Summary: Coming up in this episode…<br> <br> * Clothing optional restaurant<br> * Cracker Jack changes<br> * How much cheap network equipment really costs<br> <br> Listen below with the audio player or <a href="http://wp.me/pe53l-1fq">Click Here</a> for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> * Mike Robison<br> <br> * Sporadic downloader / listener.<br> * Gilligan’s Island: Mary Ann, don’t know where all Ginger has been.<br> * Dr Demento song: Deteriorata by National Lampoon.<br> * First CD: Men at Work “Cargo”<br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for April 27, 2016<br><br> <br><br> April 27 is the 118th in the Gregorian calendar. There are 248 days remaining until the end of the year.<br> <br> * It was on this date in 1521 during the Battle of Mactan, Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.<br> * The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10 on this date in 1667.<br> * That same date in 1749, First performance of George Frideric Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.<br> * It was 206 years ago today that Beethoven composes Für Elise.<br> * American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus 155 years ago today.<br> * Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day on this date in 1967.<br> * April 27, 1981, Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.<br> * 14 years ago today, The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.<br> * April 27, 2005, The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.<br> * Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City 10 years ago today.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> * French mathematician and theorist Marc-Antoine Parseval born on this date in 1755.<br> * Also born on this date in 1791, co-inventor of the Morse code, Samuel Morse.<br> * Walter Lantz, the man who brought us cartoon characters like Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker was born today in 1899.<br> * Actor Jack Klugman would have been 94 today.<br> * Disc jockey, music historian, radio celebrity, and voice actor; co-created American Top 40, Casey Kasem was born April 27, 1932.<br> * Guitarist for Kiss, Ace Frehley is 64.<br> * Eric Schmidt, software engineer and executive chairman of Alphabet is 61.<br> * Sheena Easton is 57.<br> * and finally Russell T. Davies is 53.<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 27, 2016<br><br> <br><br> News<br> <br> * Follow Up: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/22/bangladesh-bank-hack-cheap-switches/">The root cause of the $80MM bank hack</a><br> * <a href="http://makezine.com/2016/04/18/working-lego-particle-accelerator/">Working Lego Particle Accelerator | Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers</a><br> <br> Listener Birthday Calendar<br> April<br> <br> * 29 – Shepherd Thom from outside of the known universe<br> * 29 – Timothy Karre<br> * 30 – Julio Diaz (JulioTijuana)<br> <br> May<br> <br> * 03 – Keao Wright<br> * 03 – Leon<br> <br> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our <a href="http://technorama.wikifoundry.com/">Wiki</a>.<br> <a href="http://parsecawards.com">Parsec Awards</a> are now taking nominations through May! Go nominate!<br> Hacks & Strange Stories<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.odditycentral.com/news/londons-first-clothing-optional-restaurant-has-a-waiting-list-of-over-15000.html">London “clothing optional” restaurant</a><br> <br> Shout out to the chat room<br> Join us on the Google+ hangout every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET to see and h...
