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June 26, 2024Episode 746: Keep Calm and Geek On
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On This Day In History for June 26, 2024
This is the 178th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 188 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1886, that Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
The first Grand Prix motor race was held at Le Mans on this date in 1906.
115 years ago today, The Science Museum in London came into existence as an independent entity.
Also today in 1927, The Cyclone roller coaster opened on Coney Island.
That same date in 1936, saw the initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
82 years ago today was the first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
It was 79 years ago today that The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
William Shockley filed the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor on this date in 1948.
That same date in 1974, The Universal Product Code was scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley’s chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
It was also this date in 1977 that Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
27 years ago today, J. K. Rowling published the first of her Harry Potter novel series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the United Kingdom.
It was also this date in 2000 that The Human Genome Project announced the completion of a “rough draft” sequence.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
Swedish chemist and mineralogist, Georg Brandt, born on this date in 1694.
Born June 26, 1730, French astronomer and academic Charles Messier.
1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer, William Thomson, born on this date in 1824.
Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician was born on that same date in 1878.
Willy Messerschmitt, the German engineer and businessman was born 126 years ago today.
English computer scientist and physicist, Maurice Wilkes, born on this date in 1913.
American computer scientist Robert Everett was born 103 years ago today.
Pavel Belyayev, Soviet soldier, pilot and cosmonaut was born on that same date in 1925.
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Coleman Richardson was born 87 years ago today.
Listener Birthdays
15 – Miss Eliza Sea from Wingin’ It 3D
16 – Joe Edmisson
16 – Jason from The Angry Geek
17 – Digital Dan from the Hook Show
18 – Luke (platypuss72) from UK
18 – Xianfox from Appleton
19 – Steven (sphen603) from Wichita, Kansas
21 – Ascii Adam from the Hook Show
22 – Lance Heath
22 – Jack Stevens
22 – Chris Martinez (Scotland)
25 – Mark Sheppard (Wichita, Kansas) Born 1957
25 – Jim Guckin from Philadelphia, Pa
26 – Patrick Norton
26 – Daughter of Will The Computer Guy
27 – Jordan Burkhead, daughter of Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast
29 – Martin McKeay (Accch, this is the Big 40!)
29 – Gilles Laurent
30 – Alexis Duran (ADdude)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 26, 2024
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News
A 13-Year-Old Built Archimedes’ Mythical Death Ray—and It May Actually Work
China’s ‘artificial sun’ achieves breakthrough in nuclear fusion
The sun’s magnetic field is about to flip. Here’s what to expect. | Space
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remote Amazon tribe connects to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service, become hooked on porn, social media
Mystery monolith appears in Nevada desert
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What the web looked like in 1994, the year it became the internet – Fast Company
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Media Corner
Star Citizen player remakes the entire first Star Wars movie in-game
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Remembering Gene Wilder – Netflix
Ultraman: Rising – Netflix
iRobot – Tubi
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Cult Massacre: One Day In Jonestown (Disney+/Nat Geo)
Mysteries Of The Terracotta Warriors (Netflix)
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial (Netflix)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Disney+)
Geek Library
The Computer That Didn’t Save Computerland | Computerland BC286 – YouTube
You’ll always look for this when you drive now
Arizona Memories from the ’50s – YouTube
Why Chicago Secretly Razed A Major Airport – YouTube
Growing Up With Deaf Parents. Chris Ruppe – YouTube
If You Grew Up in the 1970s – You Remember… – YouTube
A Sticky History of Superglue – YouTube
Insane Things that Used to Be Illegal – YouTube
Apple PenLite: The iPad Before the iPad! – YouTube
Question of the week
If we discovered an alien civilization, besides language, how would you try and communicate with them?
Patreon Topic this week
Chuck: The tale of making a remarkable songbook
Chuck: What’s up with Nextdoor.com?!
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June 05, 2024Episode 745: The Photon Funnies
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On This Day In History for June 5, 2024
This is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 209 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1817, that the first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, was launched.
It was 141 years ago today that the first regularly scheduled Orient Express departed Paris.
June 5, 1893, the trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother began in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
It was also this date in 1956 that Elvis Presley introduced his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
June 5, 1964, DSV Alvin was commissioned.
It was also this date in 1991 that Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on STS-40, the fifth spacelab mission.
Also today in 1995, The Bose-Einstein condensate was first created.
It was on this date in 2002, that Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on STS-111, carrying the Expedition 5 crew to the International Space Station to replace the Expedition 4 crew. Astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz became the second person to have flown on seven spaceflights.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
Italian mathematician and philosopher, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, born on this date in 1646.
Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist, Johan Gadolin was born 264 years ago today.
John Couch Adams, the English mathematician and astronomer was born 205 years ago today.
Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, Dennis Gabor was born 124 years ago today.
Beatrice de Cardi, the English archaeologist and academic was born 110 years ago today.
Born June 5, 1915, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa, Lancelot Ware.
American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment, Kathleen Kennedy, born on this date in 1953.
Also turning 59 today is American astronomer and author Michael E. Brown.
Listener Birthdays
4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)
5 – Chris MC
6 – Adam Larson (UncleAdam)
6 – Grandma Grace (1921)
8 – Bobby Irvin
10 – Tim (from Australia)
10 – Weber (BTW June 10 – AA was founded 1935)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 5, 2024
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News
New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fast
Hacks & Strange Stories
Robotic ‘Third Thumb’ expands hand’s range of motion, carrying capacity
Modded an iPod Classic from 2008 to add Bluetooth, USB-C, and an SS
What Time Is It On The Moon? Why Nasa Wants To Set Up A Lunar Time Zone
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Walter Cronkite tried to predict the year 2000
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Media Corner
Yes, The Book of Boba Fett Did Mirror Patton Oswalt’s Parks and Recreation Filibuster
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Better Call Saul – Netflix (I finished it!)
Star Trek Discovery – Paramount+
Chuck
A Gentlemen in Moscow – Hulu (we finished it)
An ELF *off* the shelf | The Quest Super ELF | COSMAC 1802
Geek Library
The Bubbling Tale of Who Invented the Lava Lamp
Scroll Lock – The Secret Key THEY Don’t Want You to Press!
20 Things From The 1970s, We Can No Longer Do!
20 Things that Nazis invented And You Didn’t Know About
What is this rare multi-user UNIX workstation? (Plexus P/20)
Why Chicago’s Standard Oil Building Almost Failed
OBSOLETE Car Features that were actually DANGEROUS – Life in America
I made my OWN Apple TV—with a Raspberry Pi
10 Famous Cereals That HAVE FADED Into HISTORY
XO-1: The $100 Laptop (Which Cost $200) – Krazy Ken’s Tech Talk
QuickCharge Pro is a SCAM (It Gets Worse) – Krazy Ken’s Tech Talk
San Francisco’s Lost Docks
15 OLDEST Buildings Still in Use Today
Question of the week
If you could create a game show for any fictional universe, what would it be like?
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May 29, 2024Episode 744: Data Dumpster Dive
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On This Day In History for May 19, 2024
This is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1886, that The pharmacist John Pemberton placed his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity was tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin on this date in 1919.
It was on this date in 1950, that The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
That same date in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay’s (adopted) 39th birthday.
May 29, 1999, Space Shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
It was also this date in 2015 that One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opened.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
English mathematician and philosopher, Humphry Ditton, born on this date in 1675.
German astronomer and selenographer, Johann Heinrich von Mädler was born 230 years ago today.
Bob Hope, the English-American actor, singer, and producer was born 121 years ago today.
John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States was born on that same date in 1917.
English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Peter Higgs was born 95 years ago today.
American animator, producer, and author, David Kirschner, born on this date in 1955.
Listener Birthdays
30 – Petri Lopia
31 – Troy Dunlavy
1 – Selganor
2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)
4 – Leo Schrauwen – history and pictures from Ekeren (Antwerp, Belgium) in Dutch
4 – Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 29, 2024
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News
After You Die, Your Steam Games Will Be Stuck in Legal Limbo – Slashdot
Google’s AI tells users to add glue to their pizza, eat rocks and make chlorine gas | Live Science
Hacks & Strange Stories
AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once | ScienceDaily
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This iPod prototype was hiding Apple’s unreleased Tetris clone – The Verge
Messaging Service ICQ To Shut Down Next Month After Nearly 30 Years – Slashdot
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Loki – Disney+
How are Microchips Made?
What is this rare multi-user UNIX workstation? (Plexus P/20)
Kreg
The 1% Club – Prime
Better Call Saul – Netflix
Geek Library
Elliot Lake’s Deadly Design Flaw – Massive Engineering Mistakes – Engineering Documentary
Blazing Saddles Producers Tried To HIDE These FACTS From The Public
How Did Darth Vader Sleep?
When Did We Stop Being Naked?
50 Greatest Historical Events That Never Happened
20 Inventions That Killed Their Inventor
What Happens When You Remove a Dam
Unsolved Mysteries of History: The Questions Your Teacher Couldn’t Answer
Where Are The Time Travellers? (Shorts)
The Great Pyramid Mystery: The Oldest Cover-Up In History
What Happened to COLOSSUS The Forbin Project?
The Pulaski Skyway’s Forbidden Mystery
20 Things Only Nerds Will Remember From The 1980s!
Reviving a 1970’s Hard Drive for the Mini Centurion!
How does Bluetooth Work?
Why We Only Have Ten Toes (It’s a Long Story)
When Fish First Breathed Air
The PicoMEM is an amazing software defined ISA card
Why Florida’s Overseas Highway Turned From Dream to Disaster
(361) How 7,000 Years of Epic Floods Changed the World (w/ SciShow!) – YouTube
20 Things From The 1980s, We Can No Longer Do!
Obsolete Car Features From The Past
Daily Life In Ancient Egypt (3D Animated Documentary – Life Of An Egyptian)
5 of the Most Idiotic Warships Ever Made
The Forbidden and Forgotten UMC Green 486 CPU
Appalachia’s Abandoned Tunnel Explained
Question of the week
What free thing is so good you can’t believe it’s actually available for free?
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May 22, 2024Episode 743: Leaving Las Vegas
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On This Day In History for May 22, 2024
This is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 223 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1762, that Trevi Fountain was officially completed and inaugurated in Rome.
Also today in 1804, The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began as the Corps of Discovery departed from St. Charles, Missouri.
On May 22, 1826, HMS Beagle departed on its first voyage.
Also on May 22, 1846, The Associated Press was formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
Future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats, making him the only U.S. president to ever hold a patent on this date in 1849.
It was also this date in 1866 that Oliver Winchester founded the Winchester Repeating Arms.
May 22, 1906, The Wright brothers were granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their “Flying-Machine”.
Apollo 10’s Lunar Module flew within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the Moon’s surface on this date in 1969.
Also on May 22, 2012, SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launched a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket in the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor, William Sturgeon, born on this date in 1783.
Brazilian engineer and politician, Augusto Pestana was born 156 years ago today.
Born May 22, 1904, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor Uno Lamm.
German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope, Bodo von Borries was born 119 years ago today.
Born May 22, 1912, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Herbert C. Brown.
Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic, Thomas Gold, born on this date in 1920.
Also turning 78 today is Russian-Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva.
English physicist and academic, Michael Green is 78 today.
Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, Shuji Nakamura, born on this date in 1954.
Listener Birthdays
6 – Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)
6 – Bill Barbour
6 – Steve Bickle
6 – Brian Brown
8 – Curtis Parish
12 – Amanda Huggenkiss
14 – JPCJ
16 – Dan Delaney
22 – Tim Elliott
23 – Kris Ziel Host and producer of The AVScast and 24 Under Review
26 – Eli Yukelzon
27 – Tonya from Dancing With Elephants
28 – Chris Martens, Host of The Jesus Geeks, Z Net Central, and Producer of On The Edge Of Darkness
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 22, 2024
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News
How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
The Bennu samples have rocks unlike any meteorite ever found
Hypnotoad From ‘Futurama’ Has Officially Overtaken the National Park Service | Cracked.com
Near-flawless quantum teleportation demonstrated in groundbreaking experiment –
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Star Wars 1977 movie opening reactions and lines – YouTube
The Computers Of Voyager | Hackaday
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Your Name Here
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Secrets of the Neanderthals – Netflix
James Burke Connections – 04 Faith in Numbers
Ahsoka – Disney+
Kreg
Lift – Netflix
Masterchef Junior Finale – Hulu
Geek Library
The Best Sci-Fi Anthology Series of the Year Is Streaming For Free Right Now
Nasa shows what it’s like inside a black hole
Other things from Chuck’s library
A Geologic Mystery in Madagascar; Solved at Last?
15 UNUSUAL Geological Wonders
Why Can’t Mickey Mouse Cross THIS LINE And Other Secrets Disney Doesn’t Want You To Know
Why There’s a Straight Line Through Scotland
How Tesla made the WORST TRUCK EVER
Question of the week
What scientific breakthrough are we closer to than most people realize?
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April 24, 2024Episode 741: Fact, Fiction, and the Final Frontier
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QOTW: What is a movie where the main character just can’t get anything right?
Postcard from Jorge in Oslo
On This Day In History for April 24, 2024
This is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 251 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1704, that The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, was published.
On April 24, 1800, The United States Library of Congress was established when President John Adams signed legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress”.
Also on April 24, 1885, American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.
It was 129 years ago today that Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, set sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop “Spray”.
April 24, 1914, The Franck-Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, was presented to the German Physical Society.
Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launched a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organize a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance on this date in 1916.
It was on this date in 1967, that Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died in Soyuz 1 when its parachute failed to open. He was the first human to die during a space mission.
It was also this date in 1990 that the Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31.
It was 13 years ago today that WikiLeaks started publishing the Guantanamo Bay files leak.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom, Edmund Cartwright, born on this date in 1743.
Gideon Sundback, the Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper was born 144 years ago today.
Born April 24, 1899, Russian-American mathematician and academic Oscar Zariski.
David Blackwell, the American mathematician and academic was born 105 years ago today.
Born April 24, 1930, American actor, director, and producer Richard Donner.
Australian-English guitarist and composer, John Williams is 83 today.
Also turning 82 today is American singer, actress, activist, and producer Barbra Streisand.
American actor, Jack Quaid, born on this date in 1992.
Listener Birthdays
26 – Stewe Lundin – Sweden
26 – Frank Lopez
29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe
29 – Timothy Karre
29 – Dhruv Gupta
30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 24, 2024
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News
NASA’s Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io (video) | Space
Farewell to Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot: Hilarious Bloopers and Triumphs Reel
Hello, Electric Atlas – IEEE Spectrum
A chunk of metal that tore through a Florida home definitely came from the ISS | Ars Technica
Computer scientist wins Turing Award for seminal work on randomness | Ars Technica
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Journalists kept ruining Spock’s death in ST II – Collecting Trek
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Media Corner
Seth MacFarlane & Martin Scorsese Team to Restore Vintage Animated Movies
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Amadeus (Director’s cut) – Netflix
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders – Netflix
Kreg
Conan O’Brien Must Go – Max
Geek Library
The Mysteries Of North America’s Great Lakes | Naked Science | Spark
California’s Dangerous Capitola Village Situation
Design & 3D-Print Your Own 8-bit Gaming Figures
Data & Picard
(1938) The Birth of SQL & the Relational Database – YouTube
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Hi,
I agree with Kreg, John Carter of Mars isn’t a terrible movie… I’d heard it had poor reviews before watching, but really enjoyed it.
Regarding Kreg’s review of The Tourist.
My feelings about the main character was flipped during the last episode, but having watched and enjoyed season two (small spoiler… the last 30 seconds of season two does it again).
If you have time, I’d still recommend watching season two.
On This Day In History for April 17, 2024
This is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1492, that Spain and Christopher Columbus signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
503 years ago today, the trial of Martin Luther over his teachings began during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
April 17, 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano reached New York Harbor.
The Ellis Island immigration center processed 11,747 people, more than on any other day on this date in 1907.
Also on April 17, 1951, The Peak District became the United Kingdom’s first National Park.
It was on this date in 1961, that a group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro – known as the Bay of Pigs invasion.
That same date in 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returned to Earth safely on this date in 1970.
Also today in 2014, NASA’s Kepler space telescope confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
Italian priest and astronomer, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, born on this date in 1598.
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, the German botanist and explorer was born 230 years ago today.
French mathematician and academic, Étienne Bobillier was born 226 years ago today.
J. P. Morgan, the American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co. was born 187 years ago today.
Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician and theorist was born on that same date in 1863.
Spanish-American ventriloquist, Señor Wences, born on this date in 1896.
Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente was born on that same date in 1906.
Also born on that same date in 1936, Swiss chemist, Urs Wild.
Czech pianist, composer, and producer, Jan Hammer, born on this date in 1948.
Listener Birthdays
19 – Amanda (SusietheGeek’s daughter & Geek in Training)
21 – Kim and Kreg’s Anniversary
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 17, 2024
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News
Scientists created a black hole in lab to test a theory, then it started glowing extremely bright – Good
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity finds ‘otherworldly’ wreckage on planet’s surface
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April 12, 2024Episode 739: Technorama is an inside job
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On This Day In History for April 10, 2024
This is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 265 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 837, that Halley’s Comet made its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometers/3.2 million miles).
On April 10, 1606, The Virginia Company of London was established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
Also today in 1710, The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, came into force in Great Britain.
It was on this date in 1858, that after the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it was recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
It was 158 years ago today that The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
It was on this date in 1872, that The first Arbor Day was celebrated in Nebraska.
That same date in 1912, RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
April 10, 1916, The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) was created in New York City.
It was on this date in 1925, that The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
It was 85 years ago today that Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.’s “Big Book”, was first published.
54 years ago today, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
Also on April 10, 2019, Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announced the first ever image of a black hole, which was located in the center of the M87 galaxy.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German mathematician, physicist, and physician, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, born on this date in 1651.
John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker was born on that same date in 1713.
Born April 10, 1762, Italian physicist and academic Giovanni Aldini.
Arnold Orville Beckman, the American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist was born 124 years ago today.
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Robert Burns Woodward was born 107 years ago today.
Born April 10, 1927, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate Marshall Warren Nirenberg.
Egyptian actor and screenwriter, Omar Sharif, born on this date in 1932.
Also turning 68 today is English chemist and academic Carol V. Robinson.
English computer scientist and academic, Carole Goble, born on this date in 1961.
Also turning 56 today is American actor, producer, and screenwriter Orlando Jones.
Listener Birthdays
14 – Danny Harnish
16 – Donna Tomasi
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 10, 2024
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NASA investigates whether debris that struck Florida home fell from space – The Washington Post
Have Scientists Finally Made Sense of Hawking’s Famous Black Hole Formula? – Slashdot
Voyager 1 Issue Tracked Down To Defective Memory Chip | Hackaday
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35 Fictional Locations You Can Visit Right Here in the Real World | Cracked.com
New Disney animatronics breathe convincing life into its 2D characters – The Verge
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Starcrash (MST3K) – Netflix
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War – Netflix
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The Most Important day in Tornado Science History – April 3, 1974
Kreg
Resident Alien – Netflix
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Why Chicago Razed The First Skyscraper | The Field Building
12 NEW Arduino Projects!!! (2024 Edition)
Let’s Make 80s Computers Talk | 1980s Commodore Speech Synthesizer
6 Theories of the Edmund Fitzgerald
New York’s Lost Subway Entrances
Faulty Sega Mega Drive Game | Can I Fix It?
What’s on the rooftops of New York’s most famous skyscrapers? – IT’S HISTORY
New York’s Liberty Island was a Military Fort
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April 07, 2024Episode 738: No Joke
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On This Day In History for April 3, 2024
This is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 272 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1860, the first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, began.
139 years ago today, Gottlieb Daimler was granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he used seven months later to create the world’s first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen.
On April 3, 1933, was the first flight over Mount Everest, by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston.
It was on that same date in 1973 that Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.
It was on this date in 1975, that Bobby Fischer refused to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
It was also this date in 1981 that The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, was unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
It was 28 years ago today that Suspected “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski was captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
It was on this date in 2000, in the court case United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft was ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping “an oppressive thumb” on its competitors.
On April 3, 2010, Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
German mathematician and astronomer, Michael Neander, born on this date in 1529.
William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist was born on that same date in 1715.
Pierre Bretonneau, the French doctor who performed the first successful tracheotomy was born 246 years ago today.
Also born on that same date in 1798, American admiral, geographer, and explorer (d.1877), Charles Wilkes.
Bud Fisher, the American cartoonist was born 139 years ago today.
American publisher, co-founded Time magazine, Henry Luce was born 126 years ago today.
Born April 3, 1909, Polish-American mathematician and academic Stanislaw Ulam.
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, Gus Grissom was born 98 years ago today.
Bangladeshi engineer and architect, co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center, Fazlur Rahman Khan, born on this date in 1929.
American actor and comedian, Eddie Murphy is 63 today.
Listener Birthdays
4 – Brian K
4 – Joel McLaughlin (aka Gorkon)
4 – Amy Bowen
5 – Chad Davis, Jon Issler (hsteckylf)
5 – Griffin Sylvester (Ildreancipher)
5 – Martine Tysmans – citytrips, travelling, jokes… (in Dutch)
5 – Ringmaster Greg from Dancing With Elephants
6 – Trevor Litecky (future Geek)
6 – Samwise Gamgee
7 – P.C. Haring
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 3, 2024
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Woman Wins Contest, Blasts Off and Docks at Space Station
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Shogūn – Hulu
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Texas Instruments Made a Computer (& It Failed)
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Starcrash – Tubi
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Coding games like it’s the 80s | Usborne Computer Programming Book – YouTube
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Mercury and MESSENGER
Forgotten and Abandoned Highway 80 Through the California Desert
How the Colorado Plateau Formed & Rose 8,500 Feet
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March 27, 2024Episode 737: Catacoustics
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On This Day In History for March 27, 2024
This is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 279 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1513, that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reached the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
On March 27, 1886, Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrendered to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
It was 112 years ago today that First Lady Helen Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the origin of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Also today in 1915, Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, was put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life
It was 60 years ago today, that The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 struck Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage
That same date in 1975, Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System began.
It was 48 years ago today that The first section of the Washington Metro opened to the public.
Also on March 27, 1998, The Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
French engineer, urban planner, and politician, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, born on this date in 1809.
Edward Augustus Inglefield, the English admiral and explorer was born 204 years ago today.
Born March 27, 1844, American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient Adolphus Greely.
German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Wilhelm Röntgen was born 179 years ago today.
Born March 27, 1847, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Otto Wallach.
American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist, William Libbey, born on this date in 1855.
Douglas Hartree, the English mathematician and physicist was born 127 years ago today.
American mathematician and computer programmer, Margaret K. Butler, born on this date in 1924.
American science fiction writer, Kevin J. Anderson is 62 today.
Also born on that same date in 1963, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, Quentin Tarantino.
Canadian actor, Nathan Fillion is 53 today.
Listener Birthdays
21 – Krazy Joe Fiore, MegaPodTasticand Honey, You’ve *GOT* to See This!
23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred
23 – Richard Parkman
25 – Nicholas St Gabriel
26 – Chuck Tomasi
26 – Brina Baird in Hampton, VA
29 – Marc Blackburn
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 27, 2024
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News
Mars declared unsafe for humans to live as no one can survive for longer than four years
2024 Abel prize: Michel Talagrand wins maths award for making sense of randomness | New Scientist
Neuralink Reveals First Human-Trial Patient
Hacks & Strange Stories
Robot turns itself to liquid to escape cage and then reforms just like in Terminator 2
Dogs’ brain activity shows they recognize the names of objects | Ars Technica
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45 Years Ago, the First Star Wars Ripoff was Stupid, Cheap, and Absurdly Fun
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Colossus – The Greatest Secret in the History of Computing
Why The First Computers Were Made Out Of Light Bulbs
Installing Windows 3.1 on an iPhone From Floppy Disks!
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Roadhouse – Amazon Prime
Yesterday – Netflix
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Star Rekt – YouTube
What Will Happen On The Day Of The Yellowstone Eruption?
Atlanta’s Underground Zero Mile Explained | ABANDONED
America Unearthed: Ancient Ruins Discovered in California (S3, E7) | Full Episode | History
Real Reason Why Nazi Officers Fled to Argentina After WW2
The Tiny Most Powerful Aircraft that Almost Changed All of Aviation
New York’s Longest Bridge | Verrazano Narrows
Reimagining the Iconic BeOS BeBox
These Computers Changed the World
The Most Inbred People Of All Time | Random Thursday
Explore Mysterious Rivers On The Deep Seafloor
Capacitors how do they work
The Next Pompeii | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
I Perfected the iMac G4
THE MATRIX: Every Glitch & Details You Missed | Deep Dive
The Discovery That Transformed Pi
Chicago’s Weird “Pedway” Tunnel System Explained
When Apple Made an OS for its Enemies
Tragically Inexperienced: The Ocean Ranger Oil Rig Disaster
10 Photos That Can Prove That Time Travel Exists
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March 14, 2024Episode 736: Neutrons Cannot Drive Electric Cars
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On This Day In History for March 13, 2024
This is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 293 days remaining in 2024.
It was on this date in 1639, that Harvard College was named after clergyman John Harvard.
It was 243 years ago today that William Herschel discovered Uranus.
162 years ago today, The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
Also on March 13, 1930, The news of the discovery of Pluto was announced by Lowell Observatory.
It was 55 years ago today that Apollo 9 returned safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opened between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. on this date in 1988
It was also this date in 2020 that President Donald Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
American astronomer and mathematician, Percival Lowell, born on this date in 1855.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1899.
American chemist and Women’s Army Corps officer, Myrtle Bachelder was born 116 years ago today.
L. Ron Hubbard, American author was born on that same date in 1911.
Born March 13, 1916, American engineer and academic Jacque Fresco.
Ralph J. Roberts, the American businessman, co-founded Comcast was born 104 years ago today.
Al Jaffee, American cartoonist was born on that same date in 1921.
American singer-songwriter and pianist, Neil Sedaka is 85 today.
Also born on that same date in 1942, American computer scientist and engineer, Dave Cutler.
Also turning 79 today is Russian mathematician and academic Anatoly Fomenko.
Listener Birthdays
13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo
14 – Pi Day (3/14)
16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com
19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
19 – Michael R. Mennenga
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 13, 2024
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News
NASA Launches Astronauts After Finding Crack in Spacecraft During Countdown
Archimedes’ death ray might have worked, teen science project suggests | CNN
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed fusion energy pioneer claims ‘pivotal moment’ | Recharge
Quantum Computing Takes a Giant Leap With Light-Based Processors
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Pass me the remote
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Ricky Stanicky – Prime
The Tourist – Netflix
Passengers – Rental
Wonka – Max
Chuck
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)
Old pinball machines are amazingly complex
Dune 2 (Theater)
Geek Library
Pi Solar Camera – Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi
The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math
What’s inside a .EXE File?
Why do hurricane lanterns look like that?
The First Transistors
Netscape it’s rise, fall, and eventual revenge
The Rise of Unix. The Seeds of its Fall.
Why people thought steel houses were a good idea
The Forgotten Era: What Really Happened AFTER the Dinosaurs Went Extinct ? Earth History Documentary
America’s Ice Age Explained | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E12) | Full Episode | History
The Grand Canyon Explained | How the Earth Was Made (S2, E1) | Full Documentary | History
6 Years STRANDED On Desolate Pacific Island
New York’s Lost Domino Sugar Refinery
Question of the week
What movie would be the most improved if you add “vs Predator” to the title?
Patreon Topic this week
ChatGPT/AI and podcasting
End of Show Stuff
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