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- QOTW: You’ve discovered a new planet entirely populated by sentient plants. What’s the first question you ask them?
- Voice mail: Jason Pollard
- Answer to question from show 762
- From Jason Pollard
“…What I didn’t say in the voicemail is just how impactful you’ve been in my life. I have listened to you both since the early 2000s on an apple ipod loading it to the harddrive while doing security at a truck dock in a hot metal box.
20 years later I’m now an analyst with Docusign and interact with Servicenow and related companies on a daily basis.
You, and Leo Laporte are the only two podcasts I’ve listened to this entire period of time. Thank you again for all the years of podcasts”
On This Day In History for February 19, 2025
This is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 315 days remaining in 2025.
- It was on this date in 1819, that British explorer William Smith discovered the South Shetland Islands and claimed them in the name of King George III.
- February 19, 1847, The first group of rescuers reached the Donner Party.
- Also today in 1878, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
- 65 years ago today, China successfully launched the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
- Also today in 1985, William J. Schroeder became the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.
- February 19, 2002, NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe began to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Prussian mathematician and astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, born on this date in 1473.
- German physician and chemist, Friedrich Hoffmann was born 365 years ago today.
- Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1859.
- Swedish geographer and explorer, Sven Hedin, born on this date in 1865.
- Also born on that same date in 1932, American captain, physician, and astronaut, Joseph P. Kerwin.
- American singer-songwriter and producer, Smokey Robinson is 85 today.
- American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, David Gross, born on this date in 1941.
- English biochemist and emeritus scientist at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cyrus Chothia was born 83 years ago today.
- Karen Silkwood, the American technician and activist was born 79 years ago today.
- American game designer and programmer, Danielle Bunten Berry was born 76 years ago today.
- Also turning 73 today is Mexican engineer and astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela.
- English actress, model and producer, Millie Bobby Brown, born on this date in 2004.
Listener Birthdays (from now until we get back)
February
- 19 – Scooter in Connecticut
- 19 – Steve in Sumter
- 19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, SC)
- 23 – Zhadum
- 23 – Keith Hughes(a.k.a. EdGizmo)
- 25 – Norbert
- 25 – Sandi Sheppard (Mark’s lovely wife)
- 28 – Wayne “Your Ad Here” Pittenger – Bethlehem PA
- 29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer From Malmesbury UK
March
- 7 – Ben Maddox a.k.a. CptRootbeer
- 7 – Caleb from Dancing With Elephants
- 8 – Ali Zein Yousuf a.k.a. superAL1394
- 8 – BJ Keifer a.k.a bjk
- 11 – Andy Helsby of Absoblogginlutely!
- 11 – Ken Kitzman a.k.a kitzken
- 13 – Johanna Gonzalez a.k.a. MightyJo
- 14 – Pi Day (3/14)
- 16 – Michelle Lopez a.k.a. CntrySigns
- 18 – Gregory Lemon @ GregoryLemon.com
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 19, 2025
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link.
News
- Google quietly edits Super Bowl ad to cut glaring error by Gemini AI about Gouda cheese
- Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction – Ars Technica
- https://wikitok.vercel.app/
- Earth’s magnetic field triggers a superpower in sea turtles that makes them ‘dance’ | CNN
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- Kreg
- Marvel Marathon – Disney+
- Star Trek The Motion Picture, Generations, Strange New Worlds – P+
- Chuck
- Netflix: American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
- Netflix: How To Rob A Bank
Geek Library
- 1980 Documentary Predicts The Information Age. Amazing To See What They Said Back Then
- A Love Letter to Cable-Stayed Bridges
- Installing OSX on an iPad!
- The Absolute CHAOS of Ten Cent Beer Night | Fascinating Failures
- How One Failed Fantasy Became The Most Quoted Film In History
- Whatever Happened to The PRINCESS BRIDE?
- Supervolcanoes: The ticking time bombs beneath our feet – Full Knowledge Documentary
- The Octopuses Are Making Fish Armies
- The Deadliest Poisons Known to Man
- Carrot Juice Is Murder: Music Video
Question of the week
- What fictional character would you want to have a drink with?
Patreon Topic this week
- What a world we live in!
- Stop and reflect every once in a while
- 3D printing sure has changed!
- I just changed my ringtone to a song after hearing it
- Replacement Amazon Echo Frames
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