A little while ago, good friend of the show Slau wrote to the Mac Geek Gab boys, Dave Hamilton and John F Braun with a very interesting request. Dave included me on distribution thinking I might have some ideas. Here’s Slau’s original question: Hi Dave and John, I have an issue that I’ve been trying […]
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On Ada Lovelace Day I Honor Kirschen Seah
Ada Lovelace was an English mathematician who lived in the 1800s. She is often described as the world’s first computer programmer because of the work she did on Charles Babbage’s early mechanical general-purpose computer. Her notes include what is recognized as the first algorithm to be carried out by a machine. I only know about […]
Continue readingDaily Tech News Show – Oct. 6, 2014
Tom Merritt and I discuss they daily news, along with the HP breakup and what it means.
Continue readingGreat $50 Sports Headphones from Sennheiser
You’ve been hearing me review Bluetooth headsets for the last few months, and while the Jabra Sport+ Wireless Bluetooth headphones work great for Steve, no matter what ones I try work just fine UNLESS I put them in my Spibelt which is how I carry my phone to jog, wash the car, or walk the […]
Continue readingLastPass vs 1Password – Which One is Right for You?
We’ve talked before about the importance of using a password manager in this age of constantly hacked services. There’s no perfect solution yet, but we’ve been able to prove time and time again that letting a human pick passwords is pretty much the most flawed approach you can take. We can’t remember passwords, and we […]
Continue readingHow Facebook is Ruining Real Life for Me
I’ve heard a lot of people say that we’re too connected these days and that what we’re missing is real, human interaction. For the most part I disagree with that. Because of the Internet and social media, I’ve got friends all over the world. I mention the usual suspects often, but there are so many […]
Continue readingDoes the Internet Stop When Your Phone Rings?
I’ve been given flack in the past for my belief that an engineering degree gives you an advantage in the tech space, but I’m going to say it again. First of all, before you write your hate mail, I do believe it’s possible to gain the tools necessary to be quite good in the field […]
Continue readingDumb Question Corner – Can AT&T and Verizon Phones Work on Each Others Network?
Steve Davidson has our Dumb Question for today. Here’s what he wrote: A few years ago, when I bought my iPad 2, those of us in the US had to decide at the time of purchase whether we wanted a GSM iPad 2 (to use on AT&T’s network) or a CDMA iPad 2 (for Verizon’s […]
Continue readingBacking up a Drobo – The Adventure Continues
When last we left our heroes Allison and Steve, we were trying to set up a second Drobo. If you didn’t hear last week’s show, the problem to solve was that we wanted a new Drobo and to use our old Drobo to back up the new one. We made a slight error by putting […]
Continue readingFree Way to Recover Voicemails from an iOS Backup
I’ve gotten reports of people upgrading to iPhone 6/6+ recently and when they restored from backup, their saved voicemails didn’t come back. There are paid-for tools online to recover your voicemails, but I went on the hunt for a free way to do it. Mike Reyes wrote up instructions on how to do it from […]
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