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Technorama Ep457 : Aftermath

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

Coming up in this episode… bombe-ddos

Pushbutton pizza
Russian tax collectors will try anything
The kitchen of the future

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Technorama Ep456: Imperial March, April, and May

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

Coming up in this episode… BrtKzATCMAAP7XO

A better idea for the selfie-stick
How not to apply for a police job
Why is the sky blue?

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Technorama Ep455 : Red, White, and Binary

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

Coming up in this episode… kitt

Self-driving offenses
Old computers
Death of dead tech

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Technorama Ep454 : Dasani Mars Water

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

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More Force Awakens rumors
You could own your own satellite
an awesome 8-track play

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Technorama Ep 453 : The Best of Oktoberfest

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

Coming up in this episode… beerglass

Chicken tweets
Imperial statues
Worst Halloween costume ever

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Technorama Ep 452 : Back to the Future

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

Coming up in this episode… TheCaliforniaRaisins

Make your own flux capacitor
Revisit the 1939 World’s Fair
Titanic biscuit

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Technorama Ep 451 : Does this planet make me look Titan?

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

Coming up in this episode… Fat-Planet

New time travel machine
Self-driving taxis
Cool nicknames

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Technorama Ep 450 : Super Moon Eclipse

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

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Moon
Pluto
and Uranus

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Technorama Ep 449 : Podcast Libre

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Kreg Steppe

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Some people will pay anything
Cassette tapes aren’t quite dead yet
One crucial renter’s tip

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News from the Flightline – SF Edwards

On This Day In History for September 23, 2015

This is the 266th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining in 2015. It is frequently the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

It was on this date in 1338 that The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years’ War and the first naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christofer had three cannon and one handgun.
That same date in 1642 saw the first commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
September 23, 1806, Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
It was 170 years ago today that The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
That same date in 1846, Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
Today in 1911, pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
September 23, 1913, Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
It was 83 years ago today that The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City 53 years ago today.
It was 35 years ago today that Bob Marley plays what would be his last concert in Pittsburgh.
Today in 1999, NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
It was 13 years ago today that The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox (“Phoenix 0.1”) is released.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

German astronomer and academic Johann Franz Encke, born on this date in 1791.
Also born today in 1851 – Ellen Hayes, the American mathematician and astronomer.
The founder of Robert Bosch GmbH, Robert Bosch was born today in 1861.
Happy birthday to the infamous Typhoid Mary, born on this date in 1869.
The man who invented one of childhood’s most beloved and mysterious toys, French toy maker André Cassagnes, inventor of the Etch A Sketch was born today 89 years ago.
Singer-songwriter Ray Charles would have been 85 today.
Bruce Springsteen turns 66.
and finally American commander, pilot, and astronaut, William C. McCool turns 54.

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 23, 2015

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