17 Nov - Bob's Bytes, "The Kitchen Sink"

 The Kitchen Sink was a good title for this one.  Lots of things talked about:

• “No Service” on AT&T phone
• $30 phone and printer
• Almost freebie Laptop
• How fast is that computer?
• How fast is graphics on this computer?
• Unbelievable play in NASCAR
• Space News:  Artemis, Falcon Heavy, Chinese Space Station, & more
• Bitcoin collapsing?  (Crypto is not)
• Tesla car chargers
• New NSC Computer Network
• Windows v22H2
• What to do with Windows Prompts on startup?

 

For those that were interested in the pre-show videos:

• The Drone flight over the Sigiriya, "Lion's Rock" of Sri Lanka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty_Wx_VfL-s
• Want to walk to the top of the Lion's Rock?  That's here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gppSOcL5mCw.  (A long one, 33 minutes, up and down)
• A very weird, but interesting Oom-Pah band version of the heavy metal AC/DC's "Highway to Hell"  Ya gotta see it to believe your ears:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_gtGfAail4
• Follow pop music?  Here's Taylor Swift's newest, "Bejeweled"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7QlX3yR2xs (She won 4 awards at the 2022 AMA yesterday.)
  

11 Nov 2022, Carl Stewart

As it says ... Passwords and Password Managers:

20 Oct - Judy Provencal & the JWST

Dr. Provencal is in the University of Delaware Department of Physics and Astronomy and a frequent presenter to the Senior Surfers.

Today's presentation was on the James Web (or "Just Wonderful") Space Telescope:

13 Oct 2022 - Bob's Bytes Bits & Pieces

 Topics of the Day:

• News and Comment - freebie, scam, hacked accounts
  
• Microsoft Office - Plans and options, from $250, subscriptions, or free
  
• Windows Verbose Mode - Want to know when it's doing something?
  
• Windows Start-up Programs - You don't have to allow everything that wants it
  
• Start-up Boost - ok for Edge, otherwise no
  
• Bloom’s Vacation - Google tracked me and I liked it.
• 18 Days, 5,336 miles
• 127.6 gals of gas, $420, 41.82 mpg (Rav4 Prime)
• $3.65/gal (Illinois) -- $2.84/gal (Houston)
  
• DASEF Auction - Open now! https://www.32auctions.com/dasef2022
  
• Lttlteapot Designs - https://www.facebook.com/LttlteapotDesigns
• Star Trek Wines - https://startrekwines.com/
  
• A Personal (computer) Problem
• "He's Dead Jim."
• Trouble sending GMail
• Terrible upload rate by Google speed tests, everywhere else fine
• Things I tried to fix it - 30+ ways and counting, no joy
  
• Even a clean install of Windows 11 <sigh> still no joy
• Ding-Ding-Ding ... disabled IPV6
• What that was & aftermath; who's fault was it?
  
• Proxy vs VPN
• What they are, what they do