{"id":5228,"date":"2018-02-06T22:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T03:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2018-02-07T09:06:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T14:06:14","slug":"technorama-ep-525-singing-in-the-acid-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2018\/02\/06\/technorama-ep-525-singing-in-the-acid-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 525 : Singing in the Acid Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up in this episode\u2026<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2018\/02\/06\/technorama-ep-525-singing-in-the-acid-rain\/questions\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/02\/Questions.jpg?fit=300%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,312\" 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=\"Questions\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/02\/Questions.jpg?fit=300%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5230\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/02\/Questions-288x300.jpg?resize=288%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/02\/Questions.jpg?resize=288%2C300&amp;ssl=1 288w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/02\/Questions.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atari<\/li>\n<li>Hasbro<\/li>\n<li>Super Bowl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8232\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5228-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep525_180207.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep525_180207.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep525_180207.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_Ep525_180207.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep525_180207.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1mk\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><br \/>\n<!--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\/loiA0cz_H54?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 February 7, 2018<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 327 days remaining in 2018.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1907, that launched The Mud March &#8211; the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women&#8217;s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).<\/li>\n<li>February 7, 1940, The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.<\/li>\n<li>It was also this date in 1984 during Space Shuttle mission STS-41 -B, Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).<\/li>\n<li>Also on February 7, 1990, \u00a0The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power as part of the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.<\/li>\n<li>On February 7, 1997, NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American blacksmith and businessman, founder of Deere &amp; Company, John Deere, born on this date in 1804.<\/li>\n<li>Charles Dickens, English Novelist and critic was born on that same date in 1812.<\/li>\n<li>American author, Laura Ingalls Wilder, born on this date in 1867.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS Titanic was born on that same date in 1873.<\/li>\n<li>G. H. Hardy, the English mathematician and geneticist was born 141 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer was born on that same date in 1893.<\/li>\n<li>Russian engineer, founded the Antonov Aircraft Company, Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov was born 112 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Bill Hoest, American cartoonist was born on that same date in 1926.<\/li>\n<li>Also born on that same date in 1932, \u00a0American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, Alfred Worden.<\/li>\n<li>Also turning 83 today is American businessman and politician Herb Kohl.<\/li>\n<li>American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Garth Brooks is 56 today.<\/li>\n<li>American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, Chris Rock, born on this date in 1965.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listener Birthdays<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>07 &#8211; Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN<\/li>\n<li>07 &#8211; Bryon the Big BS in PA, Williamsport PA<\/li>\n<li>08 &#8211; Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK<\/li>\n<li>09 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/podcastmike.com\/\">&#8220;Podcast&#8221; Mike Wills<\/a> from Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; Zach Akgulian &#8211; Appleton, WI<\/li>\n<li>10 &#8211; Drace (Shari from ND)<\/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 February 7, 2018<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/infamous-atari-player-gets-world-record-removed-after-3-1822511777\">Infamous Atari Player Disqualified From World Record After 35 Years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-01\/tesla-expands-sales-of-solar-gear-at-home-depot-in-critical-test\">Tesla Expands Sales of Solar Gear at Home Depot &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><br \/>\nWhat us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. 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