Coming up in this episode…
- A good use for smelly socks
- What to do if your TARDIS is stolen
- The Lizard Man is back again
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- July 26 – Aaron Heath (Adelaide, Australia)
- July 27 – Wife of Will The Computer Guy
- July 29 – Shaun Farrell, host of the Adventures in Scifi Publishing podcast
- July 30 -Brian Hunt aka Zaphodbblx
- July 31 – Wedding Anniversary of Will The Computer Guy (2007, 9 years)
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
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On This Day In History for July 27, 2011
- It was on this date in 1549 that The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier‘s ship reaches Japan.
- The Atlantic Cable is successfully completed, allowing transatlantic telegraph communication for the first time today in 1866.
- Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin on this date in 1921.
- It was also today 71 years ago that Bugs Bunny makes his debut in the animated short A Wild Hare
- The initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner, is made today in 1949.
- Today in 1987, the RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
- And six years ago today, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle on mission STS-114, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Swiss mathematician Johann Bernoulli, born on this date in 1667
- Also born on this date in 1733, Jeremiah Dixon, the English surveyor and astronomer
- Hans Fischer, German chemist and Nobel laureate Hans Fischer was born today in 1881
- British aircraft designer Geoffrey de Havilland used to celebrate his birthday today. He was born in 1882.
- Also born today in 1906, Canadian physiologist and neurologist Herbert Jasper
- Comedian and actor Yahoo Serious turns 58 today. Do you remember what movie he starred in?
- Finally, Singaporean comic book artist Foo Swee Chin turns 34.
That’s the way it was, on this day in history for July 27, 2011
News
Hacks & Strange Stories
- Man creates world’s only turbine-powered Batmobile [w/video] — Autoblog :
- The Lizard Man of South Carolina … back again?
Remember When
Media Corner
- Girl has TARDIS bus stop stolen – Internet replaces it
- How Yoda orders a pizza -or not
- Julie’s Dollar Theater story
Geek Library
End of Show Stuff
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