Episode 602: Comet me, bro




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Summary: <br> Listen below with the audio player or Click Here for complete show notes and video from the show.<br> <br> <br> Feedback<br> <br> Email from Fuffy Frog<br> Voice mail from John Miller Jr<br> Question of the week: What’s one question you hate being asked<br> <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chuck.tomasi/posts/10159027862168455">Chuck</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kreg.steppe/posts/10157000998746319">Kreg</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/technoramapodcast/posts/10156979584636671">Technorama</a><br> <br> <br> <br> On This Day In History for May 27, 2020<br> This is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 218 days remaining in 2020.<br> <br> It was on this date in 1927, that The Ford Motor Company ceased manufacture of the Ford Model T and began to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.<br> It was 90 years ago today that The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opened to the public.<br> Also today in 1933, The Walt Disney Company released the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”.<br> May 27, 1937, In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.<br> It was also this date in 1958 that First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.<br> <br> Happy birthday goes out on this date to:<br> <br> American businessman and philanthropist, Cornelius Vanderbilt, born on this date in 1794.<br> Born May 27, 1857, German chemist Theodor Curtius.<br> William Stanier, English engineer was born on that same date in 1876.<br> English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, John Cockcroft, born on this date in 1897.<br> David Crosthwait, the American engineer, inventor and writer was born 122 years ago today.<br> American actor, Vincent Price was born 109 years ago today.<br> Born May 27, 1922, English actor Christopher Lee.<br> Also born on that same date in 1967,  American actor, Eddie McClintock.<br> Also turning 51 today is American computer scientist and engineer Craig Federighi.<br> <br> Listener birthdays (May 27-June 2)<br> <br> 27 – Tonya from Dancing With Elephants<br> 28 – Chris Martens, Host of The Jesus Geeks, Z Net Central, and Producer of On The Edge Of Darkness<br> 30 – Petri Lopia<br> 1 – Selganor<br> 2 – Anthony Gartner (Enigmavb)<br> <br> And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for May 27, 2020<br> <br> If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our website and look for the <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenNyl8MEsC_eVDvCerLe8wNvhgtjg2d7F0Yj0IFYl4dOU2uA/viewform">Birthday Calendar</a> link.<br> <br> News<br> <br> <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/sun-deep-solar-minimum-unusually-quiet-1504795">We May Be Entering a Deep Solar Minimum as the Sun Goes Unusually Quiet</a><br> <a href="https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-at-launch-pad-demo-2-mission.html">SpaceX Crew Dragon reaches launch pad for historic NASA astronaut launch | Space</a><br> <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-did-not-find-evidence-of-a-parallel-universe-where-time-runs-backwards/">No, NASA didn’t find evidence of a parallel universe where time runs backward – CNET</a><br> <a href="https://futurism.com/scientists-bionic-eye-better-real-one">This Bionic Eye Is Better Than a Real One, Scientists Say</a><br> <br> Shout out to the chat room<br> Watch us live every Sunday night at 9:30PM ET on Facebook. Go to Join our page and get notified automatically. Join us on the live chat!<br> Thank you Patrons!<br> This show is brought to you by… YOU! Thank you to our Patrons who enable us to keep the show running and bring you special episodes.<br> <br> <br> <br>