{"id":4646,"date":"2015-10-27T22:03:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T03:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:15","slug":"technorama-ep-453-the-best-of-oktoberfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/10\/27\/technorama-ep-453-the-best-of-oktoberfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 453 : The Best of Oktoberfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/10\/27\/technorama-ep-453-the-best-of-oktoberfest\/beerglass\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/10\/beerglass.jpg?fit=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"375,500\" 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=\"beerglass\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/10\/beerglass.jpg?fit=375%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/10\/beerglass.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"beerglass\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/10\/beerglass.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/10\/beerglass.jpg?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chicken tweets<\/li>\n<li>Imperial statues<\/li>\n<li>Worst Halloween costume ever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1cW\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><!--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\/JviqN2JbUfc?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>What was the worst sci-fi novel you\u2019ve ever read?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Wayne<\/strong>: &#8220;Star Wars Millennium Falcon: Owner&#8217;s Workshop Manual&#8221; Had no plot whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John<\/strong>: &#8220;Faster Than The Speed of Love&#8221; by Brian Griffin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin<\/strong>: I&#8217;m actually having a hard time remembering any. If a book is so bad I put it down I just tend to forget about it unless I somehow pick it back up down the road.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>On This Day In History for October 28, 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>This is the 301st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining in 2015.<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1492 that Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on his first voyage to the New World.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1538, The first university in the New World (in present-day Dominican Republic), the Universidad Santo Tom\u00e1s de Aquino, is established.<\/li>\n<li>It was 379 years ago today that A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1664, The Duke of York and Albany&#8217;s Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.<\/li>\n<li>The first railroad in Spain between Barcelona and Matar\u00f3 is opened 167 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty 129 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1929, Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1942, The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.<\/li>\n<li>It was 67 years ago today that Swiss chemist Paul M\u00fcller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.<\/li>\n<li>Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket on this date in 1971.<\/li>\n<li>NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program 6 years ago today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Happy birthday goes out on this date to<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French mathematician and engineer, Antoine Deparcieux, born on this date in 1703.<\/li>\n<li>Born on that same date in 1718, Ignacije Szentmartony, the Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer<\/li>\n<li>Also born today in 1793, the founder of Remington Arms, Eliphalet Remington.<\/li>\n<li>October 28, 1880, is also the birthday of Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer Wilhelm Anderson<\/li>\n<li>The co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates turns 60 today.<\/li>\n<li>Turning 55 today is Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist, and mathematician<\/li>\n<li>Princess Vespa from Spaceballs, actress Daphne Zuniga, is 53.<\/li>\n<li>Another actress\/producer, Julia Roberts is 48.<\/li>\n<li>and finally also turning 48 is the video game designer and the co-founder of Id Software, John Romero.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for October 28, 2015<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/10\/21\/facebook-techprep\/\">Facebook site helps start your programming career<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><br \/>\n<b>October<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>28 &#8211; Dylan Licata (San Antonio)<\/li>\n<li>29 &#8211; James Clark, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.megapodzilla.com\/\">MegaPodzilla<\/a><\/li>\n<li>30 &#8211; WolfGeek (Indiana)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>November<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>01 &#8211; Amber Elstad<\/li>\n<li>03 &#8211; Ken Pace<\/li>\n<li>03 &#8211; Craig Glassner (aka Ranger Craig)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/technorama.wikifoundry.com\/\">Wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>(break)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2015\/10\/so-its-come-to-this-the-hashtag-hallowee.php\">DO NOT DRESS UP IN THIS FOR HALLOWEEN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/funny\/australian-chicken-restaurant-has-an-actual-chicken-handling-its-twitter-account.html\">Australian chicken restaurant uses chicken to tweet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30 PM 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><b>Remember When<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/rare-nazi-enigma-machine-smashes-record-at-auction-1738237903\">Rare Nazi Enigma machine smashes record at auction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/what-its-like-to-drive-the-first-crappy-car-henry-ford-1738069254\">What\u2019s it like to drive Ford\u2019s first car?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/you-needed-an-egg-beater-for-blood-transfusions-in-the-1737742647\">Blood transfusions required an egg beater in the 1870s<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Media Corner<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/statue-of-leader-from-communist-empire-transformed-into-1738392890\">Communist leader statue transformed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>WHAT THE CHUCK?!<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/technology\/this-environment-friendly-bathing-suit-cleans-polluted-water-as-you-swim.html\">Environmentally friendly swimming suit?!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Geek Library<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/10\/19\/3d-printed-handheld-railgun\/\">Guy creates handheld railgun with 3D printer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Question of the week:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Musical broccoli: What song\/band\/singer did you intensely dislike as a kid that you now enjoy as an adult?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call the Listener Line: 206-222-CHAT (2428)<\/li>\n<li>Email at technorama@chuckchat.com<\/li>\n<li>We are also on&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Twitter at<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ctomasi\"> @Ctomasi<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/steppek\"> @Steppek<\/a>, and<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/technorama\"> @technorama<\/a><\/li>\n<li>on Facebook at the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\"> Technorama Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And even<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/114344045273696987673\/posts\"> Google Plus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Links are in these show notes and on our website<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/\">www.chuckchat.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micro-payment.<\/li>\n<li>Or a review on the iTunes music store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Also Thanks to<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mad Marv for providing the great blog content<\/li>\n<li>Everyone who sent us links during the week<\/li>\n<li>Those who joined us in the hangout<\/li>\n<li>You, for downloading and listening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tell a friend about Technorama and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>binary high five<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4470\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4646-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep453_151028.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep453_151028.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep453_151028.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_Ep453_151028.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep453_151028.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up in this episode&#8230; 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