{"id":2345,"date":"2010-12-22T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:02","slug":"cct291-two-christmas-geeks-in-a-pear-tree-206-222-2428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2010\/12\/22\/cct291-two-christmas-geeks-in-a-pear-tree-206-222-2428\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#291: Two Christmas Geeks in a Pear Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"magicdomid6\"><em><strong>Merry Christmas to you from Us!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"magicdomid7\">\n<ul>\n<li>Bad gift ideas<\/li>\n<li>Good gift ideas<\/li>\n<li>The Digital Christmas Story<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"magicdomid11\"><strong><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2345\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em><!--more--><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"utv948815\" 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_743326\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"loc=%2F&amp;autoplay=false&amp;vid=11540112&amp;locale=en_US&amp;hasticket=false&amp;id=11540112&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><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"magicdomid13\"><strong>Introducing the team&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"magicdomid14\">\n<ul>\n<li>Shout out to the chat room<\/li>\n<li>Happy Birthday to:<\/li>\n<li>22 &#8211; Luke &#8220;Chuck&#8217;s Stalker&#8221; Smith (2000)<\/li>\n<li>23 &#8211; Richard Green<\/li>\n<li>24 &#8211; MaDBooM<\/li>\n<li>25 &#8211; Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)<\/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. 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