{"id":2652,"date":"2011-04-13T09:46:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T14:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2652"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:03","slug":"cct304-smells-like-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2011\/04\/13\/cct304-smells-like-bacon\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#304: Smells like Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new geek boy scout merit badge<\/li>\n<li>Good news for fans of ST:TOS<\/li>\n<li>A cologne we recommend staying away from<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=2652\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><object id=\"utv853255\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"296\" name=\"utv_n_640809\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"loc=%2F&amp;autoplay=false&amp;vid=13920909&amp;locale=en_US&amp;hasticket=false&amp;id=13920909&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<p><strong><\/strong><em>Shout out to the chat room<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Happy Birthday to:<\/li>\n<li>14 &#8211; Danny Harnish<\/li>\n<li>16 &#8211; Donna Tomasi<\/li>\n<li>16 &#8211; Daniel Johnson Jr.<\/li>\n<li>16 &#8211; PG Holyfield<\/li>\n<li>17 &#8211; Sam Roberts<\/li>\n<li>18 &#8211; Skaifey (Anthony)<\/li>\n<li>19 &#8211; Amanda (SusietheGeek&#8217;s daughter &amp; Geek in Training)<\/li>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our 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 ustream.tv. Search for Technorama.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On This Day In History for April 13, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1953\">1953<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Intelligence_Agency\">CIA<\/a> director <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allen_Dulles\">Allen Dulles<\/a> launches the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mind-control\">mind-control<\/a> program <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MKULTRA\">MKULTRA<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It was also today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1970\">1970<\/a> \u2013 An <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxygen\">oxygen<\/a> tank aboard <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_13\">Apollo 13<\/a> explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\">Moon<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1974\">1974<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Union\">Western Union<\/a> (in cooperation with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NASA\">NASA<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hughes_Aircraft\">Hughes Aircraft<\/a>) launches the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\">United States<\/a>&#8216; first commercial <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geosynchronous_satellite\">geosynchronous<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communications_satellite\">communications satellite<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westar_1\">Westar 1<\/a> today in 1974.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English engineer and inventor <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Trevithick\">Richard Trevithick<\/a>, born today in 1771<\/li>\n<li>Also born today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1780\">1780<\/a> Irish engineer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexander_Mitchell_(engineer)\">Alexander Mitchell<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1808\">1808<\/a> marks the birthday of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonio_Meucci\">Antonio Meucci<\/a>, the Italian inventor<\/li>\n<li>and in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1850\">1850<\/a> British Astronomer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Matthew_Weld_Downing\">Arthur Matthew Weld Downing<\/a> was born<\/li>\n<li>Polish mathematician <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stanislaw_Marcin_Ulam\">Stanislaw Marcin Ulam<\/a> was born today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1909&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGhj-zwwGnrn-50LvZ0t7KfaeP3fQ\">1<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1909\">909<\/a><\/li>\n<li>and finally Hellboy star <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Perlman\">Ron Perlman<\/a> turns 61<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/#!5789759\/has-fermilab-really-discovered-an-entirely-new-subatomic-particle\">Has Fermi Lab discovered a new subatomic particle?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/04\/10\/robotics-merit-badge-gets-official-within-boy-scouts-of-america\/\">Boy scouts now have robotics badge <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5788287\/this-is-how-you-build-a-lego-ship-in-a-bottle\">Lego ship in a bottle<\/a> (from Brian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/04\/07\/visualized-jousting-on-a-segway\/\">Segway Jousting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5789769\/finally-bacon-cologne\">Bacon Cologne<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remember When<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5790147\/the-worlds-oldest surviving-nikon-is-going-under-the-hammer\">World\u2019s oldest Nikon up for bids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/04\/07\/britains-oldest-working-television-goes-up-for-auction\/\">Britain\u2019s oldest working TV is up for bid <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5789924\/the-16-worst-failed-computers-of-all-time\">16 Worst Failed Computers of All Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/#!5790519\/in-2033-all-marriages-will-be-controlled-by-dystopian-government-bureaucrats\">Marriages 100 years from now (in 1933)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Media Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.604republic.com\/prod\/frakking_puppets_t_shirt\">Frakkin Puppets shirt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/#!5789704\/putting-a-dollar-amount-on-smaugs-treasure-hoard\">What was Smaug\u2019s treasure worth? <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/#!5789722\/possibly-the-most-perfect-photograph-on-the-internet\">Real life pic of Millenium Falcon and AT-ATs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sliceofscifi.com\/2011\/04\/07\/star-trek-begins-streaming-this-summer\/\">Star Trek TOS begins streaming this summer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2011\/04\/06\/darpa-bolt-initiative-wants-real-time-spoken-translation-dougla\/\">Is the Babelfish the next DARPA challenge?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geekcrafts.com\/weeping-angel-statue-with-tutorial\/\">Make your own weeping angel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/#!5788882\/this-usb-cartridge-could-turn-your-analog-camera-digital\">Turn your old 35mm camera in to a DSLR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/#!5790474\/who-wants-to-see-rocky-box-ed 209\">Rocky vs. ED-209<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>End of Show Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We appreciate your support. 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