{"id":5205,"date":"2017-12-19T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T03:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2017-12-19T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:48:16","slug":"technorama-ep521-the-reindeers-little-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2017\/12\/19\/technorama-ep521-the-reindeers-little-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep521 : The Reindeer\u2019s Little Mess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up in this episode\u2026<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5207\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2017\/12\/19\/technorama-ep521-the-reindeers-little-mess\/geek-christmas-gifts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2017\/12\/geek-christmas-gifts.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,400\" 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=\"geek-christmas-gifts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2017\/12\/geek-christmas-gifts.jpg?fit=640%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5207\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2017\/12\/geek-christmas-gifts-300x171.jpg?resize=300%2C171\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2017\/12\/geek-christmas-gifts.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2017\/12\/geek-christmas-gifts.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AOL<\/li>\n<li>Robots<\/li>\n<li>Elon Musk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6015\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5205-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep521_171220.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep521_171220.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep521_171220.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_Ep521_171220.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep521_171220.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1lX\">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\/MKjal5byI0c?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<h5><b>On This Day In History for December 20, 2017<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>This is the 354th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 11 days remaining in 2017.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1606, that The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.<\/li>\n<li>It was 214 years ago today, that The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.<\/li>\n<li>Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison on this date in 1924.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1946, The popular Christmas film It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.<\/li>\n<li>Also on December 20, 1951, The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1957, The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.<\/li>\n<li>A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak&#8217;s Northeast Corridor on this date in 1967.<\/li>\n<li>It was also this date in 1971 that The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.<\/li>\n<li>China successfully launches the Bolivian T\u00fapac Katari 1 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on this date in 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French mathematician and cartographer, Oronce Fin\u00e9, born on this date in 1494.<\/li>\n<li>Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Jaroslav Heyrovsk\u00fd was born 127 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Born December 20, 1901, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator Robert J. Van de Graaff.<\/li>\n<li>American actor, John Hillerman, born on this date in 1932.<\/li>\n<li>Also born on that same date in 1945, \u00a0American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer, Peter Criss.<\/li>\n<li>English keyboard player and producer, Alan Parsons, born on this date in 1948.<\/li>\n<li>English mathematician and academic, Geoffrey Grimmett is 67 today.<\/li>\n<li>Also turning 41 today is Welsh game designer and businessman, co-founded Meteor Games Adam Powell.<\/li>\n<li>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 20, 2017<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><b>News<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2017\/12\/15\/rip-aol-instant-messenger-aim\/\">RIP, AOL Instant Messenger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hardware.slashdot.org\/story\/17\/12\/13\/2144203\/robots-are-being-used-to-shoo-away-homeless-people-in-san-francisco?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Robots Are Being Used To Shoo Away Homeless People In San Francisco &#8211; Slashdot<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/elon-musk-mysterious-number-twitter-reactions\/\">Elon Musk Tweets The Number 35,000 And Things Take An Unexpected Turn | Bored Panda<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>What us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. 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