Farewell Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs will be missed. Cancer sucks. It takes too many good people. No doubt he was one of the most creative minds ever. He inspired a generation and took us in to the future. Heck, I found out about his passing on an Apple device (and I’ll bet many of you did also) and I am typing this article on a MacBook Pro. I realized this morning that I was introduced to his technology 30 years ago. Our thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends.

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Technorama Ep 320 – All pooped out

Coming up in this episode…

  • A motorcycle with an unusual fuel
  • If they can do it to rats, then humans must be next
  • Tech superstars in an interesting genre

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Technorama Day – 10/1

Saturday October 1 is Technorama Day. Why? Because we always sign off our show with a “binary high five” and, of course, five in binary is 1-0-1 (but you already knew that.) So Saturday is October 1, or 10/1 (in the US anyway) – that makes it Technorama Day – we say so. Hey! Someone had to claim March 14 (3/14) as “Pi Day” and that’s only accurate to two decimal places. Sheesh! Ours is binary, it’s perfectly suited for integers. Spread the word and show your geekness. Sure, you’ll get a few “Techno-what-day?” Just respond “Man, I thought you were cool!” Then steer them here. That always works for me.

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Star Wars – Throne Room Theme on Floppy Drives

Chuck passed this little gem along. I’m not sure how many floppy drives this guy/gal had to go through to find just the right tones but it was worth it. Hm, how does one tune a floppy drive anyway?

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Technorama Ep 319 – The Eagle Has Landed

Coming up in this episode…

  • How to cover that new car smell
  • Can bubble wrap save you life?
  • We talk to someone associated with fallen UARS

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Technorama Live Video at Dragon*Con 2011

Chuck Tomasi and Kreg Steppe, the hosts of the Technorama podcast, hosted Technorama live at Dragon*Con 2011. Special guests were Clinton Alvord from Comedy4Cast (podcast) and Jonathan Strickland from How Stuff Works.com.

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Interview: Seth Shostak

Senior Astronomer at SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), Seth Shostak joins us to discuss his role, the process used when signals are detected, and the future of SETI.

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Stop Forwarding that Crap to Me

This is the first song of Weird Al’s that hasn’t made me cringe. And I feel the need to bookmark this in some public way. So when my mom discovers this song three years from now, I can point to something to make her stop forwarding that crap to me.

Well, not really. But it could be true if I ever check what gets caught in that “mom” filter I setup.

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Technorama Ep 317 – I thought I smelled your foul stench

Coming up in this episode…

  • A man ahead of his time
  • A social network gut check
  • Place your bets on NASA’s falling satellite

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DragonCon Pictures posted

Special thanks to our own MadMarv, Joey (Luke’s Dad), Steve Riekeberg and various others for contributing to our DragonCon 2011 photo library. We hope you enjoy reviewing the fun as much as we did.

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