{"id":4978,"date":"2016-12-20T22:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T03:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=4978"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:18","slug":"episode-494-technorama-office-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/12\/20\/episode-494-technorama-office-christmas-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 494 : Technorama Office Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b>Coming up in this episode&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2016\/12\/20\/episode-494-technorama-office-christmas-party\/nerdy_christmas_by_knight0323-d4z9l3g\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/12\/nerdy_christmas_by_knight0323-d4z9l3g.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" 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=\"nerdy_christmas_by_knight0323-d4z9l3g\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/12\/nerdy_christmas_by_knight0323-d4z9l3g.png?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4979\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/12\/nerdy_christmas_by_knight0323-d4z9l3g.png?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/12\/nerdy_christmas_by_knight0323-d4z9l3g.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/12\/nerdy_christmas_by_knight0323-d4z9l3g.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2016\/12\/nerdy_christmas_by_knight0323-d4z9l3g.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low priced space ships<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High priced math book<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meat pie in space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1ii\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/hersT8tvhXo?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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick St. Gabriel:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Hi Chuck,<\/p>\n<p>I recently got the books for patreon members and sat them aside since I was going &#8220;into the office&#8221; soon. For most people this means driving across town or something, but for me I live in Florida on the space coast and my office is in Juneau Alaska (I&#8217;m a software developer). About 3-4 times a year I go into the office, say &#8220;Hello&#8221; and do all of that stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I decided this time to take my oldest daughter with me since it had been about 4 years since she has seen the town. \u00a0She is an avid reader and after I read each one on the way up I let her read them.<\/p>\n<p>Why do you care? \u00a0Well, as she was reading them I realized this 11 year old girl had just been born as I started listening to your show. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It made me feel a little old, and well, I thought I&#8217;d pass the feeling along.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, mission accomplished.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>On This Day In History for December 21, 2016<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the 355th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 10 days remaining in 2016.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was on this date in 1620, that Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur Wynne&#8217;s &#8220;word-cross&#8221;, the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World on this date in 1913.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also today in 1936, first flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was on this date in 1937, that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world&#8217;s first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was 48 years ago today, that Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scottish chemist and academic, Thomas Graham, born on this date in 1805.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born December 21, 1868, American chemist and engineer George W. Fuller.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estonian mathematician and scholar, Jaan Sarv, born on this date in 1877.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adele Goldstine, the American computer programmer was born 96 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also turning 81 today is American talk show host and producer Phil Donahue.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American actress, producer, and activist, Jane Fonda, born on this date in 1937.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frank Zappa, the American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer was born 76 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American actor and producer, Samuel L. Jackson is 68 today.<\/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><i>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for December 21, 2016<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Listener Birthdays<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21 &#8211; James Ballard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karaksindru.com\/\">KarakSindru<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22 &#8211; Bo Pace<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22 &#8211; Luke &#8220;Chuck&#8217;s Stalker&#8221; Smith (2000)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22 &#8211; Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23 &#8211; Richard Green<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24 &#8211; MaDBooM<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 &#8211; Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29 &#8211; CMenn<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31 &#8211; Shadowbird&#8217;s Mom<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">31 &#8211; Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy from Winnipeg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-4026374\/Forget-earphones-Bose-launches-HEARPHONES-built-smart-microphones-wearers-superhearing.html\">Bose launches HEARPHONES with built in smart microphones for &#8216;superhearing&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/12\/12\/nasa-helping-stephen-hawking-get-a-tiny-ship-to-alpha-centauri\/\">NASA is helping Stephen Hawking get a tiny ship to Alpha Centauri<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2016\/12\/17\/british-scientists-launched-meat-pie-space-video\/\">British Scientists launch a meat-pie into space<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/p>\n<p>What us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET to see and hear the show raw and unedited. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/webcam\"><b>https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/webcam<\/b><\/a>. Join us on the live chat!<\/p>\n<p><b>Remember When<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/12\/15\/isaac-newton-text-is-most-expensive-science-book\/\">Newton\u2019s book sells at auction &#8211; fetches highest price<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/paleofuture.gizmodo.com\/this-was-the-futuristic-police-line-up-of-1931-1789110757\">The police lineup of 1931<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/the-earliest-digital-cameras-used-floppy-disks-1790007433\">Digital cameras with floppy drives<\/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>Chris MC<\/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>Amy Bowen<\/td>\n<td>Avner Braverman<\/td>\n<td>Leon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>John Noble<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YcfBxsm_Hds\">We wish you a Merry Christmas (in reverse)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song: My Nerdiest Things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Geek Library<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Siri thinks I should get Kreg and Donna for Christmas this year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Question of the week:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are your predictions for 2017?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>End of Show Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We are taking a few weeks off for the holidays. We\u2019ll talk to you next year!<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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