Summary: Coming up in this episode... * Judging internet people * Coffee * ... And space Listen below with the audio player or Click Here (http://wp.me/pe53l-174) for complete show notes and video from the show. http://youtu.be/8tUme7SKa2U On This Day In History for June 25, 2014 This is the 176th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 189 days remaining in 2014. * It was on this date in 1900 That the Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China. * That same date in 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come. * Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-4B biplane on this date in 1923. * June 25, 1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat was published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died. * The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published today in 1947. * 65 years ago today, Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters. * Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. That was today in 1960. * “Our World” becomes the first live global satellite television program. It was broadcast today in 1967 * On this date in 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington. * 17 years ago, an unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir. Happy birthday goes out on this date to * Author George Orwell, born on this date in 1903 * Little Timmy’s Mom on “Lassie” and Maureen Robinson on “Lost in Space”, Actress June Lockhart turns 89 today * singer-songwriter, actress, and author Carly Simon is 69 today * and finally, Jimmie “Dy-no-mite” Walker is 67. And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 25, 2014 Follow Up * What It Was Like To Judge That History-Making Turing Test (http://gizmodo.com/what-it-was-like-to-judge-that-history-making-turing-te-1589864844) News * The World's Biggest Telescope Is Finally (Really) Complete (http://gizmodo.com/5846269/the-billion-dollar-alma-observatory-can-spot-a-golf-ball-from-15-kilometers/1591467356/+andrewtarantola) * A Coffee Machine That Works In Space! (http://io9.com/a-coffee-machine-that-works-in-space-1591393273) Listener Birthday Calendar (June) * 25 - Mark Sheppard (Wichita, Kansas) Born 1957 * 25 -Jim Guckin (http://www.jimguckinshow.com/) from Philadelphia, Pa * 26 - Patrick Norton * 26 - Daughter of Will The Computer Guy * 29 - Martin McKeay (Accch, this is the Big 40!) * 30 - Alexis Duran (ADdude (http://addude.podbean.com/)) * If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki. Hacks & Strange Stories * Six-foot-tall Lego Bender hoards booze in its chest - CNET (http://www.cnet.com/news/six-foot-tall-lego-bender-hoards-booze-in-its-chest/) * You Can Ride In Optimus Prime On Uber (http://jalopnik.com/you-can-ride-in-optimus-prime-on-uber-1591512798/+ericlimer) * Phone-jamming cloak lets you be seen and not tracked (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/16/chbl-jammer-coat/?ncid=rss_truncated) 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 * Watch this rundown on the 'Prehistory of Online Video' (http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/20/pre-history-of-internet-video/?ncid=rss_truncated&utm_campaign=socialmedia_gpl&utm_source=socialmedia_gpl&utm_medium=gp)
