{"id":3593,"date":"2012-06-05T21:40:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T02:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2012-06-12T21:52:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T02:52:53","slug":"technorama-ep-343-tiny-little-lifeforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2012\/06\/05\/technorama-ep-343-tiny-little-lifeforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 343 &#8211; Tiny Little Lifeforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In this episode&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is George Lucas doing another edit on Star Wars?<\/li>\n<li>When the next Transit of Venus is<\/li>\n<li>The best way to send your money to Nigeria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-VX\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4102\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3593-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep343_120605.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep343_120605.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep343_120605.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep343_120605.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep343_120605.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vhVjnkX-q6I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><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>06 &#8211; Adam Larson (UncleAdam)<\/li>\n<li>06 &#8211; Grandma Grace (1921)<\/li>\n<li>08 &#8211; Bobby Irvin<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; Tim (from Australia)<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; Weber (BTW June 10 &#8211; AA was founded 1935)<\/li>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.<\/li>\n<li>Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET to see and hear the show raw and unedited. Just circle Technorama Podcast, Kreg, or me and you\u2019ll see the announcement when we join the hangout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email from Michelle<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Listening to the guys from @Technorama explain how Chris Hemsworth must have done P90X for demigods to get his build. Hilarious!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Vmail from Mark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>On This Day In History for June 6, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1683\">1683<\/a> that the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ashmolean_Museum\">Ashmolean Museum<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxford\">Oxford<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/England\">England<\/a>, opens as the world&#8217;s first <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University\">university<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museum\">museum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1822\">1822<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alexis_St._Martin\">Alexis St. Martin<\/a> was accidentally shot in the stomach, which leads way to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Beaumont\">William Beaumont&#8217;s<\/a> studies on digestion.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President_of_the_United_States\">U.S. President<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrew_Jackson\">Andrew Jackson<\/a> becomes the first <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/President\">President<\/a> to ride on a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Railroad\">train<\/a> today in 1833<\/li>\n<li>June 6, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1892\">1892<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicago_%27L%27#History\">Chicago &#8216;L&#8217;<\/a> begins operation<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers rejoice today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1933\">1933<\/a> as the first <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drive-in_theater\">drive-in theater<\/a> opens, in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camden,_New_Jersey\">Camden, New Jersey<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Under a temporary order, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rocket_experiments_in_the_area_of_Cuxhaven\">rocket launches at Cuxhaven<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Germany\">Germany<\/a>, are terminated, though they never resume on this date in 1964.<\/li>\n<li>also today in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1971\">1971<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soyuz_11\">Soyuz 11<\/a> launches.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tetris\">Tetris<\/a>, one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_best-selling_video_games\">best-selling video games<\/a> of all-time, is released June 6, 1984<\/li>\n<li>and just 10 years ago today, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Near-Earth_asteroid\">near-Earth asteroid<\/a> estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mediterranean_Sea\">Mediterranean Sea<\/a> between <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\">Greece<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Libya\">Libya<\/a>. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiloton\">kilotons<\/a>, slightly more powerful than the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nagasaki,_Nagasaki\">Nagasaki<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atomic_bomb\">atomic bomb<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1436\">1436<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regiomontanus\">Regiomontanus<\/a>, German mathematician<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1580\">1580<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Godefroy_Wendelin\">Godefroy Wendelin<\/a>, Flemish astronomer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1850\">1850<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Ferdinand_Braun\">Karl Ferdinand Braun<\/a>, German physicist, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics\">Nobel laureate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1857\">1857<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aleksandr_Lyapunov\">Aleksandr Lyapunov<\/a>, Russian mathematician<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1868\">1868<\/a> \u2013 Sir <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Falcon_Scott\">Robert Falcon Scott<\/a>, English explorer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1906\">1906<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_August_Zorn\">Max August Zorn<\/a>, German-born mathematician<\/li>\n<li>American astronaut David Scott turns 80 today.<\/li>\n<li>Swiss physicist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics\">Nobel laureate<\/a> Heinrich Rohrer celebrates his 79th<\/li>\n<li>American scientist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine\">Nobel laureate<\/a> Phillip Allen Sharp turns 68.<\/li>\n<li>and finally Freddy Kreuger, actor <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Englund\">Robert Englund<\/a> turns 65.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for June 6, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School gets a little harder for new kids &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2012\/06\/02\/periodic-table-adds-two-more-elements\/\">Two new elements added<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dropbox offers additional storage for saving your photos directly to Dropbox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekosystem.com\/commodore-64-bass\/\">You Wouldn\u2019t Want To Drop This Commodore 64 Bass<\/a> &#8211; From Encaf<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_SLHU9CCe_Y&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\">A quick look at awesome Iron Man Mark 7 Costume<\/a> &#8211; From Mike Wills<\/li>\n<li>That is some Serious cosplay! &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekologie.com\/2012\/05\/woops-guy-dyes-himself-green-cosplay-as.php\">Woops: Guy Dyes Himself Green Cosplaying As The Hulk | Geekologie<\/a><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/g3cwR\">More Pics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Remember When<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/102533732658641069172\/albums\/5747442141617294945\/5747442148507747938\">This unique relationship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Media Corner<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantfreakinrobot.com\/scifi\/michael-dorn-pitching-star-trek-movie-worf.html\">Michael Dorn Is Pitching A Star Trek Movie About Worf | Giant Freakin Robot<\/a><\/li>\n<li>MIB3 anyone?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ky_weather\/6998658366\/\">Listener Mike Hall\u2019s lightning image<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the Chuck!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hey eBay hackers &#8211; stop wasting my time!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What the Kreg!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101626939390675169902\/posts\/NmhXct9Y7MW\">Megan Enloe &#8211; Google+ &#8211; Just got evicted from the kids school for having a science\u2026 :<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5914906\/is-this-the-bestest-nerdiest-animated-coffee-mug-yes-yes-it-is\">Nerdiest coffee mug<\/a> &#8211; from Brian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5915185\/caped-pint-glasses-will-only-add-to-your-drunken-delusions-of-being-a-superhero\">Super hero beer glass<\/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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