Summary: Coming up in this episode... * The Sun * 1980s Home Automation * ...and a one man band Listen below with the audio player or Click Here (http://wp.me/pe53l-16Y) for complete show notes and video from the show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0KJ4qmXi-c On This Day In History for June 4, 2014 This is the 155th day of the year. There are just 210 days remaining until the end of the year. * It was on this date in 1783 that the Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon). * That same date in 1411 King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. * Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps today in 1855. * June 4, 1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City. * Also on this date 1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run. * 18 years ago today, the first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. * and just four years ago, Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. Happy birthday goes out on this date to * Slovak astronomer Franz Xaver von Zach, born on this date in 1754 * Also born today in 1910, English engineer and inventor of the hovercraft, Christopher Cockerell * Actor and director Dennis Weaver would have been 90 today * The heaviest man in America, Robert Earl Hughes was born today in 1926. * Actor Bruce Dern turns 78 * Another actor, Parker Stevenson turns 62 * Astronaut Col. Robert S. Kimbrough is 47 * and finally, Dr. Baltar, actor James Callis turns 43 today. And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 4, 2014 News * The 7 confirmed exoplanets most likely to host life (pictures) (http://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-7-confirmed-exoplanets-most-likely-to-host-life-pictures/) * Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere. by LeVar Burton & Reading Rainbow — Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/readingrainbow/bring-reading-rainbow-back-for-every-child-everywh) * Spectrograph (http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/a-first-for-nasas-iris-observing-a-gigantic-eruption-of-solar-material/#.U4qTLpRdX09) Listener Birthday Calendar * 04- Tara Parkman (daughter of Richard Parkman) * 06 - Adam Larson (UncleAdam) * 06 - Grandma Grace (1921) * 08 - Bobby Irvin * 10 - Tim (from Australia) * 10 - Weber (BTW June 10 - AA was founded 1935) * If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki. Hacks & Strange Stories * Swedish Street Musician One man band does Star Wars Theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EJsgq46atU#t=23) 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 * 1985 home automation system - Imgur (http://imgur.com/a/Jb6jW) * Kids Reacting To Old Computers Hurts My Heart | Kotaku Australia (http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/05/kids-reacting-to-old-computers-hurts-my-heart/) Media Corner * 20 Best Science Fiction Short Stories of the 20th Century | The NerdClave (http://nerdclave.com/home/20-best-science-fiction-short-stories-of-the-20th-century/) Geek Library * Chuck: No Vulcan hands in church (and no singing in Klingon either) End of Show Stuff We appreciate your support. If you like the show, there are many ways to show your love:
