{"id":4697,"date":"2016-01-05T22:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T03:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:16","slug":"technorama-ep461-new-years-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/01\/05\/technorama-ep461-new-years-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep461 : New Years Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4699\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/01\/05\/technorama-ep461-new-years-celebration\/carlsagan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/01\/CarlSagan.jpg?fit=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,223\" 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=\"CarlSagan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/01\/CarlSagan.jpg?fit=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4699\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/01\/CarlSagan.jpg?resize=300%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"CarlSagan\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Star Trek suing Star Trek<\/li>\n<li>Vinyl<\/li>\n<li>NASA asks, \u201cDo you have Prince Albert in a can?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1dL\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1489\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4697-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep461_160106.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep461_160106.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep461_160106.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_Ep461_160106.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep461_160106.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/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\/ov4-Tyw9hiQ?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 sort of geek gifts did you get this year?\n<ul>\n<li>Justin: My friend bought me a book pillow from Thinkgeek. My cats promptly took it over and I haven&#8217;t used it since.<\/li>\n<li>Wayne: Does a Rush R40 DVD set count as a geeky gift?<\/li>\n<li>Gary: My wife got me this precious moments scene. I so want to cosplay it and take a picture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On This Day In History for January 6, 2016<\/b><br \/>\nThis is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 360 days remaining in 2016.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1838 that Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).<\/li>\n<li>It was 109 years ago today that Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.<\/li>\n<li>German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift on this date in 1912.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1929, Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India&#8217;s poorest and sick people.<\/li>\n<li>January 6, 1930, The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Edison submits his last patent application on this date in 1931.<\/li>\n<li>Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world on this date in 1947.<\/li>\n<li>It was 42 years ago today in response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1994, Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French martyr and saint, Joan of Arc, born on this date in 1412.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Fincke, the Danish mathematician and physicist was born today in 1561.<\/li>\n<li>Also born on this date in 1807, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist, Joseph Petzval.<\/li>\n<li>Born January 6, 1822, German archaeologist and businessman Heinrich Schliemann.<\/li>\n<li>Actor, director, and screenwriter, Tom Mix was born today in 1880.<\/li>\n<li>Born on that same date in 1899, German engineer Heinrich Nordhoff.<\/li>\n<li>Actor and producer, Danny Thomas was also born today in 1912.<\/li>\n<li>Today is also the birthday of Finnish astronomer, Liisi Oterman.<\/li>\n<li>If this man hadn&#8217;t been born, Marty McFly would have had a totally different time machine. John DeLorean, would have been 91 today.<\/li>\n<li>Since we haven&#8217;t had a Russian name yet, it&#8217;s also the birthday of engineer and astronaut Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov born today in 1933.<\/li>\n<li>Computer scientist and academic Susan B. Horwitz would have been 61 today.<\/li>\n<li>Astrophysicist and astronaut, Michael Foale turns 59.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, Daryl from the Walking Dead, Norman Reedus celebrates his 47th birthday today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for January 6, 2016<\/i><br \/>\n<b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2015\/12\/priest-suspended-for-hoverboarding-durin.php\">Priest suspended for hoverboarding during service<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>06 &#8211; Steve Therrien (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>08 &#8211; Elvis!<\/li>\n<li>09 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebritandyankee.com\/\">Lingo<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebritandyankee.com\/\">the Brit &amp; Yankee pubcast<\/a><\/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>.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2015\/12\/not-how-i-want-to-go-man-dies-trying-to.php\">Man dies robbing condom machine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/2015\/12\/25\/astronaut-dials-wrong-number-from-space-apologizes\/77902862\/\">&#8216;Is this Planet Earth?&#8217; Astronaut dials wrong number<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><br \/>\nJoin 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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/12\/26\/columbia-house-vinyl-hopes\/\">Columbia House hopes you&#8217;ll come back for vinyl records<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Media Corner<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/soon-your-mail-will-boldly-go-where-no-person-has-gone-1750472803\">Star Trek stamps are coming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/cbs-suddenly-wants-to-put-a-stop-to-axanar-the-crowdfu-1750290696\">CBS Suddenly Wants to Put a Stop to Axanar, the Crowdfunded Star Trek War Movie<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Question of the week<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are your Technorama predictions for 2016?<\/li>\n<li>Predictions for 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><br \/>\nWe appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/patreon\">Patreon page<\/a>.<\/li>\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;<br \/>\nbinary high five<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up in this episode&#8230; Star Trek suing Star Trek Vinyl NASA asks, \u201cDo you have Prince Albert in a can?\u201d Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep461_160106.mp3Podcast: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/01\/05\/technorama-ep461-new-years-celebration\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1491\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4697-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep461_160106.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep461_160106.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep461_160106.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_Ep461_160106.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep461_160106.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1dL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4701,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697\/revisions\/4701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}