{"id":4582,"date":"2015-08-11T22:12:02","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T03:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2015-08-18T11:34:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T16:34:18","slug":"technorama-ep-445-larger-than-they-appear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/08\/11\/technorama-ep-445-larger-than-they-appear\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 445 : Larger Than They Appear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4584\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/08\/11\/technorama-ep-445-larger-than-they-appear\/objects_in_mirror\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/08\/Objects_in_mirror.jpg?fit=500%2C364&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,364\" 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=\"Objects_in_mirror\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/08\/Objects_in_mirror.jpg?fit=500%2C364&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/08\/Objects_in_mirror-300x218.jpg?resize=300%2C218\" alt=\"Objects_in_mirror\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/08\/Objects_in_mirror.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/08\/Objects_in_mirror.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fisher Price Bluetooth Speaker<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s go to the opera<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buzz Aldrin had to fill out a form for what?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1bU\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/b><!--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\/5fm_Vv4vX2I?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><b>Feedback<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s your favorite Superhero and Why?\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marti: D.K. S.: U.S. Army Hero. `nuf said~<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vmail from Krazy Joe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sorry for the delay) If you could hack a digital road sign, what would you say?\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John: Cookies Need Love Too!<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fred: Take Shelter Now!<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chuck: Your Mother Can Hear You<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justin: Stop, no, uh, Go! Whatever, do what you want. I\u2019m just a sign, not your boss.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniel: Abandon all hope ye who enter here (at the beginning of a construction zone.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On This Day In History f<\/b><b>or August 12, 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>August 12 is the 224th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 141 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 BC \u2013 Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also today in 1851, Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asaph Hall discovers the Mars moon Deimos on this date in 1877.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">55 years ago today, Echo 1A, NASA&#8217;s first successful communications satellite is launched.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise on this date in 1977.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was 34 years ago today that The IBM Personal Computer is released.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That same date in 1990, Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15 years ago today, The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Happy birthday goes out on this date to<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businessman and philanthropist Diamond Jim Brady, born on this date in 1856.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director and producer Cecil B. DeMille was born August 12, 1881.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born today in 1887, a man who could never find his cat, Austrian physicist and academic, Erwin Schr\u00f6dinger <\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also born today in 1910, actress and singer Jane Wyatt.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astrophysicist Margaret Burbidge turns 96 today.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Computer scientist Dorothy E. Denning is 70.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and finally scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer for Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler is 66.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for August 12, 2015<\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/08\/03\/uhura-nasa-sofia\/\">Nichelle Nichols is doing a NASA mission<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/theres-going-to-be-an-opera-about-steve-jobs-1722466155\">There\u2019s going to be an opera about Steve Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13 &#8211; Christine Fiore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megapodzilla.com\/\">MegaPodzilla<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 &#8211; Clive Jevons, Baumenheim German, Kevin (SusietheGeek&#8217;s son and Geek in Training)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17 &#8211; Melissa A. Bartell &#8211; The Bathtub Mermaid<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 &#8211; Nutty Nuchtchas &#8211; Nutty Bites<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/technorama.wikifoundry.com\/\">Wiki<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/some-genius-turned-fisher-price-cassette-player-into-a-1722903080\">Fisher Price Tape Player as a Bluetooth Speaker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/p>\n<p>OMG we still need your help funding the software upgrade! Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/\">go click one of the PayPal buttons<\/a> to donate.<\/p>\n<p><b>Remember When<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/buzz-aldrin-proves-the-federal-government-has-a-form-fo-1721587666\">Buzz Aldrin proves the government had a form for everything<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Media Corner<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nerdist.com\/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-getting-40th-anniversary-re-release\/\">Holy Grail getting 40th Re-release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2015\/08\/gallery-of-mark-hamills-humorous-autogra.php\">Mark Hamill\u2019s autographs are the best<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Question of the week:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was the first piece of tech you saved up to buy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>DragonCon 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us for Technorama, Comedy4Cast and friends at 5:30PM on Friday September 4 at Hilton Room 203<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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