{"id":5425,"date":"2018-12-18T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T01:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:22","slug":"technorama-ep554-robot-santa-is-coming-to-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2018\/12\/18\/technorama-ep554-robot-santa-is-coming-to-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Technorama Ep554: Robot Santa is Coming to Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coming up in this episode\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/technabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/santa_bender.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image result for robot santa\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Robots<\/li><li>UFOs<\/li><li>Cosplayers save the holiday!<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5425\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9513\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5425-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep554_181219.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep554_181219.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep554_181219.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_Ep554_181219.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep554_181219.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<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\/gRXk1AElSn8?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claudio Miranda<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>#1<\/p><p>Hey Chuck and Kreg!<\/p><p>Great show as always! BTW, I think you have a successor to Izerol with &#8220;oh-knee-zuh-roo-knee&#8221; (OneZeroOne). Time for another bumper! Git on it!!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><p>As for what video game I&#8217;d want to be reborn in when I die, I refer to my answer for the previous question (Gyruss) especially with that T&amp;F in Dm theme. No Man&#8217;s Sky would be a good one, too. I&#8217;ll even throw in some interactive fiction like Adventure, Zork, and Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy. &nbsp;And, sure, why not be the block in Atari&#8217;s Adventure? Nothing like fending off giant ducks and carrying a huge pair of&#8230;.brackets (the bridge). \ud83d\ude42<\/p><p>Oh, and Kreg?<\/p><p>&#8230;Challenge accepted.<\/p><p>(Though I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll own me anyway lol.)<\/p><p>0x5! (Or is that Ox-Five??)<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Question of the week<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>When you die, in what video game would you like to be reborn?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Live in Chat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>John Miller Jr &#8211;<\/strong> Mega Man X.<\/li><li><strong>Mike Wills &#8211;<\/strong> Final Fantasy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claudio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Ooh! I should have waited until the end to respond because I just heard Kreg&#8217;s game for reincarnating in! Glad I&#8217;m not the only one who would pick Gyruss even if Kreg does wipe the pixelated floor with me in it. &nbsp;As I said, IT&#8217;S ON!! \ud83d\ude42<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kreg.steppe\/posts\/10155753705801319?__xts__[0]=68.ARBybwQyfgo_MaHM6S3DrxjznCRk1_edaL3Xc8ThrLjkJCG2GMtkzfYvzZ9pSrSzq7waGsVKk5Lyy92aO2JEQi-XkjuQ2TfX5OEKoEyT4krKK7jO4B0yN5f6PlGirLNBVGRQovVQRdmO2FvIt27tnPcsgADhl7ev0xXRBn2_mUJi_tySiMek30EHv-GuMidZyL4GXfkgyojcYPjTLdi2nWmgeq7TgBS3LL5X_loQIq4kIxNB0nZc8nw5INJVpPPBCv_RlTkUnyNw2uiL27vZk1BFDKAgDUGjUg5x_g71_DsJPOXVJXzsRzVK75wCCIaeDN2BQ65DtrjM&amp;__tn__=-R\">Facebook Answers to The Question of the Week<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day In History for December 19, 2018<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 353rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining in 2018.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It was on this date in 1606, that The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.<\/li><li>Also today in 1776, Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled &#8220;The American Crisis&#8221;.<\/li><li>It was also this date in 1924 that The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.<\/li><li>Also on December 19, 1932, BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.<\/li><li>46 years ago today, the last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.<\/li><li>That same date in 2013, Spacecraft Gaia is launched by European Space Agency.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>American astronomer and educator, John Winthrop, born on this date in 1714.<\/li><li>Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1852.<\/li><li>American mathematician, Grace Marie Bareis was born 143 years ago today.<\/li><li>Born December 19, 1901, German engineer, invented the Hellschreiber Rudolf Hell.<\/li><li>Ukrainian-Russian marshal, engineer, and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev was born 112 years ago today.<\/li><li>American actress, Cicely Tyson is 94 today.<\/li><li>Born December 19, 1924, Italian engineer Carlo Chiti.<\/li><li>Also born on that same date in 1944, &nbsp;Kenyan paleontologist and politician, Richard Leakey.<\/li><li>American actor and director, Tim Reid is 74 today.<\/li><li>Robert Urich, the American actor and producer was born 72 years ago today.<\/li><li>Also turning 55 today is American model and actress Jennifer Beals.<\/li><li>American magician, Criss Angel is 51 today.<\/li><li>Also turning 46 today is American actress and television personality Alyssa Milano.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listener Birthdays<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>20 &#8211; Phil Burchill the 9 year old I started listening to Technorama with turned 21 this year (2017)!<\/li><li>21 &#8211; James Ballard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karaksindru.com\/\">KarakSindru<\/a><\/li><li>22 &#8211; Bo Pace<\/li><li>22 &#8211; Luke &#8220;Chuck&#8217;s Stalker&#8221; Smith (2000)<\/li><li>22 &#8211; Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL<\/li><li>23 &#8211; Richard Green<\/li><li>24 &#8211; MaDBooM<\/li><li>25 &#8211; Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama)<\/li><li>29 &#8211; CMenn<\/li><li>31 &#8211; Shadowbird&#8217;s Mom<\/li><li>31 &#8211; Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy from Winnipeg)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/technorama.wikifoundry.com\/\">Wiki<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for December 19, 2018<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/geekologie.com\/2018\/12\/wtf-factory-worker-speared-by-10-metal-s.php\">WTF!: Factory Worker Speared By 10 Separate Foot-Long Metal Spikes After Robot Malfunctions &#8211; Geekologie<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/russian-state-tv-shows-off-robot-thats-actually-a-man-i-1831038858\">Russian State TV Shows Off &#8216;Robot&#8217; That&#8217;s Actually a Man in a Robot Suit<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/the-25-most-popular-passwords-of-2018-will-make-you-fee-1831052705\">The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2018 Will Make You Feel Like a Security Genius<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/news\/video-1824946\/Video-UFO-flies-dragon-capsule-SpaceX-mission.html\">Video: UFO flies behind dragon capsule during SpaceX mission | Daily Mail Online<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shout out to the chat room<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>What us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Remember When<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/frank-zappa-hologram-to-play-with-former-mothers-on-bizarre-world-tour-201421\/\">Frank Zappa Hologram, Former Mothers Announce Tour \u2013 Rolling Stone<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thank you Patrons!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This show is brought to you by\u2026 YOU! 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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\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Media Corner<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/comicbook.com\/gaming\/2018\/12\/13\/deborah-ann-woll-dungeons-and-dragons-show\/\">&#8216;Daredevil&#8217; Star Deborah Ann Woll to Star in New &#8216;Dungeons &amp; Dragons&#8217; Streaming Show<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Geek Library<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3newsnow.com\/news\/local-news\/omaha-family-gets-star-wars-surprise\">Omaha family gets Star Wars surprise<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Question of the week<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chuck.tomasi\/posts\/10157344627078455?comment_id=10157348957763455&amp;notif_id=1545009818480931&amp;notif_t=feed_comment&amp;ref=notif\">What has been the best thing you have discovered on the Internet?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>End of Show Stuff<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We appreciate your support. 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