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Archive for August, 2012
In 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan set sail to find that pesky trade route that Columbus was looking for, and instead circumnavigated the globe. Well, at least his ship did.
In 1990 – The Magellan space probe, named after Ferdinand Magellan, reached Venus, beginning its mission to map the planet’s surface.
In 2004 – The iTunes Music Store library passed the mark of 1,000,000 songs available.
Continue Reading »Roger and Tom talk news, politics and weather. It’s like a local news broadcast but with more theory and less hyped-up kittens in trees.
Continue Reading »In 1859 – US Patent no. 25,076 was issued to Nathan Ames of Saugus, Mass. for the first escalator-type moving staircase.
In 1927 – Computer pioneer Marvin Minsky was born in New York City. Minsky grew up to become a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence research and wrote the book “The Society of Mind.”
In 1995 – Netscape Communications staged an IPO. Shares opened at $28 and shot up to $75 per share in one day, becoming one of the indicators of the beginning of the dot-com boom.
Continue Reading »Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Square comes to Starbucks, BitTorrent releases millions of legal movies, Microsoft Surface 2, and more.
Guest: Julio Ojeda-Zapata
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Running time: 54:10
Continue Reading »Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Acer tells Microsoft to stop, Samsung’s crisis of design, Facebook allows gambling, and more.
Guest: Lauren Goode
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Running time: 50:08
Continue Reading »In 1876 – Thomas Edison received a US patent for a mimeograph, which combined with an invention by A. B. Dick led to the first widely successful mimeograph machine.
In 1908 – For the first time in public, Wilbur Wright showed off the Wright Brothers’ flying machine at the racecourse in Le Mans, France. French doubts about the Wright Brothers’ claims to flight were put to rest for the time being.
In 2007 – Barbara Morgan became the first educator to safely reach space on the U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Continue Reading »Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Mars Curiosity landing, what if Zynga loses to EA, eBay tests same day shipping, and more.
Guest: Jonathan Strickland
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Running time: 53:28
Continue Reading »In 1944 – IBM officially presented the Mark I computer, also known as the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, or ASCC, to Harvard. The computer produced reliable results and ran continuously.
In 1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering released Japan’s first commercially produced transistor radio, the TR-55, sold under the company’s new name, Sony.
In 1966 – Jimmy Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He grew up to co-found Wikipedia.
Continue Reading »In this episode, we learn how to control Veronica using the power of her “true name”: Nathan! Like the hot dogs! We also talk about the fine art of seducing writers.
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Veronica: Red Wine
QUICK BURNS
BARE YOUR SWORD
TV, MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES
BOOK CHECK-IN
Dear Tom and Veronica,
First of all, I love the show and I’m excited to be a part of your book club. I’d just like to thank you for this month’s pick. I must admit I had my reservations about the novel (I’m not a huge fan of first person narration.) But I was quite surprised by how quickly the pages were turning. I was at the Half-Price bookstore and on page 13 when my brother showed me what he’d intended to buy. The Playstation version of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. Then it occurred to me I should try to read the book using Simon Templeman’s voice as an older Fitz relating his childhood. The book went from pretty interesting to nothing short of awesome. The voice of Kain going through your head and narrating a tale of a boy’s travails as he learns the trade of killing people? What’s not to love? Anyway, I thought you’d get a kick out of that. Once again, thank you so much for the pick. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. Take care guys.
Yours truly,
Dwayne.
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Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Guest: Justin R Young
Pay TV, Amazon VS Netflix, YouTube double down, Aereo victory, and more!
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Running time:: 1:04:43
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