{"id":5311,"date":"2018-06-26T22:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T03:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5311"},"modified":"2018-06-26T09:51:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:51:37","slug":"technorama-ep-536-levity-in-my-brevity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2018\/06\/26\/technorama-ep-536-levity-in-my-brevity\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep 536: Levity in my Brevity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up in this episode\u2026<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5315\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2018\/06\/26\/technorama-ep-536-levity-in-my-brevity\/wsp2w\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/06\/wsp2w.jpg?fit=500%2C303&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,303\" 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=\"wsp2w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/06\/wsp2w.jpg?fit=500%2C303&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/06\/wsp2w-300x182.jpg?resize=300%2C182\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/06\/wsp2w.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2018\/06\/wsp2w.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A.I.<\/li>\n<li>Alexa<\/li>\n<li>..and Mary Poppins, y&#8217;all!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1nF\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><br \/>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2416\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5311-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep536_180627.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep536_180627.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep536_180627.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_Ep536_180627.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep536_180627.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><\/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\/i6UkMp8OEak?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<h4><b>Feedback<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b><i>THANK YOU GILBERT FRAGA FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facebook feedback for the Question of the week\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=10156885049563455&amp;id=615483454\">Which fictional place would you like to visit?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>On This Day In History for June 27, 2018<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>This is the 178th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 187 days remaining in 2018.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1895, that The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad&#8217;s Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.<\/li>\n<li>It was also this date in 1898 that The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.<\/li>\n<li>On June 27, 1971, After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes Fillmore East in New York, the &#8220;Church of Rock and Roll&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>36 years ago today, Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.<\/li>\n<li>It was 5 years ago today, that NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French astronomer and academic, Alexis Bouvard, born on this date in 1767.<\/li>\n<li>Augustus De Morgan, the English mathematician and logician was born 212 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98 was born on that same date in 1838.<\/li>\n<li>Born June 27, 1872, American astronomer Heber Doust Curtis.<\/li>\n<li>Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist was born on that same date in 1880.<\/li>\n<li>Juan Trippe, the American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways was born 119 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>American pool player, Willie Mosconi was born 105 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>American businessman and politician, Ross Perot, born on this date in 1930.<\/li>\n<li>Also turning 81 today is American physicist and astronaut Joseph P. Allen.<\/li>\n<li>American director, producer, and screenwriter, J.J. Abrams, born on this date in 1966.<\/li>\n<li>American actor, Tobey Maguire is 43 today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listener Birthdays<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>27 &#8211; Jordan Burkhead, daughter of Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast<\/li>\n<li>29 &#8211; Martin McKeay (Accch, this is the Big 40!)<\/li>\n<li>30 &#8211; Alexis Duran (<a href=\"http:\/\/addude.podbean.com\/\">ADdude<\/a>)<\/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 June 27, 2018<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><b>News<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/electronic-skin-allows-user-of-prosthetic-hand-to-fee-1826965132\">\u2018Electronic Skin\u2019 Allows User of Prosthetic Hand to Feel Pain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2018\/06\/clever-pencil-dice-six-sided-pencils-wit.php\">Clever: Pencil Dice, Six-Sided Pencils With Dots You Can Use To Roll Like Dice &#8211; Geekologie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2018\/06\/dominos-is-filling-potholes-for-pizza-sa.php\">Domino&#8217;s Is Filling Potholes For Pizza Safety During Delivery &#8211; Geekologie<\/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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