MWGIC Episode 000126: The Celestial Ring

Dan tries his hand at making an AI-generated video - on a platform he's never seen until five minutes before making this video. Grand concepts. High hopes...literally high up in the sky hopes. How does it go? What's the grand idea? Will it blow your mind, will it bore your mind, or will it do both in some spasmodic ensemble of limit-defying geek wizardry? The concept is literally out of this world, but will the video actually fly?  

You be the judge. 

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MWGIC Episode 125 - 250 *MILLION* Perfectly Good PC's Going To Landfills - Why??

 

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MWGIC-EP-00124: Happy New Year 2025! and 2024 Year in Review

 

Thank you for watching!

Dan reminisces about the past year, all the changes that have happened, and tries to peek into a crystal ball a bit to see what 2025 may bring.

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MWGIC Episode - 000123 - A Google Survival Guide:

In the face of the US DOJ threatening Google (Alphabet) with selling off Chrome, and possibly even Android, I have some ideas that Google really, really might want to consider. Also - what the DOJ is trying to do is not just going to be tough on Google. It will be tough on certain other browsers, too, and bad for millions of users of Google's services. See if you think what I'm saying makes sense here.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ivBvANroYA

Thank you for watching, and happy Thanksgiving!

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MWGIC Episode 122: Flying For Fryday Night Fish At Warp 9

MWGIC Episode 122: Flying For Fryday Night Fish At Warp 9 Covering: * The classic Wisconsin Friday night fish fry - and the classic "Wisconsin" mixed drink * Some hand-written journaling I've been doing * News about warp drives * The Midwestern Geek In Cali Facebook Group * Getting around in Ubuntu Linux if you're transitioning from Windows

Show Links:

*Spell Book* post on Fryday Night Fish: https://grymwyre.blogspot.com/2024/05/flying-for-fish.html

A Brief History Of The Wisconsin Fish Fry - Travel Wisconsin

Wisconsin Old Fashioned Recipe - Michelle McGlinn

Killarney's Restaurant & Irish Pub - Temecula (Local Fish & Chips source for your Fryday Fish Fry)

Pen Pals On Paper - Cursive writing & journaling

New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fast - Ars Technica

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MWGIC Episode 121: Weeeeeee're Baaaaaaack! (Happy Memorial Day Weekend)

 This is more of a short test run as I FINALLY got OBS working again on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux, and a little tour of my favorite Linux terminal emulator. We also discuss Windows 10 coming up on end-of-life next year.

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MWGIC-EP-000120: AI - Working With Google Bard On Stocks And UFOs - Run Your Own AI

 I have a couple of sessions with Google Bard on investing, UFO's, and prove a few things about Bard. At the end, I find out how to run my own AI on my laptop. (You know I'm gonna try it, but that's another episode)

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Some Pictures of a Very Young Janine

 

MWGIC-EP-000119: The Halloween Horrors Of Social Media And How To Make It BETR

Dan talks about a deeper level of change to social media than billionaire buyouts, how to make social media much better and more useful, the upcoming holidays, and a new channel he's starting up with a former co-worker and Information Technology colleague.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBmJpP0K6A

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*42* Subscribers On YouTube!

 WoooooHoooooo! *42* Subscribers! (On YouTube) I feel totally sci-fi vindicated!

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MWGIC-EP-000118: The Joys And Tragedies Of Cyber Poetry

 

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s26zBp96Kas

MWGIC-EP-000118: The Joys And Tragedies Of Cyber Poetry - Midwestern Geek In Cali host Dan Stafford get's into some of the pitfalls of hosting your poetry on the web - and also a ginormous project to recover most of his - and friends - poetry from the cyber graveyard.

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MWGIC-EP-000117: MWGIC Invades The Aliens!

For my 60th birthday, we invaded aliens!

Watch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD8dp1HraoQ
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MWGIC-EP-000116: A New Era Dawning

 

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QssHyuPaG48&t=62s

MWGIC EP 000115: Bullet-Proof Your IPv4 Subnetting

Watch On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omw84tA3LbY&t=72s

If you have trouble with IP version 4 subnetting, this video should help a lot.

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MWGIC EP 000114: Computer Kindergarten & Happy Memorial Day

 

View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGbTGVNiQNw

MWGIC Episode 113 - Computer Kindergarten & Happy Memorial Day: 

Dan stops in to say "hi" and gives some basic - very basic - PC tips on using the mouse, sorting columns, hovering on things, and checking where internet links are really going. Good stuff to know that most computer classes assume you already know, so no one tells you about them.

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MWGIC-EP-000113: The Sound Of Sleep

 

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Uv7eDE6yqdc

Facebook Groups:

MWGIC: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MWGIC

My Coffee Life: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3106448389452545

Farcebook.TV: http://www.farcebook.tv

How Sleep Clears The Brain: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-sleep-clears-brain

Clearing arterial plaques with ultrasound: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4314792/

UPS I'm going to try for my PC: https://www.staples.com/CyberPower-CP600LCD-600VA-340W-UPS-Battery-Backup-Surge-Protection-with-8-Outlets-LCD-Screen/product_761927

CompTIA Network+ certification: https://www.comptia.org/landing/networkplus/index.html

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MWGIC EP-000112: The Oxygenists

http://www.oxygenists.com
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyBoka7hg-4



Article Links:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201120150728.htm

https://news.theceomagazine.com/science/ageing-reversed-hyperbaric-oxygen-therapy/

https://www.ihausa.org/anti-aging.html

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) For Windows Server 2012 Earned Today

 This took me a year & 1/2 to earn while working full time.

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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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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