{"id":4185,"date":"2013-12-17T20:50:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T01:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4185"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:11","slug":"technorama-ep-394-the-12-die-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2013\/12\/17\/technorama-ep-394-the-12-die-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 394: The 12 die of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beer<\/li>\n<li>Simon Pegg<\/li>\n<li>and Uranus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-15v\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/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\/saaQBic_dzg?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>Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From: willshattuck@gmail.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Subject: How the Commodore 128 was built<br \/>\nI came across this article from one of the guys at Commodore, Bill Herd, and his recollection on building the C128. \u00c2 Thought you guys would enjoy it. http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2013\/12\/09\/guest-post-the-real-story-of-hacking-together-the-commodore-c128\/<br \/>\nOn This Day In History for December 18, 2013<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is the 352nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 13 days remaining in 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1642 that Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand.<\/li>\n<li>The premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia was on that same date in 1892.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1898 \u2013 Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph (63.159 km\/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.<\/li>\n<li>The Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is announced by Charles Dawson 101 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Project SCORE, the world&#8217;s first communications satellite, is launched on this date in 1958.<\/li>\n<li>December 18, 1966 \u2013 Saturn&#8217;s moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.<\/li>\n<li>Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union 40 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>Today in 1987 \u2013 Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language.<\/li>\n<li>16 years ago today, HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.<\/li>\n<li>NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT on this date in 1999.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Happy Birthday goes out on this day to:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swedish scientist and inventor Christopher Polhem born this date in 1661<\/li>\n<li>J. J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate was also born today in 1856<\/li>\n<li>Engineer and inventor of FM radio, Edwin Armstrong, was born on this date in 1890<\/li>\n<li>Also born today in 1934, Russian astronaut and engineer, Boris Volynov<\/li>\n<li>Celebrating his 70th birthday today is English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor Keith Richards<\/li>\n<li>Reaching his 67 today is director Steven Spielberg<\/li>\n<li>Actor and producer Brad Pitt turns 50 today<\/li>\n<li>and finally wrestler, actor, and producer Stone Cold Steve Austin is 49<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for December 18, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/norway-is-digitizing-its-whole-library-1481064343\">In Norway, all library books must be digitized &#8212; by law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/simon-pegg-will-star-in-the-brand-new-film-from-the-mon-1481429798\">Simon Pegg will star in the brand new film from the Monty Python crew<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20 &#8211; Phil Burchill (will be 0x21 in 2006)<\/li>\n<li>21 &#8211; James Ballard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karaksindru.com\/\">KarakSindru<\/a><\/li>\n<li>22 &#8211; Bo Pace<\/li>\n<li>22 &#8211; Luke &#8220;Chuck&#8217;s Stalker&#8221; Smith (2000)<\/li>\n<li>22 &#8211; Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL<\/li>\n<li>23 &#8211; Richard Green<\/li>\n<li>24 &#8211; MaDBooM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/oh-my-god-there-were-cat-bombs-during-world-war-ii-1480930509\">There were cat bombs during World War II?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember When<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markhillpublishing.com\/the-internet-transistor-radio\/\">Was \u2018Internet\u2019 First Used For A Transistor Radio? | Mark Hill :: Antiques &amp; Collectables Expert :: Author &amp; Publisher<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Shout out to the chat room<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/the-secret-origins-of-nerd-dork-and-other-things-you-1482137598\">\u200bThe secret origins of nerd, dork, and other things you&#8217;ve been called<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XztPtK7yAUk#t=14\">26 Interesting Facts About Beer &#8211; mental_floss on YouTube (Ep.39) &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/should-we-just-rename-uranus-already-1481431026\">Should we just rename Uranus already?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chuck: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget: noradsanta.org to track Santa on Christmas eve! &lt;- There is an app for that!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>End of Show Stuff<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>We appreciate your support. 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