{"id":3342,"date":"2011-12-06T22:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T03:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2011-12-15T20:48:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T01:48:56","slug":"technorama-ep-327-bolero-on-a-banjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2011\/12\/06\/technorama-ep-327-bolero-on-a-banjo\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 327 &#8211; Bolero on a Banjo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first math problem we needed a computer to solve<\/li>\n<li>A couple quick book reviews by Chuck<\/li>\n<li>A way you can be useful after you\u2019re dead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-RU\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px none transparent;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/embed\/recorded\/18942734\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"608\" height=\"368\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introducing the team&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shout out to the chat room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Happy Birthday to:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>08 &#8211; DanDman<\/li>\n<li>08 &#8211; Gydian (Michael H.)<\/li>\n<li>08 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chuckchat.com\/\">chuckchat.com<\/a> (2004)<\/li>\n<li>09 &#8211; Steve Kite (BigUnit62)<\/li>\n<li>12 &#8211; Deckrd<\/li>\n<li>12 &#8211; Kevin Burns (Soleblaze)<\/li>\n<li>12 &#8211; Matt Blocker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegiant.us\/\">TheGiant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\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 December 7, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1696\">1696<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Connecticut_Route_108\">Connecticut Route 108<\/a>, third oldest highway in Connecticut, is laid out to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trumbull,_Connecticut\">Trumbull<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>American outlaw <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesse_James\">Jesse James<\/a> commits his first confirmed bank robbery in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gallatin,_Missouri\">Gallatin, Missouri<\/a> today in 1869.<\/li>\n<li>also on this date in 1900, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Planck\">Max Planck<\/a>, in his house at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grunewald\">Grunewald<\/a>, on the outskirts of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Berlin\">Berlin<\/a>, discovers the law of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_body\">black body<\/a> emission.<\/li>\n<li>Dec 7, 1930 \u2013 1930! <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W1XAV\">W1XAV<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boston\">Boston<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts\">Massachusetts<\/a> broadcasts video from the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CBS\">CBS<\/a> radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The broadcast also includes the first <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Television_commercial\">television commercial<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\">United States<\/a>, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019d be remiss if we didn\u2019t mention Dec 7, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1941\">1941<\/a> \u2013 The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imperial_Japanese_Navy\">Imperial Japanese Navy<\/a> attacks the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Pacific_Fleet\">United States Pacific Fleet<\/a> and its defending <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Army_Air_Forces\">Army Air Forces<\/a> and Marine air forces at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pearl_Harbor\">Pearl Harbor<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hawaii\">Hawaii<\/a>, causing a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_declaration_of_war_upon_Japan\">declaration of war upon Japan by the United States<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Instant_replay\">Instant replay<\/a> is used for the first time in an <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Army_Black_Knights_football\">Army<\/a>&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Navy_Midshipmen_football\">Navy<\/a> game by its inventor, director, Tony Verna today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1963\">1963<\/a><\/li>\n<li>that same day in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1972\">1972<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_17\">Apollo 17<\/a>, the last <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo_program\">Apollo moon mission<\/a>, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Blue_Marble\">The Blue Marble<\/a> as they leave the Earth.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Galileo_spacecraft\">Galileo spacecraft<\/a> arrives at <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jupiter\">Jupiter<\/a>, today in 1995, a little more than six years after it was launched by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis\">Space Shuttle Atlantis<\/a> during <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STS-34\">Mission STS-34<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>and today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1999\">1999<\/a> \u2013 The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America\">Recording Industry Association of America<\/a> files a lawsuit against the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napster\">Napster<\/a> file-sharing client alleging <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Copyright_infringement\">copyright infringement<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abd_Al-Rahman_Al_Sufi\">Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi<\/a> the Persian astronomer born today in 903<\/li>\n<li>German mathematician <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leopold_Kronecker\">Leopold Kronecker<\/a> was also born on this date in 1823<\/li>\n<li>and finally, astronomer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerard_Kuiper\">Gerard Kuiper<\/a> was born today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1905\">1905<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This is also<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Civil_Aviation_Day\">International Civil Aviation Day<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Pearl_Harbor_Remembrance_Day\">National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holidays_of_the_US\">United States<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for December 7, 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From Eric:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I thought you might be interested in a Kickstarter project I just launched: the iPad 2 Duct Tape Magnetic Jacket.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/651134780\/ipad-2-duct-tape-magnetic-jacket\">http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/651134780\/ipad-2-duct-tape-magnetic-jacket<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>From Brian (on Facebook):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brian tagged Technorama in a post.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brian wrote: &#8220;I added the Appletonian-produced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Technorama\/161352381670\">Technorama<\/a> podcast to my iTunes subscriptions. A fun couple of geeks discuss geekery weekly. If it weren&#8217;t for them, I never would have learned about ear guards. &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>From Mike (on Google+):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dear +<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/114860045023837730306\">Kreg Steppe<\/a> and +<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/115392876317176762477\">Chuck Tomasi<\/a>, According to +<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/113430649478897089676\">Ham Nation<\/a> (on +<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/113679091104569847886\">TWiT<\/a>), you don&#8217;t need to know Morse Code to get your license anymore. However, most tend to learn it after the fact just because it is so much in the community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5864499\/airplane-food-finally-kills-someone-says-lawsuit\">Airline food may have actually killed someone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5863629\/the-usmcs-next-generation-of-target-dummies-ride-segways\">USMC\u2019s next generation of target dummies ride segways<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailywh.at\/2011\/12\/02\/creepy-energy-conservation-of-the-day\/\">Taking recycling to a morbid level<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remember When<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5864050\/what-was-the-first-math-problem-that-we-needed-a-computer-to-solve\">What was the first math problem that we NEEDED a computer to solve?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Another history Christmas idea &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5864347\/apple-founding-papers-are-up-for-sale\">Apple signing papers are for sale<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5863778\/the-math-that-saved-apollo-13\">FYI &#8211; The math that saved Apollo 13 sold for $388,375<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Media Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5864397\/10-pieces-of-advice-from-science-fiction-and-fantasy-movies-that-can-transform-your-life\">10 pieces of life advice from sci-fi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5864819\/read-the-first-drafts-of-the-star-trek-opening-monlogue\">Early attempts at the Star Trek Monologue<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chuck: Recent books &#8211;<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cReady Player One\u201d &#8211; read by Wil Wheaton<\/li>\n<li>Steve Jobs biography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Chuck: bought an Elgato video capture unit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>End of Show Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We appreciate your support. 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