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- Episode 793: My Resolution is 4K or Happy Nerd Year!
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On This Day In History for January 7, 2026This is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining in 2026.
- It was on this date in 1610, that Galileo Galilei made his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he was not able to distinguish the last two until the following night..
- 244 years ago today, The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opened.
- It was also this date in 1785 that Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travelled from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
- 191 years ago today, HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, dropped anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
- That same date in 1894, Thomas Edison made a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, received a patent for motion picture film.
- January 7, 1904, The distress signal “CQD” was established only to be replaced two years later by “SOS”.
- Also today in 1927, The first transatlantic commercial telephone service was established from New York City to London.
- On January 7, 1948, Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashed while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
- That same date in 1968, Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A..
- Also on January 7, 1985, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched Sakigake, Japan’s first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time, Sandford Fleming, born on this date in 1827.
- German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone, Johann Philipp Reis was born 192 years ago today.
- Born January 7, 1837, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company Thomas Henry Ismay.
- French mathematician and politician, Émile Borel was born 155 years ago today.
- Born January 7, 1890, American soldier, pulp magazine writer, and pioneer of the American comic book Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson.
- American cartoonist, created The Addams Family, Charles Addams was born 114 years ago today.
- Also turning 85 today is English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate John E. Walker.
- American actor, Nicolas Cage is 62 today.
Listener Birthdays
- 8 – Elvis!
- 9 – Lingo from the Brit & Yankee pubcast
- 13 – Tim Cook
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 7, 2026
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- NYC Phone Ban Reveals Some Students Can’t Read Clocks – Slashdot
Hacks & Strange Stories- Zork Running On 4-Bit Intel Computer | Hackaday
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Remember When- Fossilized bones are revealing secrets from a lost world | ScienceDaily
- 13,000-Year-Old Cosmic Airburst Triggered ‘Impact Winter’ and Mass Extinction, Research Suggests | Technology News
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. Special shout out to our 10 year veterans!
Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf 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! chuckchat.com/patreon
Media Corner- Chuck finally built a Plex server (now that he has more storage)
Pass me the remote- Kreg
- Playdate (Prime)
- After the Hunt (Prime)
- Chuck
- Severance Season 2 (Apple TV)
- House of David (Amazon)
- Stranger Things Season 5 (Netflix)
- The Lost Bus (Apple TV)
Geek Library- The Ridiculous Engineering Of The World’s Most Important Machine
Question of the week- What is your Digital New Year’s Resolution?
Patreon Topic this week- Kreg’s Digital Resolutions
- Syncing with Boox with my Synology NAS
- Chuck’s Notion Dev Project
- Chuck’s USB cable
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
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1 hr 5 min - Episode 792: Firmware Update 2026: Patched, Rebooted, and Ready
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Feedback- QOTW: What’s one nerdy thing you want to accomplish in 2026? (e.g. tackle a project, learn something new, read/re-read a series)
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- Email from Avner
On This Day In History for December 31, 2025This is the 365th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are no more days remaining in 2025.
- It was on this date in 1759, that Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum and started brewing Guinness.
- 181 years ago today, The Philippines skipped this date in order to align the country with the rest of Asia, as the trading interest switched to China, Dutch East Indies and neighboring territories after Mexico gained independence from Spain on 27 September 1821. In the islands, Monday, 30 December 1844 was immediately followed by Wednesday, 1 January 1845.
- December 31, 1853, A dinner party was held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.
- It was on this date in 1878, that Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine. He was granted the patent in 1879.
- Thomas Edison demonstrated incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey on this date in 1879.
- In 1907 the first ever ball drop was held in Times Square.
- General Motors became the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year on this date in 1955.
- On December 31, 1956, The Romanian Television network began its first broadcast in Bucharest.
- 57 years ago today was the first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world.
- Also today in 1983, The AT&T Bell System was broken up by the United States Government.
- December 31, 1991, All official Soviet Union institutions had ceased operations by this date, five days after the Soviet Union was officially dissolved.
- That same date in 1994, this date was skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.
- The final comic of Calvin and Hobbes was published on this date in 1995.
- On December 31, 2009, Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occurred.
- It was also this date in 2011 that NASA succeeded in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
- It was 5 years ago today that The World Health Organization issued its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French navigator and explorer, Jacques Cartier, born on this date in 1491.
- George Meade, the American general and engineer was born 210 years ago today.
- Born December 31, 1860, American businessman, co-founder of Texaco Joseph S. Cullinan.
- Robert Grant Aitken, the American astronomer and academic was born 161 years ago today.
- Born December 31, 1905, American astronomer and academic Helen Dodson Prince.
- New Zealand mathematician and academic, Vaughan Jones, born on this date in 1952.
- Val Kilmer, American actor was born on that same date in 1959.
Listener Birthdays
- December
- 31 – Shadowbird’s Mom
- 31 – Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy)
- January
- 3 – Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast)
- 6 – Steve Therrien
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 31, 2025
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- Star Trek’s Warp Drive now possible, scientists say
- The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025 | Space
- Sub made incredible discovery underneath Antarctic ice before going missing – The Mirror
Hacks & Strange Stories- Is It True There Are Two Places On Earth Where You Can Walk Directly On The Mantle?
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Remember When- More than 16,000 dinosaur tracks discovered at a site in Bolivia
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 DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf 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! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Kreg
- Roofman – Paramount+
- In Bruges – VOD
- Chuck
- Identity – Netflix
- Castle Rock – Netflix
- Stranger Things S5
- Severance S2
- Everything Everywhere Daily (podcast)
Geek Library- 1980s Internet: An Ancient PDP-11 Goes Live on the Web – YouTube
- Playing DOOM On A Receipt Printer | Hackaday
Question of the week- In a future where robots do all the ‘real’ work, what highly specific, strangely human job would you invent for yourself just to stay busy?
Patreon Topic this week- Migrating websites
- What we got for Christmas
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!
- Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428)
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- We are on the Social Interwebs…
- Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Bsky and YouTube, etc
- You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts
- Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord
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- www.chuckchat.com
Also Thanks to
- Everyone who sent us links during the week
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- You, for downloading and listening
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1 hr 1 min - Episode 791: Tech the Halls with Boughs of DataListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.Feedback
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On This Day In History for December 24, 2025This is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days remaining in 2025.
- It was on this date in 1777, that Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, was discovered by James Cook.
- That same date in 1818, The first performance of “Silent Night” took place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria.
- Also on December 24, 1906, Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
- 73 years ago today was the first flight of Britain’s Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
- That same date in 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 entered into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.
- The first Ariane 1 rocket was launched from ELA-1 at the Guiana Space Centre. on this date in 1979.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- English physicist and brewer, James Prescott Joule, born on this date in 1818.
- Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot was born on that same date in 1894.
- Howard Hughes, the American businessman, engineer, and pilot was born 120 years ago today.
- Born December 24, 1923, American general George Patton IV.
Listener Birthdays Dec 2025
- 1 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)
- 2 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast
- 6 – SuperMoonMan
- 7 – Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast
- 8 – DanDman
- 8 – Gydian (Michael H.)
- 9 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62)
- 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
- 20 – Phil Burchill the 9 year old I started listening to Technorama when I turned 21 this year (2017)!
- 21 – Johnne Robison Kochheiser
- 21 – James Ballard KarakSindru
- 21 – Startrekmom aka: Janet
- 22 – Bo Pace
- 22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000)
- 22 – Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL
- 23 – Richard Green
- 24 – MaDBooM
- 25 – Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)
- 29 – CMenn
- 31 – Shadowbird’s Mom
- 31 – Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 24, 2025
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”: A Black Hole Just Twisted Spacetime—and Proved Einstein Right Again – The Debrief
- Moving Objects without Touching Them: Scientists Invent Chip that Generates Acoustic Waves as “Invisible Grabbers” – The Debrief
- Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples
Hacks & Strange Stories- Hacks, thefts, and disruption: The worst data breaches of 2025 | TechCrunch
Shout out to the chat roomWatch 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 DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf 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! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Kreg
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Netflix
- Project Hail Mary – Book
- Nobody 2
- Chuck
- Wake up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Netflix
- The Andromeda Strain
- Nobody
- Nobody 2
- Weapons
- Doctor Sleep (Netflix)
- Stranger Things S5 (E1-4)
Geek Library- How I Made A C64 Laptop From Scratch – The Portable 64 (Emulation)
Question of the week- What’s one nerdy thing you want to accomplish in 2026? (e.g. tackle a project, learn something new, read/re-read a series)
Patreon Topic this week- Time to get more NAS storage for Chuck
- WordPress Updates
- Finishing my 3D Print Project
- India
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!
- 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, Bsky and YouTube, etc
- You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts
- Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord
- 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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56 min - A Geek Christmas Story (2009)
“Mattie Stevens, a young boy of the early 80′s, dreams of owning a Commodore 64. He sets out to convince everyone this is the perfect gift. But, along the way runs into opposition from his parents and everyone around him including old Santa Claus”
Written By:
Kreg Steppe and Douglas E. WelchProduced By:
George Starcher – Typical Mac User Podcast
Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Steve Holden – Tech News Radio – Jersey Boys Podcast – AztecMedia.netCast of Players:
Narrator: Kreg Steppe – Technorama
Harvey Stevens: Dad – Kevin Devin
Mandy Stevens: Mom – Susie Murph – How to Grow your Geek Podcast
Mattie Stevens: Son – Daniel Devin
Sandy Stevens: Little Brother – Spencer Holden
Curtz Eisenberg: Friend to Mattie – Harrison Steppe
General Beringer: General – Douglas E. Welch
Lieutenant: Steve Holden – Tech News Radio
Mrs. Little: Katie Floyd – Mac Power Users Podcast
Santa’s Helper: Chuck Tomasi – Chuckchat.com
Santa: Larry Pesce – Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Judge: Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Andrew Carnagie: Andy Helsby – Absoblogginlutely!
J.P. Morgan: Grant Bichocco – Mr.Grant.com
UPS Guy: Paul Asadoorian- Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Skipper: Rylie StarcherTip of the Hat to the old Christmas Commodore 64 Demo
This has been a Friends in Tech Production.
32 min - Interface to Face: Gil Gerard (2010)
Chuck and I are deeply saddened to hear of Gil Gerard’s passing.
Back in 2010, we had the privilege of interviewing Gil at his booth during Dragon*Con for our short lived podcast, Interface to Face. While he is, of course, an icon for his role in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, we found him to be much more than just his sci-fi legacy. He was incredibly funny, gracious, and generous with his time, chatting at length with us about his upcoming projects.
It was a memorable encounter with a true professional. Rest in peace, Gil.
27 min - Episode 790: Cyber Turkeys Attack!
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On This Day In History for November 26, 2025This is the 330th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining in 2025.
- It was on this date in 1778, that In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook became the first European to visit Maui.
- 236 years ago today, A national Thanksgiving Day was observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
- Also on November 26, 1805, Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was officially opened.
- It was 103 years ago today that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years.
- 60 years ago today, France launched Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
- Also today in 1970, In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 38 millimetres (1.5 in) of rain fell in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
- Also on November 26, 1983, was the Brink’s-Mat robbery. In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million were stolen from the Brink’s-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
- The Concorde made its final flight over Bristol, England on this date in 2003.
- On November 26, 2018, The robotic probe Insight landed on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
- 4 years ago today, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization identified the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German organist and composer, Johannes Bach, born on this date in 1604.
- French geophysicist and astronomer, Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan was born 347 years ago today.
- Alsatian-French chemist Charles Adolphe Wurtz, born on this date in 1817.
- German-French physicist and academic, Rudolph Koenig was born 193 years ago today.
- Willis Carrier, the American engineer, inventor of air conditioning was born 149 years ago today.
- Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter was born on that same date in 1888.
- American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W., born on this date in 1895.
- Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1898.
- American businessman, co-founded McDonald’s, Maurice McDonald, born on this date in 1902.
- Born November 26, 1922, American cartoonist, created Peanuts Charles M. Schulz.
- Also turning 89 today is English computer scientist and psychologist Margaret Boden.
- Italian mathematician and academic, Enrico Bombieri is 85 today.
- Also born on that same date in 1949, East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor, Mari Alkatiri.
- Also turning 73 today is Mexican-American science teacher and entomologist Elsa Salazar Cade.
Listener Birthdays
- Nov 26 – Joanie
- Nov 27 – Brad P. from NJ(but who was born in VA, and has moved back there…)
- Nov 28 – Ben Sweetser
- Dec 1 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)
- Dec 2 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 26, 2025
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- Copy of SUPERMAN #1 Sold for $9 Million – Nerdist
- View Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Through NASA’s Multiple Lenses – NASA Science
- Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
- New study suggest we may have the theory of the moon all wrong
Hacks & Strange Stories- Someone made their own smart coffee pot that runs off an ESP32
- Claude AI Successfully Controls Robot Dog in Breakthrough Test | The Tech Buzz
Shout out to the chat roomWatch 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 DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf 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! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Chuck
- Night Teeth (N)
- Red Joan (N)
- The Carman Family Deaths (N)
- The Outfit (N)
- The Lion’s Share (N)
- Tenet (N)
- Kreg
- Nate Bargatze – Greenville, NC – Bons Secures Wellness Arena
Geek Library- What happened to IPv5?
Patreon Topic this week- Chuck may have unlocked a way to do database triggered NodeJS – now what?
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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- You can help support us:
- How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
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- www.chuckchat.com
Also Thanks to
- Everyone who sent us links during the week
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- You, for downloading and listening
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1 hr 7 min - Episode 789: Because Seven Ate Nine
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Feedback- QOTW: What’s the most useless piece of merch you’ve ever bought?
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On This Day In History for November 19, 2025This is the 323rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 42 days remaining in 2025.
- It was on this date in 1493, that Christopher Columbus went ashore on an island called Borinquen he first saw the day before. He named it San Juan Bautista (later renamed again Puerto Rico).
- It was 209 years ago today that Warsaw University was established.
- Also today in 1881, A meteorite landed near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odesa, Ukraine.
- It was 109 years ago today that Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn established Goldwyn Pictures.
- It was also this date in 1967 that saw the establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
- Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed at Oceanus Procellarum (the “Ocean of Storms”) and became the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon on this date in 1969.
- Also today in 1996, Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on STS-80, which would become the longest mission in the program at 17 days. On this mission, astronaut Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles.
- Exactly one year later, Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on STS-87.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Russian physicist, chemist, astronomer, and geographer, Mikhail Lomonosov, born on this date in 1711.
- Georg Hermann Quincke, the German physicist and academic was born 191 years ago today.
- Indian-English astronomer and author, Agnes Giberne, born on this date in 1845.
- Born November 19, 1876, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist Tatyana Afanasyeva.
- James B. Sumner, the American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born 138 years ago today.
- American astronomer Eleanor F. Helin was born 93 years ago today.
- Also turning 72 today is American actor Robert Beltran.
- American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, Eileen Collins is 69 today.
- Also turning 62 today is American actress Terry Farrell.
- American businessman, co-founded Twitter, Jack Dorsey is 49 today.
- Belgian computer programmer, Dries Buytaert, born on this date in 1978.
Listener Birthdays
- 22 – Tom Posz
- 25 – Lane Williams
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 19, 2025
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- Scientist turns people’s mental images into text using ‘mind-captioning’ technology | CNN
- Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket came back home after taking aim at Mars – Ars Technica
Hacks & Strange Stories- Decades-old ‘Finger’ protocol abused in ClickFix malware attacks
- The Louvre’s video surveillance had a shockingly weak password | Cybernews
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Remember When- The ‘worst-selling Microsoft product of all time’ sold just 11 times, and eight people returned it — why you’ve never heard of OS/2 for the Mach 20 | Tom’s Hardware
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 DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf 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! chuckchat.com/patreon
Pass me the remote- Chuck
- Quantum Leap (Netflix)
- High Plains Drifter (Netflix)
- Being Eddie (Netflix)
- Deep Impact (Netflix)
- Frankenstein (Netflix)
- Alexander – Making a God (Netflix)
- Kreg
- Frankenstein (Netflix)
- Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking (Season 2) (HBOMax)
Geek Library- The 7 Phases of the Internet
Question of the week- When you were younger, who influenced you? (Comedian, Actor, Author, etc)
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1 hr 2 min - Episode 788: The Unbuffered Stream of Consciousness
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Feedback- QOTW: What mundane, everyday task do you desperately wish science would invent a solution for?
- Discord | #question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast
- Voice mail
- More post cards from Jorge
On This Day In History for November 12, 2025This is the 316th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 49 days remaining in 2025.
- It was also this date in 1936 that In California, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic.
- That same date in 1954, Ellis Island ceased operations.
- It was on this date in 1970, that The Oregon Highway Division attempted to destroy a rotting beached sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous “exploding whale” incident.
- Also on November 12, 1980, The NASA space probe Voyager I made its closest approach to Saturn and took the first images of its rings.
- November 12, 1981, Space Shuttle Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marked the first time a crewed spacecraft was launched into space twice.
- It was on this date in 1995 that Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on STS-74 to deliver the Mir Docking Module to the Russian space station Mir.[17]
- Today in 2003, Shanghai Transrapid set a new world speed record of 501 kilometres per hour (311 mph) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
- It was 11 years ago today, that The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe, reached the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
- On November 12, 2020, The PlayStation 5 was released.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French admiral and explorer, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, born on this date in 1729.
- Thaddeus William Harris, the American entomologist and botanist was born 230 years ago today.
- Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist was born on that same date in 1833.
- Born November 12, 1842, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate John William Strutt.
- DeWitt Wallace, the American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader’s Digest was born 136 years ago today.
- Born November 12, 1923, English archaeologist and explorer Ian Graham.
- Richard H. Truly, the NASA astronaut was born 88 years ago today.
- American actress Anne Hathaway is 43 today.
Listener Birthdays
- 13 – Jennifer Therrien
- 15 – Jackie Breller (Krazy Joe & Christine’s daughter)
- 15 – Chuck Jolley aka nitestarr
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 12, 2025
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- Breakthrough brain discovery reveals a natural way to relieve pain | ScienceDaily
- Portal Space Systems introduces Starburst, a new breed of maneuverable spacecraft
- Warm ocean beneath Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus may be perfect for life | ScienceDaily
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Remember When- 9,000-year-old ice melt shows how fast Antarctica can fall apart | ScienceDaily
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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Pass me the remote- Kreg
- Tron:Ares
- Lean Morgan: Unspeakable Things – Netflix
- Chuck
- A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
- The White House Effect (Netflix)
- Sarah Millican (in person)
Question of the week- What is the most useless piece of merch you’ve ever bought?
Patreon Topic this week- Chuck: Our Sunday Morning Stranger
- Chuck: WHERE DID IT GO?
- Kreg: Thermometer and Hygrometer Sensors
- Kreg: New Pebble
- Kreg: Hot Sauce in my eye
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56 min - Episode 787: Artificially Unintelligent
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Feedback- QOTW: Before the internet made everything instantly available, what was your primary ‘analog’ source for geeky information? Magazines, TV show or the sci-fi section of your local library?
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- More post cards from Jorge
On This Day In History for November 5, 2025This is the 309th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 56 days remaining in 2025.
- It was on this date in 1499, that The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, was published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
- It was also this date in 1872, In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time, and was later fined $100 as part of Women’s suffrage in the United States
- George B. Selden was granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile on this date in 1895.
- On November 5, 1986, USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visited Qingdao, China; the first US naval visit to China since 1949.
- It was 18 years ago today that China’s first lunar satellite, Chang’e 1, went into orbit around the Moon.
- That same date in 2013, India launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French mathematician and philosopher, Louis Bertrand Castel, born on this date in 1688.
- Born November 5, 1900, American actress Natalie Schafer.
- American actor, Armin Shimerman is 76 today.
- Also born on that same date in 1982, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founder of Pownce, Leah Culver.
Listener Birthdays
- 5 – Michael Corlett
- 8 – John Clifford
- 8 – Mark, the Encaffeinated ONE, host of The Weird Show
- 10 – John Noble from the Island
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 5, 2025
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News- Mathematical Proof Debunks the Idea That the Universe Is a Computer Simulation – Slashdot
- NASA’s supersonic jet completes its first flight in California
Hacks & Strange Stories- 100-Year Old Wagon Wheel Becomes Dynamometer | Hackaday
- Making YouTube Work In The Netscape 4.5 Browser On Windows 98 | Hackaday
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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 DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf 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
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- Only Murders in the Building – Hulu
- John Candy – I Like Me – Prime
- The Chair Company – HBO Max
- Chuck
- Orphan Black (all 5 seasons) – Netflix
- Night Of The Living Dead – Netflix
Geek Library- The Brickley Engine – Cleaner. More Efficient. By Design.
- Panasonic’s Mr Thin CIA ‘spy’ radio.
Question of the week- What mundane, everyday task do you desperately wish science would invent a solution for?
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
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1 hr 9 min - Episode 786: It Came From the Mainframe
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Feedback- QOTW: You get a one minute trip to the past or future…what do you do with it?
- Feedback from Discord
- Voice mail from “mystery man (Mike)”
- Post cards from Japan
On This Day In History for October 29, 2025This is the 302nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 63 days remaining in 2025.
- On October 29, 1675, Leibniz made the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
- It was 162 years ago today that Eighteen countries met in Geneva and agreed to form the International Red Cross
- That same date in 1929 was known as Black Tuesday. The New York Stock Exchange crashed, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
- It was on this date in 1969, that the first-ever computer-to-computer link was established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
- British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opened the last stretch of the M25 motorway on this date in 1986.
- Also on October 29, 1991, The American Galileo spacecraft made its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
- ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States was inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission 27 years ago today.
- On that same mission, 77-year-old John Glenn became the oldest person to go into space at that time.
- October 29, 2008, Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world’s largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- French historian, explorer, and author, Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, born on this date in 1682.
- English mathematician and astronomer, Martin Folkes was born 335 years ago today.
- Laura Bassi, the Italian physicist and academic, first woman to have a doctorate in science was born 314 years ago today.
- Italian astronomer and meteorologist, Caterina Scarpellini, born on this date in 1808.
- Abram Ioffe, the Russian physicist and academic was born 145 years ago today.
- Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright was born on that same date in 1923.
- Also turning 68 today is American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer Dan Castellaneta.
- Also born on that same date in 1971, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic, Daniel J. Bernstein.
Listener Birthdays
- 29 – Big Jim Clark, MegaPodTastic
- 30 – WolfGeek
- 31 – Sylvain Racicot
- 1 – Amber Elstad
- 2 – Mark McCoy
- 3 – Ken Pace
- 3 – Craig Glassner (aka Ranger Craig)
- 4 – Avner (OMG, its 2014 – I’m 40 already)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for October 29, 2025
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News- Two spacecraft will pass right through comet 3I/ATLAS’ tail | Live Science
- Barbara Gips, Creator of Memorable Movie Catchphrases, Dies at 89 – The New York Times (subscription required)
- Free article
- Quantum Leap: How Time Crystals Could Power the Computers of Tomorrow
- A laser pointer at 2 billion fps makes the speed of light look… kinda weird
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Remember When- 16 Pieces of 80s Technology That Today’s Kids Won’t Believe Were Real
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 DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim CookIf 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- Chuck
- Uncle Nino – Amazon Prime
- House of Guinness – Netflix
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story – Netflix
- My Father, the BTK Killer – Netflix
- Kreg
- Downey Wrote that – Peacock
Question of the week- Before the internet made everything instantly available, what was your primary ‘analog’ source for geeky information? Was it a specific magazine (like OMNI, Starlog, or Byte), a TV show (like Beyond 2000), or the sci-fi section of your local library?
End of Show StuffWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
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- Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord
- You can help support us:
- How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon!
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