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Episode #330 – Two Rats Butts

In this week’s show, Justin, Shawn, and Andy break down some of the events of the Weekend including the “Big Game” for Sunday. Justin isn’t entirely happy that the game won’t be broadcast in 4K and shares his reasons why he feels it should be. Shawn breaks down some of the needs when broadcasting a Sporting Event in 4k and the Cost to equip the production crew. This year will present many commercials for products featuring a wide range of celebrities which is one of the extras Andy is focused on. The guys talk about the rise in many to look at Apps and Websites that allow in some states to wager on the game and believe new allowances for some this year, wagering will be open to many consumers. Listener Ana sends in a Question about wanting to upgrade her 6-year-old Motorola Android device and looks for what could be a possible replacement. Justin responds with his experience with the Google Pixel 6 and why this would be a good upgrade.


Listener Mike also wants some suggestions on the possibility of building a Gaming Streaming PC that could be built for around $1000. Shawn believes it can be done with some reservations and looks at PC Parts Picker as a source. Andy talks about his Recent Custom build and how on a recent visit to Costco found a comparable system in Speed and Cost for almost the same price point offered a much higher end graphics card, the RTX3060. This reminds many of the trend of people buying systems and pulling the graphics cards and reselling the new build with a lower graphics card to make the difference.

Justin decides he is going to pass on his Pre-Order of the Valve Steam-Deck and tells us why and what he bought instead? His Website of the Week is a play on the popularity of Wordle, this one WorldDl, see if you know your geography! worldle.teuteuf.fr

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New Show Added – Episode 316 Smart Phone Photography and VR Games

In this week’s show, Shawn, Justin, and Andy talk about the upcoming Microsoft Windows 11 and who is going to go ahead and install it right away? What are some of the options some could take before installing the update if its available. Andy tells us a story about about an iOS update which took out his Mileage tracking on the Quickbooks App losing three weeks of Mobile Deductions. iOS 15 is now available and the guys talk about things to think about before doing the update. Andy refers to a CNET article on helping to compare the iPhone and up to the iPhone 13. Justin shares some possible information on the upcoming Pixel smartphone. Justin shares why he loves the Pixel line. Amazon makes some big announcements of new products. The guys talk about the new Echo Show 15 and the Ring Always Home Drone which can fly around the interior of the home. Shawn tells us about Hey Disney devices for Disney Properties in the Hotel Rooms.

We welcome Kristin Grey to the Show who will conducting a workshop on Smart Phone Photography at SilverSprings in Green Valley. We cover some of the advancements in the Smart Phones to enable different types of photos and the many tools available on the devices.
Kristin shares some great tips with us on Framing and features on Smart Phones.

Justin tells us about his Oculus and Virtual Reality and with new VR Games Coming it might have him dust off the VR device. The crew talks about the scariest games they have ever played. Shawn tells us about Phasmaphobia for VR which is an outstanding Jump Scare Game. Shawn remembers Doom and Hexen while Justin tells us about Five Nights of Freddy’s. Andy tells us about Resident Evil 4 VR that is coming out the 22nd of this month. The guys talk about the downside of VR when not aware the surroundings and ending up on VR Fails or the Subreddit VR to ER. The guys are both loving the new Amazon Steam Game New World and they talk about this new MMO. Shawn shares the amazing numbers recorded for people playing the game in Less then 24 Hours.

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“Dirty” devices…fresh out the box!

Android devices, after being unpacked, have been found to have malware. The devices were not sold via retail outlets. But this is an example of why no device can be considered absolutely safe…anyone can be vulnerable when it pertains to issues of security.

“The Check Point Mobile Threat Prevention has recently detected a severe infection in 36 Android devices, belonging to a large telecommunications company and a multinational technology company. While this is not unusual, one detail of the attacks stands out. In all instances, the malware was not downloaded to the device as a result of the users’ use, it arrived with it.

“According to the findings, the malware were already present on the devices even before the users received them. The malicious apps were not part of the official ROM supplied by the vendor, and were added somewhere along the supply chain. Six of the malware instances were added by a malicious actor to the device’s ROM using system privileges, meaning they couldn’t be removed by the user and the device had to be re-flashed.”

http://blog.checkpoint.com/2017/03/10/preinstalled-malware-targeting-mobile-users/

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Samsung Galaxy 6 edge+ phone is fantastic!

Periscope, Rdio, Wurrly, the Samsung Galaxy 6 edge+, and the Samsung Galaxy Note5 were discussed on a television segment with Andy.  (And he didn’t even say “Hi” to me…)


When he wasn’t looking, I was able to use the phones…enjoyed watching live streaming videos…made some long distance calls (that I never paid for)…took some “selfies” (that I hope my mother never finds out about)…

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(I’m) Up (on) Periscope!…

Andy has been bugging me…(this time) about using Periscope.

In one of the posts on our blog I stated I was waiting for something to be done by personnel at Periscope. It was to change my username. You can now follow me at “Slick1”.

My thanks to the “Periscope people” (Nader/Jamie/all) for being nice to look into the issue for me. Some of our conversations is posted below…

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SEP 02, 2015

Dear Periscope Team,

I assumed I would be allowed to use my Twitter name with Periscope…

Is there any possibility I can request to have “slick” assigned to me?

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SEP 04, 2015

Nader replied:

Hi…

We are now able to change usernames on our end. Please note that this is a one-time request. We have alerted our team this is a feature users want for the future. In order to change your username, please provide the following: 1. Provide your current username. 2. Confirm what you would like as your new username. (No spaces or special characters.) 3. Provide your Twitter account or phone number. Once we have the above information, we will do our best to help you out.

Happy Scoping,

Nader
Periscope Team

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SEP 04, 2015

S!ick replied:

Cool! Thank you very much…

My current Periscope username is: slick1

(To match my Twitter account,) I am requesting: slick

My current Twitter username is Slick (http://twitter.com/slick)

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SEP 17, 2015

Jamie replied:

Hi…

Unfortunately, we weren’t able to change your username because it was already taken. Do you have another in mind? Let us know!

Happy Scoping,

Jamie
Periscope Team