Summary: Coming up in this episode... * Klingon * Time Capsules * ...and Sweet, Sweet 80’s goodness Listen below with the audio player or Click Here (http://wp.me/pe53l-15z) for complete show notes and video from the show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvfzsur3lnc On This Day In History for January 8, 2014 This is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 357 days remaining in 2014. * It was on this date in 1835 that the United States national debt is zero for the only time. * Also on the same date in 1889, Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator. * The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system today in 1904 * Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched 41 years ago today. * Today in 1981 – A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". * AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions on January 8, 1982 * and 20 years ago today 1994 – Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space. Happy Birthday goes out on this day to: * German astronomer Johannes Fabricius born on this date in 1587 * Also born today in 1862 – Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company * Mathematician Richard Courant was born today in 1888 * The original Doctor Who, actor William Hartnell was born today in 1908 * Born on this date in 1923, Computer scientist and author Joseph Weizenbaum * And if your birthday is today you also celebrate it with: * 81 year old journalist Charles Osgood * The king of rock-n-roll - Elvis Presley * Game show host Bob Eubanks * Monty Python’s Graham Chapman * A man too smart to listen to Technorama, physicist and author Stephen Hawking * and singer, songwriter, producer and actor David Bowie and don’t forget… Thursday January 9 is the 7th birthday of the iPhone. And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for January 8, 2014 News * Indian Trail councilman tenders resignation – in Klingon | CharlotteObserver.com (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/01/02/4582880/indian-trail-councilman-resigns.html#.Usm3PvRDt8H) * Not Tech, but fascination - 1942 ‘Time Capsule’ Apartment Discovered In Paris (http://belloblog.com/2013/12/23/1942-time-capsule-apartment-discovered-in-paris/) Listener Birthday Calendar * Jan 03 - Thomas Gideon (The Command Line Podcast (http://technorama.wikifoundry.com/page/http%2F%2Fthecommandline.net)) * Jan 06 - Steve Therrien (Canada) * Jan 09 - Lingo (http://www.thebritandyankee.com/) from the Brit & Yankee pubcast (http://www.thebritandyankee.com/) * Jan 14 - Glynne Tolar If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki. Hacks & Strange Stories * Floppy Disk Table (http://welldonestuff.com/floppy-disk-table/) * Searching the Internet For Evidence of Time Travelers - Slashdot (http://beta.slashdot.org/story/196371) Shout out to the chat room Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET to see and hear the show raw and unedited. Just circle Technorama Podcast, Kreg, or me and you’ll see the announcement when we join the hangout. Remember When * The Blizzard-Fighting Monster Machine We Deserve But Never Got (http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-sno-melter-1960-512626160/1494194980/@ericlimer) Media Corner * Kung Fury taps '80s nostalgia with its kung fu cop, Power Glove and killer arcade machines | Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/27/5246738/kung-fury-taps-80s-nostalgia-with-its-kung-fu-cop-power-glove-and) * Short Film: “The Final Moments of Karl Brant” - SF Signal
