In this episode…
- Is George Lucas doing another edit on Star Wars?
- When the next Transit of Venus is
- The best way to send your money to Nigeria
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Introducing the team…
- Shout out to the chat room
- Happy Birthday to:
- 06 – Adam Larson (UncleAdam)
- 06 – Grandma Grace (1921)
- 08 – Bobby Irvin
- 10 – Tim (from Australia)
- 10 – Weber (BTW June 10 – AA was founded 1935)
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Feedback
- Email from Michelle
- Listening to the guys from @Technorama explain how Chris Hemsworth must have done P90X for demigods to get his build. Hilarious!
- Vmail from Mark
On This Day In History for June 6, 2012
- It was on this date in 1683 that the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world’s first university museum.
- Also today in 1822 – Alexis St. Martin was accidentally shot in the stomach, which leads way to William Beaumont’s studies on digestion.
- U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride on a train today in 1833
- June 6, 1892 – Chicago ‘L’ begins operation
- Teenagers rejoice today in 1933 as the first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey.
- Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume on this date in 1964.
- also today in 1971 – Soyuz 11 launches.
- Tetris, one of the best-selling video games of all-time, is released June 6, 1984
- and just 10 years ago today, a near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.
Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:
- 1436 – Regiomontanus, German mathematician
- 1580 – Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer
- 1850 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1857 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician
- 1868 – Sir Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer
- 1906 – Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician
- American astronaut David Scott turns 80 today.
- Swiss physicist, and Nobel laureate Heinrich Rohrer celebrates his 79th
- American scientist, and Nobel laureate Phillip Allen Sharp turns 68.
- and finally Freddy Kreuger, actor Robert Englund turns 65.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 6, 2012
News
- School gets a little harder for new kids – Two new elements added
- Dropbox offers additional storage for saving your photos directly to Dropbox
Hacks & Strange Stories
- You Wouldn’t Want To Drop This Commodore 64 Bass – From Encaf
- A quick look at awesome Iron Man Mark 7 Costume – From Mike Wills
- That is some Serious cosplay! – Woops: Guy Dyes Himself Green Cosplaying As The Hulk | Geekologie
Remember When
Media Corner
- Michael Dorn Is Pitching A Star Trek Movie About Worf | Giant Freakin Robot
- MIB3 anyone?
- Listener Mike Hall’s lightning image
What the Chuck!
- Hey eBay hackers – stop wasting my time!
What the Kreg!
Geek Library
- Nerdiest coffee mug – from Brian
- Super hero beer glass
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