{"id":5822,"date":"2021-02-02T22:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T03:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2021-02-01T10:15:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:15:49","slug":"episode-628-i-am-a-big-fan-of-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2021\/02\/02\/episode-628-i-am-a-big-fan-of-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 628: I am a big fan of renewable energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sdatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/You-Want-The-App-To-Do-What-You-Must-Be-In-Sales-Developer-Memes.png?resize=312%2C312&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Couple Of Memes For The Discerning Developer | sdatic.com\" width=\"312\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1vU\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9646\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5822-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep628_210203.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep628_210203.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep628_210203.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep628_210203.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep628_210203.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><\/span><!--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\/bgUrVi-ynBA?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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QOTW: What job sounds dull and boring but is actually awesome and quite fun?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chuck.tomasi\/posts\/10159851716743455\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chuck<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/posts\/10157550932116671\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technorama<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>On This Day In History for February 3, 2021<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 331 days remaining in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was on this date in 1690, that The colony of Massachusetts issued the first paper money in the Americas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That same date in 1918, The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California\u00a0 began service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also this date in 1959 that Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. &#8220;The Big Bopper&#8221; Richardson was killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 3, 1966, The Soviet Union&#8217;s Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon..<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also today in 1984, Space Shuttle mission STS-41 -B was launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also on February 3, 1994, Space Shuttle mission STS-60 was launched, carrying Sergei Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard the Shuttle..<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also today in 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English scientist, Gideon Mantell, born on this date in 1790.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Felix Mendelssohn, the German pianist, composer, and conductor was born 212 years ago today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 was born on that same date in 1859.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell, born on this date in 1894.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster was born on that same date in 1904.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also born on that same date in 1950,\u00a0 American actress, Morgan Fairchild.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American mathematician, geneticist, and academic, Eric Lander is 64 today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also turning 51 today is English actor, producer, and screenwriter Warwick Davis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also born on that same date in 1984,\u00a0 American fraudster, founder of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listener birthdays<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 &#8211; Euan Campbell McGregor &#8211; Scotland, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 &#8211; Stewe Lundin<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 &#8211; Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 &#8211; Bryon the Big BS in PA, Williamsport PA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 &#8211; Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9 &#8211; Podcast Mike Willsfrom Minnesota<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for February 3, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birthday Calendar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> link.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>News<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/high-school-students-build-a-back-to-the-future-monumen-1846123730\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High School Students Build A Back To The Future Monument (kotaku.com)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-landing-february-18-will-be-must-see-tv\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NASA&#8217;s Perseverance Mars rover landing will be must-see TV &#8211; CNET<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/farewell-minimoon-so-2020.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth is about to lose its second moon, forever | Live Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2021\/01\/28\/developer-modifies-4th-gen-ipod-with-built-in-wi-fi-and-spotify\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developer modifies 4th-gen iPod with built-in Wi-Fi and Spotify &#8211; 9to5Mac<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Shout out to the chat room<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. 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