In this episode…
- A smartphone app that is the best thing since sliced bread
- If you didn’t already drink the Kool-Aid, you may not want to
- Frightening news about the new Batman movie
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 21 – Ascii Adam from the Hook Show
- 22 – Lance Heath
- 22 – Jack Stevens
- 25 – Mark Sheppard (Wichita, Kansas) Born 1957
- 25 – Jim Guckin from Philadelphia, Pa
- 26 – Patrick Norton
- 26 – Daughter of Will The Computer Guy
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
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On This Day In History for June 20, 2012
- It was on this date in 1214 that The University of Oxford receives its charter.
- That same date in 1819 – The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. She is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic, although most of the journey is made under sail.
- Samuel Morse receives the patent for, the iTap today in 1840.. His marketing team later renamed it the telegraph.
- It was also today in 1877 that Alexander Graham Bell installs the world’s first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
- The busiest railway station in India, Victoria Terminus, opens today in 1887 in Bombay.
- June 20, 1893 – Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
- Toast of the Town, later The Ed Sullivan Show, makes its television debut 64 years ago today.
- Also today in 1963 – The so-called “red telephone” is established between the Soviet Union and the United States following the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Asteroid Eureka is discovered June 20, 1990
- and just 9 years ago, The WikiMedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- Greek-born South African astronomer John S. Paraskevopoulos, born today in 1889
- Also born today in 1894, Lloyd Hall the American chemist
- One of the most famous actors to play Robin Hood, Australian actor Errol Flynn was born today in 1909
- German physicist and astronaut Ulf Merbold, celebrates his 71st birthday today
- The woman who does many voices on the Simpsons and Futurama, Tress MacNeille, turns 61 today
- and finally actor John Goodman, turns 60.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 20, 2012
News
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Because you never know when you’ll want a burger during a staff meeting
- Chuck’s new missing in an Apple store – close the laptops
- A table for those who like to doodle (from Mad Marv)
Remember When
- 13 Tech sounds you won’t hear any more – Unless you listen to Technorama
Media Corner
- Oh darn, Turtles have been given red light
- Be a Zombie (Or Run From Them) at “The Walking Dead Escape” « Nerdist
Geek Library
- In case you end up on the wrong side of the zombie apocolypse
- The Hokey Pokey is older than we originally thought! – Shakespeare
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