Are you ready for school? Are your kids? Do you need a new computer or laptop for the new school year? Well, this is the show for you! Back to School! – Part 1 Join Jonathan, LD, and Sam as we talk about this and more!
Dr. Tim Slater yacks with us about HawaiiCon! (7/27/19 Part 1)
Dr. Tim Slater is an astronomy professor at the University of Wyoming and lives in Hawaii over on the big island. He writes college textbooks, he loves science fiction, and he helps run HawaiiCon Science Fiction convention! Prelude to Hawaiicon 2019 What’s going on for HawaiiCon 2019? Glad you asked! New guests, panels, continuing education for teachers, student scientists, cosplayers, gamers, and more! Its September 26-29, 2019 at the Kona Sheraton Resort! Find out all about it at www.hawaiicon.com.
New Prizes for Summer 2019!
Our friends at OfficeMax/OfficeDepot in Kahului, we’ve got two AWESOME prizes for our summer drawing! https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/835788/Dell-Alienware-AW958-Elite-Gaming-Mouse/ https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/713190/Logitech-G433-Over-The-Ear-PC/ That’s nearly $200 worth of goodness thanks to OfficeMax! Want to enter? Email us questions, comments, show topic ideas, and more to MauiOnline@q-a.net!
Its our Listener Mail Show! (4/20/19 Part 1)
Its our Listener Mail Show! Sure, Jonathan and LD say its the Viewer Mail Show, but SAM writes the blogs! Hah! Viewer Mail, April 2019 – Part 1 Anyhow, we go through your emails, reading and answering them on the air! Did you know we use them for our show topics? We do! Anyhow, join in on the fun 🙂 Also, if you need a recap on how to clean your computer? Go: https://www.q-a.net/mauionline/2019/04/13/more-headlines-more-news-and-clean-up-4-13-19-part-2/
Aaaaaand our SSD winner is…! (4/20/19 Part 2)
Our friends at OfficeMax/Office Depot in Kahului gave us a FANTASTIC Sandisk 480gb SSD as a prize, and we’re giving it away to one lucky winner? Was it you? Viewer Mail, April 2019 – Part 2 Also, some links requested for the show! That One Privacy Site – learn about VPNs! https://thatoneprivacysite.net/ Curious about anti-virus? https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/256703/the-best-antivirus-protection
Catching up! Its an hour of NEWS! (4/13/19 Part 1)
News, news, news. We missed a week (sorry! life happens!) so we need to catch up on the news! Time waits for no one, right? More News! – Part 1 We talk about SPACE and TELESCOPES and SUPER GRAPHICS and DON’T DOWNLOAD CHROMIUM EDGE YET! *phew* Ready to listen in? Also, don’t forget the deadline to win that SanDisk 480gb SSD is Friday, April 19th at 11:59pm! Email your questions, comments, and show ideas to mauionline@q-a.net to be entered in!
Facebook! Passwords! Hacking! Fer cryin’ out loud… (3/23/19 Part 1)
Facebook is the biggest social network in the world at the moment. Which, of course, makes it a HUGE target for the bad guys. While lots of them have been content to run scams, steal identities, and such? Well, some still like to steal things. Another Password Hack… So… yeah. Change your password. Also, if you’re wanting links to the news stories today? Microsoft Defender coming to Mac: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/microsoft-ships-anti-virus-for-macos-as-windows-defender-becomes-microsoft-defender/ Internet Freedom survey: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/freedom-net-2018/rise-digital-authoritarianism For Password changing goodness? Here are the promised links! xkcd Password: https://www.xkcd.com/936/ PC Magazine’s Best Password Managers for 2019: https://www.pcmag.com/roundup/300318/the-best-password-managers PC Magazine’s Best Authentication apps for 2018: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3225913/what-is-two-factor-authentication-and-which-2fa-apps-are-best.html How to change your password: https://www.facebook.com/help/213395615347144?helpref=topq How to use 2-Factor Authentication with Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/148233965247823?helpref=search&sr=1&query=2%20factor%20authentication
Computers 101: What’s inside your computer? (3/16/19 Part 1)
What Makes It Go 101 In this 101, we talk about the parts of your computer and what you do. More an overview than an in-depth discussion, its meant to help you know what the parts are so when you see them listed on the box you know what they are, what they do, and gives you a starting point for further questions!
Hoaxes! Urban Legends! Tabloid Trash and Conspiracies! (3/2/19 Part 1)
Hoaxes! Urban legends! Tabloid trash and conspiracies! They’re about as common online as cat videos. So today we’re talking about them because, as the Charles Spurgeon said: “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Internet Myths and Fact Checking – Part 1 What can we do about it? Need some fact checking sites and other resources? Snopes.com PolitiFact.com https://www.newsguardtech.com/ https://www.wired.com/story/momo-hoax-viral-scares-advice/ https://www.npr.org/2019/03/02/699663319/the-latest-internet-hoax-momo-challenge
Defending against Internet Hoaxes! (3/2/19 Part 2)
So, there are hoaxes. What to do? How do you defend against them? We talk about how you can bop them on the nose! Internet Myths and Fact-Checking – Part 2 For more fun stuff to challenge your brain with: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ https://yourbias.is/ https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles https://www.denverpost.com/2016/10/31/definitive-guide-to-denver-international-airport-conspiracy-theories/