{"id":5979,"date":"2021-12-28T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T03:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=5979"},"modified":"2021-12-28T09:33:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T14:33:18","slug":"episode-659-year-end-blowout-everything-must-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2021\/12\/28\/episode-659-year-end-blowout-everything-must-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 659: Year End Blowout! Everything Must GO!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/474x\/0b\/03\/19\/0b031949c6f6037b8bf2185b2e7666e0.jpg?resize=263%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pin on New Year Funny Memes 2019\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1yr\">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_19\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5979-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep659_211229.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep659_211229.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep659_211229.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_Ep659_211229.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep659_211229.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/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\/WHADRt11p6o?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 are you looking forward to next year? (extra points for answer not pandemic related)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/photos\/a.10151218397851671\/10158146330411671\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technorama<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>On This Day In History for December 29, 2021<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 2 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 1860, that the launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, rendered all previous warships obsolete<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was 108 years ago today, that Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood&#8217;s first feature film, The Squaw Man<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was on this date in 1949, that KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut became the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule<\/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;\">Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric, Charles Macintosh, born on this date in 1766.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johann Christian Poggendorff, the German physicist and journalist was born 225 years ago today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born December 29, 1800, American chemist and engineer Charles Goodyear.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dutch-French mathematician and academic, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes was born 165 years ago today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born December 29, 1879, American general and pilot Billy Mitchell.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also born on that same date in 1923,\u00a0 French mathematician and physicist, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist, Cheikh Anta Diop was born 98 years ago today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American actress and producer, Mary Tyler Moore, born on this date in 1936.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard Crandall, the American physicist and computer scientist was born 74 years ago today.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also turning 74 today is American actor and producer Ted Danson.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also born on that same date in 1958,\u00a0 American colonel, engineer, and astronaut, Nancy J. Currie.<\/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;\">Dec 31 &#8211; Shadowbird&#8217;s Mom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dec 31 &#8211; Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy from Winnipeg)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jan 3 &#8211; Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for December 29, 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:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/the-sciences\/alien-antimatter-crashes-into-earth\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alien Antimatter Crashes into Earth | Discover Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6131590\/nasa-2021\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NASA Quietly had an Extraordinary year<\/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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