{"id":7046,"date":"2026-04-20T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=7046"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:54:32","slug":"episode-804-the-empire-strikes-backspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2026\/04\/20\/episode-804-the-empire-strikes-backspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 804: The Empire Strikes Backspace"},"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 804: The Empire Strikes Backspace\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_tk18OQRsdk?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-1PE\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3219\">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_5323\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7046-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep804_260420.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep804_260420.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep804_260420.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_Ep804_260420.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep804_260420.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: You get to add ONE app to the ship&#8217;s computer on the Enterprise. 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There are 253 days remaining in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was on this date in 1500, that Portuguese navigator Pedro \u00c1lvares Cabral landed in Brazil (discovery of Brazil).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spanish conquistador Hern\u00e1n Cort\u00e9s established a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico on this date in 1519.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also on April 22, 1969, British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston won the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completed the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was also this date in 1970 that the first Earth Day was celebrated.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>49 years ago today, optical fiber was first used to carry live telephone traffic.<\/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>German astronomer and mathematician, Wilhelm Schickard, born on this date in 1592.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Born April 22, 1891, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer Harold Jeffreys.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American physicist and academic, J. 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