{"id":2333,"date":"2010-12-15T01:00:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:02","slug":"cct290-rooster-cam-is-on-the-prowl-206-222-2428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2010\/12\/15\/cct290-rooster-cam-is-on-the-prowl-206-222-2428\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#290: Rooster Cam is on the Prowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 2000 year old machine redone in Lego<\/li>\n<li>A new spin on old Christmas Carols<\/li>\n<li>Some last minute gift ideas for the geek kids in your life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2333\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<object id=\"utv709960\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"296\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"utv_n_727758\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"loc=%2F&amp;autoplay=false&amp;vid=11411067&amp;locale=en_US&amp;hasticket=false&amp;id=11411067&amp;v3=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/flash\/viewer.swf\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n<strong>Introducing the team&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shout out to the chat room<\/li>\n<li>Happy Birthday to:\n<ul>\n<li> 17 &#8211; Jorge Schrauwen<\/li>\n<li> 20 &#8211; Phil Burchill (will be 0x21 in 2006)<\/li>\n<li> 21 &#8211; James Ballard &#8211; KarakSindru<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wiki.<\/li>\n<li>Listen to the audio stream if you happen to be around. If you cannot make it, you can find us on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ustream.tv. Search for Technorama.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On this day in history for December 15, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1863 in Romania, that the mountain railway from Anina to Oravita is used for the first time.<\/li>\n<li>The Wright brothers&#8217; first attempt to launch the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, NC happened today in 1903<\/li>\n<li>55\u00a0 years ago today in 1955, Jens Olsen&#8217;s World Clock is started by Danish\u00a0 King Frederick IX and Jens Olsen&#8217;s youngest grandchild Birgit.<\/li>\n<li>Gemini\u00a0 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape\u00a0 Kennedy, Florida today in 1965. Four orbits later, it achieves the first\u00a0 space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.<\/li>\n<li>Today in the year 2000, the 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.<\/li>\n<li>That same date five years later, The F-22 Raptor was introduced into US Air Force active service.<\/li>\n<li>First flight of the F-35 Lightning II was made today in 2006<\/li>\n<li>Staying\u00a0 with the airplane theme, Boeing&#8217;s new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden\u00a0 flight from Seattle, Washington on this date in 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy Birthday goes out on this date to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer and architect (most noted for the Eiffel tower). He was born today in 1832.<\/li>\n<li>French Physicist and Nobel laureate, Henri Becquerel was born the same date in 1852.<\/li>\n<li>December 15, 1860 is the birthday of Niels Ryberg Finsen, the Danish physician and Nobel laureate<\/li>\n<li>and one more Nobel laureate, New Zealand&#8217;s \u2013 Maurice Wilkins was born today in 1916.<\/li>\n<li>Freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist turns 87 today.<\/li>\n<li>and Ensign Harry Kim from Star Trek Voyager, aka Garrett Wang turns 42.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that&#8217;s the way it was on this day in history for December 15, 2010<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekologie.com\/2010\/12\/man_changes_name_to_captain_aw.php\">Man Changes Name To Captain Awesome, Uses Arrows And Smiley Face As Signature<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/12\/09\/chicken-powered-steadicam-proves-poultry-has-a-future-in-hollywo\/\">Chicken Powered Steady Cam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/12\/10\/video-frenzied-cross-country-race-carried-out-on-google-stre\/\">Video: Frenzied cross-country race carried out&#8230; on Google Street View?!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5709418\/is-a-prosthetic-tentacle-better-than-a-prosthetic-arm\">Is A Prosthetic Tentacle Better Than A Prosthetic Arm?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remember When<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/12\/10\/apple-engineer-uses-lego-to-rebuild-ancient-greek-mechanism-wil\/\">Apple engineer uses Lego to rebuild ancient Greek mechanism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5706011\/an-airship-probably-shouldnt-look-like-this-right\">(From Brian) Airships probably shouldn&#8217;t look like this.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5711660\/how-far-did-armstrong-and-aldrin-walk-on-the-moon\">(From Brian) How far did Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the moon?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Media Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicsalliance.com\/2010\/12\/07\/the-abcs-of-star-wars\/\">ABCs of Star Wars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Question: What did you discover first, Star Wars or Star Trek.\n<ul>\n<li>Call us and tell us your story (206)222-2428, or chuckchat on Skype<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailywh.at\/post\/2160579469\/things-that-should-be-real-of-the-day-from-five\">Dr. Seuss meets Doctor Who<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5710868\/geeky-gifts-for-kids\">Geeky gifts for kids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailywh.at\/post\/2147000289\/shoebox\">Thought for the holiday:\u00a0 (Cartoon) Nobody liked caroling with Yoda<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>I wonder if he sings any other songs (Little Drummer Boy sure sounds like it.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>End of Show Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We appreciate your support. 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