{"id":7041,"date":"2026-04-07T11:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=7041"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:07:14","slug":"episode-802-live-long-and-defragment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2026\/04\/07\/episode-802-live-long-and-defragment\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 802: Live Long and Defragment"},"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 802\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pcJbV3Eh5Qs?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-1Pz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-1Pz\">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_643\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7041-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep802_260406.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep802_260406.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep802_260406.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_Ep802_260406.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep802_260406.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\/photo?fbid=1497537642377019&amp;set=a.740221581441966\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/channels\/455731709984636958\/1440003646698819776\">Discord<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day In History for April 8, 2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 267 days remaining in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was on this date in 1820, that the Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 8, 1959, A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper met to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That same date in 2002, The Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. 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