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Saturday, November 21, 2020
MWGIC EP-000112: The Oxygenists
Article Links:
Monday, August 17, 2020
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) For Windows Server 2012 Earned Today
This took me a year & 1/2 to earn while working full time.
Saturday, June 20, 2020
MWGIC-EP-000111: The Guts Of A PC Part 1
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVYUj2BDnJw
The basics of personal computer architecture broken down and explained in simple terms mot people can easily understand. We'll take a nice long stroll around a PC motherboard and talk about who does what. This will be a two or three part series, expect the next installment next weekend.
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Sunday, June 14, 2020
MWGIC Status Update 06/14/2020
Have been battling WiFi connectivity issues on my workhorse Win 10 desktop PC for a couple of months. No wired connection available in my studio space. I've had a long suspicion #WindowsUpdate broke my #WiFi. #Realtek WiFi card. Couldn't even update Win 10.
I broke down and bought a #TPLink dongle this evening. So far WiFi has been stable. Now dealing with a bazillion updates on software & drivers, including Windows. I might be back in production next week. On top of that, I am wrestling with whether to stay a #Vlogger.
Being a one-man show (Really wish I had a co-host) I'm torn over whether to continue #vlogging on YouTube or go back to #Audio #Podcasting or a mix of both. Not a lot of spare time...but I think I could pull it off.
At any rate, that's the latest.
Thank you for listening.
Dan
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I broke down and bought a #TPLink dongle this evening. So far WiFi has been stable. Now dealing with a bazillion updates on software & drivers, including Windows. I might be back in production next week. On top of that, I am wrestling with whether to stay a #Vlogger.
Being a one-man show (Really wish I had a co-host) I'm torn over whether to continue #vlogging on YouTube or go back to #Audio #Podcasting or a mix of both. Not a lot of spare time...but I think I could pull it off.
At any rate, that's the latest.
Thank you for listening.
Dan
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Sunday, March 22, 2020
MWGIC-EP-110: This Virus Isn't In Your PC...Only - Hanging On To Life And Friends In The Era Of COVID-19
Watch Video On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGIhRxXN9ZQ
Financial Mess:
Minnesota and Vermont Just Classified Grocery Clerks as Emergency Workers
https://www.motherjones.com/
How the coronavirus pandemic exposed deficiencies in our economy - Video
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/
The economic fallout of coronavirus - Video
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/
White House expresses support for immediate cash payments to Americans as part of coronavirus stimulus package
https://www.washingtonpost.
Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/
All Disney Theme Parks, U.S. Universal Studios Closing Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
https://variety.com/2020/biz/
What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops
https://www.yesmagazine.org/
Newsom signs executive order halting foreclosures, utility shutoffs
https://thehill.com/homenews/
Tax Day is now July 15. Here’s what that means.
https://www.vox.com/recode/
Musk the Virus Skeptic Makes Reluctant Ventilator Offer After GM
https://www.bloomberg.com/
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Lifestyle Changes That May Stick:
Inside California's Great Lockdown, Glimpse America's Stay-At-Home Future
https://www.washingtonpost.
The drive-in, relic of yesterday, finds itself suited to now
https://apnews.com/
The Tech Headaches of Working From Home and How to Remedy Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
As More People Need To Work From Home, Companies Need To Ask Themselves If Their IT Managers Are Up To The Task
https://www.forbes.com/sites/
https://www.washingtonpost.
The drive-in, relic of yesterday, finds itself suited to now
https://apnews.com/
The Tech Headaches of Working From Home and How to Remedy Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
As More People Need To Work From Home, Companies Need To Ask Themselves If Their IT Managers Are Up To The Task
https://www.forbes.com/sites/
Eating alone, together: Virtual dinner parties are helping people fight isolation
https://www.washingtonpost.
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Health Advice:
THIS, NOT HAND SANITIZER, WILL SAVE US FROM THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS
https://futurism.com/neoscope/
No Song? 20-Second Count Made Easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
CDC On Coronavirus: Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.cdc.gov/
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Stess Relief:
Musicians At Home; Larkin-Poe To Sheryl Crow & Beyond
https://www.facebook.com/
https://www.facebook.com/
'A Kind of Triumph of Spirit': Locked Down Italians Singing From Balconies Inspire Hope Across World
https://www.commondreams.org/
Jokes in the time of coronavirus - Chicago Reader
https://www.chicagoreader.com/
https://www.washingtonpost.
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Health Advice:
THIS, NOT HAND SANITIZER, WILL SAVE US FROM THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS
https://futurism.com/neoscope/
No Song? 20-Second Count Made Easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
CDC On Coronavirus: Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.cdc.gov/
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Stess Relief:
Musicians At Home; Larkin-Poe To Sheryl Crow & Beyond
https://www.facebook.com/
https://www.facebook.com/
'A Kind of Triumph of Spirit': Locked Down Italians Singing From Balconies Inspire Hope Across World
https://www.commondreams.org/
Jokes in the time of coronavirus - Chicago Reader
https://www.chicagoreader.com/
Sunday, March 8, 2020
MWGIC-EP-000109: Dinosaur DNA and Warp Drives
Watch Video On YouTube: https://youtu.be/_1RppaQcvHQ
Show Notes:
Still Cybertruckin':
Elon Musk's million-mile battery dreams are about to come true
https://www.inverse.com/
Tesla Cybertruck Is Leading The All-Electric Pickup Truck Revolution
https://www.tesmanian.com/
Electric 40-Ton Truck Gets Dynamically Wirelessly Charged
https://insideevs.com/news/
The Tesla Cybertruck is gaining respect among real pickup truck owners
https://www.teslarati.com/
Are Construction Pros Falling In Love With The Tesla Cybertruck?
https://insideevs.com/news/
Cybertruck passes early test with construction pros | Seeking Alpha
https://seekingalpha.com/news/
MotorTrend Channel: Tesla Cybertruck Details Revealed—Range, Batteries and Towing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Is Tesla Cybertruck Outdone By Mahindra Gio With Cheap EV Conversion?
https://insideevs.com/news/
Tesla’s secret battery project could finally push EVs to overtake gas cars
https://www.inverse.com/
Audi unveils new e-tron S, claims will be 'first electric cars worldwide with three motors in mass production' - Electrek
https://electrek.co/2020/02/
EV Battery Breakthrough: Twice The Range, Five Minutes To Charge | OilPrice.com
https://oilprice.com/Energy/
Kevin Rooke: The Genius of Tesla Superchargers | CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/
Tesla Megapack Battery Installation Approved for Moss Landing
https://www.tesmanian.com/
Prufrock Next-Generation Tunnel-Boring Machine Is Working — Somewhere | CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/
Which is cuter, the Microlino electric bubble car or its electric scooter companion? - Electrek
https://electrek.co/2020/02/
This electric bike has a novel fix for range anxiety | Top Gear
https://www.topgear.com/car-
Recharge!
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Space, The Final Frontier:
SETI@home's crowdsourced search for aliens ending after 21 years - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/
Scientists: NASA Rover Has Found Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars
https://futurism.com/
Physicists Are Studying Mysterious ‘Bubbles of Nothing’ That Eat Spacetime - VICE
https://www.vice.com/en_us/
SpaceX aims to launch 70 missions a year from Florida's Space Coast by 2023 | Space
https://www.space.com/spacex-
Relativity Space will 3D-print rockets at new autonomous factory in Long Beach, California | Space
https://www.space.com/
SpaceX’s Starship SN1 prototype blows up during pressure test in Texas – GeekWire
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/
Critical rocket escape system motor for NASA's Orion spacecraft aces final test | Space
https://www.space.com/nasa-
Elon Musk says 'the fighter jet era has passed'
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/
Biggest Explosion in the History of the Universe Detected by Astronomers – “Really, Really Massive”
https://scitechdaily.com/
Scientists Are Starting to Take Warp Drives Seriously, Especially This One Concept
https://www.sciencealert.com/
There's a crack in one of the dilitium crystals, Captain!
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Scientist's Lab:
Cartilage cells, chromosomes and DNA preserved in 75 million-year-old baby duck-billed dinosaur
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-
Brain-computer interfaces could tell us what unconscious patients are thinking
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/
114 year-old cells converted to pluripotent stem cells - Longevity.Technology
https://www.longevity.
Not the torches & pitchforks again!!
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PC's, Geeks, And Coding:
How to Install Wireshark on Ubuntu Linux [Latest Version]
https://itsfoss.com/install-
How to Build a Web Scraper With Python [Step-by-Step Guide] - By Angelica Dietzel
https://hackernoon.com/how-to-
Python Programming Language: Best Resources for Developers and Managers - TechRepublic
https://www.techrepublic.com/
How to install Rust on Linux - TechRepublic:
https://www.techrepublic.com/
Cortana support going away in Windows 10 versions at 'end-of-support' dates | Windows Central:
https://www.windowscentral.
81% of IT pros expect most data center and networking tasks will be automated by 2025 - TechRepublic
https://www.techrepublic.com/
Retired Certifications - Microsoft:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-
Microsoft is retiring its MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications in June 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/
Pull the plug on that thing, Mr. Spock!
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Proper Greeting For The Corona Virus:
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Friday, February 28, 2020
MWGIC-EP-000108: Cybertruck Wars Continue With Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs
Show Notes:
Cyber Truck War Zone:
This Video Showcases 7 Electric Pickup Trucks Worth Waiting For
https://insideevs.com/news/
Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, Other Electric Pickup Trucks Compared
https://insideevs.com/reviews/
Watch Tiny, Tri-Motor Tesla Cybertruck Out Tug A Ford F-150 Pickup
https://autos.yahoo.com/watch-
Tesla Cybertruck's real-time response to payload via active suspension will upend the pickup truck industry
https://www.teslarati.com/
Tesla Cybertruck is turned into police vehicle by Ontario police - Electrek
https://electrek.co/2020/02/
Edmunds talks Tesla Cybertruck and its industry appeal amid growing competition
https://www.teslarati.com/
Lordstown Motors Provides Peek Inside Its Electric Truck Plant: Video
https://insideevs.com/news/
Tesla's Cybertruck is now a $400 remote control car thanks to Mattel
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/
Tesla Cybertruck and Roadster face off for some backroad mayhem in fan video
https://www.teslarati.com/
Tesla Cybertruck pre-orders reach half a million, tally suggests - Electrek
https://electrek.co/2020/02/
Tesla Cybertruck release date, specs, price: "Doesn't look like anything else.”
https://www.inverse.com/
First drive: Volvo's 24,500lb VNR electric truck drives better than it has any right to - Electrek
https://electrek.co/2020/02/
Tesla nearing 400 miles in range is just the tip of the iceberg
https://www.teslarati.com/
Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck will come standard with 'laser blade lights', be ~82" wide - Electrek
https://electrek.co/2020/02/
Ok, An Electric Car Story Or Five:
Hyundai Gets Serious On Electric Cars — Still Does Not Understand Demand | CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/
Designer Offers Up Cybersedan To Tesla CEO Elon Musk
https://autos.yahoo.com/
Electric cars threaten to pull the plug on petrol stations | Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/
Tesla owner lives in a Model 3 instead of her house: 'I believe this is the future'
https://www.teslarati.com/
Flat Tires?
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Space, The Final Frontier:
Should NASA Send New Horizons To A Nearby Star For Its Final Mission?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/
Musk Reads: Why SpaceX's Mars city could become a beacon of innovation
https://www.inverse.com/
SpaceX signs lease to build Starship rocket facility in Port of L.A.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/
SpaceX transported Starship SN1 to the launch pad at Boca Chica
https://www.tesmanian.com/
Elon Musk’s Plan to Settle Mars
https://news.yahoo.com/elon-
SpaceX Starlink Satellites Have Bigger Role In 'Massive' Live Fire Air Force Test | Investor's Business Daily
https://www.investors.com/
SpaceX Starlink: price, launch date, and how to see Elon Musk's constellation
https://www.inverse.com/
Max Q: How to build a Starship | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2020/
Musk Reads: Starlink edges closer to going live
https://www.inverse.com/
Space travel breakthrough: 100,000MPH plasma engine to cut travel times to Mars | Science | News | Express.co.uk
https://www.express.co.uk/
Elon Musk says SpaceX Starlink satellites 'albedo will drop significantly
https://www.tesmanian.com/
SpaceX’s first Starship test flight imminent as rocket nosecone nears completion
https://www.teslarati.com/
Orion and its dimming star Betelgeuse shine over a stargazer in this sentimental night-sky photo | Space
https://www.space.com/orion-
SpaceX is rapidly building Starship SN1 and a Vehicle Assembly Building
https://www.tesmanian.com/
SpaceX will launch private citizens into orbit - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/
SpaceX's California Starship factory plans detailed ahead of permitting decision
https://www.teslarati.com/
Did Ancient Aliens Send Us Messages Every 16 Days? Either Way It’s Time To Listen In Our Own Galaxy
https://www.forbes.com/sites/
Virgin Galactic's spaceplane relocated to Spaceport America
https://newatlas.com/space/
NASA: SpaceX will be first to launch Commercial Crew astronauts
https://www.wesh.com/article/
Astronomers to sweep entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life | Science | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/
It Turns Out Rust Is… a Great Shield for Deadly Space Radiation (And the Magic Chernobyl Fungus)
https://futurism.com/the-byte/
Supercomputer to scan 'entire sky' for signs of aliens
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/
Back to Earth, Earthman! Or Earthwoman!
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Tech & Science To Dazzle - Or Baffle:
Let's Encrypt issues one-billionth web security certificate | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/
The EU makes the switch to Signal as its messaging app of choice | Android Central
https://www.androidcentral.
WhatsApp encryption under scrutiny by US government
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/
Nuclear Fusion - Fusion Energy - Nuclear Reactor
https://www.popularmechanics.
Wood waste makes recycled concrete stronger than ever
https://newatlas.com/
Researchers achieve a 10x supercapacitor energy density breakthrough
https://newatlas.com/energy/
'As essential as roads': How one of America's most rural states became a broadband leader
https://finance.yahoo.com/
Windows as we know it is dead; what comes next? | Computerworld
https://www.computerworld.com/
Ultrasound device improves charge time and run time in lithium batteries
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-
Danish energy company Ørsted's plans for the US energy grid - Protocol
https://www.protocol.com/wind-
Researchers combine lasers and terahertz waves in camera that sees 'unseen' detail
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-
Microsoft Remote Desktop for Windows updated with useful new features - MSPoweruser
https://mspoweruser.com/
New green technology generates electricity 'out of thin air'
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-
Privacy-focused messenger Signal is ready to go mainstream and take on WhatsApp
https://www.androidpolice.com/
The best free and open-source alternatives to Google Keep on Android
https://www.androidpolice.com/
Scientists discover how to use time crystals to power superconductors - Big Think
https://bigthink.com/
Microsoft plans to improve File Explorer on Windows 10
https://www.windowslatest.com/
Data Doctors: Is the Brave browser safe to use? | WTOP
https://wtop.com/tech/2020/02/
Tesla Steps Into The Utility Space With New Grid Controller Patent | CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/
Everything You Need to Know About the New Firefox VPN
https://lifehacker.com/
*** Hyper-Loopin' ***:
Elon Musk's Boring Company quietly deploys its custom-designed tunneling machine
https://www.teslarati.com/
Elon Musk's Boring Company completes Las Vegas tunnel major milestone
https://www.teslarati.com/
Hyperloop is taking a ‘crucial’ step toward continent-wide travel
https://www.inverse.com/
Elon’s Secret Sauce | CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/
Dinosaurs: New study upends a belief many learned in elementary school
https://www.inverse.com/
Take a break, Mad Scientist!
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Reading Is Fundamental-ly Fun:
Elon Musk recommends science fiction book series that inspired SpaceX
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/
Starve the bookworm? Not!
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Sci-Fi Fun Zone:
'Stranger Things 4': Hopper returns - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/
Jodie Whittaker: ‘I believe in aliens 100%’ | Life and style | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/
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