{"id":4664,"date":"2015-11-24T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4664"},"modified":"2015-12-01T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T20:29:14","slug":"technorama-ep456-imperial-march-april-and-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/11\/24\/technorama-ep456-imperial-march-april-and-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep456: Imperial March, April, and May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2015\/11\/24\/technorama-ep456-imperial-march-april-and-may\/brtkzatcmaap7xo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/11\/BrtKzATCMAAP7XO.jpg?fit=599%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"599,628\" 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=\"BrtKzATCMAAP7XO\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/11\/BrtKzATCMAAP7XO.jpg?fit=599%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4666\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/11\/BrtKzATCMAAP7XO-286x300.jpg?resize=286%2C300\" alt=\"BrtKzATCMAAP7XO\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/11\/BrtKzATCMAAP7XO.jpg?resize=286%2C300&amp;ssl=1 286w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2015\/11\/BrtKzATCMAAP7XO.jpg?w=599&amp;ssl=1 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A better idea for the selfie-stick<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How not to apply for a police job<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is the sky blue?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1de\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes \u00a0from the show.<\/i><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Feedback<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vmail: Will the Computer Guy<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q: What was your first screen name?\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justin: Dronebrain<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott: My first screen name was &#8220;King Nothing&#8221;. That was my Metallica phase!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On This Day In History for November 25, 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the 329th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining in 2015.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was on this date in 1915 that Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was 75 years ago today that World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November 25, 1952, Agatha Christie&#8217;s murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That same date in 1984, Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid&#8217;s &#8220;Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas?&#8221; in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">French astronomer and botanist Jean-Fran\u00e7ois S\u00e9guier, born on this date in 1703.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also born on that same date in 1814 is German physician and physicist Julius Robert von Mayer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Singer Percy Sledge would have been 75 had he not died earlier this year.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actor, author, and lawyer, Ben Stein turns 71 today.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And finally, John F. Kennedy Jr, would have been 55 today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for November 25, 2015<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lego.gizmodo.com\/lego-made-extra-cushy-slippers-for-preventing-brick-rel-1742821842\">Lego slippers!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/truecrime.io9.com\/man-applies-for-police-job-is-nabbed-for-outstanding-w-1743115903\">Man with outstanding warrants applies for Police job<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2015\/11\/pastafarian-woman-wins-battle-to-get-to.php\">Woman fights to wear pasta strainer on her driver\u2019s license photo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>November<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missingalert.com\/\">Lane Williams<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26 &#8211; Joanie<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27 &#8211; Mike Stackpole<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27 &#8211; Rob Walch<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholelotofnonsense.org\/\">Brad P. from NJ<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/thesweetsers.blogspot.com\/\">Ben Sweetser<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29 &#8211; Crystal Smalling<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 &#8211; Scott Sigler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>December<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">01 &#8211; Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">01 &#8211; Phil Rossi<\/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><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/pics\/man-embarrassed-to-use-selfie-stick-creates-ridiculously-long-selfie-arm-instead.html\">Embarrassed about a selfie-stick?<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2015\/11\/nestle-japan-releasing-gold-leaf-covered.php\">Gold Kit Kats?<\/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 9:30PM 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><b>Remember When<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2015\/11\/21\/195260\/\">Windows turns 30<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/teach-your-kids-computing-with-this-toy-from-1972-1742750689\">Remember the Playskool computer?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Media Corner<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/netflix-is-bringing-lost-in-space-back-for-your-binging-1743934150\">Netflix is bringing back Lost in Space (original)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Geek Library<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2015\/11\/21\/when-a-kid-asks-you-why-the-sky-is-blue\/\">Why is the sky blue?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Question of the week:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What show would you like to see rebooted?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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