Summary: Coming up in this episode... * Decoys * Dinosaurs * Better socks than last week! Listen below with the audio player or <a href="http://wp.me/pe53l-1dD">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show. https://youtu.be/fKrkW5yMIfI Feedback * Krazy Joe - TV show to be rebooted On This Day In History for December 23, 2015 This is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are eight days remaining in 2015. * It was on this date in 1783 that George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. * That same date in 1823, "A Visit from St. Nicholas", also known as "The Night Before Christmas", is published anonymously. * December 23, 1893, The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. * The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System on this date in 1913. * That same date in 1938, the discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa. * It was 68 years ago today that The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. * December 23, 1954, First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray. * Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting iron tower was today in 1958. * 45 years ago today, The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world. * It was 29 years ago today that Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. Happy birthday goes out on this date to: * Richard Arkwright, English businessman, and inventor invented the Water frame and Spinning frame born on this date in 1732. * German engineer and the man behind several hand-powered submarine designs, Wilhelm Bauer was born today in 1822. * Also born today in 1896, Italian lieutenant and author, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. * The co-developer of the Transmission Control Protocol, computer scientist, and engineer, Bob Kahn turns 77. * and finally, physicist and chemist Stefan Hell is 53. And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 23, 2015 News * <a href="http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/raptor-pulls-santas-sleigh-at-canberra-dinosaur-museum-20151213-glmmil.html">Raptor pulls Santa’s sleigh</a> - from Doug in Australia * <a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/utah-neighborhood-is-using-decoy-packages-to-confuse-thieves-this-holiday-season.html">Decoy packages</a> * <a href="http://gizmodo.com/that-hitchhiking-robot-that-americans-beat-up-will-live-1748300129">Hitchbot will live on in a museum</a> Listener Birthday Calendar * 23 - Richard Green * 24 - MaDBooM * 25 - Joel Parks (Agrojag-Ama) * 29 - CMenn If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href="http://technorama.wikifoundry.com/">Wiki</a>. Hacks & Strange Stories * <a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/bet-on-your-marriage-company-pays-couples-10000-to-get-married-charges-money-back-with-interest-if-they-get-divorced.html">Would you bet on your marriage?</a> * <a href="http://gizmodo.com/knit-yourself-a-pair-of-netflix-socks-that-pause-your-s-1748348338">Netflix socks?</a> Shout out to the chat room Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30 PM 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. Media Corner * <a href="http://io9.gizmodo.com/spaceballs-the-search-for-more-money-is-apparently-hap-1748868934">Spaceballs: The Search for More Money</a> * <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/18/amazon-the-man-in-the-high-castle-seas..."></a>
