On This Show…
- A simple comparison between the Mac Book Air and the Commodore SX-64
- Tech Bubble explained in song
- Some really nice racks
On This Day in Tech History
- 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of
England is formally executed – after having been dead for two years. - 1790 – The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne.
- 1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the
Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River
between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened. - 1820 – Edward Bransfield lands on the Antarctic mainland.
- 1826 – The Menai Suspension Bridge connecting the Isle of
Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales was opened. The bridge was
not the first suspension bridge, but was so much larger than anything
previously built that it is considered the world’s first modern
suspension bridge. - 1862 – The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched.
- 1911 – The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane
rescue at sea saving the life of James McCurdy 10 miles from Havana,
Cuba. - 1930 – the world’s first radiosonde is launched in Pavlovsk, USSR
- 1964 – Ranger program: Ranger 6 launched.
- 1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which
is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called “Elk
Cloner.” - 1994 – P
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