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January 15, 2025Episode 762: AI Ate My Homework
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QOTW: Now that the holidays are over, If you could come up with a new holiday tradition using the latest and greatest tech, what would it be and how would it work?
On This Day In History for January 15, 2025
This is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 350 days remaining in 2025.
It was on this date in 1759, that The British Museum opened to the public.
207 years ago today, a paper by David Brewster was read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a “supplement” (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
It was 136 years ago today that The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, was incorporated in Atlanta.
James Naismith published the rules of basketball on this date in 1892.
Also today in 1910, Construction ended on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 99 m (325 ft).
January 15, 1919, a wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150 – it was known as the Great Molasses Flood.
On January 15, 1936, the first building to be completely covered in glass finished construction. It was built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company in Toledo, Ohio.
January 15, 1967, The first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35 -10.
Also on January 15, 1969, the Soviet Union launched Soyuz 5.
We jump ahead to 2001, Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, was launched on January 15. Happy Wikipedia Day.
January 15, 2005, ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovered elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist, Sofia Kovalevskaya, born on this date in 1850.
American businessman and philanthropist, Pierre S. du Pont was born 155 years ago today.
Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, born on this date in 1895.
Hungarian-American physicist and academic, Edward Teller was born 117 years ago today.
Lloyd Bridges, the American actor was born 112 years ago today.
Born January 15, 1922, English geneticist Sylvia Lawler.
American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate, Martin Luther King Jr., born on this date in 1929.
Born January 15, 1933, English chemist and academic Peter Maitlis.
Listener Birthdays
3 – Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast)
6 – Steve Therrien (Canada)
8 – Elvis!
9 – Lingo from the Brit & Yankee pubcast
13 – Tim Cook
14 – Glynne Tolar
15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka GoofyRalph)
17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) originally from Canada but now from Thailand
21 – Michael Rabalais
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 15 , 2025
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News
Student just built a working fusion reactor for less than $2,000 – The Brighter Side of News
Orange dwarf cave crocodiles: The crocs that crawled into a cave, ate bats, and started mutating into a new species | Live Science
This researcher claims only one breakthrough stands between humanity and a 1,000-year lifespan – Jason Deegan
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Antarctic ice core could help solve an ancient climate mystery, scientists say | CNN
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In The Heart of the Sea (Netflix)
Freaks (Netflix)
Nr. 24 (Netflix)
History’s Greatest Mysteries: The Escape of John Wilkes Booth
Rogue’s Heroes (Amazon Prime)
The Terror (Netflix)
The Triple Six Eight (Netflix)
Kreg
Saturday Night – Peacock??
Teacup – Peacock
Your Friend Nate Bargatze – Netflix
Question of the week
What Tech or Science dreams do you wish will come true in 2025?
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December 25, 2024Episode 761: The Starship Tannenbaum
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Email from Tom Posz
note about the quasar if it was closer to earth and then as bright as the sun, how we would not have night anymore, what would be the effect on things on the earth, etc.
Don’t forget the story from Issac Asimov, Nightfall, where 6 suns illuminate the surface of this planet all the time, except every 2000 years, night falls and the people go mad because the stars come out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel) This story was written a long long time ago and it probably started Asimov’s writing career.
Email from Kyle Nishioka
A playlist for 80s TV and movies? I kinda think you can just make a checklist from Ready Player 1 and cover most everything you need to know about the 80s.
The funny thing about reading a lot of LitRPG is now I have confirmation of what I thought was widely popular when I was a kid. So in no particular order:
Airwolf
Knight Rider
Transformers
Voltron
Certain shows are popular only because they get used in memes. You don’t need to watch the show/play the game, just look up knowyourmeme.com
The Simpsons
My Little Pony
Care Bears
The Smurfs
Dragonball
Warcraft
LotR (movies only, not the books)
QOTW: How has technology influenced or changed Christmas traditions?
On This Day In History for December 25, 2024
This is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 6 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 336, that First documented sign of Christmas celebration in Rome.
It was also this date in 1066 that William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy was crowned king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London.
Also on December 25, 1492, The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, ran onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.
It was 300 years ago today, that J. S. Bach led the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther’s 1524 Christmas hymn.
Also on December 25, 1758, Halley’s Comet was sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley’s prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time.
December 25, 1946, The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated within the Soviet Union’s F-1 nuclear reactor.
Also on December 25, 1968, Apollo 8 performed the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
It was also this date in 2003 that the ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stopped transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
The Cassini orbiter released Huygens probe which successfully landed on Saturn’s moon Titan on January 14, 2005 on this date in 2004.
3 years ago today, The James Webb Space Telescope was launched.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
English physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton, born on this date in 1642.
Born December 25, 1652, Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar Archibald Pitcairne.
German physician and scholar, Johann Jakob Reiske, born on this date in 1716.
American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was born 203 years ago today.
Born December 25, 1876, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus.
American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader’s Digest, Lila Bell Wallace, born on this date in 1889.
American actor, Humphrey Bogart was born 125 years ago today.
Gerhard Herzberg, German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1904.
Born December 25, 1906, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Ernst Ruska.
American singer-songwriter and bandleader, Cab Calloway, born on this date in 1907.
Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing was born on that same date in 1917.
American screenwriter and producer, created The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling was born 100 years ago today.
Michael P. Anderson, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut was born on that same date in 1959.
Also turning 53 today is Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau.
Listener Birthdays
25 – Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)
29 – CMenn
31 – Shadowbird’s Mom
31 – Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy from Winnipeg)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 25, 2024
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
Google Says It Appears to Have Accessed Parallel Universes
A pair of satellites will create artificial solar eclipses to study the sun
First demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy Internet cables – Northwestern Now
Hacks & Strange Stories
I Called 1-800-ChatGPT, and Talked to the AI Chatbot. It Might Be the Smartest Idea I’ve Seen Yet
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Chuck
Carry On (Netflix)
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair (Netflix)
La Palma (Netflix)
Wham! Last Christmas Unwrapped (Netflix)
The Six Triple Eight (Netflix)
Kreg
Christmas Vacation – Max/Hulu
Christmas with the Kranks – Hulu
(In Progress) Star Wars: Skeleton Crew – Disney+
Geek Library
This Crazy New Timepiece Completely Rethinks the Moonwatch Genre | Gear Patrol
The Search For King Arthur’s Bones, The Garden Of Eden & Other Myths
Why Bethlehem Steel Was a Nightmare For Workers
How Texas Plans To Expand Beyond Its Border
Shocking Details Revealed of 3 Unexplained Deaths (S2) | The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
Star Trek: Lower Decks | Recording Studio Behind-The-Scenes | Paramount+
Revenge of the Bent Pyramid
I Explore the Mystery of America’s Most Disturbing Desert
Are Energy-Efficient Windows Bad For Us?
Washington D.C.’s Secret Federal Tunnel System Explained
Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)
Las Vegas’ Map, Explained
The History of the Music Video
New York State’s Abandoned Wonder Bread Factory Explained
Question of the week
If you could come up with a new holiday tradition using the latest and greatest tech, what would it be and how would it work?
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December 18, 2024Episode 760: Jingle Bells and Gigawatts
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You’re building a themed escape room based on a scientific concept. What’s the concept and what’s the most challenging puzzle?
On This Day in History for December 18, 2024
This is the 353rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 13 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1833, that the national anthem of the Russian Empire, “God Save the Tsar!” was first performed.
December 18, 1865, US Secretary of State William Seward proclaimed the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.
Also today in 1892, was the premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
On December 18, 1898, Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the first officially recognized land speed record of 63.159 km/h (39.245 mph) in a Jeantaud electric car.
That same date in 1958, Project SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite was launched.
On December 18, 1966, Saturn’s moon Epimetheus was discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, was launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union on this date in 1973.
Also on December 18, 1981, was the first flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160. It’s the world’s largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.
December 18, 1999, NASA launched into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
It was on this date in 2018, a meteor exploded over the Bering Sea with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German explorer, Philipp von Hutten, born on this date in 1505.
Christopher Polhem, the Swedish physicist and inventor was born 363 years ago today.
English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, J. J. Thomson, born on this date in 1856.
Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician,General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was born on that same date in 1878.
American engineer, invented FM radio, Edwin Howard Armstrong was born 134 years ago today.
Esther Lederberg, American microbiologist was born on that same date in 1922.
Also turning 90 today is Russian colonel, engineer, and cosmonaut Boris Volynov.
American mathematician and academic, Lenore Blum, born on this date in 1942.
English musician Keith Richards is 81 today.
Also turning 78 today is American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Steven Spielberg.
American actor and producer, Brad Pitt is 61 today.
Also born on that same date in 1975, Australian singer-songwriter, Sia.
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, Christina Aguilera, born on this date in 1980.
American singer, Billie Eilish is 23 today.
Listener Birthdays
20 – Phil Burchill the 9 year old I started listening to Technorama with turned 21 this year (2017)!
21 – Johnne Robison Kochheiser
21 – James Ballard KarakSindru
22 – Bo Pace
22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000)
22 – Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL
23 – Richard Green
24 – MaDBooM
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 18, 2024
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
Jupiter’s ‘Tortured Moon’: Astronomers Uncover Surprising Source of Io’s Intense Volcanic Fury
Hacks & Strange Stories
Dogs really are communicating via button boards, new research suggests | Popular Science
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Are adults forgetting how to read?
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Media Corner
Unboxing an Unopened Philco Predicta Television
Bill Gates Recommends Four Books That ‘Make Sense of the World’ – Slashdot
Pass me the remote
Chuck
Star Wars: A New Hope (D+)
Wyatt Earp And The Cowboy War (Netflix)
Kreg
Red One (Amazon Prime)
Carry-On (Netflix)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Max)
Geek Library
Yes, Flights ARE Bumpier Now (And They’re Getting Worse)
How Scientists Solved the Mystery of a 300-Year-Old Megaquake
How Earth’s First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World
Which Essential Oils Actually Work?
Exploring a Pennsylvania Town Submerged for Decades
The Johnstown Flood – What it Looks Like 131 Years Later
A Ghost Town on America’s Most Dangerous Road? – Lausanne, Pennsylvania
Pompeii Explained 4K
Herculaneum: A Fate Worse Than Pompeii | Vesuvius Uncovered | Real History
Why is Phoenix so FLAT?
What’s inside the Raspberry Pi 500?
How Jets Killed the Ocean Liner
An Archaeologist and I Test North America’s Biggest Ancient Discovery
Question of the week
How has technology influenced or changed Christmas traditions?
Patreon Topic this week
Chuck
More Notion/Make exploration
Android Notifications
Android Popups
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December 12, 2024Episode 759: We are short one Reindeer!
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Voicemail! (technology sometimes)
QOTW: What seemingly ‘old-fashioned’ tech do you still use regularly and love? (e.g., vinyl records, physical books, a landline phone)
On This Day In History for December 11, 2024
This is the 346th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1901, that Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to Saint John’s, Newfoundland.
It was also this date in 1913 that More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa was recovered in Florence, Italy. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, is immediately arrested.
On December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
16 years ago today, Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
It was 15 years ago today that Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment released the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS..
It was on this date in 2020, that The Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency..
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, David Brewster, born on this date in 1781.
Hector Berlioz, the French composer, conductor, and critic was born 221 years ago today.
Born December 11, 1843, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate Robert Koch.
Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1863.
Slovenian mathematician and academic, Josip Plemelj was born 151 years ago today.
Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1882.
American farmer and businessman, founded Knott’s Berry Farm, Walter Knott, born on this date in 1889.
American actress and comedian, Teri Garr was born 80 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1951, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer, Mazlan Othman.
Also turning 62 today is American actor Ben Browder.
Listener Birthdays
12 – Deckrd
12 – Kevin Burns (Soleblaze)
12 – Matt Blocker TheGiant
12 – Rob Riehl (suriehl)
12 – Pamela Gay from AstronomyCast
13 – Fritz The German
14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium
17 – Jorge Schrauwen
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 11, 2024
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News
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT o1 model will try to escape if it thinks it’ll be shut down — then lies about it | Tom’s Guide
Blue Origin forced to delete female astronaut’s footage of first time in space after controversy – Space – UNILAD
What Are These Weird Structures Hubble Spotted Near a Monster Black Hole?
Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie: For the First Time in History, We Have a Clear Image of a Star in Another Galaxy
Hacks & Strange Stories
Mysterious Drones Are Flying Over New Jersey at Night
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Amber Elstad
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Ben Vaughan
Brian Brown
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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
Media Corner
Exclusive: “Unification” Producer Breaks Down OTOY’s Star Trek Short Giving Kirk And Spock A Final Goodbye – TrekMovie.com
Pass me the remote
Kreg
Pop Culture Jeopardy – Amazon Prime
Skeleton Crew – D+
Chuck
Skeleton Crew – D+
Apollo 13: Survival – Netflix
Churchill At War – Netflix
Geek Library
Eight Minutes That Changed History Forever
Why Nebraska Has a Light House
This Mistake Made Phil Collins a GENIUS
What The Ig Nobel Prize Says About Us
How Volcanoes Froze the Earth (Twice)
Defunctland: The History of Jaws: The Ride
Question of the week
You’re building a themed escape room based on a scientific concept. What’s the concept and what’s the most challenging puzzle?
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December 03, 2024Episode 758: Christmas Crunch
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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?
On This Day In History for December 4, 2024
This is the 339th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 27 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1791, that the first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, was published.
Also today in 1872, The American brigantine Mary Celeste was discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found..
It was on this date in 1881, that the first edition of the Los Angeles Times was published.
Also today in 1956, The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) got together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
It was on this date in 1965, that Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A.
It was 33 years ago today, that Pan American World Airways ceased its operations after 64 years.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German anatomist and botanist, Johann Gottfried Zinn, born on this date in 1727.
Born December 4, 1908, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate Alfred Hershey.
Also born on that same date in 1933, American game show host and producer, Wink Martindale.
American actor, director, and producer, Max Baer Jr. is 87 today.
Also born on that same date in 1949, American actor, Jeff Bridges.
American actor, Tony Todd was born 70 years ago today.
Listener Birthdays
6 – SuperMoonMan
7 – Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast, Weymouth, Dorset, UK
8 – DanDman
8 – Gydian (Michael H.)
9 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 4, 2024
If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
Astronauts baffled by ‘unexpected odor’ leaking from Russian spacecraft docked at ISS | Live Science
The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever | Live Science
Hacks & Strange Stories
Chernobyl Dogs Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Biologists Say
Why we can’t just launch all our Garbage at the Sun
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Remember When
Man Keeps a Rock For Years Hoping It’s Gold. It Turns Out to Be Far More Valuable
Space Selfie by Mark Rober and CrunchLabs
Thank you Patrons!
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Dear Santa – Hulu
Tommy Boy – Paramount+
Chuck
Into The Fire: The Lost Daughter – Netflix
The Menendez Brothers – Netflix
Geek Library
NASA Just Released a Fireplace Video For The Holidays, And It’s Hilarious : ScienceAlert
(16) Carl Sagans Cosmos – Episode 8 – Journeys in Space & Time – YouTube
(16) When Dinosaurs Chilled in the Arctic – YouTube
(16) I Spent 24 Hours in the Woods With Talking AI Chatbots | WSJ – YouTube
(16) The Hidden Reason US Can’t Build New Highways – YouTube
(16) NFL Teams Are Trying to Win More Games with Lights – YouTube
(16) How We Domesticated Cats (Twice) – YouTube
(16) Unsolved Mystery of the Old West – Visiting The Wickenburg Massacre Site – YouTube
(16) THEN and NOW Photos of Iconic MOVIE LOCATIONS That’ll Make You Feel Old – YouTube
(16) Top 10 Practical Effects of All Time | A CineFix Movie List – YouTube
(16) How One Hurricane Could Lead To A Global Tech Shortage – YouTube
(16) First 12 Minutes of MTV – YouTube
(16) Why Megalodon (Definitely) Went Extinct – YouTube
(16) The Munsters Unaired Pilot – YouTube
The Ancient City That Mastered Water – YouTube
(16) 15 Strangest Bodies of Water – YouTube
(16) Why Can’t We Make New Stradivari Violins? – YouTube
(16) The Computer Revolutionized Weather Forecasting – YouTube
Question of the week
What seemingly ‘old-fashioned’ tech do you still use regularly and love? (e.g., vinyl records, physical books, a landline phone)
Patreon Topic this week
Chuck’s adventures with Samsung and Black Friday
Sirius XM called me (Kreg)
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1h 10min
November 27, 2024Episode 757: Cyber Turkeys 2: The Gobbling
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On This Day In History for November 27, 2024
This 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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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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November 14, 2024Episode 756: The Future is Now (ish)
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On This Day In History for November 13, 2024
This 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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Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn’t been used since 1981 | Space
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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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October 24, 2024Episode 755: Ghosts can’t lie. You can see right through them.
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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)
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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, 2024
This 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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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 Library
First coherent picture of an atomic nucleus made of quarks and gluons
SpaceX plans to launch this space station. It looks futuristic
Whatever Happened to the DEATH STAR?
The Hidden Engineering of Landfills
Secrets of the Grand Canyon’s Formation | How The Earth Was Made (S2, E1) | Full Episode
End the line: The last Sun Sparc Workstation
Why we should go back to writing in runes
The Birth, Boom and Bust of the Hard Disk Drive
The Doorway to the Underworld is Growing and We Can’t Stop It
They Dumped 2 Million Tires Into The Ocean. What Happened After 50 Years Is Very Shocking!
The Wild Story of the Taum Sauk Dam Failure
When a Billion Years Disappeared
Revealing USA’s Biggest Engineering Secret
HDMI video from your Apple II with this cheap and simple project (A2DVI)
The Day Humans Almost Disappeared Forever 930,000 Years Ago
Activities That Can Be Traced Back to Pagan Culture
The math that proves the Earth isn’t flat
The Most Controversial Problem in Philosophy
Why the Summit of the Great Pyramid is Missing
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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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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