Shows – Technorama

By Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe

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September 25, 2024Episode 754: Space Tourism…Can We All Hitch a Ride?
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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, 2024
This 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
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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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We’re losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it?
Thank you Patrons!
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Stewe Lundin
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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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September 18, 2024Episode 753: Tainting the LLMs
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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, 2024
This 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
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration | New Scientist
Earth Gaining a Temporary New Moon, Scientists Say
China has lit its first artificial sun: 120 million degrees and the world on edge
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Remember When
How the Tandy 1000 Outsmarted the Competition and Made History! | #SepTandy
Meet The World’s Oldest Fish—Presumed Extinct For 60 Million Years, Then Rediscovered In A Small Fishing Town
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.
Alexis Duran
Amber Elstad
Amy Bowen
Avner Braverman
Ben Vaughan
Brian Brown
Chris Martinez
Chris Mc
DanDMan Coyer
Dean Jensen
Denise Inglis
Gary Lindros
John Clifford
John Noble
Jorge Schrauwen
Krazy Joe
Kyle Nishioka
Leon
Mark Kilfoil
Brad Miller
Mike Wills
Saturday Morning Media
Stephen Wesche
Steve Cody
Steve Therrien
Steve Webb
Stewe Lundin
Tim Cook
If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! patreon.com/technoramapodcast
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?
End of Show Stuff
We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
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You can also find us on Spotify and Radio Public, Google Podcast, etc.
You can help support us:
How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
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Also Thanks to
Everyone who sent us links during the week
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September 13, 2024Episode 752: This is Just Fan Fiction
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Postcard from Jorge
QOTW: If you could have any fictional creature as a… – Technorama Podcast | Facebook
On This Day in History for August 28, 2024
This 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
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
New image shows the North Star is changing. And it has spots. | Mashable
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Dinosaur killer was a rare asteroid from unusually far away, study shows
AI shows ‘face of Jesus’ as Shroud of Turin debate rages | Weird | News | Express.co.uk
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.
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Brian Brown
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Chris Mc
DanDMan Coyer
Dean Jensen
Denise Inglis
Gary Lindros
John Clifford
John Noble
Jorge Schrauwen
Krazy Joe
Kyle Nishioka
Leon
Mark Kilfoil
Brad Miller
Mike Wills
Saturday Morning Media
Stephen Wesche
Steve Cody
Steve Therrien
Steve Webb
Stewe Lundin
Tim Cook
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If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! patreon.com/technoramapodcast
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?
End of Show Stuff
We 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!
Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428)
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Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, etc
You can also find us on Spotify and Radio Public, Google Podcast, etc.
You can help support us:
How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
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August 20, 2024Episode 751: The Periodic Table of Elements…of Humor!
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QOTW: Which fictional universe would you feel at… – Technorama Podcast
On This Day In History for August 21, 2024
This 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
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
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
Shout out to the chat room
Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!
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.
Alexis Duran
Amber Elstad
Amy Bowen
Avner Braverman
Ben Vaughan
Brian Brown
Chris Martinez
Chris Mc
DanDMan Coyer
Dean Jensen
Denise Inglis
Gary Lindros
John Clifford
John Noble
Jorge Schrauwen
Krazy Joe
Kyle Nishioka
Leon
Mark Kilfoil
Brad Miller
Mike Wills
Saturday Morning Media
Stephen Wesche
Steve Cody
Steve Therrien
Steve Webb
Stewe Lundin
Tim Cook
If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! patreon.com/technoramapodcast
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
End of Show Stuff
We 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!
Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428)
Email at [email protected]
We are on the Social Interwebs…
Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, etc
You can also find us on Spotify and Radio Public, Google Podcast, etc.
You can help support us:
How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
Links to the articles and items referenced in the show can be found on our website
www.chuckchat.com
Also Thanks to
Everyone who sent us links during the week
Those who joined us to watch live on Facebook!
You, for downloading and listening
Tell a friend about Technorama and…
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FAQs about Shows – Technorama:

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The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.