Technorama Ep488 : Cup of Joe

Coming up in this episode…

Big arcade game
Bad air
How about a cup of joe?

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Stan Sieler on 10-8-16
- I called it “Decimal Octal Hex Day” on Facebook. He used the acronym “DOH”
Jack Jaffe – Downloads
- Downloading for this month I’ve reached an all-new high as far as numbers of gigs downloaded. Mostly this is me downloading updating my new Xbox One.
Voice Mail: Jack Jaffe – Clean Energy

On This Day In History for November 2, 2016

This is the 306th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining in 2016.

It was on this date in 1868, that New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
That same date in 1936, The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world’s first regular, “high-definition” (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
It was on this date in 1936, that The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
November 2, 1947, In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
57 years ago today, The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
Also on November 2, 1960, Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case.
It was 28 years ago today, that The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
26 years ago today, British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

American hunter and explorer, Daniel Boone, born on this date in 1734.
Born November 2, 1815, English mathematician and philosopher George Boole.
American astronomer and academic, Harlow Shapley, born on this date in 1885.
Born November 2, 1913, American actor Burt Lancaster.
American actor, Ray Walston, born on this date in 1914.
Also turning 87 today is Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Richard E. Taylor.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 2, 2016
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Listener Birthdays

October

19 – Russell Pearson (Ninereeds)
20- Mike from near Des Moines, Iowa
21 – Daniel Ebdrup Jensen (D. Ebdrup)
21 – Justin Diehl (nulloperations)
22 – Zach – zml2008
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, MegaPodzilla
30 – WolfGeek (Indiana)

November

01 – Amber Elstad
02 – Mark McCoy
03 – Ken Pace
03 – Craig Glassner (aka Ranger Craig)
04 – Avner (OMG, it’s 2014 – I’m 40 already)
05 – Michael Corlett (from New Zealand)
08 – Mark, the Encaffeinated ONE, host of The Weird Show
08 – OnThe Drift
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News

Junkyard dogs replaced with bulls

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A nice way to remember your Uncle Joe – with a Cup of Joe

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