{"id":5686,"date":"2020-05-19T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5686"},"modified":"2020-05-19T07:45:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T12:45:39","slug":"episode-601-its-all-downhill-from-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2020\/05\/19\/episode-601-its-all-downhill-from-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 601: It&#8217;s all downhill from here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"n3VNCb aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/memecrunch.com\/meme\/18RNR\/it-s-all-downhill-from-here\/image.jpg?resize=264%2C198&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"It's all downhill from here.\" width=\"264\" height=\"198\" data-noaft=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1tI\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8984\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5686-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep601_200520.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep601_200520.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep601_200520.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_Ep601_200520.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep601_200520.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/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\/_ZN1mR1yjss?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<h4><b>Feedback<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/posts\/10156959400136671\">Technorama<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chuck.tomasi\/posts\/10158999584563455\">Chuck<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kreg.steppe\/posts\/10156981044816319?__xts__[0]=68.ARDJygqrwX-j8RfiRhDBvHNfgCUIi9alJm2DfjKWeQU1eJkih8LwocPn5NX9dv4aH0fCsm0Pz1oP-0htSsWAFJtTZw8LBf1ZvhUq3j_Z_jimWBJ9UntYRPQ-DK4j7sa_jNoGj85ZApxXLXssf3wXbu0KH4HQnfItQAHlJxcEGfhq5xvYkVZLt0KWU4nMDC7xcngiyttqaPWIXykuxpK8XhXOZf0yhwar7hkQtroMyGetvRdAwYbbVsFqtggw5N78jinz76alhnL-WsYLOVq-7rM9kEMc2Ayd0d7OML4N7LFBgLFRnoMw5YdnNt2yvsxsQYwKpHbOJjBb&amp;__tn__=-R\">Kreg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jorge sent us this which we talked about a long time ago\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1214729\/James-May-size-Lego-house-wants.html?fbclid=IwAR3dp-usdnbngdsQqwb_EG5OuYNSCZLJfzhbSdLEvc7vsfzDIyKtaw9k4Zw\">James May and his full-size Lego house nobody wants | Daily Mail Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Follow up<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techeblog.com\/james-mays-lego-house-officially-demolished\/\">James May\u2019s LEGO House Officially Demolished \u2013 TechEBlog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>On This Day In History for May 20, 2020<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>This is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 225 days remaining in 2020.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was on this date in 1570, that Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issued Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.<\/li>\n<li>Also on May 20, 1609, Shakespeare&#8217;s sonnets were first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe..<\/li>\n<li>158 years ago today, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law, opening 84 million acres of public land to settlers..<\/li>\n<li>Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. on this date in 1873.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 1875, Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.<\/li>\n<li>On May 20, 1883, Krakatoa began to erupt; the volcano exploded three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1891, The first public display of Thomas Edison&#8217;s prototype kinetoscope.<\/li>\n<li>May 20, 1932, Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world&#8217;s first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.<\/li>\n<li>56 years ago today, Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.<\/li>\n<li>Also today in 1983, First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.<\/li>\n<li>That same date in 2019, The International System of Units redefined the base units, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express, William Fargo, born on this date in 1818.<\/li>\n<li>Born May 20, 1851, German-American inventor, invented the Gramophone record Emile Berliner.<\/li>\n<li>German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, Eduard Buchner, born on this date in 1860.<\/li>\n<li>Born May 20, 1879, German chemist Hans Meerwein.<\/li>\n<li>English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B, R. J. Mitchell, born on this date in 1895.<\/li>\n<li>James Stewart, the American actor was born 112 years ago today.<\/li>\n<li>Born May 20, 1925, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 Alexei Tupolev.<\/li>\n<li>Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter was born on that same date in 1944.<\/li>\n<li>Also born on that same date in 1946,\u00a0 American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, Cher.<\/li>\n<li>Also turning 71 today is Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Dave Thomas.<\/li>\n<li>American colonel, engineer, and astronaut, Thomas Akers is 69 today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Listener Birthdays (May 20-26)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>22 &#8211; Tim Elliott<\/li>\n<li>23 &#8211; Kris Ziel Host and producer of The AVScast and 24 Under Review<\/li>\n<li>26 &#8211; Eli Yukelzon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for May 20, 2020<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA\/viewform\">Birthday Calendar<\/a> link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>News<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/syndication\/2020\/05\/14\/a-japanese-spacecraft-sent-back-images-of-the-rocky-asteroid-ryugu-and-theyre-stunning\/\">A Japanese spacecraft sent back images of the rocky asteroid &#8216;Ryugu&#8217; \u2014 and they&#8217;re stunning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/supercomputers-hacked-across-europe-to-mine-cryptocurrency\/\">Supercomputers hacked across Europe to mine cryptocurrency | ZDNet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2020\/5\/facebook-building-internet-cable-africa-size-earth-circumfrence\">Facebook Building Africa Earth-Sized Internet Cable | HYPEBEAST<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/auto.hindustantimes.com\/auto\/cars\/this-100-driveable-cardboard-ferrari-from-vietnam-is-winning-the-internet-41588496929084.html\">This $100 driveable cardboard Ferrari from Vietnam is winning the internet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Watch us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. 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