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Coming up in this episode…
- A live report from an iPad 2 line up
- Top 10 Reasons why alien invasions always fail
- An old dialup modem trick that’s still useful on Android and iPhones
Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.
Special Thanks to TD0013 for the Album Art this week.
Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
- 18 – Gregory Lemon ofMyth ShowandMyth Minute
- 19 – JT Shea ofThe GigcastandJT Ukes at 40
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
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On this day in history for March 16, 2011
- It was on this date in 1521 that Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines.
- Rocket pioneer Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts today in 1926
- 12 years later in 1942 – The first V-2 rocket gets its first test launch and subsequently explodes at lift-off.
- It was also today in 1966 that saw the launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena Target Vehicle.
Other famous people sharing their birthday with Country Signs…
- German-born astronomer Caroline Herschel, born today in 1750
- The man who’s name is synonymous with the measurement of resistance, Georg Simon Ohm, was born today in 1789
- Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov was also born on this date in 1859
- Actor Harrison Ford – nope, not Indiana Jones/Han Solo – there was another actor named Harrison Ford who did mostly silent films born today in 1884.
- Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was born today in 1927
- and American astronaut Walter Cunningham turns 79 today.
- American Computer Science Professor and author the MINIX OS, Andrew S. Tanenbaum turns 67
- Inventor of the camera phone on public networks, founder of Borland Software, and much more Philippe Kahn, turns 59.
- Turning 58 today is Mr. GNU and Free Software Foundation Richard Stallman
- American comic book writer Kate Worley was born today in 1958
- And “Wash” from Firefly/Serenity and Alpha from Dollhouse (among other things) Alan Tudyk is now officially 40. No, he’s not dead!
And that’s the way it was today in history for March 16, 2011News
- Live report from Bruce Barr – iPad 2 line
- Captain Crunch retires
- The most beautiful truck crash ever
Hacks & Strange Stories
Remember When
Media Corner
- What happened to The Parasites in Star Trek the Next Gen?
- Mmmm, Hogwarts Pancakes
- Set your DVRs for April 23rd – Doctor Who is coming back! Same as in the UK!
Geek Library
- Top 10 reasons why Alien invasions always fail
- Old modem trick still works on cell phones – Use commas to pause an auto-dialed number (handy for conference bridges)
- Speaking of commas, if you do a google search for Apple for example, you get the Stock watch etc. Put a comma after your search terms to just get search results…no graphs and news and crap.
- Time Change (Kreg)
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