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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
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Monkeys escape from Alpha Genesis research facility in South Carolina
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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
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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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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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A Quiet Place – Day One – Paramount+
(Re-Watch) Shitt$ Creek – Hulu
Only Murders in the Building (Almost Done for the Season) – Hulu
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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)
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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
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1 hr 13 min
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
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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
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
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News
Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration | New Scientist
Earth Gaining a Temporary New Moon, Scientists Say
China has lit its first artificial sun: 120 million degrees and the world on edge
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Meet The World’s Oldest Fish—Presumed Extinct For 60 Million Years, Then Rediscovered In A Small Fishing Town
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Theater
Masterchef – Fox/Hulu
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YouTube TV (w/NFL Package)
The Biggest Lie in Hollywood | Technicolor
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Patreon Topic this week
First post-retirement update (Disney)
Chuck (finally) set up calendly
What’s up with Google Task’s API?
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September 13, 2024Episode 752: This is Just Fan Fiction
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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
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News
New image shows the North Star is changing. And it has spots. | Mashable
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Comedian Uncovers Highly Disturbing Facts About ‘The Jetsons’ | Cracked.com
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The Acolyte – Disney+
Geek Library
How This New Battery is Changing the Game – YouTube
Question of the week
You time travel to the year 2124 for ten minutes and are allowed to make one Google search. What is it?
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On This Day In History for August 21, 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
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Turns out REST APIs weren’t the answer (and that’s OK!)
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August 14, 2024Episode 750: A Beginner’s Guide to Bending the Space-Time Continuum
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On This Day In History for August 14, 2024
This is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1592, that the first sighting of the Falkland Islands was made by John Davis.
On August 14, 1885, Japan’s first patent was issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
It was 131 years ago today that France became the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
Also on August 14, 1901, the first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
Also today in 1920, the 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially opened in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly-adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.
On August 14, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
76 years ago today, there was the Beaver drop. This was an Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers from Northwestern Idaho to the Chamberlain Basin in Central Idaho. The program involved parachuting beavers into the Chamberlain Basin.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
Italian mathematician and physicist, Giambattista Benedetti, born on this date in 1530.
Born August 14, 1777, Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted.
Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler was born on that same date in 1851.
Italian mathematician and academic, Guido Castelnuovo was born 159 years ago today.
Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, the Belgian mathematician and academic was born 158 years ago today.
Canadian-American physicist and academic, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster was born 138 years ago today.
Turkish astronomer and mathematician, Nüzhet Gökdoğan, born on this date in 1910.
Frank Oppenheimer, the American physicist and academic was born 112 years ago today.
Born August 14, 1914, American physicist, chemist, and academic Herman Branson.
Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Richard R. Ernst, born on this date in 1933.
Also turning 79 today is American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter Steve Martin.
American cartoonist, Gary Larson, born on this date in 1950.
American chemist and astronaut, Tracy Caldwell Dyson is 55 today.
Listener Birthdays
17 – Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek’s son and Geek in Training)
19 – Brian Litecky (blitecky)
19 – Matt Rider (The Eagle Scout Geek )
20 – Jedi_Kez (aka Brian From Winnipeg)
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Foundation (Apple TV+)
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Why Star Trek’s Graphic Design Makes Sense
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The Lost Map That Changed American Travel Forever
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August 07, 2024Episode 749: The Nerdvana Chronicles
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On This Day In History for August 7, 2024
This is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1679, that The brigantine Le Griffon became the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
Also today in 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends became the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
On August 7, 1944, IBM dedicated the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
It was also this date in 1947 that Thor Heyerdahl’s balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashed into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 -day, 7,000 kilometers (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that prehistoric peoples could have traveled from South America.
It was on this date in 1959 that Explorer 6 launched from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
That same date in 1974, Philippe Petit performed a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
Viking 2 entered orbit around Mars on this date in 1976.
Also today in 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter declared a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently.
It was on this date in 1987, that Lynne Cox became the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
Also today in 1997, The Space Shuttle Discovery launched on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
English explorer and cartographer, Robert Dudley, born on this date in 1574.
German geographer and academic, Carl Ritter was born 245 years ago today.
Mary Frances Winston, American mathematician was born on that same date in 1869.
Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist, Louis Leakey was born 121 years ago today.
American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer, Stan Freberg, born on this date in 1926.
James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author was born on that same date in 1928.
Also turning 46 today is American actor Cirroc Lofton.
Listener Birthdays
4 – Clark & Diana (Awesome people and the kids of Gary from Jacksonville)
6 – Fritz The German
6 – Julie Tomasi
8 – Philippa Ballantine
9 – Matt Coe (WoWaddict) [1991]
9 – Julia Posz – (Technorama Promo)
10 – Sam Martin
11 – Steve Wozniak
11 – David Brewer (Tyrion The Imp)
13 – Christine Fiore MegaPodTastic and Honey, You’ve *GOT* to See This!
17 – Clive Jevons, Baeumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek’s son and Geek in Training)
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July 17, 2024Episode 748: Is Your Fridge Smarter Than You? The Rise of Kitchen AI
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On This Day In History for July 17, 2024
This is the 199th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 167 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1850, that Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
Also today in 1867, Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the first dental school in the U.S. that is affiliated with a university.
125 years ago today, NEC Corporation was organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
It was 122 years ago today that Willis Carrier created the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
That same date in 1938, Douglas Corrigan took off from Brooklyn to fly the “wrong way” to Ireland and became known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan.
69 years ago today, Disneyland was dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
It was 62 years ago today, as part of nuclear weapons testing, the “Small Boy” test shot Little Feller I became the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft docked with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations on this date in 1975.
Also today in 1984, The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
On July 17, 1989, was the first flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
It was also this date in 2001 that Concorde was brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
Also on July 17, 2018, Scott S. Sheppard announced that his team has discovered a dozen irregular moons of Jupiter.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
French mathematician and philosopher, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, born on this date in 1698.
Born July 17, 1763, German-American businessman and philanthropist John Jacob Astor.
Georges Lemaître, the Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist was born 130 years ago today.
Born July 17, 1910, American chemist and microbiologist Frank Olson.
American physicist and academic, invented the laser, Gordon Gould, born on this date in 1920.
Russian mathematician and academic, Sergei K. Godunov was born 95 years ago today.
Born July 17, 1935, Canadian actor and producer Donald Sutherland.
Also born on that same date in 1954, American author, screenwriter, and producer, J. Michael Straczynski.
Also turning 69 today is American mycologist and author Paul Stamets.
Canadian author and activist, Cory Doctorow, born on this date in 1971.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 17, 2024
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Hit Man (Netflix)
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (Netflix)
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Which fictional character would be the worst roommate?
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July 11, 2024Episode 747: The Boeing Engineer was caught winging it on the job!
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On This Day in History for July 3, 2024
This is the 185th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 181 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1608, that Québec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain.
Also on July 3, 1767, Pitcairn Island was discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret.
That same date in 1767, Norway’s oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, was founded and the first edition is published.
The Bank for Savings in the City of New-York, the first savings bank in the United States, opened on this date in 1819.
It was on this date in 1884, that Dow Jones & Company published its first stock average.
July 3, 1886, Karl Benz officially unveiled the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile.
It was also this date in 1886 that The New-York Tribune became the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
Also on July 3, 1938, World speed record for a steam locomotive was set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58 km/h).
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
Danish botanist and physicist, Ferdinand Didrichsen, born on this date in 1814.
Dankmar Adler, the German-born American architect and engineer was born 180 years ago today.
Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher was born on that same date in 1879.
American mathematician and academic, Jesse Douglas was born 127 years ago today.
Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician was born on that same date in 1933.
Also born on that same date in 1935, American geologist, astronaut, and politician, Harrison Schmitt.
Also turning 81 today is American actor Kurtwood Smith.
Also born on that same date in 1943, American astronaut, Norman E. Thagard.
American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer, Yeardley Smith, born on this date in 1964.
Also born on that same date in 1971, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founded WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.
Listener Birthdays
4 – Mike McBride
6 – Peter(1982, Sweden)
8 – Trampas Whiteman (aka Dragonhelm)
8 – Mark Lee (aka geekdad72) Stardate -351519.09
8 – Alan Ralph (a.k.a. Spiffy)
8 – Kim Eaddy – Kreg’s Wife
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 3, 2024
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Hydrogen teleported for first time and no one understands how: 20 tons that can be anywhere
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Robot smiles with living skin. That’s not creepy at all : NPR
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Comet 13P/Olbers, not seen since 1956, set to fly by Earth
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Battlestar Galactica Mini-Series (Prime)
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor – (Netflix)
Chuck
The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Amazon Prime)
Geek Library
Flat Earth Fail Compilation 48: Extreme Failure
When Engineering Goes Wrong: Three Badly Designed Ships
Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Romulans
This Iconic Animal House Scene Was Entirely Improvised
Why Chicago’s Hidden Street has 3 Levels (The History of Wacker Drive)
What Happened to Titanic’s Survivors After the Sinking?
Why People Prefer More Pain
Wheel of Fortune’s Forgotten Origin Story (Who Was Drunk During the Pilot?)
FM is RLL, MFM is RLL, RLL is RLL! Fight me.
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