On this Show
- Boy uses light saber to defend mom
- Make your own CAT6 cable tutorial
- What happens when flickr gets too many pictures
On This Day in Tech History
- 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, Switzerland, believed
by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing bubonic plague, is
rounded up and incinerated. - 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
- 1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred at St Paul’s Cathedral.
- 1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests the Davy lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
- 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
- 1863 – The first section of the London Underground Railway opens — between Paddington and Farringdon Street.
- 1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first
battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. - 1923 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
- 1941 – First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
- 1986 – After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak exits the instant camera business.
- 2001 – Shenzhou 2, an unmanned Chinese spacecraft, is launched.
Births
- 1829 – Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (d. 1857)
- 1864 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)
- 1868 – S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
- 1916 – Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)
- 1963 – Michael Everson, expert in writing systems and Unicode
Follow Up
- Chuck’s Random thought: Apple’s “spinning lollipop” was influenced by Star Trek (episode: The Day of the Dove)
- The Great Tech Talk for Families Treasure Hunt: Keyword is “Don’t”
- Go to http://techtalkforfamilies.com/contest
- The prize package is a Leapster, 2 games, and a free Imagination Nation kit from the Radio Adventures of Dr Floyd
- Dale tells me they’ll be drawing on their anniversary, Feb 5 2008 so don’t wait.
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 09 – Lingo From the Brit & Yankee
- 14 – Glynne Tolar
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Listener Birthday Calendar in the Wiki.
- Listen to the audio stream if you happen to be around.
News
“My first thought was how effective this would be – with fighter jets being scrambled to intercept planes – would they still be able to take a plane out if necessary – and if that is the case, then whats the point of the technology in the first place on the plane?”
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Flickr reached photo number 2147483647 Jan 2, the bad news is
that 2147483647 is the limit for a signed integer data type. Third
party tools that ‘work with flickr’ are failing. - Liner notes of the not so distant future – Jorge
- Wooden binary adding machine – Ron
- Kevin Devin’s video resolution warning
Media Corner
- Yoda and Jar Jar “Who’s on First” – Ron
- Make your own cable video – Jorge (Randy reminds me of Ed from Police Squad)
What the Kreg!
- How Small is Too Small! (Micro SD Cards)
- My Top 10 Predictions
Geek Library
- needlepoint patterns of your favorite video game characters – Michelle
- CNet’s 10 most evil computers – Ron
- Call or email us your most evil computer idea!
- Email action flowchart – Ron (GTD’ers should get a chuckle)
End of Show Stuff
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