{"id":639,"date":"2007-12-20T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2007-12-20T15:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=639"},"modified":"2007-12-20T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2007-12-20T15:30:11","slug":"cct199-the-six-million-dollar-christmas-2062222428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2007\/12\/20\/cct199-the-six-million-dollar-christmas-2062222428\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#199: The Six Million Dollar Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Coming up in tonights show&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li> Amazing automobile stories\n<\/li>\n<li> Laser Christmas tree\n<\/li>\n<li> Keyboards, keyboards, keyboards\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\">On This Day in Tech History<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> 1606 &#8211; The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery<br \/>\ndepart England carrying settlers who, at Jamestown, Virginia, would<br \/>\nfound the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1835 &#8211; The first issue of The Blade newspaper is published in Toledo, Ohio.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1843 &#8211; A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is first published in England.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1912 &#8211; William H. 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