{"id":5463,"date":"2019-02-19T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5463"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:23","slug":"episode-556-what-is-that-smell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2019\/02\/19\/episode-556-what-is-that-smell\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 556: What is that smell?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming up in this episode\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2019\/02\/19\/episode-556-what-is-that-smell\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?fit=2048%2C1368&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1368\" 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=\"50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?fit=640%2C428&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?fit=640%2C428\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5464\" width=\"272\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/files\/2019\/02\/50922934_10157332269452345_4901541777707630592_o.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One<\/li><li>Two<\/li><li>Three<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1q7\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_94\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5463-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep556_190220.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep556_190220.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep556_190220.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_Ep556_190220.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep556_190220.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; 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I love the levity you bring on an (almost) weekly basis. <br><\/p><p>Keep up the good work and I look forward to the good stuff from Chuck and Kreg for many years to come.&#8221;<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day In History for February 20, 2019<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 314 days remaining in 2019.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It was on this date in 1792, that The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.<\/li><li>203 years ago today, Rossini&#8217;s opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.<\/li><li>It was 147 years ago today, that The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.<\/li><li>Also on February 20, 1877, Tchaikovsky&#8217;s ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.<\/li><li>88 years ago today, The Congress of the United States approves the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.<\/li><li>It was also this date in 1935 that Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.<\/li><li>It was on this date in 1962, While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.<\/li><li>54 years ago today, Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for &nbsp;the Apollo program astronauts.<\/li><li>That same date in 1971, The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.<\/li><li>It was on this date in 1986, that The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>German physician, physiologist, and anatomist, Johann Christian Reil, born on this date in 1759.<\/li><li>Born February 20, 1844, Austrian physicist and philosopher Ludwig Boltzmann.<\/li><li>Joshua Slocum, the Canadian sailor and adventurer was born 175 years ago today.<\/li><li>American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, Jay Johnson Morrow was born 149 years ago today.<\/li><li>Louis Kahn, the American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building was born 118 years ago today.<\/li><li>Born February 20, 1906, American actor Gale Gordon.<\/li><li>Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat, Sidney Poitier, born on this date in 1927.<\/li><li>Also born on that same date in 1931, &nbsp;American mathematician and academic, John Milnor.<\/li><li>Australian minister and amateur astronomer, Robert Evans is 82 today.<\/li><li>J. Geils, the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born 73 years ago today.<\/li><li>Also turning 59 today is American comedian, actor, and screenwriter Joel Hodgson.<\/li><li>Also born on that same date in 1966, &nbsp;American model and businesswoman, Cindy Crawford.<\/li><li>Born February 20, 1967, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Kurt Cobain.<\/li><li>Also turning 31 today is Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress Rihanna.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listener birthdays this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>23 &#8211; Zhadum<\/li><li>23 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penslinger.com\/\">Keith Hughes<\/a>(a.k.a. EdGizmo)<\/li><li>25 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norbtek.info\/\">Norbert<\/a><\/li><li>25 &#8211; Sandi Sheppard (Mark&#8217;s lovely wife)<\/li><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for February 20, 2019<\/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:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/2\/6\/18213594\/nasa-marco-cubesats-deep-space-insight-mars-mission-communications-silent\">After making history, NASA\u2019s tiny deep-space satellites go silent &#8211; The Verge<\/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.odditycentral.com\/news\/online-store-sells-650-thought-box-that-you-put-over-your-head-to-just-think.html\">Online Store Sells $650 &#8220;Thought Box&#8221; That You Put Over Your Head to Just Think<\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>Aladdin&#8217;s Castle<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/guy-finds-working-apple-iie\/#MHOkayVxePq5\">This guy found a working 30-year-old Apple IIe in his parents&#8217; attic<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thank you Patrons!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>Kyle Nishioka<\/td><td>Avner Braverman<\/td><td>Ben Vaughan<\/td><td>Mike WIlls<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mega Podtastic<\/td><td>Nightgig Studios<\/td><td>Gary Lindros<\/td><td>John Clifford<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Leon<\/td><td>John Noble<\/td><td>Chris MC<\/td><td>Alexis Duran<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Saturday Morning Media<\/td><td>Steve Therrien<\/td><td>Jorge Schrauwen<\/td><td>John Miller Jr.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amber Elstad<\/td><td>Harold McKinstry<\/td><td>Amy Bowen<\/td><td>Denise Inglis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stephen Wesche<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\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:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/space\/comments\/arer0k\/i_took_nearly_50000_images_of_the_night_sky_to\/?utm_source=ifttt\">I took nearly 50,000 images of the night sky to make an 81 Megapixel image of Tuesday&#8217;s moon. Uncompressed image linked in the comments. 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