{"id":677,"date":"2008-02-06T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=677"},"modified":"2008-02-06T09:13:37","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T14:13:37","slug":"cct204-the-data-compost-heap-2062222428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2008\/02\/06\/cct204-the-data-compost-heap-2062222428\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#204: The Data Compost Heap"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>Coming up on this show&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li> A Mac 512K that runs OS X\n<\/li>\n<li> The Jedi Ginsu, how much would you pay for all this? Don&#8217;t answer yet because we also have\n<\/li>\n<li> The Batcave home theater\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span>On This Day in Tech History<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> 1815 &#8211; New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to a John Stevens.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1951 &#8211; The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train<br \/>\nderails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85<br \/>\npeople and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail<br \/>\ndisasters in American history.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1959 &#8211; Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1959 &#8211; At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test<br \/>\nfiring of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1971 &#8211; Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission &#8211; Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the Moon.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1998 &#8211; Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Births\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 1695 &#8211; Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1892 &#8211; William Parry Murphy, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1913 &#8211; Mary Leakey, British anthropologist (d. 1996)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1916 &#8211; John Crank, British mathematician (d. 2006)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Follow Up<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Special thanks to Jeremy Oelke for joining as a monthly<br \/>\nfinancial backer to Technorama! Jeremy is known as Mr. Sim in the chat<br \/>\nroom&#8230;\n<\/li>\n<li> Shout out to the chat room\n<\/li>\n<li> Happy Birthday to:\n<\/li>\n<li> Feb 07 &#8211; Chad W. Smith from Chattanooga, TN\n<\/li>\n<li> Feb 08 &#8211; Jan Scott from Yorkshire, UK\n<\/li>\n<li> Feb 08 &#8211; Blake Noble in Pittsburgh, PA\n<\/li>\n<li> Feb 09 &#8211; &#8220;Podcast&#8221; Mike Wills from Minnesota\n<\/li>\n<li> Feb 10 &#8211; Shari from ND\n<ul>\n<li> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/technorama.wetpaint.com\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/technorama.wetpaint.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wiki<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Listen to the audio stream if you happen to be around.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <b>(Clip: Technorama News &#8211; Phase of the moon to be renamed)<\/b>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/heroeshappenhere\/cool-stuff\/comic\/default.mspx\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/heroeshappenhere\/cool-stuff\/comic\/default.mspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Heroes Happen Here from Microsoft<\/a> &#8211; East Bay Ant\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/politics\/security\/multimedia\/2008\/01\/gallery_spawar\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/politics\/security\/multimedia\/2008\/01\/gallery_spawar\" rel=\"nofollow\">Go inside the Navy&#8217;s Armed Robot Labs<\/a> &#8211; Steve\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/350841\/inflatable-mouse-is-super-portable-fun-to-squish\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/350841\/inflatable-mouse-is-super-portable-fun-to-squish\" rel=\"nofollow\">Blow your mouse<\/a> &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/351292\/cranky-benches-roll-off-water-after-it-rains\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/351292\/cranky-benches-roll-off-water-after-it-rains\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cranky Benches<\/a> &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/dclausen.net\/projects\/tfam\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/dclausen.net\/projects\/tfam\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac 512K that runs OS X (sort of)<\/a> &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<li> {kreg} I made a mount for my N810\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Media Corner<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Y39gHihP74\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Y39gHihP74\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steam Trek &#8211; the moving picture<\/a> &#8211; Ron\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psst&#8230;Monthy Python meets Star Trek<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.howstuffworks.com\/superman-vs.htm\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/entertainment.howstuffworks.com\/superman-vs.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Superman vs. <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/351935\/jedi-ginsu-knife-brings-out-the-chefjedi-in-you\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/351935\/jedi-ginsu-knife-brings-out-the-chefjedi-in-you\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jedi Ginsu<\/a> &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/346853\/batcave-home-theater-is-an-ideal-location-to-make-out-with-catwoman\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/346853\/batcave-home-theater-is-an-ideal-location-to-make-out-with-catwoman\" rel=\"nofollow\">Batcave home theater<\/a> &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2008\/01\/28\/50-years-of-lego-ult.html\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2008\/01\/28\/50-years-of-lego-ult.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Time lapse of building a lego Millenium Flacon<\/a> &#8211; Jorge\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=7toznke5Jec\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=7toznke5Jec\" rel=\"nofollow\">Take a peek inside the new Mac Book Air<\/a> &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>What the Chuck!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> My iMac remote is NOT broken\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Geek Library<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <b>(Clip: Comedy 1\/2 minute w\/ArchAngelSB)<\/b>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/shared\/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917062\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/shared\/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917062\" rel=\"nofollow\">Top 60 little known tech sites<\/a> &#8211; Bruce (sorry, Technorama didn&#8217;t make the list)\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.applegazette.com\/parody\/youtube-find-macbook-paper-ad-plus-print-your-own\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.applegazette.com\/parody\/youtube-find-macbook-paper-ad-plus-print-your-own\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Mac Book Paper<\/a> (and a way to print your own &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>End of Show Stuff<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> We appreciate your support. 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