{"id":4807,"date":"2016-05-04T22:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4807"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:17","slug":"technorama-ep473-jackson-pollock-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/05\/04\/technorama-ep473-jackson-pollock-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep473 : Jackson Pollock Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/05\/04\/technorama-ep473-jackson-pollock-paintings\/cronkite-office-sm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/cronkite-office-sm.jpeg?fit=550%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,418\" 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=\"cronkite-office-sm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/cronkite-office-sm.jpeg?fit=550%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4809\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/cronkite-office-sm.jpeg?resize=300%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cronkite-office-sm\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/cronkite-office-sm.jpeg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/cronkite-office-sm.jpeg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walter Cronkite looks to the future<\/li>\n<li>Time Traveling Politicians<\/li>\n<li>Cats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1fx\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/p>\n<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\/eze5JYWSN-Y?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Feedback<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gary Lindros: I heard you talk about ET in the Star Wars movies. Have you heard about this theory?\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/neatogeek\/2014\/02\/27\/The-ET-Yoda-Theory\/\">http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/neatogeek\/2014\/02\/27\/The-ET-Yoda-Theory\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On This Day In History for May 4, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days remaining in 2016.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1626 that Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.<\/li>\n<li>240 years ago today, Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.<\/li>\n<li>The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England 157 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1904, The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.<\/li>\n<li>112 years ago today, Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England<\/li>\n<li>May 4, 1932, In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1953, Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1959, The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.<\/li>\n<li>Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67 km) 55 years ago today<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1979, Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1988, The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire<\/li>\n<li>It was 18 years ago today that A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives &#8220;Unabomber&#8221; Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The man who invented the piano, Bartolomeo Cristofori born on this date in 1655<\/li>\n<li>Also born May 4, 1733, French mathematician, physicist, and sailor, Jean-Charles de Borda<\/li>\n<li>Canadian trumpet player and bandleader Maynard Ferguson was born today in 1928.<\/li>\n<li>The actor who played Principal Vernon in The Breakfast Club, Paul Gleason was born on this date in 1939.<\/li>\n<li>One of the Jackson 5, Jackie Jackson is 65<\/li>\n<li>Actress Pia Zadora is 63<\/li>\n<li>And the last birthday, astronaut and engineer Michael L. Gernhardt is 60<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are also several holidays today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the United Nations, this is Anti-Bullying Day<\/li>\n<li>it&#8217;s also International Firefighters&#8217; Day<\/li>\n<li>and of course, May the 4th be with you &#8211; it&#8217;s Star Wars Day!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for May 4, 2016<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/this-candidate-for-president-claims-hes-traveled-throug-1773928996\">This Candidate for President Claims He&#8217;s Traveled Through Time<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>05 &#8211; Joe Mieczkowski host of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onthepodcast.net\/\">Onthepodcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li>06 &#8211; Amber Pace (not really a listener, but a mother and a wife of listeners)<\/li>\n<li>06 &#8211; Bill Barbour<\/li>\n<li>06 &#8211; Steve Bickle<\/li>\n<li>08 &#8211; Curtis Parish<\/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>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/mad-inventor-colin-furze-invents-working-hoverbike-and-we-want-it-badly_us_57227b8ce4b0f309baf05a0d\">Mad Scientist Invents Hoverbike And We Want A Ride<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/auto\/french-engineer-converts-old-cars-into-diy-poor-mans-teslas.html\">A French engineer created a poor-man&#8217;s Tesla by converting a regular gas-powered vehicle into an electric car<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/finally-an-invention-that-can-tell-you-what-your-cat-i-1773941828\">Finally, An Invention That Can Tell You What Your Cat Is Really Saying<\/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. If you think you\u2019ll miss the announcement on FB, Twitter, etc. go to <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TechnoramaLive\"><b>http:\/\/bit.ly\/TechnoramaLive<\/b><\/a>. If we\u2019re not there, you\u2019ll catch the back shows.<\/p>\n<p><b>Remember When<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=__MGYrcapdk\">Walter Cronkite &#8211; &#8220;The 21st Century&#8221; March 12, 1967<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Thank you Patrons!<\/b><br \/>\nThis show is brought to you by\u2026 YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Kyle Nishioka<\/td>\n<td>Mike Wills<\/td>\n<td>Steve Therrien<\/td>\n<td>Saturday Morning Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chad D<\/td>\n<td>Alexis Duran<\/td>\n<td>Ben Vaughn<\/td>\n<td>Dennis Patnaude<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nick St. Gabriel<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you want to become a patron, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/technoramapodcast\">https:\/\/patreon.com\/technoramapodcast<\/a>. 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