German engineer and academic (died 1934) Carl von Linde.
French physicist and academic (died 1945), Charles Fabry, born on this date in 1867.
German-American mathematician and photographer (died 2003), Natascha Artin Brunswick is 116 today.
French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (died 1997), Jacques Cousteau, born on this date in 1910.
Also born on that same date in 1915, American mathematician and physicist (died 1999), Nicholas Metropolis.
American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2016), Gene Wilder, born on this date in 1933.
American actor and producer, Peter Dinklage is 56 today.
American actor, Shia LaBeouf, born on this date in 1986.

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

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 11, 2025

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News* Voyager 1 Makes an Incredible Comeback as NASA Brings Dormant Thrusters Back to Life * Scientists found a possible new dwarf planet — it could spell bad news for Planet 9 fans | Space * Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds | Internet | The Guardian * Artificial Blood That Could Work for All Blood Types in Trials – Newsweek

Hacks & Strange Stories* While tinkering with an old typewriter, this gamer managed to build a real gaming PC capable of running Minecraft.

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Remember When* 28 Predictions From “Retro Future” That Were Either A Hit Or A Miss

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Pee-Wee As Himself – Max + Black Bag – Peacock + I Think you Should Leave – Netflix + Mickey 17 – Max * Chuck + Untold: The Fall of Favre – Netflix + Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders – Netflix

Geek Library* Can We Save COMMODORE? My Biggest Project Yet!

Question of the week* You’ve been granted the ability to instantly download any single skill or area of knowledge directly into your brain, Matrix-style. What do you choose, and what’s the most absurd, non-practical way you’d immediately use it?

Patreon Topic this week* Catching up with each other for the past month

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In this episode, we dive into a whirlwind of experiences! From conquering virtual classroom setups with clever caching at the ServiceNow conference in Vegas (and a mind-blowing Gwen Stefani concert at The Sphere!), to navigating the bittersweet moments of family loss and the humorous frustrations of home network tech gremlins. We also geek out over retro handhelds and karaoke app development.

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Feedback* QOTW: Which Franchise Movie/TV show should be or needs to be turned into a sitcom version? (Laugh tracks, etc)

On This Day In History for April 30, 2025This is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1492, that Spain gave Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He was named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovered.
Also on April 30, 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington took the oath of office to become the first President of the United States.
That same date in 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announced his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London on this date in 1897.
On April 30, 1905, Albert Einstein completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
Also today in 1939, NBC inaugurated its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s N.Y. World’s Fair opening day ceremonial address.
April 30, 1947, In Nevada, Boulder Dam was renamed Hoover Dam.
That same date in 1961, K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, was commissioned.
April 30, 1993, CERN announced World Wide Web protocols will be free.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

English-Canadian cartographer and explorer, David Thompson, born on this date in 1770.
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist was born on that same date in 1777.
Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company, Hans List, born on this date in 1896.
Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic was born on that same date in 1905.
American mathematician and engineer, Claude Shannon was born 109 years ago today.
American scientist, co-invented the GPS, Roger L. Easton, born on this date in 1921.
Also turning 87 today is American author and screenwriter Larry Niven.
American pilot, and astronaut, Michael J. Smith, born on this date in 1945.
Also born on that same date in 1976, American astronaut, Victor J. Glover.
American actress, Kirsten Dunst, born on this date in 1982.
Also born on that same date in 1985, Israeli actress and model, Gal Gadot.

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)
1 – Technorama
3 – Keao Wright
3 – Leon
5 – Joe Mieczkowski host of Onthepodcast
6 – Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)
6 – Bill Barbour
6 – Steve Bickle
6 – Brian Brown

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 30, 2025

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Okay, stepping into my interviewer shoes for the big Technorama 20th Anniversary! We get interviewed by AI!

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Wolf man – Google Search + Andor Season 2 – Disney+

Geek Library* gopher:// The web before the web * My Three Sons and the computer age in 1965 (… and wrapping up our first ten years) * Geology of Mount Diablo- The Mountain that Moved to California * I fixed the vintage ThinkPad that IBM screwed up * Samsung Galaxy Tips & Tricks | GOOD LOCK!! * Were Magazine Type-In Games Really That Bad? // Coding Again Like It’s The 80s * These People Can Talk to What? * Fun With The IBM PS/1 * MORE FUN! With The IBM PS/1 * Quantum Compute with Single Photons * World’s Most ILLEGAL Gaming PC * This fix for a common Mac SE/30 problem is GENIUS * The Normandie’s Gorgeous Design | Grand Plans * Where did our numbers come from? * The Secret Origins of a Legendary PC Hardware Database * 5 Regrettable Things People Did With Uranium

Question of the week Should we keep going? OR * We’ve been rambling about tech for 20 years now! Thinking back to 2005, what prediction about the future of technology did you totally believe back then that seems absolutely hilarious* or wildly wrong now?

Patreon Topic this week* Chuck got an internet upgrade – not what he was hoping for * Plaud Pin Hyjinx

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Feedback* QOTW: Would you rather live on a terraformed Mars (thin atmosphere, limited Earth contact) OR live in a massive orbiting space station (crowded, artificial everything)?

On This Day In History for April 16, 2025This is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 259 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1582, that Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founded the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founded the University of Münster on this date in 1780.
On April 16, 1853, The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opened the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
It was 115 years ago today that the oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opened for the first time.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel on April 16, 1912.
Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD on this date in 1943. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
53 years ago today was the launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
That same date in 2012, the Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German mathematician and astronomer, Petrus Apianus, born on this date in 1495.
The English mathematician, invented the octant, John Hadley was born 343 years ago today.
Born April 16, 1823, German mathematician and academic Gotthold Eisenstein.
American inventor, Wilbur Wright was born 158 years ago today.
Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer was born on that same date in 1889.
Henry Mancini, the American composer and conductor was born 101 years ago today.
Russian physicist and academic, Vadim Kuzmin, born on this date in 1936.
American captain, pilot, and astronaut, David M. Brown was born 69 years ago today.

Listener Birthdays

16 – Donna Tomasi
18 – Skaifey (Anthony)
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 15, 2025

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News* NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays ‘releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere’ | Space * Scientists built largest brain ‘connectome’ to date by having a lab mouse watch ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Star Wars’ | Live Science * This 18-Year-Old Wins $250,000 After Finding 1.5 Million Mysterious Space Objects * NASA’s James Webb space telescope captures new view of Uranus

Hacks & Strange Stories* Lord Help Us After They Hooked ChatGPT Up to a Furby

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Remember When* Scientists discover what caused the woolly mammoth to die-off – The Brighter Side of News

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Pop-Culture Jeopardy! – Prime * Chuck + Black Mirror – Season 7 – Netflix

Geek Library* The Most Disturbing Expedition in Canadian History * Steam Deck… but it’s 1995 * FIRST LOOK: Titanic’s Destroyed Stern Section in vROV Pilot

Question of the week* Which Franchise Movie/TV show should be or needs to be turned into a sitcom version? (Laugh tracks, etc)

Patreon Topic this week* Meeting an old friend from School after 37 years * Sales are good on eBay * Typing: How we got started and what it looks like today * Stage Manager on Mac

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On This Day In History for April 9, 2025This is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 266 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1682, that Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
April 9, 1860, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville made the first known recording of an audible human voice on his phonautograph machine.
That same date in 1937, The Kamikaze arrived at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
April 9, 1945, The United States Atomic Energy Commission was formed.
That same date in 1959, NASA announced the selection of the United States’ first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the “Mercury Seven”.
The first British-built Concorde 002 made its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford with Brian Trubshaw as the test pilot on April 9, 1969.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German physicist and academic, Thomas Johann Seebeck, born on this date in 1770.
Polish-American mathematician and engineer, Charles Proteus Steinmetz was born 160 years ago today.
Théodore Monod, French explorer and scholar was born on that same date in 1902.
American engineer, invented the ENIAC, J. Presper Eckert, born on this date in 1919.
African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer, Mary Jackson was born 104 years ago today.
American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises, Hugh Hefner, born on this date in 1926.
Born April 9, 1937, Canadian screenwriter and producer Marty Krofft.
Also born on that same date in 1954, American actor, Dennis Quaid.
English computer scientist and academic, Nigel Shadbolt, born on this date in 1956.

Listener Birthdays

14 – Danny Harnish

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 9, 2025

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News* Giant Mars balloon escapes Kennedy Center plaza, rolls toward highway – NBC4 Washington * Once-in-a-lifetime star explosion expected any night now – Space News – News – Daily Express US * A man who used an AI avatar in court because he thought it would present an argument well says he got chewed out by a panel of judges | Fortune

Hacks & Strange Stories* An exception to the laws of thermodynamics: Shape-recovering liquid defies textbooks

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Remember When* Computer Salesman’s Stunning 1979 Vision Came True * Bill Gates Publishes Original Microsoft Source Code in a Blog Post – CNET

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + Evil (Paramount+) + Einstein and the Bomb (Netflix) * Kreg + The Bondsman – Prime

Geek Library* Can we recreate a World’s Fair Exhibit with Laserdisc and an Apple II? * The Clock that Reinvented Time * Why Are Beach Holes So Deadly? * A Mystery of Google Maps – What is the Yarrow Ravine Rattlesnake Habitat? * The 2024 New Jersey Earthquake (and Jan 27 New Hampshire earthquake): First Indicators? * Trapped Alive in a Frozen Shipwreck (The True Story of the LC Waldo) * How Geologists Discovered and Mapped a Great Seaway * Is the ZX81 / Timex Sinclair 1000 actually bad? Let’s fix these to find out. * The Stannard Rock Lighthouse Tragedy * These Keys Shouldn’t Exist | Nostalgia Nerd * What You Don’t Know About King Tut’s Space Dagger

Question of the week* Would you rather live on a terraformed Mars (thin atmosphere, limited Earth contact) OR live in a massive orbiting space station (crowded, artificial everything)?

Patreon Topic this week* Chuck’s experience of note taking with Notion in 3 days of auditing a course * Chuck use’s Grantas’ Bambu X1-Carbon for the first time

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Voicemail – unknown

On This Day In History for April 2, 2025This is the 92nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 273 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León came ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Johns River.
It was 225 years ago today that Ludwig van Beethoven led the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna..
It was also this date in 1902 that “Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opened in Los Angeles.
It was 114 years ago today that The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted the country’s first national census.
It was also this date in 1912 that The ill-fated RMS Titanic began sea trials.
The Soviet Union launched Zond 1 on this date in 1964.
April 2, 1973, saw the launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
That same date in 2020, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached one million..

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Frankish king, Charlemagne, born on this date in 747.
Dutch explorer Cornelis de Houtman was born 460 years ago today.
Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist was born on that same date in 1618.
German-Dutch botanist and illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian was born 378 years ago today.
Italian explorer and author, Giacomo Casanova, born on this date in 1725.
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet was born on that same date in 1805.
Born April 2, 1814, American inventor Erastus Brigham Bigelow.
Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler and was born on that same date in 1875.
Born April 2, 1908, American actor and dancer Buddy Ebsen.
Alec Guinness, English actor was born on that same date in 1914.
American mathematician and theorist, Paul Cohen was born 91 years ago today.
Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter was born on that same date in 1939.
Also turning 84 today is American radio host Dr. Demento.

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 2, 2025

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News* Warp drive may be achievable sooner than expected, study finds * Antarctic Iceberg Breaks Away to Reveal a Never-Before-Seen Ecosystem : ScienceAlert * NASA’s Unexpected Discovery of The Largest Organics on Mars Explained : ScienceAlert

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Remember When* A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey * Geologists Use Rusty Rocks to Trace a Billion-Year Gap in Earth’s Timeline

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + World War II: From The Front Lines (Netflix) + From Rock Star To Killer (Netflix) – Didn’t finish + Rogue One (D+) + Daredevil: Born Again (D+) * Kreg + Pop Culture Jeopardy – Prime + Yellowjackets – Paramount+ + Reacher Season 3 – Prime

Geek Library* Notepad Messed With Your Mind * The eMachines Experience * The Search for MH370 is Back ON! What’s changed?! * Windows Longhorn Explained by a Retired Microsoft Engineer * Erich Priebke: How To Catch A Gestapo Officer * The Franklin Ace 1000 – An Early Apple II Clone * Commodore C286-LT laptop #retro #fyp #retrocomputer * What’s Inside a Manhole? * I have a PDP-10 Mainframe in my Living room * The Race That Killed 21 Runners: The Gansu Ultramarathon Disaster | Fascinating Horror * This Vintage Libretto Laptop is TRASH. Let’s Fix that. * What was the Computer in Electric Dreams (1984)? * BOOTING the HEAVIEST Computer on eBay! * The DEADLY FAILURE of Bowls of Joy – The First Launched Coaster * The Worst Medical Mistakes in History… * What’s Inside this Crappy Netbook? * Pi-ntelligent Planner: The Ultimate Family Hub! * The INSANE Story Behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit * How Computers BOOT: From Startup to Viruses

Question of the week* What’s the most ‘futuristic’ thing you’ve tried that turned out to be a complete letdown?

Patreon Topic this week* Chuck made an integration between Patreon and Notion * WordPress/NGinx

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Feedback* QOTW: What fictional character would you want to have a drink with? * Voice mail: Krazy Joe (3)

On This Day In History for March 19, 2025This is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1687, that Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, was murdered by his own men.
It was also this date in 1824 that American explorer Benjamin Morrell departed Antarctica after a voyage later plagued by claims of fraud.
It was 194 years ago today that the first documented bank heist was committed in U.S. history, when burglars stole $245,000 (1831 values) from the City Bank (now Citibank) on Wall Street. Most of the money was recovered.
107 years ago today, The US Congress established time zones and approved daylight saving time.
On March 19, 1932, The Sydney Harbour Bridge was opened.
56 years ago today, The 385 -metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapsed due to ice build-up.
Also on March 19, 1979, The United States House of Representatives began broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
It was on this date in 2008, that GRB 080319B, a cosmic burst that was the farthest object visible to the naked eye was briefly observed.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Scottish missionary and explorer, David Livingstone, born on this date in 1813.
Wyatt Earp, American police officer, was born on that same date in 1848.
Born March 19, 1883, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Norman Haworth.
Canadian-American mathematician and theorist, Leonidas Alaoglu, born on this date in 1914.
Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic was born on that same date in 1932.
Born March 19, 1943, Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Mario J. Molina.
Also born on that same date in 1955, German-American actor and producer, Bruce Willis.
American actor, Connor Trinneer, born on this date in 1969.

Listener Birthdays

19 – Michael R. Mennenga
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

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 19, 2025

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News* While trying to bring mammoths back to life, scientists create a really strange creature. * Saturn solidifies its title as moon king with the discovery of 128 new moons | CBC Radio * World’s Largest Camera is Ready to Take Its First 3,200-Megapixel Photos of the Universe | PetaPixel * Ill-Fated Moon Lander Unexpectedly Woke Up and Sent One Last Message * Can You Fool A Self Driving Car?

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Remember When* The Oldest Face in Europe? Meet “Pink,” the Very First Human in Western Europe

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Shrinking Season 2 – Apple+ + Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Xbox * Chuck + Daredevil (D+) + Andor (D+) + Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Question of the week* What seemingly mundane everyday task would be exponentially improved (or hilariously worsened) with the addition of a rogue AI assistant, and what would its first ‘helpful’ suggestion be?

Patreon Topic this week* Chuck’s Echo Frames are back in action

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Feedback* QOTW: You’ve discovered a new planet entirely populated by sentient plants. What’s the first question you ask them? * Voice mail: Jason Pollard + Answer to question from show 762 * From Jason Pollard

“…What I didn’t say in the voicemail is just how impactful you’ve been in my life. I have listened to you both since the early 2000s on an apple ipod loading it to the harddrive while doing security at a truck dock in a hot metal box.

20 years later I’m now an analyst with Docusign and interact with Servicenow and related companies on a daily basis.

You, and Leo Laporte are the only two podcasts I’ve listened to this entire period of time. Thank you again for all the years of podcasts”

On This Day In History for February 19, 2025This is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 315 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1819, that British explorer William Smith discovered the South Shetland Islands and claimed them in the name of King George III.
February 19, 1847, The first group of rescuers reached the Donner Party.
Also today in 1878, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
65 years ago today, China successfully launched the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
Also today in 1985, William J. Schroeder became the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
February 19, 2002, NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe began to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Prussian mathematician and astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, born on this date in 1473.
German physician and chemist, Friedrich Hoffmann was born 365 years ago today.
Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1859.
Swedish geographer and explorer, Sven Hedin, born on this date in 1865.
Also born on that same date in 1932, American captain, physician, and astronaut, Joseph P. Kerwin.
American singer-songwriter and producer, Smokey Robinson is 85 today.
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, David Gross, born on this date in 1941.
English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cyrus Chothia was born 83 years ago today.
Karen Silkwood, the American technician and activist was born 79 years ago today.
American game designer and programmer, Danielle Bunten Berry was born 76 years ago today.
Also turning 73 today is Mexican engineer and astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela.
English actress, model and producer, Millie Bobby Brown, born on this date in 2004.

Listener Birthdays (from now until we get back)

February

19 – Scooter in Connecticut
19 – Steve in Sumter
19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, SC)
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

March

7 – Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer
7 – Caleb from Dancing With Elephants
8 – Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394
8 – 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
14 – Pi Day (3/14)
16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 19, 2025

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News* Google quietly edits Super Bowl ad to cut glaring error by Gemini AI about Gouda cheese * Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction – Ars Technica + https://wikitok.vercel.app/ * Earth’s magnetic field triggers a superpower in sea turtles that makes them ‘dance’ | CNN

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Remember When* We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was So Durable : ScienceAlert

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Marvel Marathon – Disney+ + Star Trek The Motion Picture, Generations, Strange New Worlds – P+ * Chuck + Netflix: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson + Netflix: How To Rob A Bank

Geek Library

1980 Documentary Predicts The Information Age. Amazing To See What They Said Back Then
A Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges
Installing OSX on an iPad!
The Absolute CHAOS of Ten Cent Beer Night | Fascinating Failures
How One Failed Fantasy Became The Most Quoted Film In History
Whatever Happened to The PRINCESS BRIDE?
Supervolcanoes: The ticking time bombs beneath our feet – Full Knowledge Documentary
The Octopuses Are Making Fish Armies
The Deadliest Poisons Known to Man
Carrot Juice Is Murder: Music Video

Question of the week* What fictional character would you want to have a drink with?

Patreon Topic this week* What a world we live in! + Stop and reflect every once in a while + 3D printing sure has changed! + I just changed my ringtone to a song after hearing it * Replacement Amazon Echo Frames

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Feedback* QOTW: “What’s the most ridiculous tech-related purchase you’ve ever made?” (We all have those impulse buys we regret!)

On This Day In History for February 12, 2025This is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 322 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1404, that The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen-Geist Spital in Vienna..
523 years ago today, Vasco da Gama set sail with 15 ships and 800 men from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded on this date in 1909.
Also today in 1947, The largest observed iron meteorite until that time created an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
It was 64 years ago today that The Soviet Union launched Venera 1 towards Venus.
Construction on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri began on this date in 1963.
It was also this date in 2001 that NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touched down in the “saddle” region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French chemist and academic, Bernard Courtois, born on this date in 1777.
Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist was born on that same date in 1785.
Carl Reichenbach, the German chemist and philosopher was born 237 years ago today.
Born February 12, 1804, German-Italian physicist and academic Heinrich Lenz.
English geologist and theorist, Charles Darwin, born on this date in 1809.
Louis Renault, the French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault was born 148 years ago today.
Lincoln LaPaz, American astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1897.
French mathematician and philosopher, Jacques Herbrand was born 117 years ago today.
Born February 12, 1914, German-Canadian mathematician Hanna Neumann.
Lorne Greene, the Canadian-American actor was born 110 years ago today.
Ivan Anikeyev, Soviet cosmonaut was born on that same date in 1933.
Also turning 77 today is American computer scientist and engineer Ray Kurzweil.
American cryptographer and programmer, Phil Zimmermann is 71 today.
Also turning 57 today is American actor Josh Brolin.

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

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 12, 2025

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News* Mysterious square structure spotted on Mars branded ‘wild’ has space fanatics completely baffled – Science – LADbible * Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help – Ars Technica * NASA finds key molecules for life in OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples. Here’s what that means | Space

Hacks & Strange Stories* The scientists who re-created Spider-Man’s web fluid explain their feat

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + Gladiator II – Paramount+ + The Sticky – Prime * Chuck + Pirates: Behind The Legends – Nat Geo + Black Mass – Netflix

Geek Library* Carl Sagan predicted the world as we know it today – YouTube

Question of the week* You’ve discovered a new planet entirely populated by sentient plants. What’s the first question you ask them?

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Feedback* QOTW: Complete this sentence: It’s Technorama, of course they… * Email from Madmarv

…bring up the rear end of the DragonCon parade.

…only do binary high-fives.

On This Day In History for January 29, 2025This is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 336 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1845, that “The Raven” was published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
Also today in 1886, Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian, Emanuel Swedenborg, born on this date in 1688.
Ernst Kummer, the Polish-German mathematician and academic was born 215 years ago today.
Born January 29, 1846, Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist Karol Olszewski.
Richard Arman Gregory, the British astronomer was born 161 years ago today.
American actor, comedian, and screenwriter, W. C. Fields was born 145 years ago today.
Karl Freudenberg, German chemist was born on that same date in 1886.
English mathematician and geophysicist, Sydney Chapman was born 137 years ago today.
Allen B. DuMont, the American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network was born 124 years ago today.
Abdus Salam, Pakistani-British physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1926.
Joseph Kruskal, the American mathematician and computer scientist was born 97 years ago today.
Also turning 80 today is American actor and businessman Tom Selleck.
Also born on that same date in 1954, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions, Oprah Winfrey.
American engineer and astronaut, Christina Koch, born on this date in 1979.

Listener Birthdays

Jan

29 – Sarah P. from NJ… who was born in OK, moved to VA, married Brad P, moved to NJ, and is now back in VA

Feb

1 – Matt Baum aka Racer X, Pittsburgh PA
1 – Brandon Kirkwold, MN
2 – Gary Lindros – aka Gary from Jacksonville – Groundhog’s Day Rules!!!
2 – Chuck Provenzano aka podlurker aka Chuck’s evil twin
2 – Oreo Cookie Monster
3 – Euan Campbell McGregor – Scotland, UK

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 29, 2025

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News* Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon – CNN * An asteroid got deleted because it was actually Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster * Private moon spacecraft just took a breathtaking snapshot of Earth | Mashable

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Remember When* Puzzling fossils unearthed in China may rewrite the human story | CNN * Life on Mars? NASA rover finds breakthrough supporting the case.

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Pass me the remote* Kreg & Chuck + Section 31 – Paramount+ * Chuck + American Primeval – Netflix + The Curious Case of: The Girl Who Died Twice – YouTube TV + The Irishman – Netflix

Geek Library* The UE1 is Done! * How WW1 Propaganda Justified A Slaughter * How an Engineering Marvel Became So Deadly * 50 US Geography Facts That Seem Fake (But Are 100% Real) * That Time A Tsunami Lasted 9 Days * New York’s Lost Admiral’s Row | ABANDONED * Earth Had A Ring & It Changed Life Forever * A history of time in computers * What Happened to America’s First Megacity? * Why did The Anglo Saxons Migrate to Britain?

Question of the week* “What’s the most ridiculous tech-related purchase you’ve ever made?” (We all have those impulse buys we regret!)

Patreon Topic this week* Feedback from Madmarv and continued discussion on password management

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Feedback* QOTW: What Tech or Science dreams do you wish will come true in 2025?

On This Day In History for January 22, 2025This is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 343 days remaining in 2025.

It was on this date in 1890, that The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
Also today in 1927, Teddy Wakelam gave the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
It was on this date in 1946, the Central Intelligence Group was created. It was the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Also on January 22, 1947, KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, began operation in Hollywood.
January 22, 1968, Apollo 5 lifted off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
That same date in 1973, The crew of Apollo 17 addressed a joint session of Congress after the completion of the final Apollo Moon landing mission.
The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, was introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial on this date in 1984.
It was 33 years ago today, The space shuttle Discovery launched on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who became the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
27 years ago today, space shuttle Endeavour launched on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, Pierre Gassendi, born on this date in 1592.
Born January 22, 1788, English poet and playwright Lord Byron.
Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic, Karl Ernst Claus was born 229 years ago today.
Wilbur Scoville, the American chemist and pharmacist was born 160 years ago today.
D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter was born on that same date in 1875.
Hungarian mathematician and academic, Frigyes Riesz, born on this date in 1880.
Willy Hartner, the German physicist, historian, and academic was born 120 years ago today.
Born January 22, 1907, American pilot and engineer Douglas Corrigan.
Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Lev Landau, born on this date in 1908.
Born January 22, 1934, American actor and director Bill Bixby.
American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, Alan J. Heeger is 89 today.
English actor John Hurt was born 85 years ago today.
American singer-songwriter and producer, Steve Perry, born on this date in 1949.
Also turning 70 today is American actor John Wesley Shipp

Listener Birthdays

22 – TAW012294
23 – Kathie Luke, IL
23 – Chris Moody from PodioMedia Chat
23 – Keith Lane from TGGeeks
24 – Cynthia Fry
25 – Kreg Steppe
26 – Will The Computer Guy
27 – Mark in Memphis
27 – Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 22, 2025

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News* We finally know what the Sun sounds like – and it’s surprisingly retro * Schrödinger’s Cat breakthrough could usher in the ‘Holy Grail’ of quantum computing, making them error-proof | Live Science * Physicist May Have Solved The Grandfather of All Time-Travel Paradoxes : ScienceAlert

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Remember When* We Took a Three-Hour Road Trip to the New BATMAN ’66 MUSEUM — and It Was Worth Every Second | 13th Dimension, Comics, Creators, Culture * 5 reasons x86 might not be the future of home computing anymore

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + The Gentleman – Netflix + The Flintstones – Netflix * Chuck + Oblivion – Netflix + Remembering Gene Wilder – Netflix + American Murder: Laci Peterson – Netflix

Geek Library Bonus* Space Trash from SpaceX * How Passwords Work and How to Hack Them: From DES to ZIP * Reviving a $50,000 SGI Indigo2 from 1996 * Mutara Nebula Battle – Re-created w/ Motion Controlled AMT Model Kits * I’ve Never Seen a Black Apple IIc Before… * Star Trek – 1940s Film Noir * America’s Prison For The Rich and Famous Explained * What Happened to Sears Catalog Houses?

Question of the week* Complete this sentence: It’s Technorama, of course they…

Patreon Topic this week* Chuck’s dive into 1Password, Kreg’s building permit * Site Plan: site_plan_form_250117_102125.pdf

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Feedback* QOTW: What would be the dumbest, lamest, and most boring superpower you could have that gave you an edge of normal people.

On This Day In History for November 27, 2024This is the 332nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 34 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1839, that In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association was founded.
100 years ago today, In New York City, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held.
CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II on this date in 1945.
November 27, 1968, Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play in a major professional men’s basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
Also on November 27, 1971, The Soviet space program’s Mars 2 orbiter released a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it was the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
It was also this date in 2001 that A hydrogen atmosphere was discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, Anders Celsius, born on this date in 1701.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the American businessman was born 181 years ago today.
Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer was born on that same date in 1871.
Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, Lars Onsager was born 121 years ago today.
Russian mathematician and theorist, Anatoly Maltsev, born on this date in 1909.
Buffalo Bob Smith, American actor and television host was born on that same date in 1917.
American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician, J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. was born 101 years ago today.
Welsh chemist, physicist, and journalist, John Maddox, born on this date in 1925.
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, Jimi Hendrix was born 82 years ago today.
Also turning 72 today is American captain, engineer, and astronaut Jim Wetherbee.
American engineer, educator, and television host, Bill Nye is 69 today.
Also turning 67 today is American game designer and author Michael A. Stackpole.

Listener Birthdays

Nov
- 27 – Brad P. from NJ(but who was born in VA, and has moved back there…)
- 28 – Ben Sweetser
Dec
- 1 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)
- 2 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast

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

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News* Maurizio Cattelan’s viral banana artwork has sold again — this time for $6.24 million | CNN * Asteroid worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 NASA is capturing would give everyone on earth $1,246,105,919 each – Space – UNILAD

Hacks & Strange Stories* Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas strapped to his body | CNN

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Remember When* Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + A Man on the Inside – Netflix + That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America’s Public Lands – Book (Mark Kenyon) + Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking – Hulu * Chuck + 3 Body Problem – Netflix + Diplomat (season 2) – Netflix + For the Empire (YouTube)

Geek Library* How Baboons Led Us to a Lost Civilization – YouTube * Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): 23 Things You Never Knew * Back Again Once More to the Future – Studio C * Top Soccer Shootout Ever With Scott Sterling – Studio C * We Could Put The World’s Rarest Tree In Your Back Yard * The Tragedy of Compaq * Insane Stories from the Early Days of MTV * Whatever Happened to Millimeter-Wave 5G? * Television’s First (and Lost) Color Cartoon * The Chimp War that Shocked The World * How Boston Fooled The Music Industry With Their Debut Album * 50 years ago, we phoned E.T… here’s what we said * Lawyer Reacts To AI COPYRIGHT CLAIMED MY LAST VIDEO | Venus Theory * What Once Saved Intel * Seven Bit Encoding * The LED Traffic Light and the Danger of “But Sometimes!” * The 9 Experiments That Will Change Your View of Light (And Blow Your Mind) * Catastrophe and Cartography – Ice Age Floods Visualized * The Babylonian Map of the World with Irving Finkel | Curator’s Corner S9 Ep5 * Which Power Plant Does My Electricity Come From? * How Animals Got Butts * The Hidden History of London’s Gas Streetlights * A Journey to Sad Hill Cemetery from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly * Archaeologists Investigate The Sunken Wreckage of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald * Your Gorgeous Hair Evolved From Frog Toes * Downtown Interchanges Are Awful & These Are the Worst * The Government’s Toxic Secret at Hunters Point * Amazing Effects in Classic Films – How Did They Pull It Off?

Question of the week* You’re stranded on a deserted island (cliché, we know, but roll with it!) and you can only bring THREE pieces of technology with you. What gadgets are you packing to ensure your survival AND your sanity?

Patreon Topic this week* Chuck’s (latest) surgery

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Feedback* QOTW: If you could instantly become an expert in any emerging technology, which would you choose and why?

On This Day In History for November 13, 2024This is the 318th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 48 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 1833, The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 took place.
It was also this date in 1841 that James Braid first saw a demonstration of animal magnetism by Charles Lafontaine, which led to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
97 years ago today, The Holland Tunnel opened to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
It was on this date in 1940, that Walt Disney’s animated musical film Fantasia was first released at New York’s Broadway Theatre, on the first night of a roadshow.
That same date in 1947, The Soviet Union completed development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
It was also this date in 1982 that The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
Also today in 1996, as part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovered the project’s first Mersenne prime number,
2^1398269 − 1 a number with 420,921 digits.
Also on November 13, 2012, A total solar eclipse occurred in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German first female medical doctor, Dorothea Erxleben, born on this date in 1715.
Born November 13, 1866, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study Abraham Flexner.
Max Dehn, the German-American mathematician and academic was born 146 years ago today.
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Edward Adelbert Doisy was born 131 years ago today.
Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid, American mathematician and theorist was born on that same date in 1927.
Born November 13, 1932, American record producer and music publisher Buddy Killen.
American actor, director, and producer, Garry Marshall, born on this date in 1934.
American businessman and philanthropist, founded Hobby Lobby, David Green is 83 today.
American physicist and environmentalist, Amory Lovins, born on this date in 1947.
Also born on that same date in 1954, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy.
American actress, comedian, and talk show host, Whoopi Goldberg is 69 today.
American comedian, actor, and talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, born on this date in 1967.

Listener Birthdays

13 – Pippa (London UK)
13 – Jennifer Therrien (Canada)
15 – Jackie Breller (Krazy Joe & Christine’s daughter)
15 – Chuck Jolley aka nitestarr – (Horn Lake, MS)

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

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News* Father-daughter team decodes ‘alien signal’ from Mars that stumped the world for a year * SpaceX Dragon fires thrusters to boost ISS orbit for the 1st time | Space

Hacks & Strange Stories* Monkeys escape from Alpha Genesis research facility in South Carolina

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Remember When* Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn’t been used since 1981 | Space

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Pass me the remote* Chuck + Forms of Transportation that Were Supposed to Change the World (But Didn’t…) + What Really Happened at the Arecibo Telescope? + The Geography of the Ice Age + The Most Mysterious Volcanoes in the World Are in Arizona + What Did Pangaea Look like? + What Happened To The Other Mesozoic Mammals? + History Brought to Life with Ai Magic Vol. 6 + The Strangest Tank Battle of WW2 + Chernobyl Visually Explained * Kreg + Carved – Hulu + What Happened to the ARK from RAIDERS of the LOST ARK? – YouTube

Question of the week* (From Stewe Lundin) What would be the dumbest, lamest and most boring superpower you could have, that gave you the edge over normal people?

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Latest recovery update from Kreg
Chuck accidentally discovered Samsung DEX (Patreon topic)
Chuck investing time in Notion (more in the Patreon show)

Feedback* Joe’s Voice Mail * QOTW: 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?

On This Day In History for October 23, 2024This is the 297th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 69 days remaining in 2024.

It was on this date in 4004 BC, that the world was created… as proposed by James Usher according to the Bible.
Also on October 23, 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont flew an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
That same date in 1911, The Italo-Turkish War saw the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot made a reconnaissance flight.
Also today in 1958, Belgian artist Peyo’s comic characters, the Smurfs, made their debut in Spirou magazine..
It was on this date in 1970, that Gary Gabelich set a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
October 23, 2001, Apple Computer released the iPod..
On October 23, 2007, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on STS-120, with Pamela Melroy becoming the second female space shuttle commander..

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American engineer, Samuel Morey, born on this date in 1762.
Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer was born on that same date in 1813.
German astronomer Gustav Spörer was born 202 years ago today.
William D. Coolidge, the American physicist and engineer was born 151 years ago today.
Born October 23, 1894, American astronomer and academic Emma Vyssotsky.
Felix Bloch, the Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 119 years ago today.
Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Ilya Frank, born on this date in 1908.
Born October 23, 1920, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic Ted Fujita.
Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory, Hermann Hauser, born on this date in 1948.
Also turning 60 today is American computer scientist and businessman Eddy Cue.
Born October 23, 1970, American television presenter and engineer Grant Imahara.
Canadian-American actor and producer, Ryan Reynolds, born on this date in 1976.

Listener Birthdays

25 – Mad Marv – spelled “K – Y – L – E” but pronounced “Marv”. Hope that helps
25 – HMNSHLD
25 – BritOnTour (Jason)
25 – Scott (Minneapolis)
28 – Dylan Licata (San Antonio)
29 – Big Jim Clark, MegaPodTastic
30 – WolfGeek (Indiana)
Nov 1 – Amber Elstad

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 23, 2024

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News* Rivian Rolls Out ‘Knight Rider,’ ‘Back To The Future’ Car Costumes For Halloween * AI researcher scrapes usable data from a 35-second screen recording for less than one cent via Google Gemini * Parents sue after student disciplined for using AI on school project in Massachusetts

Hacks & Strange Stories* New open-source project transforms Android phones into ham radio transceivers

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Pass me the remote* Kreg + A Quiet Place – Day One – Paramount+ + (Re-Watch) Shitt$ Creek – Hulu + Only Murders in the Building (Almost Done for the Season) – Hulu * Chuck + Foundation (AppleTV) + Rings of Power – Season 2 (Prime Video) + Dark Matter (AppleTV) + Built For Mars (Disney+/NatGeo) + It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (AppleTV)

Geek Library1. First coherent picture of an atomic nucleus made of quarks and gluons 2. SpaceX plans to launch this space station. It looks futuristic 3. Whatever Happened to the DEATH STAR? 4. The Hidden Engineering of Landfills 5. Secrets of the Grand Canyon’s Formation | How The Earth Was Made (S2, E1) | Full Episode 6. End the line: The last Sun Sparc Workstation 7. Why we should go back to writing in runes 8. The Birth, Boom and Bust of the Hard Disk Drive 9. The Doorway to the Underworld is Growing and We Can’t Stop It 10. They Dumped 2 Million Tires Into The Ocean. What Happened After 50 Years Is Very Shocking! 11. The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure 12. When a Billion Years Disappeared 13. Revealing USA’s Biggest Engineering Secret 14. HDMI video from your Apple II with this cheap and simple project (A2DVI) 15. The Day Humans Almost Disappeared Forever 930,000 Years Ago 16. Activities That Can Be Traced Back to Pagan Culture 17. The math that proves the Earth isn’t flat 18. The Most Controversial Problem in Philosophy 19. Why the Summit of the Great Pyramid is Missing 20. Exploring Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest!!! | History Traveler Episode 274

Question of the week* If you could instantly become an expert in any emerging technology, which would you choose and why?

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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?

Patreon Topic this week* Upgrading hotel locks

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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

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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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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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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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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

If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.

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:

Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff!
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How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
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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

If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.