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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1286: Meet The New Network, Same As The Old Network

01 Jul 2020

What surprises me about the 1976 movie Network is…how little has changed, really.

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1286: Meet The New Network, Same As The Old Network

PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1285: Scratching the Podcasting Itch

29 Jun 2020

I've been scratching that podcasting itch for work but that doesn't allow me to ramble on about things other than cyber security like I can do here.

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1284: Adapt or Die

27 Jun 2020

This has been a challenging time for all of us, especially for those who have not been able to adapt to the current circumstances.

More information about the CheckMates Go podcast I'm producing for the day job.

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1283: Just Do It

15 Apr 2020

Since we all seemed to be sheltered in place for a while longer, it seems like a good time to focus on what matters and do a few things you haven't done before to improve your health.

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1282: I Got Apple Music…Whether I Wanted It Or Not

08 Apr 2020

My wife got a family subscription to Apple Music, which means…I have it. Old man yells at cloud and not owning things.

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1281: The Game Room Is Almost Complete

06 Apr 2020

Finally ordered my Arcade Cabinet. That with the air hockey table and pinball machine will more or less complete my game room.

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32'' Upright Xtension Arcade Cabinet Gameplay Edition

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1280: Zoom Under The Microscope

04 Apr 2020

Zoom is getting 20x the daily usage it was getting previously, which means it's getting attention from a lot of people, including security researchers. This is not a bad thing, of course, but don't panic over what they find just yet.

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1279: Minimize Dependencies

30 Mar 2020

When you include things in your life you don't need, you have…problems. Or if you include software bits you don't need, you leak customer data to Facebook like Zoom did. Fortunately Zoom acted swiftly and corrected the issue.

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PhoneBoy Speaks Ep 1278: Upping The Audio Quality

28 Mar 2020

Now that we're all working from home and using Zoom, Teams, or what have you, can we all invest a little more in audio quality for the sake of everyone else?