{"id":684,"date":"2008-02-20T12:05:20","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T17:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=684"},"modified":"2008-02-20T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2008-02-20T17:05:20","slug":"cct206-poutry-fencing-2062222428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2008\/02\/20\/cct206-poutry-fencing-2062222428\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#206: Poultry Fencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>In This Show!<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li> Star Trek Communicator\n<\/li>\n<li> Head tracking on the Wiii\n<\/li>\n<li> A way to kick start your sci-fi story\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span>On This Day in Tech History<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> 1792 &#8211; The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1931 &#8211; California gets the go-ahead by the U.S. Congress to build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1959 &#8211; The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture<br \/>\nsupersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker<br \/>\ngovernment amid much political debate.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1962 &#8211; Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John<br \/>\nGlenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the<br \/>\nfirst American to orbit the earth.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1965 &#8211; Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful<br \/>\nmission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program<br \/>\nastronauts.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Births\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 1844 &#8211; Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist (d. 1906)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1898 &#8211; Enzo Ferrari, Italian automobile manufacturer, designer and racing car driver (d. 1988)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1902 &#8211; Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1937 &#8211; Robert Huber, German chemist, Nobel laureate\n<\/li>\n<li> 1960 &#8211; Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1971 &#8211; Shawn McKenzie, American programmer\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Follow Up<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Show numbers &#8211; what&#8217; the chuck?\n<\/li>\n<li> Shout out to the chat room\n<\/li>\n<li> Happy Birthday to:\n<ul>\n<li> 23 &#8211; Zhadum\n<\/li>\n<li> 25 &#8211; Norbert\n<\/li>\n<li> 25 &#8211; Sandi Sheppard (Mark&#8217;s lovely wife)\n<\/li>\n<li> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/wiki\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/wiki\" 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> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vy5PyomFxnw&amp;feature=related\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vy5PyomFxnw&amp;feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">In honor of Robert Goddard<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Listener Dwight writes in with a scanned image from his<br \/>\nnewspaper insert (or fryers as he calls them) with an ad that Staples<br \/>\nis offering a free DOWNGRADE from Vista to XP.\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/357420\/hercules-laser-is-most-intense-laser-in-the-universe-almost-as-powerful-as-the-death-star\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/357420\/hercules-laser-is-most-intense-laser-in-the-universe-almost-as-powerful-as-the-death-star\" rel=\"nofollow\">Scientist develop laser of almost Death Star Magnatude!<\/a> Large battle station to follow&#8230;er ah, moon.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/354993\/star-trek-communicator-replica-coming-soon-sadly-doesnt-communicate\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/354993\/star-trek-communicator-replica-coming-soon-sadly-doesnt-communicate\" rel=\"nofollow\">Star Trek Communicator replica<\/a> &#8211; Lingo\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pramnos.com\/story69-2390.html\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.pramnos.com\/story69-2390.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Head tracking on the Wii<\/a> &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/pontoppidan.info\/lars\/index.php?proj=scopetris\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/pontoppidan.info\/lars\/index.php?proj=scopetris\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tetris on an oscilloscope<\/a> &#8211; East Bay Ant\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hackaday.com\/2008\/02\/17\/the-2008-shmooball-gun\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.hackaday.com\/2008\/02\/17\/the-2008-shmooball-gun\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Larry from Paul Dot Com (.com) made it on hack-a-day with his Shmooball gun<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Media Corner<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> I bought Blue Harvest!\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WGoi1MSGu64\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WGoi1MSGu64\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Humans are dead<\/a> &#8211; Julio\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/actionfigureinsider.com\/ottertorials\/2008\/02\/10\/rejected-a-long-long-time-ago\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/actionfigureinsider.com\/ottertorials\/2008\/02\/10\/rejected-a-long-long-time-ago\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Star Wars Rejects<\/a> &#8211; Bookaroo\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>What the Kreg!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> I used my GPS for the first time as the only way to get from here to there.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Geek Library<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theyfightcrime.org\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.theyfightcrime.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">They Fight Crime<\/a> &#8211; Bruce Barr\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>End of Show Stuff<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> We appreciate your support. 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