{"id":4811,"date":"2016-05-10T22:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T03:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4811"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:17","slug":"technorama-ep-474-turn-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/05\/10\/technorama-ep-474-turn-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 474 : Turn the corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/05\/10\/technorama-ep-474-turn-the-corner\/fc45aa9c-fc79-4ec4-95aa-fa790f75f409\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/fc45aa9c-fc79-4ec4-95aa-fa790f75f409.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" 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=\"fc45aa9c-fc79-4ec4-95aa-fa790f75f409\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/fc45aa9c-fc79-4ec4-95aa-fa790f75f409.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4812\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/fc45aa9c-fc79-4ec4-95aa-fa790f75f409.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fc45aa9c-fc79-4ec4-95aa-fa790f75f409\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/fc45aa9c-fc79-4ec4-95aa-fa790f75f409.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/05\/fc45aa9c-fc79-4ec4-95aa-fa790f75f409.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Singing the blues<\/li>\n<li>Xena-phobia<\/li>\n<li>God doesn\u2019t do lawsuits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1fB\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Guest Host: <a href=\"http:\/\/tggeeks.com\/\">Ben\u00a0Ragunton<\/a><\/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\/P0cCIsZxbaw?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>On This Day In History for May 11, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining in 2016.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 330 that Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.<\/li>\n<li>May 11, 868, A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1792, Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River<\/li>\n<li>May 11, 1820, HMS Beagle, the ship that will take Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage, is launched<\/li>\n<li>158 years ago today, Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State<\/li>\n<li>The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded 89 years ago today<\/li>\n<li>It was 44 years ago today that United States performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site, which was part of the series Operation Grommet and Operation Toggle.<\/li>\n<li>29 years ago today, In Baltimore, the first heart\u2013lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format 19 years ago today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, born on this date in 1752.<\/li>\n<li>Also born on this date in 1871 \u2013 Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author.<\/li>\n<li>Actor\/comedian Phil Silvers was born today in 1911.<\/li>\n<li>The man who played Mad Jack on Grizzly Adams and Uncle Jessie from The Dukes of Hazzard, actor Denver Pyle would have been 96 today.<\/li>\n<li>Russian-American mathematician and theorist Eugene Dynkin, was born May 11, 1924<\/li>\n<li>Born that same day and year, Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic<\/li>\n<li>May 11, 1930 is the birthday of Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic, co-developed THE multiprogramming system.<\/li>\n<li>Turning 82 today the man behind Labatt&#8217;s beer, Arthur Labatt.<\/li>\n<li>and finally one of the original MTV VJs, Martha Quinn, is 57<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for May 11, 2016<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Followup: <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/boaty-mcboatface-will-actually-be-called-rrs-sir-david-1775067999\">NOT Boaty McBoatface<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/news\/mummified-buddhist-monk-gets-covered-in-gold-and-turned-into-a-statue.html\">Golden Monk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Listener Birthday Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 &#8211; Amanda Huggenkiss<\/li>\n<li>14 &#8211; JPCJ<\/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:\/\/geekologie.com\/2016\/05\/man-files-for-restraining-order-against.php\">A restraining order against God?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.odditycentral.com\/news\/french-man-sues-former-employer-because-his-job-was-so-boring-it-made-him-depressed.html\">How boring is your job?<\/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=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/a-29-year-study-has-found-no-link-between-brain-cancer-1775038908\">No, cell phones don&#8217;t cause brain cancer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Thank you Patrons!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This 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>. We\u2019ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special \u201cafter show\u201d we record just for the patrons! <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/technoramapodcast\">patreon.com\/technoramapodcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Media Corner<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/how-a-studios-fear-of-lesbians-dictated-xenas-opening-c-1775098779\">Xena credits must have been done by a Xena-phobe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.gizmodo.com\/the-blues-brothers-will-soon-become-a-prime-time-animat-1774548552\">Blues Brothers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Question of the week:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you got go to the geekiest place on earth, where would it be?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>NO SHOW NEXT WEEK (5\/18)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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