{"id":6883,"date":"2025-09-16T07:57:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=6883"},"modified":"2025-09-16T07:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:57:16","slug":"episode-781-roomba-youve-done-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2025\/09\/16\/episode-781-roomba-youve-done-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 781: Roomba, You&#8217;ve Done It Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 781\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DxkBrLOuscs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen below with the audio player or <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1N1\">Click Here<\/a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7228\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6883-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep781_250915.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep781_250915.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep781_250915.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_Ep781_250915.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep781_250915.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Feedback<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>QOTW:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/technoramapodcast\/posts\/pfbid078TJWPavVTNDLKtykijTbtNFyFJWCKidYrXB6qz6txCQVGT7sfdJLZzukUTgrHAyl\">What&#8217;s a piece of forgotten &#8217;90s tech that you think deserves a modern comeback, and how would you upgrade it?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day In History for September 17, 2025<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 260th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was on this date in 1543, that The first Finnish-language book, the Abckiria by Mikael Agricola, was published in Stockholm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing &#8220;animalcules&#8221;, later known as protozoa on this date in 1683.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also on September 17, 1908, The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashed, killing Selfridge, who became the first airplane fatality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was 64 years ago today that the world&#8217;s first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Space Shuttle Enterprise was unveiled by NASA on this date in 1976.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Italian astronomer, Celio Calcagnini, born on this date in 1479.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>German geologist and paleontologist, Herman Adolfovich Trautscohold was born 208 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bernhard Riemann, the German-Italian mathematician and academic was born 199 years ago today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company, David Dunbar Buick, born on this date in 1854.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer was born on that same date in 1857.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Russian chemist, Vera Yevstafievna Popova, born on this date in 1867.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eivind Astrup, Norwegian explorer was born on that same date in 1871.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gerald Guralnik, the American physicist and academic was born 89 years ago today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Listener Birthdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>18 &#8211; Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 &#8211; Joel Harper (Rincewind) \/ Milwaukee WI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 &#8211; Joel Rickenbach [deceased] (host of the You&#8217;ve Got Geek Podcast)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21 &#8211; Dean Jensen (Beaker1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22 &#8211; Bilbo Baggins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22 &#8211; Frodo Baggins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s the way it was, on this day in history for September 17, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA\/viewform\">Birthday Calendar<\/a> link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/astronomy\/mars\/did-nasas-perseverance-rover-actually-find-evidence-of-life-on-mars-we-need-to-haul-its-samples-home-to-find-out-scientists-say\">Did NASA&#8217;s Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to bring its samples home to find out, scientists say | Space<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/orson-welles-lost-movie-ai-1236361881\/\">Orson Welles\u2019 Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/13\/science\/iberian-harvester-ants-two-species\">Ant queen gives birth to two different species | CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/windows\/former-ms-engineer-dave-plummer-admits-he-accidentally-coded-pinball-to-run-at-like-5-000-frames-per-second-on-windows-nt\/\">Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run &#8216;at like, 5,000 frames per second&#8217; on Windows NT | PC Gamer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shout out to the chat room<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. 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