Technorama Ep509 : Insert Show Title Here




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Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * 3D Art<br> * Space Potatoes<br> * Star Trek vs Star Wars throwdown<br> <br> Special Guest: Ben and Keith from <a href="http://tggeeks.com/">TGGeeks</a><br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="http://wp.me/pe53l-1k7">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * What is the strangest thing you’ve seen on the Internet?<br> <br> * Rob Riehl: There was this podcast called Technorama. That was pretty strange.<br> * Trampas Whiteman: <a href="https://www.lingscars.com">https://www.lingscars.com</a><br> * Scott Long: This question<br> * Katie Bohmont: Goatse… definitely<br> * Jack Mangan: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wFmQU4IStg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wFmQU4IStg</a><br> <br> <br> * Voicemail<br> <br> * Is this Technorama?<br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for July 12, 2017<br> This is the 193rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining in 2017.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1493, that Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published..<br> * July 12, 1543, King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace..<br> * That same date in 1561, Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated..<br> * Also today in 1776, Captain James Cook begins his third voyage..<br> * It was on this date in 1804, that Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel..<br> * July 12, 1962, The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at London’s Marquee Club..<br> * That same date in 1971, The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time..<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * English civil engineer of the 19th century, Thomas Hawksley, born on this date in 1807. He was particularly associated with water engineering projects.<br> * Otto Schoetensack, the German paleoanthropologist was born 167 years ago today.<br> * George Eastman, American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer was born on that same date in 1854.<br> * Albert Calmette, the French scientist was born 154 years ago today.<br> * Born July 12, 1863, German physicist specializing in optics Paul Drude.<br> * Margherita Piazzola Beloch, the Italian mathematician was born 138 years ago today.<br> * American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist, Buckminster Fuller was born 122 years ago today.<br> * American comedian and actor, Milton Berle, born on this date in 1908.<br> * German engineer, Fritz Leonhardt was born 108 years ago today.<br> * Willis Lamb, American Physicist was born on that same date in 1913.<br> * American chemist, Elias James Corey, born on this date in 1928.<br> * Van Cliburn, American pianist was born on that same date in 1934.<br> * American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist, Bill Cosby, born on this date in 1937.<br> * British rock singer, Christine McVie is 74 today.<br> * American exercise instructor, Richard Simmons, born on this date in 1948.<br> * Also born on that same date in 1951,  actress, Cheryl Ladd.<br> * Rick Husband, American astronaut was born on that same date in 1957.<br> * American Businesswomen, Vice President and Managing director of Facebook EMEA, Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields is 55 today.<br> <br> Listener Birthdays<br> <br> * 12 – Shadowbird712 of <a href="http://shadowbirdsrandomcrap.blogspot.com/">Shadowbird Studios</a> (http://shadowbirdsrandomcrap.blogspot.com/) (Sorry for the cheap plug, y’all)<br> * 12 – François Pominville nickname: Bookaroo (Year: 11110110001, Canada)<br> * 13 – Ben Ragunton of <a href="http://tggeeks.com/">TGGeeks</a><br>