{"id":721,"date":"2008-03-26T21:42:56","date_gmt":"2008-03-27T02:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=721"},"modified":"2020-05-18T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T18:25:00","slug":"cct211-happy-0x2brd-birthday-chuck-2062222428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2008\/03\/26\/cct211-happy-0x2brd-birthday-chuck-2062222428\/","title":{"rendered":"CCT#211: Happy 0x2B(rd) Birthday Chuck"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>On This Show<br \/><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Robots in space\n<\/li>\n<li> Great sci-fi authors in space\n<\/li>\n<li> Coffee printer\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span>On This Day in Tech History<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> 1484 &#8211; William Caxton printed his translation of Aesop&#8217;s Fables.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1636 &#8211; Utrecht University is founded in The Netherlands.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1812 &#8211; An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1934 &#8211; Driving test introduced in the United Kingdom.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1953 &#8211; Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1958 &#8211; The United States Army launches Explorer 3.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1975 &#8211; The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1976 &#8211; Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.\n<\/li>\n<li> 1999 &#8211; The &#8220;Melissa worm&#8221; infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Births\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> 1753 &#8211; Benjamin Thompson, American physicist and inventor (d. 1814)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1773 &#8211; Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigation expert (d. 1838)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1859 &#8211; Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (d. 1919)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1875 &#8211; Max Abraham, German physicist (d. 1922)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1911 &#8211; Bernard Katz, German-born biophysicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1913 &#8211; Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1996)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1916 &#8211; Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1922 &#8211; Oscar Sala, Italian-born physicist (86)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1931 &#8211; Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director (77)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1938 &#8211; Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate (70)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1940 &#8211; James Caan, American actor (68)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1941 &#8211; Richard Dawkins, British evolutionary biologist (67)\n<\/li>\n<li> 1965 &#8211; Chuck Tomasi\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span>Follow Up<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Shout out to the chat room\n<\/li>\n<li> Happy Birthday to:\n<ul>\n<li> 26 &#8211; Chuck Tomasi\n<\/li>\n<li> 26 &#8211; Harrison Licata (Mico, Suburb of San Antonio)\n<\/li>\n<li> 26 &#8211; Brina Baird in Hampton, VA\n<\/li>\n<li> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/wiki\" class=\"external text\" title=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/wiki\">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 class=\"editsection\"><span>News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/369048\/first-pictures-of-completed-dextre-giant-space-robot\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/369048\/first-pictures-of-completed-dextre-giant-space-robot\">Astronaughts install Robot on IIS<\/a> it&#8217;s first bit of feedback was it promptly started asking for Sarah Conner\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/science\/articles\/2008\/03\/14\/2189799.htm?site=science&amp;topic=tech\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/science\/articles\/2008\/03\/14\/2189799.htm?site=science&amp;topic=tech\">Australian Heritage Computers Facing Scrap Heap<\/a> &#8211; Douglas\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_C_Clark\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_C_Clark\">Arthur C. Clark<\/a> has passed away at the age of 90\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\"><span>Hacks &amp; Strange Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/technology-perspectives.blogspot.com\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/technology-perspectives.blogspot.com\/\">Interesting uses for the Wiimote<\/a> &#8211; Thom\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aptera.com\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.aptera.com\/\">The Aptera &#8211; Looks like something from Logan&#8217;s Run<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/dvice.com\/archives\/2008\/03\/coffee_printer.php\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/dvice.com\/archives\/2008\/03\/coffee_printer.php\">A coffee printer!<\/a> &#8211; Tonya\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/carlzimmer.typepad.com\/sciencetattoo\/\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/carlzimmer.typepad.com\/sciencetattoo\/\">Science Tatoos<\/a> &#8211; EastBayAnt\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\"><span>Remember When<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/blogs\/technology\/2008\/03\/remembering_the_bbc_micro_1.html\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/blogs\/technology\/2008\/03\/remembering_the_bbc_micro_1.html\">Remembering the BBC Micro 1<\/a> &#8211; Lingo\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\"><span>Media Corner<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fOhHP-gbWtI&amp;feature=related\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fOhHP-gbWtI&amp;feature=related\">More XP and Vista sounds to make music<\/a> &#8211; Jeremy\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dIJvD3hr1lA&amp;feature=related\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dIJvD3hr1lA&amp;feature=related\">Windows XP Rhapsody<\/a> &#8211; Jeremy\n<\/li>\n<li> Chill out with the XP install music in C:WINDOWSsystem32oobeimagestitle.wma\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\"><span>What the Chuck!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> Quick Note that Mozilla Thunderbird has a feature to restore natural order\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\"><span>Geek Library<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecoolestgifts.com\/r2d2-trashcan-for-nerds\/?&amp;owa_from=feed&amp;owa_sid=\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.thecoolestgifts.com\/r2d2-trashcan-for-nerds\/?&amp;owa_from=feed&amp;owa_sid=\">The coolest gifts<\/a> &#8211; Dee Dee\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2008\/03\/18\/star-wars-shaggin-wa.html\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2008\/03\/18\/star-wars-shaggin-wa.html\">Star Wars &#8220;Shaggin'&#8221; Wagon on eBay<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2008\/03\/17\/african-scrap-metal.html\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2008\/03\/17\/african-scrap-metal.html\">African Scrap metal Toys<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio4\/hitchhikers\/game.shtml\" class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio4\/hitchhikers\/game.shtml\">20th Anniversary version of Hitchhikers Infocom game on the BBC site<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"editsection\"><span>End of Show Stuff<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li> We appreciate your support. 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