{"id":2087,"date":"2010-07-28T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:01","slug":"cct273-empire-in-recession-206-222-2428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2010\/07\/28\/cct273-empire-in-recession-206-222-2428\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#273: Empire in Recession"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What would you do with a bunch of old motherboards?<\/li>\n<li>How bad is Darth Vader?<\/li>\n<li>Another iconic personal computer celebrates a milestone anniversary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This show is sponsored by Citrix GotoAssist Express &#8211; Try it free for 30 days at <a href=\"http:\/\/gotoassist.com\/techpodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/gotoassist.com\/techpodcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"..\/?p=2087#more\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<object id=\"utv61078\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"320\" height=\"260\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"utv_n_476498\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"autoplay=false\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/video\/8518767\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Introducing the team&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shout out to the chat room<\/li>\n<li>Happy Birthday to:<\/li>\n<li>30 &#8211; Brian Hunt aka Zaphodbblx<\/li>\n<li>31 &#8211; Wedding Anniversary of Will The Computer Guy (2007, 9 years)<\/li>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wiki<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Listen to the audio stream if you happen to be around. 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