{"id":605,"date":"2007-11-07T07:51:41","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T12:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=605"},"modified":"2007-11-07T07:51:41","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T12:51:41","slug":"cct193-genius-bar-2062222428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2007\/11\/07\/cct193-genius-bar-2062222428\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#193: Genius Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\">Coming up on this show&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li> An interesting customer service story about Apple\n<\/li>\n<li> Invisible Tanks\n<\/li>\n<li> A geek&#8217;s tomb\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\"><span class=\"mw-headline\">On This Day in Tech History<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> 1492 &#8211; The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a<br \/>\nknown date of impact, struck the earth around noon in a wheat field<br \/>\noutside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1665 &#8211; The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1885 &#8211; In Craigellachie, British Columbia, construction ends on the Canadian Pacific Railway railway extending across Canada.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1910 &#8211; The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to<br \/>\nColumbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department<br \/>\nstore owner Max Moorehouse.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1932 &#8211; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century airs on radio for the first time.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1940 &#8211; In Tacoma, Washington, the middle section of the<br \/>\nTacoma Narrows Bridge (&#8220;Galloping Gertie&#8221;) collapses in a windstorm, a<br \/>\nmere four months after the bridge&#8217;s completion.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1967 &#8211; US President Lyndon B. 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