TechTalk appearance: Ep 393 – The Politics of Cord Cutting

SHOW SUMMARY

News Items:

• How to get your politics on when you’re a cord cutter (and a little bit on the GOP debates)
• Friend of the show Greg gets us interested in Google Fi
• Cheap laptops and Chromebooks
• Ubuntu vs. Windows 10 and how I learned to love my Vaio all over again

Geek Trivia Answer from Jay Garmon:

What components were IBM branded on the first IBM personal computer?

Cool Sites of the Week:

• Project Fi – Looking for a better way to get cell and data? Go Google!
• Linux Mint – My favorite “flavor” of the Linux Ubuntu, open source OS.

Podcast Only Song of the Week:

London Grammar’s “Wasting My Young Years”

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TechTalk appearance: Ep 392 – CanaDavia Returns!

SHOW SUMMARY

That’s right, Dave “Sparky” Saganaki is IN DA HOUSE! He makes a special trip down from the beautiful Canadian hinterland to get on air with us and discuss these tasty topics:

News Items:

• CCTV vs Drones
• It was tough to watch the Donald – and not just because of who he is
• Ashley Madison hacked, Torontonians are the main ones worried
• Microsoft 10 is stealing your data

Geek Trivia Answer from Jay Garmon:

What comic strip was Donkey Kong actually based on?

Cool Sites of the Week:

• goo.gl – Looking for an easy way to shorten URL’s, and keep track of how many times they’re clicked? Google’s got you covered again!
• Komodo Edit – My new favorite, free webdesign utility! Works on Linux too, so ditch that pricey Dreamweaver already and check out Komodo

Podcast Only Song of the Week:

Breathe and Stop by Q-Tip!

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Twisdom from MattFnWallace, August 03, 2015 at 07:21PM

Yo dawg I heard you like yo dawg I heard jokes so I put a yo dawg I heard joke in your yo dawg I heard joke OUR SOCIETY MUST BE UNMADE.

— Matt Wallace (@MattFnWallace) August 3, 2015

via Twitter https://twitter.com/MattFnWallace

August 03, 2015 at 07:21PM

Twisdom from fyeahmfabello, July 24, 2015 at 02:31PM

From now on, whenever I get asked, "You're a feminist, so do you hate men?" I'm going to ask, "You're not a feminist. So do you hate women?"

— Melissa A. Fabello (@fyeahmfabello) July 24, 2015

via Twitter https://twitter.com/fyeahmfabello

July 24, 2015 at 02:31PM

TechTalk appearance: Ep 390 – Does Craigslist Sell Nostalgia? -aka- Suffering with Sharepoint

SHOW SUMMARY

The show so good, we named it twice!

News Items:

• Craigslist recollections and updates, as EBay drops out.
• Sharepoint woes with Mike and Jay.
• Major android apps open to man-in-the-middle attacks!
• Government hack impact expanded.
• Lastpass, 1Password, and Keychain secure password services also hacked.

Geek Trivia with Jay Garmon:

What was the breakdown of Math vs. Verbal on the original SAT?

Cool Sites of the Week:

• Kijiji – The Canadian alternative to Craigslist … it’s a real Canucklist!
• Talking Dice! – Free dice roller available for android phones, with multiple types of die available to choose and uses text-to-speech technology to read the rolls and totals out to you. Great app, I love it! Psst – I am also the developer, so yes, I’m shamelessly plugging this, get over it

Podcast Only Song of the Week:

Every Other Freckle by Alt-J!

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