Technorama Ep488 : Cup of Joe




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Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Big arcade game<br> * Bad air<br> * How about a cup of joe?<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="http://wp.me/pe53l-1hE">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * Stan Sieler on 10-8-16<br> <br> * I called it “Decimal Octal Hex Day” on Facebook. He used the acronym “DOH”<br> <br> <br> * Jack Jaffe – Downloads<br> <br> * Downloading for this month I’ve reached an all-new high as far as numbers of gigs downloaded. Mostly this is me downloading updating my new Xbox One.<br> <br> <br> * Voice Mail: Jack Jaffe – Clean Energy<br> <br> On This Day In History for November 2, 2016<br> This is the 306th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining in 2016.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1868, that New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.<br> * That same date in 1936, The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world’s first regular, “high-definition” (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.<br> * It was on this date in 1936, that The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.<br> * November 2, 1947, In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.<br> * 57 years ago today, The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.<br> * Also on November 2, 1960, Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case.<br> * It was 28 years ago today, that The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.<br> * 26 years ago today, British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * American hunter and explorer, Daniel Boone, born on this date in 1734.<br> * Born November 2, 1815, English mathematician and philosopher George Boole.<br> * American astronomer and academic, Harlow Shapley, born on this date in 1885.<br> * Born November 2, 1913, American actor Burt Lancaster.<br> * American actor, Ray Walston, born on this date in 1914.<br> * Also turning 87 today is Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Richard E. Taylor.<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 2, 2016<br><br> ** On This Day was constructed with the aid of a custom application<br> Listener Birthdays<br> October<br> <br> * 19 – Russell Pearson (Ninereeds)<br> * 20- Mike from near Des Moines, Iowa<br> * 21 – Daniel Ebdrup Jensen (D. Ebdrup)<br> * 21 – Justin Diehl (nulloperations)<br> * 22 – Zach – zml2008<br> * 25 – <a href="http://madmarvonline.com/">Mad Marv</a> – spelled “K – Y – L – E” but pronounced “Marv”. Hope that helps.<br> * 25 – HMNSHLD<br> * 25 – BritOnTour (Jason)<br> * 25 – Scott (Minneapolis)<br> * 28 – Dylan Licata (San Antonio)<br> * 29 – Big Jim, <a href="http://www.megapodzilla.com/">MegaPodzilla</a><br> * 30 – WolfGeek (Indiana)<br> <br> November<br> <br> * 01 – Amber Elstad<br> * 02 – Mark McCoy<br> * 03 – Ken Pace<br> * 03 – Craig Glassner (aka Ranger Craig)<br> * 04 – Avner (OMG, it’s 2014 – I’m 40 already)<br> * 05 – Michael Corlett (from New Zealand)<br> * 08 – Mark,