Technorama Ep430: Suspect Number One

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What was your first computer experience?

DanDMan called in…

Ralph emailed us:

Chuck and Kraig,

Boy, I must be old…I remember working with my roommate in college on writing a program and punching them on Hollerith cards…then promptly dropping the whole stack.

My first personal machine was a TI-99/4A…loved that machine. Tape drive and all. I spent days typing in programs from magazines.

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What was the first thing you pirated?

Listener “J” tweets: bootleg floppies with dos games and apps.

Power Rangers… Shadowbird writes:

1) If you want to see “dark” Power Rangers done right, with all the usual Power Rangers comedy and kid-appeal intact, watch RPM. It’s the last of the Disney run, and it’s up on Netflix. Storyline is among the most serious in the franchise (for both Saban’s two runs and Disney’s run), but the characters have good development over the course of the series.

2) Question of the week: First thing I ever pirated were SNES ROMs when I was in high school. I was directed to sites that had SNES emulators and ROMs, and I’d downloaded them both at school and at home to play during any downtime.

3) It’s been awhile since I’ve actually gotten to listen to the show, but I am happy to finally be back as a regular Technorama listener. I mentioned this on Twitter under the #thankacreator hashtag, but it bears repeating: Chuck and Kreg, you guys are the two biggest and longest-lasting influences on my love of podcasting. Last month, I started up a podcast with my “little brother”/best friend which for modesty’s sake, I will not blatantly shill. 5 episodes in as of the time you read this on-air, I’ve realized just how much I was

influenced by Technorama, as while we are considerably more long-winded (our podcasts hang around 2 hours), we tend to have a friendly banter style not unlike you guys. For all your inspiration, thank you both so much. Rock on, y’all.

The Shadowbird, Jeremy

On This Day In History for March 18 30, 2015

This is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining in 2015.

It was on this date in 1850 that American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
March 18, 1906, Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 11 meters at an altitude of one meter.
The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) outside Milan 78 years ago today.
That same date in 1965, Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
Also today in 1968, Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to several mathematicians. In order order of their birth…

French mathematicians Jacques de Billy in 1602 and Philippe de La Hire in 1640, and Prussian mathematician Christian Goldbach in 1690.
American engineer and architect Nathanael Greene Herreshoff was born on this date in 1848.
and the man who invented the Diesel engine, Rudolf Diesel was born March 18, 1848.
also born today in 1898, co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Jake Swirbul.
Actor Peter Graves would have been 89 today.
Dick Smith, who founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic is a fine 71 today.
and finally all the best one of our favorite voice actors and TV hosts, Mike Rowe who is now 53 years old.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 18 30, 2015

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Listener Birthday Calendar

18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com
19 – JT Shea of The Gigcast and JT Ukes at 40
19 – Michael R. Mennenga
20 – Brian Richardson of DragonConTV and What the Cast
21 – “Krazy Joe” Fiore, MegaPodzilla
23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred
23 – Richard Parkman
23 – Doug Kaye of the Conversations Network

If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.

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