{"id":4402,"date":"2014-12-31T10:49:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T15:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2015-01-07T10:04:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T15:04:14","slug":"technorama-ep421-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2014\/12\/31\/technorama-ep421-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep421: Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2014\/12\/31\/technorama-ep421-happy-new-year\/url\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2014\/12\/url.jpg?fit=240%2C178&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,178\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"url\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2014\/12\/url.jpg?fit=240%2C178&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4404\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2014\/12\/url.jpg?resize=240%2C178\" alt=\"url\" width=\"240\" height=\"178\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minutia<\/li>\n<li>Christmas<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and The Future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-190\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3581\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4402-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep421_141231.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep421_141231.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep421_141231.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_Ep421_141231.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep421_141231.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>On This Day In History for December 31, 2014<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>This is the 365th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, there are no more days left until the end of 2014.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is widely known as New Year&#8217;s Eve since the following day is New Year&#8217;s Day. It is the last day of the year. The following day is January 1 of the following year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1600 that The British East India Company is chartered.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1695, A window tax is imposed in England, causing many householders to brick up windows to avoid the tax.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1759, Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at \u00a345 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.<\/li>\n<li>This same date in 1790, Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today is published for the first time.<\/li>\n<li>161 years ago today, A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England.<\/li>\n<li>Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, today in 1878, and he was granted the patent the following year.<\/li>\n<li>December 31, 1879, Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.<\/li>\n<li>The first New Year&#8217;s Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in New York, New York 107 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>December 31, 1909, Manhattan Bridge opens.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1923, the chimes of Big Ben are broadcast on radio for the first time by the BBC.<\/li>\n<li>It was 68 years ago today that President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.<\/li>\n<li>General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year 59 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>December 31, 1960, The farthing coin ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li>31 years ago today, The AT&amp;T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.<\/li>\n<li>All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is officially dissolved 23 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1994, this date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC\u221211:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC\u221210:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.<\/li>\n<li>It was 5 years ago today that both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.<\/li>\n<li>NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon on this date in 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Happy birthday goes out on this date to<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier, born on this date in 1491<\/li>\n<li>Astronomer Robert Grant Aitken, was also born today in 1864<\/li>\n<li>Andy Summers, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer turns 72 today.<\/li>\n<li>Another musician, John Denver, would have been 71.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Ben Kingsley, actually does turn 71 today since he is still alive<\/li>\n<li>Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter and actress was born today in 1948, but she passed away in 2012.<\/li>\n<li>And finally actor, singer, and producer Val Kilmer is 55.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for December 31, 2014<\/p>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<p>December<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>31 &#8211; Shadowbird&#8217;s Mom<\/li>\n<li>31 &#8211; Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy from Winnipeg)<\/li>\n<li>31 &#8211; Jimmy Jett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>January<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>01 &#8211; George Starcher<\/li>\n<li>03 &#8211; Thomas Gideon (<a href=\"http:\/\/technorama.wikifoundry.com\/page\/http%2F%2Fthecommandline.net\">The Command Line Podcast<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>06 &#8211; Steve Therrien (Canada)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/oPj7F#0\">The Millennium Falcon Build &#8211; Imgur<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/314195\/watch-this-spectacular-star-wars-themed-christmas-light-show\/\">Watch this spectacular \u201cStar Wars\u201d-themed Christmas light show &#8211; Quartz<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Media Corner<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/news\/man-wants-refund-after-buying-650-in-tickets-to-the-interview-1201388549\/\">Man Wants Refund After Buying $650 in Tickets to \u2018The Interview\u2019 | Variety<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Chat About Christmas<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christmas Gifts?\n<ul>\n<li>Kreg: I got Batman TV Series and Guardians of the Galaxy<\/li>\n<li>Kreg: I participated in Secret Santa via RedditGifts<\/li>\n<li>Chuck: I got mostly clothes. Liisa gave me Cards Against Humanity<\/li>\n<li>Chuck: Our co-worker Andrew gave me some code to make PDF certificates!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Hacks?\n<ul>\n<li>Kreg: I hacked my Christmas Tree<\/li>\n<li>Chuck: Hacked 1st Generation Apple TV\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalbuntu.com\/\">CrystalBuntu.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kodi.tv\/\">Kodi.TV<\/a> (formerly XBMC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Christmas Movies?\n<ul>\n<li>Kreg: I saw The Interview, Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies<\/li>\n<li>Chuck: No movies over the holidays yet. Planning to bring Julie to Interstellar and Hobbit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Q: What do you want us to talk about in 2015?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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