Midwestern Geek In Cali

MWGIC Episode 000126: The Celestial Ring

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sun, 4 May 2025 01:00:00 -0700

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??

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:35:00 -0700

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:22:00 -0800

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:

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:33:00 -0800

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Mon, 27 May 2024 02:37:00 -0700

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)

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sun, 26 May 2024 03:18:00 -0700

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sun, 26 May 2024 03:15:00 -0700

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 10:11:00 -0800

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 20:01:00 -0700

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!

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:52:00 -0700

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:39:00 -0700

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!

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:28:00 -0800

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:23:00 -0800

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

MWGIC EP 000115: Bullet-Proof Your IPv4 Subnetting

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 19:19:00 -0800

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sat, 29 May 2021 16:57:00 -0700

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sun, 3 Jan 2021 20:45:00 -0800

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:42:00 -0800

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 18:22:00 -0700

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

MWGIC-EP-000111: The Guts Of A PC Part 1

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:54:00 -0700

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

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 18:45:00 -0700

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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MWGIC-EP-110: This Virus Isn't In Your PC...Only - Hanging On To Life And Friends In The Era Of COVID-19

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 21:35:00 -0700

Watch Video On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGIhRxXN9ZQ

Show Notes:

Financial Mess:

Minnesota and Vermont Just Classified Grocery Clerks as Emergency Workers
https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/03/minnesota-and-vermont-just-classified-grocery-clerks-as-emergency-workers/

How the coronavirus pandemic exposed deficiencies in our economy - Video

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-exposed-deficiencies-in-our-economy/

The economic fallout of coronavirus - Video

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-economic-fallout-of-coronavirus/

White House expresses support for immediate cash payments to Americans as part of coronavirus stimulus package

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/03/17/trump-coronavirus-stimulus-package/

Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/federal-reserve-cuts-rates-to-zero-and-launches-massive-700-billion-quantitative-easing-program.html

All Disney Theme Parks, U.S. Universal Studios Closing Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

https://variety.com/2020/biz/news/disney-theme-park-closed-coronavirus-1203531795/

What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/issues-5000-years-of-empire/2018/09/14/what-history-books-left-out-about-depression-era-co-ops/

Newsom signs executive order halting foreclosures, utility shutoffs

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/487945-newsom-signs-executive-order-halting-foreclosures-utility-shutoffs

Tax Day is now July 15. Here’s what that means.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/20/21188370/tax-day-moved-mnuchin-twitter-coronavirus

Musk the Virus Skeptic Makes Reluctant Ventilator Offer After GM
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/kudlow-says-gm-ceo-offered-to-make-ventilators-for-outbreak

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Lifestyle Changes That May Stick:

Inside California's Great Lockdown, Glimpse America's Stay-At-Home Future

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/22/california-coronavirus-lockdown/?arc404=true

The drive-in, relic of yesterday, finds itself suited to now

https://apnews.com/bd766ac42089fffaf45e2920e1cd33ed

The Tech Headaches of Working From Home and How to Remedy Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/technology/personaltech/working-from-home-problems-solutions.html

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/enriquedans/2020/03/17/as-more-people-need-to-work-from-home-companies-need-to-ask-themselves-if-their-it-managers-are-up-to-thetask/

Eating alone, together: Virtual dinner parties are helping people fight isolation

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/03/21/eating-alone-together-virtual-dinner-parties-are-helping-people-fight-isolation/

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Health Advice:

THIS, NOT HAND SANITIZER, WILL SAVE US FROM THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS

https://futurism.com/neoscope/soap-water-best-hand-sanitizer-coronavirus

No Song? 20-Second Count Made Easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETQOmzZIpRg

CDC On Coronavirus: Frequently Asked Questions

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html

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Stess Relief:

Musicians At Home; Larkin-Poe To Sheryl Crow & Beyond

https://www.facebook.com/larkinpoe/

https://www.facebook.com/sherylcrow/

'A Kind of Triumph of Spirit': Locked Down Italians Singing From Balconies Inspire Hope Across World

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/16/kind-triumph-spirit-locked-down-italians-singing-balconies-inspire-hope-across-world

Jokes in the time of coronavirus - Chicago Reader

https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/covid-19-jokes/Content?oid=78640318

MWGIC-EP-000109: Dinosaur DNA and Warp Drives

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sun, 8 Mar 2020 00:21:00 -0800

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/innovation/a-new-electric-vehicle-battery-can-last-1-million-miles

Tesla Cybertruck Is Leading The All-Electric Pickup Truck Revolution

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-cybertruck-rivian-r1t-bollinger-b2-nikola-badger-ev-pickup-truck

Electric 40-Ton Truck Gets Dynamically Wirelessly Charged

https://insideevs.com/news/401858/electric-truck-dynamic-wireless-charging/

The Tesla Cybertruck is gaining respect among real pickup truck owners

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-pickup-owners-respect/

Are Construction Pros Falling In Love With The Tesla Cybertruck?

https://insideevs.com/news/402007/construction-pros-love-tesla-cybertruck/

Cybertruck passes early test with construction pros | Seeking Alpha

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3547239-cybertruck-passes-early-test-construction-pros

MotorTrend Channel: Tesla Cybertruck Details Revealed—Range, Batteries and Towing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLrjsX2L0Gw

Is Tesla Cybertruck Outdone By Mahindra Gio With Cheap EV Conversion?

https://insideevs.com/news/401432/tesla-cybertruck-mahindra-gio-ev-conversion/

Tesla’s secret battery project could finally push EVs to overtake gas cars

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/teslas-secret-battery-project-could-finally-push-evs-to-overtake-gas-cars

Audi unveils new e-tron S, claims will be 'first electric cars worldwide with three motors in mass production' - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2020/02/28/audi-e-tron-s-models-first-electric-cars-three-motors-mass-production/

EV Battery Breakthrough: Twice The Range, Five Minutes To Charge | OilPrice.com

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/EV-Battery-Breakthrough-Twice-The-Range-Five-Minutes-To-Charge.html

Kevin Rooke: The Genius of Tesla Superchargers | CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/28/kevin-rooke-the-genius-of-tesla-superchargers/

Tesla Megapack Battery Installation Approved for Moss Landing

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-megapack-battery-installation-moss-landing-tesla-energy

Prufrock Next-Generation Tunnel-Boring Machine Is Working — Somewhere | CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/03/01/prufrock-next-generation-tunnel-boring-machine-is-working-somewhere/

Which is cuter, the Microlino electric bubble car or its electric scooter companion? - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2020/02/28/microlineo-bubble-car-electric-scooter-microletta/

This electric bike has a novel fix for range anxiety | Top Gear
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/electric-bike-has-novel-fix-range-anxiety

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/2020/03/05/us/seti-home-hibernation-alien-trnd-scn/index.html

Scientists: NASA Rover Has Found Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars

https://futurism.com/scientists-nasa-found-evidence-ancient-life-mars

Physicists Are Studying Mysterious ‘Bubbles of Nothing’ That Eat Spacetime - VICE

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/939g5p/physicists-are-studying-mysterious-bubbles-of-nothing-that-eat-spacetime

SpaceX aims to launch 70 missions a year from Florida's Space Coast by 2023 | Space

https://www.space.com/spacex-rocket-launch-rate-boost-mobile-service-tower.html

Relativity Space will 3D-print rockets at new autonomous factory in Long Beach, California | Space

https://www.space.com/relativity-space-autonomous-rocket-factory.html

SpaceX’s Starship SN1 prototype blows up during pressure test in Texas – GeekWire

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/spacexs-starship-sn1-prototype-blows-pressure-test-texas-pad/

Critical rocket escape system motor for NASA's Orion spacecraft aces final test | Space
https://www.space.com/nasa-orion-launch-escape-attitude-control-motor-final-test-video.html

Elon Musk says 'the fighter jet era has passed'

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/elon-musk-says-the-fighter-jet-era-has-passed.html

Biggest Explosion in the History of the Universe Detected by Astronomers – “Really, Really Massive”

https://scitechdaily.com/biggest-explosion-in-the-history-of-the-universe-detected-by-astronomers-really-really-massive/

Scientists Are Starting to Take Warp Drives Seriously, Especially This One Concept
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-are-starting-to-take-warp-drives-seriously-especially-this-one-concept

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-cartilage-cells-chromosomes-dna-million-year-old.html

Brain-computer interfaces could tell us what unconscious patients are thinking

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/unconscious-patients-can-now-sort-of-speak-to-us

114 year-old cells converted to pluripotent stem cells - Longevity.Technology

https://www.longevity.technology/114-year-old-cells-converted-to-pluripotent-stem-cells/

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-wireshark-ubuntu/

How to Build a Web Scraper With Python [Step-by-Step Guide] - By Angelica Dietzel

https://hackernoon.com/how-to-build-a-web-scraper-with-python-step-by-step-guide-jxkp3yum

Python Programming Language: Best Resources for Developers and Managers - TechRepublic

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/python-programming-language-best-resources-for-developers-and-managers/

How to install Rust on Linux - TechRepublic:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-rust-on-linux/

Cortana support going away in Windows 10 versions at 'end-of-support' dates | Windows Central:

https://www.windowscentral.com/cortana-support-going-away-windows-10-versions-end-support-dates

81% of IT pros expect most data center and networking tasks will be automated by 2025 - TechRepublic

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/81-of-it-pros-expect-most-data-center-and-networking-tasks-will-be-automated-by-2025/

Retired Certifications - Microsoft:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/retired-certifications.aspx

Microsoft is retiring its MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications in June 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-retiring-its-mcsa-mcsd-and-mcse-certifications-in-june-2020/

Pull the plug on that thing, Mr. Spock!
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Proper Greeting For The Corona Virus:

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MWGIC-EP-000108: Cybertruck Wars Continue With Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 23:53:00 -0800

Watch Video On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYif7aX2FPc

Show Notes:

Cyber Truck War Zone:

This Video Showcases 7 Electric Pickup Trucks Worth Waiting For

https://insideevs.com/news/401268/video-7-upcoming-electric-pickup-trucks/

Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, Other Electric Pickup Trucks Compared

https://insideevs.com/reviews/401084/video-tesla-cybertruck-rivian-r1t-trucks/

Watch Tiny, Tri-Motor Tesla Cybertruck Out Tug A Ford F-150 Pickup

https://autos.yahoo.com/watch-replica-cybertruck-vs-ford-000702198.html

Tesla Cybertruck's real-time response to payload via active suspension will upend the pickup truck industry
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-real-time-ui-towing-calculator-active-suspension/

Tesla Cybertruck is turned into police vehicle by Ontario police - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2020/02/21/tesla-cybertruck-police-vehicle-ontario/

Edmunds talks Tesla Cybertruck and its industry appeal amid growing competition
https://www.teslarati.com/edmunds-talks-tesla-cybertruck-and-its-industry-appeal-amid-growing-competition/

Lordstown Motors Provides Peek Inside Its Electric Truck Plant: Video
https://insideevs.com/news/399966/lordstown-motors-plant-sneak-peek/

Tesla's Cybertruck is now a $400 remote control car thanks to Mattel

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/teslas-cybertruck-is-now-a-400-remote-control-car-thanks-to-mattel.html

Tesla Cybertruck and Roadster face off for some backroad mayhem in fan video

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-vs-roadster-fan-video/

Tesla Cybertruck pre-orders reach half a million, tally suggests - Electrek
https://electrek.co/2020/02/19/tesla-cybertruck-pre-orders-tally/

Tesla Cybertruck release date, specs, price: "Doesn't look like anything else.”

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/61141-tesla-cybertruck-pics-price

First drive: Volvo's 24,500lb VNR electric truck drives better than it has any right to - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2020/02/14/first-drive-volvos-24500lb-vnr-electric-truck-drives-better-than-it-has-any-right-to/

Tesla nearing 400 miles in range is just the tip of the iceberg

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-400-miles-vs-tsla-killers-tip-of-the-iceberg/

Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck will come standard with 'laser blade lights', be ~82" wide - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2020/02/21/tesla-cybertruck-standard-laser-blade-ligths-elon-musk/

Ok, An Electric Car Story Or Five:

Hyundai Gets Serious On Electric Cars — Still Does Not Understand Demand | CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/16/hyundai-gets-serious-on-electric-cars-still-does-not-understand-demand/

Designer Offers Up Cybersedan To Tesla CEO Elon Musk

https://autos.yahoo.com/designer-offers-cybersedan-tesla-ceo-170125189.html

Electric cars threaten to pull the plug on petrol stations | Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/a2845e24-1c44-11ea-9186-7348c2f183af

Tesla owner lives in a Model 3 instead of her house: 'I believe this is the future'

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-rv-interview-video/

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/startswithabang/2020/02/24/should-nasa-send-new-horizons-to-a-nearby-star-for-its-final-mission/

Musk Reads: Why SpaceX's Mars city could become a beacon of innovation

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/musk-reads-why-spacexs-mars-city-could-become-a-beacon-of-innovation

SpaceX signs lease to build Starship rocket facility in Port of L.A.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/spacex-signs-lease-to-build-starship-rocket-facility-in-port-of-la.html

SpaceX transported Starship SN1 to the launch pad at Boca Chica
https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/starship-sn1-launch-pad

Elon Musk’s Plan to Settle Mars
https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-plan-settle-mars-093002155.html

SpaceX Starlink Satellites Have Bigger Role In 'Massive' Live Fire Air Force Test | Investor's Business Daily

https://www.investors.com/news/spacex-starlink-satellites-virgin-orbit-massive-live-fire-air-force-exercise/

SpaceX Starlink: price, launch date, and how to see Elon Musk's constellation
https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starlink-price-launch-date-how-to-see-elon-musks-constellation

Max Q: How to build a Starship | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/24/max-q-how-to-build-a-starship/

Musk Reads: Starlink edges closer to going live

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/musk-reads-starlink-edges-closer-to-going-live

Space travel breakthrough: 100,000MPH plasma engine to cut travel times to Mars | Science | News | Express.co.uk
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1244735/Space-travel-nuclear-fusion-plasma-engine-cut-travel-to-Mars-Pulsar-Fusion-space-news

Elon Musk says SpaceX Starlink satellites 'albedo will drop significantly

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/elon-musk-starlink-spacex

SpaceX’s first Starship test flight imminent as rocket nosecone nears completion
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-first-starship-test-flight-imminent-nosecone-production/

Orion and its dimming star Betelgeuse shine over a stargazer in this sentimental night-sky photo | Space

https://www.space.com/orion-constellation-betelgeuse-stargazer-photo.html

SpaceX is rapidly building Starship SN1 and a Vehicle Assembly Building

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/starship-sn1-stacking

SpaceX will launch private citizens into orbit - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/18/21142137/spacex-tourism-orbit-earth-private-citizens-dragon-space-flight

SpaceX's California Starship factory plans detailed ahead of permitting decision

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-california-starship-factory-details-permit-decision/

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/jamiecartereurope/2020/02/14/distant-aliens-may-have-sent-us-radio-signals-every-16-days-so-why-dont-we-look-in-our-own-galaxy/

Virgin Galactic's spaceplane relocated to Spaceport America

https://newatlas.com/space/virgin-galactic-spaceplane-relocation-spaceport-america/

NASA: SpaceX will be first to launch Commercial Crew astronauts

https://www.wesh.com/article/nasa-spacex-first-to-launch-commercial-crew-astronauts/30935113

Astronomers to sweep entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life | Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/15/astronomers-to-sweep-entire-sky-for-signs-of-extraterrestrial-life

It Turns Out Rust Is… a Great Shield for Deadly Space Radiation (And the Magic Chernobyl Fungus)

https://futurism.com/the-byte/rust-shield-deadly-space-radiation

Supercomputer to scan 'entire sky' for signs of aliens

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10981327/seti-scan-sky-alien-signal-technology/

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/lets-encrypt-issues-1-billionth-web-security-certificate/

The EU makes the switch to Signal as its messaging app of choice | Android Central
https://www.androidcentral.com/eu-makes-switch-signal-its-messaging-app-choice

WhatsApp encryption under scrutiny by US government
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/21/whatsapp-encryption-under-scrutiny-by-us-government.html

Nuclear Fusion - Fusion Energy - Nuclear Reactor

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a31080902/fusion-energy-hydrogen-boron/

Wood waste makes recycled concrete stronger than ever

https://newatlas.com/environment/wood-waste-recycled-concrete/

Researchers achieve a 10x supercapacitor energy density breakthrough

https://newatlas.com/energy/supercapacitor-density-breakthrough/

'As essential as roads': How one of America's most rural states became a broadband leader
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-how-north-dakota-became-a-leader-in-rural-broadband-202346782.html

Windows as we know it is dead; what comes next? | Computerworld

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3527860/windows-as-we-know-it-is-dead-what-comes-next.html

Ultrasound device improves charge time and run time in lithium batteries

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-ultrasound-device-lithium-batteries.html

Danish energy company Ørsted's plans for the US energy grid - Protocol

https://www.protocol.com/wind-massachusetts-orsted-energy

Researchers combine lasers and terahertz waves in camera that sees 'unseen' detail
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-combine-lasers-terahertz-camera-unseen.html

Microsoft Remote Desktop for Windows updated with useful new features - MSPoweruser

https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-remote-desktop-for-windows-updated-with-useful-new-features/

New green technology generates electricity 'out of thin air'

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-green-technology-electricity-thin-air.html

Privacy-focused messenger Signal is ready to go mainstream and take on WhatsApp

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/17/privcy-focused-signal-mainstream-take-on-whatsapp/

The best free and open-source alternatives to Google Keep on Android

https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/02/16/the-best-free-and-open-source-alternatives-to-google-keep-on-android/

Scientists discover how to use time crystals to power superconductors - Big Think

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/scientists-discover-how-to-use-time-crystals-to-power-superconductors

Microsoft plans to improve File Explorer on Windows 10
https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/15/microsoft-plans-to-improve-file-explorer-on-windows-10/

Data Doctors: Is the Brave browser safe to use? | WTOP

https://wtop.com/tech/2020/02/data-doctors-is-the-brave-browser-safe-to-use/

Tesla Steps Into The Utility Space With New Grid Controller Patent | CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/14/tesla-steps-into-the-utility-space-with-new-grid-controller-patent/

Everything You Need to Know About the New Firefox VPN

https://lifehacker.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-firefox-vpn-1841795750

*** Hyper-Loopin' ***:

Elon Musk's Boring Company quietly deploys its custom-designed tunneling machine
https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-boring-company-prufrock-deployed/

Elon Musk's Boring Company completes Las Vegas tunnel major milestone
https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-the-boring-company-las-vegas-tunnel-completion/

Hyperloop is taking a ‘crucial’ step toward continent-wide travel

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/a-new-hyperloop-standard-could-pave-the-way-for-continent-wide-travel

Elon’s Secret Sauce | CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/19/elons-secret-sauce/

Dinosaurs: New study upends a belief many learned in elementary school

https://www.inverse.com/science/dino-body-temperature-data-upends-a-common-belief-about-evolution

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/2020/02/21/elon-musk-recommends-science-fiction-book-series-that-inspired-spacex.html

Dan's Classic Sci-Fi Novel Of The Week:

Quozl By Alan Dean Foster

Starve the bookworm? Not!
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Sci-Fi Fun Zone:

'Stranger Things 4': Hopper returns - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/entertainment/stranger-things-4-hooper/index.html

Jodie Whittaker: ‘I believe in aliens 100%’ | Life and style | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/25/jodie-whittaker-i-believe-in-alien-100-per-cent

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MWGIC-EP-000107: The Shadows Eating The Whispers Of The World

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 10:56:00 -0800

Watch Video On YouTube: https://youtu.be/zrIr-t47hf4

Show Notes:

"The dramatic insecurity of SMS text messaging, how unaware the general public is of this insecurity. What are some of the best secure SMS messaging clients out there, and a new credible threat from our government to encrypted messaging platforms of all types on the web that just came out today. You don't need encryption for nefarious purposes, you need it to protect yourself from bad actors with nefarious purposes."

Shadow Zone:

Chinese Hackers Just Gave Us All A Reason To Stop Sending SMS Messages

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/11/03/chinese-hackers-just-gave-us-all-a-reason-to-stop-sending-sms-messages/#1812722b78c1

Millions of SMS messages exposed in database security lapse

https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/01/millions-sms-messages-exposed/

A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and two-factor codes
https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/15/millions-sms-text-messages-leaked-two-factor-codes/

New Android Text Messaging Update ‘Exposes Most Users To Hacking’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/11/30/new-android-security-threat-text-messaging-update-puts-most-mobile-users-at-risk/#4ef38d657598

* Sunlight Enters The Room *
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Shields Up, Captain:

The Best Encrypted Messaging Apps You Should Use Today [Updated 2019]
https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/the-best-encrypted-messaging-apps/

Best encrypted messaging apps 2020 for Android

https://www.techradar.com/best/best-encrypted-messaging-app-android

The safest messaging apps

https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/28/the-best-encrypted-messaging-apps/

Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses

https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-features-mainstream/

* Captain, We Have A Crack In The Dilithium Crystal Chamber! *
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The Sith And Their War Games:

Trump Administration Targets Your 'Warrant-Proof' Encrypted Messages

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/21/805032627/trump-administration-targets-your-warrant-proof-encrypted-messages

* Is It Down The Rabbit Hole, Or Down The Black Hole, I Forget? *

Signal (software) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)

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MWGIC-EP-000106: Space Operas - Mad Scientists - War Of The Cybertruckers

midwesterngeekincali@gmail.com (Daniel A. Stafford - Midwestern Geek In Cali) — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 21:45:00 -0800

Watch Video On YouTube: https://youtu.be/44Ink9hhqnQ

Show Notes:

Reading & Sci-Fi Zone:

E.E. "Doc" Smith's "Skylark" series - a classic 20th-century 'Space Opera' jewel:

Project Blue Book Full Episodes, Video & More | HISTORY

https://www.history.com/shows/project-blue-book

Open access journals get a boost from librarians—much to Elsevier’s dismay | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/how-librarians-keep-for-profit-scientific-journals-from-squeezing-their-budgets/

*LAST WORD*
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Space, The Final Frontier:

SpaceX resurrects California Starship factory plans just one year after abandoning it

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-resurrects-california-starship-factory-plans/

Elon Musk promotes Texas ‘career day’ as SpaceX files paperwork for Starship flight as early as March | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/04/elon-musk-promotes-texas-career-day-as-spacex-files-paperwork-for-starship-flight-as-early-as-march/

SpaceX requests permission to fly new Starship rocket on 12-mile-high test flight - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122220/spacex-starship-rocket-20-kilometer-test-flight-boca-chica-texas

Will Humanity Achieve Interstellar Travel And Find Alien Life?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/02/05/will-humanity-achieve-interstellar-travel-and-find-alien-life/

Elon Musk Sent His Tesla Roadster Into Space Two Years Ago. Here's Where It Is Now | Inc.com

https://www.inc.com/don-reisinger/elon-musk-sent-his-tesla-roadster-into-space-two-years-ago-heres-where-it-is-now.html

Elon Musk reveals SpaceX Starship production well underway inside new Texas factory

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-production-well-underway/

Elon Musk working at night, shares Starship SN1 progress from Boca Chica

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/musk-shares-starship-sn1-progress

William Gerstenmaier joins SpaceX, and that’s a really big deal | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/spacex-has-hired-a-key-nasa-official-to-help-with-human-spaceflight/

*END THIS WEEK'S UNIVERSE*
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Communicator - Networking & Broadband:

This Cybertruck-inspired iPhone 11 Pro costs $15K and isn’t made by Tesla or Apple - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21117052/caviar-cybertruck-cyberphone-tesla-apple-iphone-11-pro-max

SpaceX Starlink: when will it be available in my area?

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starlink-when-will-it-be-available-in-my-area

Report: SpaceX is planning to spin out Starlink satellite broadband network and take it public

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/report-spacex-planning-spin-starlink-211611010.html

Elon Musk Says He's About to Deliver the Future of High-Speed Internet | Inc.com

https://www.inc.com/don-reisinger/elon-musk-says-hes-about-to-deliver-future-of-high-speed-internet.html

SpaceX Starlink is a step closer to beaming satellite internet to Australia

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-australia-radio-communications/

5g Technology - 5g Antenna - MIMO

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a30792867/smart-surface-phone-signal/

*CLOSE CHANNEL*
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Artificial Intelligence - Computing & Robotics:

Google’s New Messaging App To Unify Gmail, Drive, And Hangouts…And Other Small Business Tech News

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2020/02/02/googles-new-messaging-app-to-unify-gmail-drive-and-hangoutsand-other-small-business-tech-news/

Just how big a deal is Google's new Meena chatbot model? | VentureBeat

https://venturebeat.com/2020/02/01/just-how-big-a-deal-is-googles-new-meena-chatbot-model/

VPNs will change forever with the arrival of WireGuard into Linux | ZDNet

https://www.zdnet.com/article/vpns-will-change-forever-with-the-arrival-of-wireguard-into-linux/

How to Restore Gmail's Missing Dark Mode on Android

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-restore-gmails-missing-dark-mode-on-android-1841426472

Lock down your Gmail account like it's Fort Knox with the Google Advanced Protection Program - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/lock-down-your-gmail-account-like-its-fort-knox-with-the-google-advanced-protection-program/

Install All Media Codecs in Ubuntu With a Single Command

https://itsfoss.com/install-media-codecs-ubuntu/

How to use Multipass, a new tool for launching virtual machines - TechRepublic

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/multipass-is-a-new-tool-for-launching-virtual-machines/

Microsoft Confirms Massive Windows 10 Upgrade Changes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/02/11/microsoft-windows-10-windows-10x-upgrade-changes-update-windows/

Windows 10’s planned PowerToy could seriously supercharge your keyboard | TechRadar

https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10s-planned-powertoy-could-seriously-supercharge-your-keyboard

Microsoft's Windows Terminal: This is the final preview of its new command-line tool | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-windows-terminal-this-is-the-final-preview-of-its-new-command-line-tool/

*SCOTTY - PULL THE PLUG ON THAT THING*
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Hard Science:

Room Temperature Superconductor Breakthrough at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
https://scitechdaily.com/room-temperature-superconductor-breakthrough-at-oak-ridge-national-laboratory/

Chernobyl Disaster - Chernobyl Now - Extreme Fungus

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a30784690/chernobyl-fungus/

*OK MAD SCIENTIST - GO CLEAN YOUR ROOM - ER - LAB*
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Bones' Journal - Health & Aging:

Could ‘young’ blood stop us getting old? | Society | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/02/could-young-blood-stop-us-getting-old-transfusions-experiments-mice-plasma

Neuralink: Elon Musk teases 'awesome' advancements will be revealed soon

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/neuralink-elon-musk-reveals-more-details-coming-soon

How The Sound Of Your Alarm Affects Grogginess & Which Is Best

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-sound-of-your-alarm-affects-grogginess-and-which-is-best

Revitalizing the Aging Brain by Activating Immune Cells

https://scitechdaily.com/revitalizing-the-aging-brain-by-activating-immune-cells/

Synergistic Cellular Pathways Identified That Extend Lifespan by 500%

https://scitechdaily.com/synergistic-cellular-pathways-identified-that-extend-lifespan-by-500/

Molecular 'switch' reverses chronic inflammation and aging
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-molecular-reverses-chronic-inflammation-aging.html

Caltech ultrasound technique can selectively kill cancer cells - SlashGear

https://www.slashgear.com/caltech-ultrasound-technique-can-selectively-kill-cancer-cells-10609172/

*TIME FOR FRANKENSTEIN TO TAKE A NAP*
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Keep On Cybertruckin' - Electric Trucks:

Tesla's Giga Texas completely solves the Cybertruck's 'Cowboy Problem'

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-texas-cybertruck-cowboy-problem-solved/

Tesla Cybertruck blasts "Back to the Future" in amazing fan-remake

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-back-to-the-future-fan-video/

Will Tesla Make These Changes To The Cybertruck Before Launch?

https://insideevs.com/news/397670/possible-tesla-cybertruck-changes-video/

Nikola Reveals Badger Electric Pickup Truck With 600-Mile Range

https://insideevs.com/news/397880/nikola-badger-electric-truck/

Tesla Cybertruck Engineering Analysis Explains Exoskeleton’s Edges

https://insideevs.com/news/397899/tesla-cybertruck-analysis-explains-exoskeleton/

How It's Made: Watch The Tesla Cybertruck Model Construction Process

https://insideevs.com/news/398253/video-tesla-cybertruck-model-design-construction/

Henrik Fisker Teases, or Accidentally Posts, Alaska EV Pickup

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a30898799/fisker-alaska-ev-pickup-leaked/

The electric pickup wars are about to begin - CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/cars/electric-pickup-truck-wars/index.html

*OK - HAND OVER THE KEYS*
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Jobs In Tech's Gilded Age:

How a Walmart apprenticeship can help those without degrees land a job
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/07/how-a-walmart-apprenticeship-can-help-those-without-degrees-land-a-job.html

*GET A HAIRCUT - AND A REAL JOB*
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Midwestern Geek In Cali

MWGIC Episode 000126: The Celestial Ring

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

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

MWGIC Episode - 000123 - A Google Survival Guide:

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

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

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

Some Pictures of a Very Young Janine

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

*42* Subscribers On YouTube!

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

MWGIC-EP-000117: MWGIC Invades The Aliens!

MWGIC-EP-000116: A New Era Dawning

MWGIC EP 000115: Bullet-Proof Your IPv4 Subnetting

MWGIC EP 000114: Computer Kindergarten & Happy Memorial Day

MWGIC-EP-000113: The Sound Of Sleep

MWGIC EP-000112: The Oxygenists

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

MWGIC-EP-000111: The Guts Of A PC Part 1

MWGIC Status Update 06/14/2020

MWGIC-EP-110: This Virus Isn't In Your PC...Only - Hanging On To Life And Friends In The Era Of COVID-19

MWGIC-EP-000109: Dinosaur DNA and Warp Drives

MWGIC-EP-000108: Cybertruck Wars Continue With Hot-Blooded Dinosaurs

MWGIC-EP-000107: The Shadows Eating The Whispers Of The World

Signal (software) - Wikipedia

MWGIC-EP-000106: Space Operas - Mad Scientists - War Of The Cybertruckers

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

42 Subscribers On YouTube!