Summary: Coming up in this episode... * Batkid * Frozen Eggs * and Red Velvet Cake Listen below with the audio player or Click Here (http://wp.me/pe53l-15m) for complete show notes and video from the show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2XBFmLfjh0 Feedback * From Tom in CA Hey, I am "a listener", just unfortunately a deferred time listener (read "podcast listener") but loving the show Thanks for the "free beer" and thanks for the birthday wishes. Any snow yet? Tom in CA On This Day In History for November 20, 2013 This is the 324th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 41 days remaining in 2013. * It was on this date in 1820 that an 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story). * Also today in 1962, the Cuban missile crisis ends. In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation. * Today in 1969 – Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971. * Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released 28 years ago today. * The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched on this date in 1998. Happy Birthday goes out on this day to: * German physicist Otto von Guericke born on this date in 1602 * Also born on this date in 1841 Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt * The astronomer who observed that all galaxies are moving away from us and gave us to the big bang theory, astronomer Edwin Hubble was born today in 1889. * Happy birthday to Dutch mathematician, Willem Jacob van Stockum, born 113 years ago * The man for whom the Mandelbrot set is named after, Benoît Mandelbrot, was born today in 1924. * And finally actress and producer Bo Derek turns 57. And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 20, 2013 News * BatKid saves San Francisco and our collective souls (http://sploid.gizmodo.com/make-a-wish-batkid-is-saving-san-francisco-right-now-1465300198) * SF Chronicle had a special page for him (http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2013/11/15/chronicle-will-print-special-editions-for-batkid-flashmob/) Listener Birthday Calendar * 25 -Lane Williams (http://www.missingalert.com/) * 26 - Joanie * If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki. Hacks & Strange Stories * NES Cartridge Flasks Make Video Games Your Least Problematic Addiction (http://gizmodo.com/nes-cartridge-flasks-make-video-games-your-least-proble-1465268467) * Guy makes Game of Thrones' Iron Throne with cheap plastic chair (http://sploid.gizmodo.com/guy-made-the-iron-throne-from-game-of-thrones-with-a-pl-1465625082/@caseychan) * You Probably Shouldn't Eat This Creepy, Cryogenically "Cooked" Egg (http://brentrose.kinja.com/cryogenic-fluid-vs-egg-1465895284/1465949909/@robertsorokanich) Remember When * Why red velvet cake was originally red (and why it can't be anymore) (http://io9.com/why-red-velvet-cake-was-originally-red-and-why-it-can-1464992225) Media Corner * If Brand Slogans Were Brutally Honest (http://gizmodo.com/youll-appreciate-the-brutal-honesty-in-these-updated-b-1461759716) Geek Library * Saw Ender’s Game * Chuck (the show) is on Netflix now * Surprise from a friend * Stabilized Footage of the JFK Assassination Is Unsettlingly Real (http://gizmodo.com/stabilized-footage-of-the-jfk-assassination-is-unsettli-1465136863) End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love: * Call the Listener Line: 206-222-CHAT (2428) * Email at technorama@chuckchat.com * We are also on... * Twitter at @Ctomasi (http://twitter.com/ctomasi), @Steppek (http://twitter.com/steppek), and
