Coming up in this episode…
- Lots of robots
- Computer history
- Space flatulence
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- How many networked devices are in your home – name them:
- Mark – A Chromecast, Apple TV, Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, Lenovo laptop, 3 Samsung phones, iPad 3rd gen, iPad Mini 2, a Nook, (cont) @technorama (cont) HP Tablet, iPad 1, Airport Express, and I’m surely missing something.
- Brad – Can I just send you the results of my nmap scan?
On This Day In History for April 15, 2015
- It was on this date in 1738 that Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
- Also today in 1755, Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.
- President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson, becomes President upon Lincoln’s death 150 years ago today.
- Also today in 1892, The General Electric Company is formed.
- April 15, 1896, Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
- The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survived 103 years ago today.
- It was 92 years ago today that Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
- That same date in 1924, Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
- Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball’s color line on this date in 1947.
- The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress on this date in 1952.
- April 15, 1955, McDonald’s restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
- The first Ford Mustang rolls off the showroom floor, two days before it is set to go on sale nationwide on this date in 1964.
- Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others on this date in 2013.
- A total lunar eclipse occurs, producing a Blood Moon 1 years ago today.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 15, 2015
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Remember When
- 1940s prediction comes true with Robot jockeys
- Bard Graduate Centers look at the last 40 years of user experience
Media Corner
Geek Library
- Eye of the Tiger on a Dot Matrix Printer – From listener Alan
Question of the week:
- Name your least favorite super hero movie. Why?
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