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Episode 798: Phasers on ‘Maybe’
Feb 1800:51:42Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: If you were one of the four astronauts on Artemis II, looking back at the Earth, what is the one thing from home you’d realize you completely forgot to pack? Question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast On This Day In History for February 18, 2026 This is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining in 2026. It was on this date in 1584, that a naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founded Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan. Jesse Fell burned anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal. on this date in 1808. Also today in 1826, University College London was founded as University of London. BBC Television produced the world’s first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot” on this date in 1938. Also on February 11, 1963, The Beatles recorded their first album Please Please Me. That same date in 1997, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. It was on this date in 1999, that Pluto crossed Neptune’s orbit, ending a nearly 20 -year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune’s orbit again until 2231. That same date in 2000, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. It was on this date in 2001, that A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star. Also today in 2020, The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Native American-French Canadian explorer, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, born on this date in 1805. American physicist, Josiah Willard Gibbs was born 187 years ago today. Thomas Edison, the American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph was born 179 years ago today. Born February 11, 1864, French chemist Louis Bouveault. Hungarian-American physicist and academic, Leo Szilard was born 128 years ago today. Born February 11, 1917, American author and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon. American actor and director, Burt Reynolds, born on this date in 1936. The first CEO of Apple Inc., Michael Scott is 81 today. American engineer and astronaut, Richard Mastracchio, born on this date in 1960. Listener Birthdays 18 – Hot John Miller of MegaPodTastic 18 – Ray Insalaco 19 – Scooter in Connecticut 19 – Steve in Sumter 19 – Steve Cody(Columbia, SC) 23 – Zhadum 23 – Keith Hughes(a.k.a. EdGizmo) 25 – Norbert 25 – Sandi Sheppard (Mark’s lovely wife) 28 – Wayne “Your Ad Here” Pittenger 29 – Paul Dove a.k.a Eilmer And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 18, 2026 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Barack Obama says aliens are ‘real, but I haven’t seen them’ in out-there new interview Woman sentenced for accusing her estranged spouse of illegally accessing bank account from outer space Astronomers puzzle over ‘inside out’ planetary system – World – DAWN.COM NASA Running Out of Non-Life Explanations for What Its Rover Found on Mars Hacks & Strange Stories Chuck’s new media controller Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When Future predictionsb from the past | Did they remain fantasy? Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Commander Avner BravermanMark KilfoilStewe LundinChris MartinezGary LindrosJason PollardSarah Rose Lieutenant Kyle NishiokaBen VaughanJohn NobleJohn CliffordDenise InglisSteve CodyTim CookSteve Webb Ensign Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenBrad MillerBrian BrownChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeMike WillsLeonMSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve TherrienSylvain Racicot If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon Pass me the remote Chuck Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection (Audible) Ocotillo Dreams (Hardcover) RED (Plex) Jekyll and Hyde (Netflix) Kreg E.T. (Roku) Question of the week What is the most ‘high-tech’ piece of equipment you own that you still have to ‘fix’ by hitting it, shaking it, or blowing on it? End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love: Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff! Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428) Email at technorama@chuckchat.com We are on the Social Interwebs… Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Bsky and YouTube, etc You can also find us on Spotify, <a href="https://podcasts.apple...
Transcribe →Episode 797: Technorama: It’s Why Your Molecules Are Probably Insulted
Feb 1100:47:04Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: If a digital archaeologist from the year 2126 dug up your primary ‘junk drawer’ (physical or a digital folder), what would they conclude was the most important—yet completely useless—relic of our time? Question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast On This Day In History for February 11, 2026 This is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 323 days remaining in 2026. It was on this date in 1584, that a naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founded Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan. Jesse Fell burned anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal. on this date in 1808. Also today in 1826, University College London was founded as University of London. BBC Television produced the world’s first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot” on this date in 1938. Also on February 11, 1963, The Beatles recorded their first album Please Please Me. That same date in 1997, Space Shuttle Discovery was launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. It was on this date in 1999, that Pluto crossed Neptune’s orbit, ending a nearly 20 -year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune’s orbit again until 2231. That same date in 2000, Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched on STS-99 to conduct the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. It was on this date in 2001, that a Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star. Also today in 2020, The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19, with the virus being designated SARS-CoV-2. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Native American-French Canadian explorer, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, born on this date in 1805. American physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs was born 187 years ago today. Thomas Edison, the American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph was born 179 years ago today. Born February 11, 1864, French chemist Louis Bouveault. Hungarian-American physicist and academic, Leo Szilard was born 128 years ago today. Born February 11, 1917, American author and screenwriter Sidney Sheldon. American actor and director, Burt Reynolds, born on this date in 1936. The first CEO of Apple Inc., Michael Scott is 81 today. American engineer and astronaut, Richard Mastracchio, born on this date in 1960. Listener Birthdays 14 – Douglas E. Welch of Career Opportunities Podcast 14 – Andrew 15 – Philip 17 – Bob Trate of MegaPodTastic and Action Figure Junkies And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 11, 2026 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out | PBS News ‘Invisible scaffolding of the universe’ revealed in ambitious new James Webb telescope images | Live Science Hacks & Strange Stories Prankster Launches Super Bowl Party For AI Agents – Slashdot This tiny molecular trick makes spider silk almost unbreakable | ScienceDaily A superfluid freezes and breaks the rules of physics | ScienceDaily Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSarah RoseSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim Cook If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon Pass me the remote Chuck Soul on Fire (Netflix) Miracle: The Boys of 80 (Netflix) Kreg The Rockford Files Doc Martin Geek Library The Underground Internet of the 1980s Venus Flytrap & Johnny Fever – WKRP Double Feature Question of the week If you were one of the four astronauts on Artemis II, looking back at Earth from the far side of the Moon, what is the one thing from home you’d realize you completely forgot to pack? Patreon Topic this week Bad software support – Chuck’s new insurance Chuck’s new hearing aids End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love: Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff! Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428) Email at technorama@chuckchat.com We are on the Social Interwebs… Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Bsky and YouTube, etc You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord You can h...
Transcribe →Episode 796: Quantum Mechanics for the Rest of Us
Feb 300:54:18Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Facebook (13) Discord | #┋question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast Episode 800 is coming! (ETA March 15) On This Day In History for February 4, 2026 This is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining in 2026. It was on this date in 1789, that George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. Also today in 1825, The Ohio Legislature authorized the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. Lunar Orbiter 3 lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft on this date in 1967. Also on February 4, 2004, Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: German violinist and composer, Johann Ludwig Bach, born on this date in 1677. German physicist and engineer, Ludwig Prandtl was born 151 years ago today. Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy was born on that same date in 1883. Australian paleoanthropologist, Raymond Dart, born on this date in 1893. Charles Lindbergh, the American pilot and explorer was born 124 years ago today. American civil rights activist, Rosa Parks, born on this date in 1913. Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor was born on that same date in 1923. Listener Birthdays 4 – Stewe Lundin 7 – Chad W. Smith 7 – Bryon the Big BS 7 – Tracy Rotton 8 – Jan Scott 9 – Podcast Mike 10 – Zach Akgulian 10 – Drace (Shari from ND) And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for February 4, 2026 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News 13,000-Year-Old Cosmic Airburst Triggered ‘Impact Winter’ and Mass Extinction, Research Suggests | Technology News What is Moltbook? The strange new social media site for AI bots New Research Reveals Humans Have a Remote Touch “Seventh Sense” Hacks & Strange Stories Screaming Wi-Fi: Converting wireless traffic into analog static Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When There’s Something About February – Science Museum Blog Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSarah RoseSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim Cook If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon Pass me the remote Kreg The Wrecking Crew – Prime Playing Gracie Darling – Netflix Free Bert – Netflix Code 3 – Hulu Modern Marvels: Gadgets of the 1980s (S12, E15) | Full Episode | History – YouTube Doc Martin – Pluto Chuck Death and Other Details – Hulu The Beast In Me – Netflix Geek Library This Was The Top Selling Video Game Console of 1976! Question of the week If a digital archaeologist from the year 2126 dug up your primary ‘junk drawer’ (physical or a digital folder), what would they conclude was the most important—yet completely useless—relic of our time? End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love: Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff! Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428) Email at technorama@chuckchat.com We are on the Social Interwebs… Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Bsky and YouTube, etc You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord You can help support us: How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon! Links to the articles and items referenced in the show can be found on our website www.chuckchat.com Also Thanks to Everyone who sent us links during the week Those who joined us to watch live on Facebook! You, for downloading and listening Tell a friend about Technorama
Transcribe →Episode 795: The Winter of our Disconnected Content
Jan 2100:59:15Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: If you had to let a Generative AI write your professional bio using only your last three online purchases, what would your new job title be? Discord | #question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast On This Day In History for January 21, 2026 This is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 344 days remaining in 2026. It was on this date in 1789, that The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, was printed in Boston. 118 years ago today, New York City passed the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor. January 21, 1911, The first Monte Carlo Rally took place. The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States on this date in 1954. Also on January 21, 1960, Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board. That same date in 1971, The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, began transmitting UHF broadcasts. It was on this date in 1976, that Commercial service of Concorde began with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. January 21, 1981, Production of the DeLorean sports car began in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. NASA’s MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceased communication with mission control. The problem was in the management of its flash memory and was fixed remotely from Earth on February 6 on this date in 2004. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist, William Henry Smyth, born on this date in 1788. American general, explorer, and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona, John C. Frémont was born 213 years ago today. Born January 21, 1827, Russian mathematician and theorist Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin. Dutch mathematician and academic, Pieter Hendrik Schoute was born 180 years ago today. Joseph Achille Le Bel, the French chemist was born 179 years ago today. Born January 21, 1874, French mathematician René-Louis Baire. Belgian-American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck was born 146 years ago today. Russian mathematician and theologian, Pavel Florensky, born on this date in 1882. Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft was born on that same date in 1953. Listener Birthdays 21 – Michael Rabalais 22 – TAW012294 23 – Kathie Luke, IL 23 – Chris Moody from PodioMedia Chat 23 – Keith Lane from TGGeeks 24 – Cynthia Fry 25 – Kreg Steppe 26 – Will The Computer Guy 27 – Mark in Memphis 27 – Chip Burkhead from The Scotchcast And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 21, 2026 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Lunar Standard Time (LTE440): Scientists have developed new software to translate Earth’s time flow to the Moon’s, accounting for gravitational differences. The Bot Takeover: Recent reports confirm that 51% of all web traffic is now generated by bots, surpassing human activity for the first time in a decade. DNA Storage Breakthrough: A Twist Bioscience spin-off is targeting terabyte-scale DNA storage, theoretically fitting 13TB of data into a volume the size of a water droplet. Hacks & Strange Stories Doom in the Kitchen: A programmer successfully ported the classic shooter Doom to run on a smart electric cooking pot after reflashing its touchscreen firmware. Gen Z’s Retro Revival: Why younger generations are ditching smartphones for “obsolete” early-2000s digital cameras and Walkmans to find “authenticity”. Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSarah RoseSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim Cook If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon Pass me the remote Chuck Dune (1984) – Netflix Starfleet Academy – Paramount+ Finding Nemo – Plex Kreg The Running Man – Paramount+ Starfleet Academy – Paramount+ Rewatch – Ted Lasso – Apple TV Question of the week If you could upload your consciousness into any robot from sci-fi history, which one would you pick and why? Patreon Topic this week I got a new phone case Hearing aids and glasses ordered What I discovered about moving my songbook app off ServiceNow Don’t end your password with a % if you plan on putting it in a ‘.env’ file Notion APIs are too slow! Sequelize is cool (and very familiar) Anbernic End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love: Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff! Call the Listener...
Transcribe →Episode 794: Set Phasers to ‘Mild Inconvenience’
Jan 1400:51:15Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Facebook Discord | #question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast Email about cursive from Lisa Hello gents. I started out as a preschool/prek teacher teaching Littles how to write their names. Cursive was originally used in the Quill and ink pot days so you could write without lifting the quill too often it was also too increase speed and to be stylized in Victorian times. Because if your think about it things were much prettier back in those times. Smellier but Fancier of course. Catch ya on the next podcast. On This Day In History for January 14, 2026 This is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 351 days remaining in 2026. It was on this date in 1899, that RMS Oceanic, the largest ship afloat since SS Great Eastern, was launched. January 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition made landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. On January 14, 1952, NBC’s long-running morning news program Today debuted, with host Dave Garroway. 72 years ago today, The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. Also on January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley’s concert Aloha from Hawaii was broadcast live via satellite, and set the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer, Johann Matthias Hase, born on this date in 1684. Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician was born on that same date in 1705. Polish mathematician and academic, Hugo Steinhaus was born 139 years ago today. Mark Goodson, the American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right was born 111 years ago today. American director, producer, and screenwriter, Steven Soderbergh, born on this date in 1963. Also turning 57 today is American actor, director, and producer Jason Bateman. Listener Birthdays 6 – Matt Posz (recently added, and recently missed) 14 – Glynne Tolar 15 – Ralph Whitfield (aka GoofyRalph) 17 – fuffy_frog (aka Kristina) originally from Canada but now from Thailand And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 14, 2026 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News Space platypuses stumped astronomers When does the Nasa Moon mission launch and who are the Artemis II crew? Annual ‘Worst in Show’ CES list released | AP News Hacks & Strange Stories The Isolator | The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction | Manifold@UMinnPress BASIC Programming With No Strings Attached | Hackaday Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSarah RoseSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim Cook If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon Pass me the remote Kreg His&Hers – (Netflix) Chuck Game of Thrones (S1) – Plex 11.22.63 (Netflix) Lazarus Project (S1/S2) – Netflix Johnny Mnemonic – Netflix Question of the week If you had to let a Generative AI write your professional bio using only your last three online purchases, what would your new job title be? End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love: Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff! Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428) Email at technorama@chuckchat.com We are on the Social Interwebs… Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Bsky and YouTube, etc You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts Join our new Discord at chuckchat.com/discord You can help support us: How about a donation to the tip jar: one time or monthly micropayment on Patreon! Links to the articles and items referenced in the show can be found on our website www.chuckchat.com Also Thanks to Everyone who sent us links during the week Those who joined us to watch live on Facebook! You, for downloading and listening Tell a friend about Technorama and… binary high five
Transcribe →Episode 793: My Resolution is 4K or Happy Nerd Year!
Jan 701:05:00Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW Facebook Discord | #question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast On This Day In History for January 7, 2026 This is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 358 days remaining in 2026. It was on this date in 1610, that Galileo Galilei made his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he was not able to distinguish the last two until the following night.. 244 years ago today, The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opened. It was also this date in 1785 that Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travelled from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon. 191 years ago today, HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, dropped anchor off the Chonos Archipelago. That same date in 1894, Thomas Edison made a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, received a patent for motion picture film. January 7, 1904, The distress signal “CQD” was established only to be replaced two years later by “SOS”. Also today in 1927, The first transatlantic commercial telephone service was established from New York City to London. On January 7, 1948, Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashed while in pursuit of a supposed UFO. That same date in 1968, Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A.. Also on January 7, 1985, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched Sakigake, Japan’s first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time, Sandford Fleming, born on this date in 1827. German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone, Johann Philipp Reis was born 192 years ago today. Born January 7, 1837, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company Thomas Henry Ismay. French mathematician and politician, Émile Borel was born 155 years ago today. Born January 7, 1890, American soldier, pulp magazine writer, and pioneer of the American comic book Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. American cartoonist, created The Addams Family, Charles Addams was born 114 years ago today. Also turning 85 today is English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate John E. Walker. American actor, Nicolas Cage is 62 today. Listener Birthdays 8 – Elvis! 9 – Lingo from the Brit & Yankee pubcast 13 – Tim Cook And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 7, 2026 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. News NYC Phone Ban Reveals Some Students Can’t Read Clocks – Slashdot Hacks & Strange Stories Zork Running On 4-Bit Intel Computer | Hackaday Shout out to the chat room Watch us live every Sunday night at 8:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat! Remember When Fossilized bones are revealing secrets from a lost world | ScienceDaily 13,000-Year-Old Cosmic Airburst Triggered ‘Impact Winter’ and Mass Extinction, Research Suggests | Technology News Thank you Patrons! This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes. Special shout out to our 10 year veterans! Alexis DuranAmber ElstadAmy BowenAvner BravermanBen VaughanBrad MillerBrian BrownChris MartinezChris McDanDMan CoyerDean JensenDenise InglisGary LindrosJason PollardJohn CliffordJohn NobleJorge SchrauwenKrazy JoeKyle NishiokaLeonMMark KilfoilMike WillsSaturday Morning MediaStephen WescheSteve CodySteve TherrienSteve WebbStewe LundinSylvain RacicotTim Cook If you want to become a patron, visit our Patreon Page. We’ve got various levels of donations and in return we have various patron packages including a special “after show” we record just for the patrons! chuckchat.com/patreon Media Corner Chuck finally built a Plex server (now that he has more storage) Pass me the remote Kreg Playdate (Prime) After the Hunt (Prime) Chuck Severance Season 2 (Apple TV) House of David (Amazon) Stranger Things Season 5 (Netflix) The Lost Bus (Apple TV) Geek Library The Ridiculous Engineering Of The World’s Most Important Machine Question of the week What is your Digital New Year’s Resolution? Patreon Topic this week Kreg’s Digital Resolutions Syncing with Boox with my Synology NAS Chuck’s Notion Dev Project Chuck’s USB cable End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love: Visit our Amazon page for recommended books, toys, and other fun stuff! Call the Listener Line: 707-530-CHAT(2428) Email at technorama@chuckchat.com We are on the Social Interwebs… Search for Technorama Podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Bsky and YouTube, etc You can also find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts Join our n...
Transcribe →Episode 792: Firmware Update 2026: Patched, Rebooted, and Ready
Dec 3101:00:19Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: What’s one nerdy thing you want to accomplish in 2026? (e.g. tackle a project, learn something new, read/re-read a series) Discord | #question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast Email from Avner On This Day In History for December 31, 2025 This is the 365th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are no more days remaining in 2025. It was on this date in 1759, that Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum and started brewing Guinness. 181 years ago today, The Philippines skipped this date in order to align the country with the rest of Asia, as the trading interest switched to China, Dutch East Indies and neighboring territories after Mexico gained independence from Spain on 27 September 1821. In the islands, Monday, 30 December 1844 was immediately followed by Wednesday, 1 January 1845. December 31, 1853, A dinner party was held inside a life-size model of an iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London, England. It was on this date in 1878, that Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine. He was granted the patent in 1879. Thomas Edison demonstrated incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey on this date in 1879. In 1907 the first ever ball drop was held in Times Square. General Motors became the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year on this date in 1955. On December 31, 1956, The Romanian Television network began its first broadcast in Bucharest. 57 years ago today was the first flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, the first civilian supersonic transport in the world. Also today in 1983, The AT&T Bell System was broken up by the United States Government. December 31, 1991, All official Soviet Union institutions had ceased operations by this date, five days after the Soviet Union was officially dissolved. That same date in 1994, this date was skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively. The final comic of Calvin and Hobbes was published on this date in 1995. On December 31, 2009, Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occurred. It was also this date in 2011 that NASA succeeded in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon. It was 5 years ago today that The World Health Organization issued its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: French navigator and explorer, Jacques Cartier, born on this date in 1491. George Meade, the American general and engineer was born 210 years ago today. Born December 31, 1860, American businessman, co-founder of Texaco Joseph S. Cullinan. Robert Grant Aitken, the American astronomer and academic was born 161 years ago today. Born December 31, 1905, American astronomer and academic Helen Dodson Prince. New Zealand mathematician and academic, Vaughan Jones, born on this date in 1952. Val Kilmer, American actor was born on that same date in 1959. Listener Birthdays December 31 – Shadowbird’s Mom 31 – Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy) January 3 – Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast) 6 – Steve Therrien And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 31, 2025 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. 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Transcribe →Episode 791: Tech the Halls with Boughs of Data
Dec 2500:55:45Tap to summarizeListen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show. Feedback QOTW: Facebook Discord | #question-of-the-week | Technorama Podcast On This Day In History for December 24, 2025 This is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 7 days remaining in 2025. It was on this date in 1777, that Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, was discovered by James Cook. That same date in 1818, The first performance of “Silent Night” took place in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria. Also on December 24, 1906, Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech. 73 years ago today was the first flight of Britain’s Handley Page Victor strategic bomber. That same date in 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 entered into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis. The first Ariane 1 rocket was launched from ELA-1 at the Guiana Space Centre. on this date in 1979. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: English physicist and brewer, James Prescott Joule, born on this date in 1818. Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot was born on that same date in 1894. Howard Hughes, the American businessman, engineer, and pilot was born 120 years ago today. Born December 24, 1923, American general George Patton IV. Listener Birthdays Dec 2025 1 – Claudio Miranda (ClaudioM) 2 – Ben Fryxell from the MacMania Podcast 6 – SuperMoonMan 7 – Peter aka Zzippster from the Zzipp and Co. Podcast 8 – DanDman 8 – Gydian (Michael H.) 9 – Steve Kite (BigUnit62) 12 – Deckrd 12 – Kevin Burns (Soleblaze) 12 – Matt Blocker TheGiant 12 – Rob Riehl (suriehl) 12 – Pamela Gay from AstronomyCast 13 – Fritz The German 14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium 17 – Jorge Schrauwen 20 – Phil Burchill the 9 year old I started listening to Technorama when I turned 21 this year (2017)! 21 – Johnne Robison Kochheiser 21 – James Ballard KarakSindru 21 – Startrekmom aka: Janet 22 – Bo Pace 22 – Luke “Chuck’s Stalker” Smith (2000) 22 – Jason Pelloni, Tampa, FL 23 – Richard Green 24 – MaDBooM 25 – Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama) 29 – CMenn 31 – Shadowbird’s Mom 31 – Mr. Sim (aka Jeremy) And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 24, 2025 If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the Birthday Calendar link. 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Transcribe →A Geek Christmas Story (2009)
Dec 1800:31:24Tap to summarize“Mattie Stevens, a young boy of the early 80′s, dreams of owning a Commodore 64. He sets out to convince everyone this is the perfect gift. But, along the way runs into opposition from his parents and everyone around him including old Santa Claus” Written By:Kreg Steppe and Douglas E. Welch Produced By:George Starcher – Typical Mac User PodcastVictor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – – Typical Shutterbug PodcastSteve Holden – Tech News Radio – Jersey Boys Podcast – AztecMedia.net Cast of Players:Narrator: Kreg Steppe – TechnoramaHarvey Stevens: Dad – Kevin DevinMandy Stevens: Mom – Susie Murph – How to Grow your Geek PodcastMattie Stevens: Son – Daniel DevinSandy Stevens: Little Brother – Spencer HoldenCurtz Eisenberg: Friend to Mattie – Harrison SteppeGeneral Beringer: General – Douglas E. WelchLieutenant: Steve Holden – Tech News RadioMrs. Little: Katie Floyd – Mac Power Users PodcastSanta’s Helper: Chuck Tomasi – Chuckchat.comSanta: Larry Pesce – Pauldotcom.com PodcastJudge: Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – Typical Shutterbug PodcastAndrew Carnagie: Andy Helsby – Absoblogginlutely!J.P. Morgan: Grant Bichocco – Mr.Grant.comUPS Guy: Paul Asadoorian- Pauldotcom.com PodcastSkipper: Rylie Starcher Tip of the Hat to the old Christmas Commodore 64 Demo This has been a Friends in Tech Production.
Transcribe →Interface to Face: Gil Gerard (2010)
Dec 1700:26:01Tap to summarizeChuck and I are deeply saddened to hear of Gil Gerard’s passing. Back in 2010, we had the privilege of interviewing Gil at his booth during Dragon*Con for our short lived podcast, Interface to Face. While he is, of course, an icon for his role in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, we found him to be much more than just his sci-fi legacy. He was incredibly funny, gracious, and generous with his time, chatting at length with us about his upcoming projects. It was a memorable encounter with a true professional. Rest in peace, Gil.
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