WEBVTT - Smart plugs make holiday lights easy 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:14.240 Spotify's year end wrap up is a major success. The 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:19.360 online grocery store with a twist, plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.120 What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich 0:00:22.200 --> 0:00:24.720 on Tech, the podcast where I talk about the tech 0:00:24.760 --> 0:00:27.040 stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:30.480 place right answer the questions you send me. I'm the 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:34.280 tech reporter at KTLA Channel five in Los Angeles. Welcome 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:39.840 to the show, and welcome to you watching on Facebook Live. 0:00:39.960 --> 0:00:44.720 We've got folks tuned in from the Inland Empire. Uh well, 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:48.760 that's the only person. Oh Canton, Ohio. So many people, 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.600 so many different places. Can you tell them in a 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:55.120 good mood today? I don't know what it is. Maybe 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:57.280 I don't know. You ever wake up and you just 0:00:57.320 --> 0:00:59.520 have one of those days where you're like, now, I'm 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:02.960 typically a positive, energetic person, but I feel like some 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:05.920 days you just wake up and you're like on overdrive, right, 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:08.800 Like things are just really good and you want that 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:12.280 feeling to last forever. Like you just if you could wait, 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.640 if there's like a day where you wake up and 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:16.960 you're like, this is how I'd like to wake up 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:19.640 every day for the rest of my life, that would 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:21.640 have been today. You know, you just like spring up 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:25.000 out of bed, you go to work. Yet you're smiling, 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:30.040 you're happy. That's typically how I am. But some days 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.120 are just like amped up, and this is really one 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:35.120 of those days. So anyway, I'm feeling good. It's the 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.760 end of the year. I can't believe that we are 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.640 on the slow March or really fast march March. I 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:45.000 should I should say to Christmas and the holidays, hope 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:47.319 you had a great Thanksgiving. As you know, I took 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:50.640 off last week's podcast, or maybe you don't know, maybe 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:52.320 you don't care. You probably don't even notice. I don't 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:55.760 know some of you did, I'm sure, but it was 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:59.880 a nice Thanksgiving. We had a little technical issue with 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:03.560 getting a ride home with the Uber and Lyft situation, 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:05.760 but it was fine. We made it home, so that 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:09.040 was good. And you know, I didn't even talk to 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.920 you about the whole Tim Cook interview. So you know, 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:13.840 I did this interview with Tim Cook at the Apple 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:15.880 Store a couple of weeks ago, and it was a 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:19.120 pretty magical moment. I mean, how many local news people 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:22.840 get to interview the CEO of not only one of 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.519 the most if not the most important tech company of 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.640 our time, but also one of the biggest companies in 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.480 the world. So that was pretty cool. It was not 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.040 by chance. Some people were saying it was just by chance. 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.920 It was cool that people said, you know, he just 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:39.639 walked out to talk to you. No, no, it was 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.120 all you don't. You don't talk to the CEO of 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:43.640 Apple unless it's set up in advance, and so this 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.799 was set up in advance, and I got to say 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.440 it was one of the easier setups. You know. Apple 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:51.120 basically came to me and said, hey, do you want 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.800 to interview Tim Cook? And I'm like, yeah, why would 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.640 I not want to interview Tim Cook? And that was it. 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:58.160 They said, okay, we'll give you a couple of minutes 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.480 with him. And they didn't ask for a questionquestions. It 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:02.919 didn't say here's the parameters of what you should be 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:06.359 talking about. I mean, honestly, interviewing Tim Cook was easier 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.560 than interviewing half the people I interview on a daily basis, 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:12.680 where people ask me for questions in advance and what 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:14.960 topics and what's your segment going to be on and 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:17.720 what's the direction of it and all this stuff, And 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:19.720 most of the time I just say you know what, 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:21.880 I don't really do that, like I will go there, 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:25.440 you're the expert. I will ask you questions, you will 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.360 know how to answer them. Rest assured. If you can't 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.840 answer the questions that I'm asking you for a consumer 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.680 tech audience, you've got bigger problems. And so that's kind 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.080 of how I approach things. I think the Tim Cook 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:40.280 interview turned out perfect, and it's on YouTube if you 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:41.800 want to watch it. The whole thing I put up 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:43.400 on there, and it was great. I mean, he was 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:45.960 a very warm guy. He came up to me and 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.000 he just made a little quip at the beginning, and 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:51.080 it was just so like natural and neat, and I'm 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:53.920 just sitting there like I just want to have dinner 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.400 with this person, you know, and really pick your brain 0:03:56.440 --> 0:04:00.320 about so many different things. And of course I didn't 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:01.680 get to do that, but it was fun to have 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:03.800 the five or ten minutes with him, and it was great. 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:05.640 In this store at the Grove was just so beautiful 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.120 that they built there. But there's so many things. This 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:10.600 is like the end of the year, so there's not 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:14.360 too many like wild tech stories happening. So I'll be honest, 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:18.960 this show is going to be mostly questions and also 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:20.760 just stuff I feel like talking about. There are some 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:23.719 tech stories and some things I'm gonna note, but I'm 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:25.400 just gonna talk about this stuff that I feel like 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:27.080 talking about because I've got a lot. I've got a 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:30.000 lot on my lists. Okay, I've got it all right here? 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.880 Can you hear that? Okay? Now, I'm just kidding. It's 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.680 all written on my computer. But number one I want 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.880 to tell you about. Should we talk about a story. 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.000 Let's get some news in because you know people do 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:45.040 like news. But Black Friday, Cyber Monday, that was the 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:48.400 big shopping season kind of kick off. And then there 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.760 was also Giving Tuesday, which I did give. I'm a 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:54.200 big fan of giving, by the way, so I hope 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:56.880 you are too. I really enjoy giving away money because 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.720 that's to me, that's the ultimate in life, is to 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.640 be able to give away some of the stuff that 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:04.400 I've been given. And I've made it a big part 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:06.480 of my life for many many years now. I don't 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:09.040 make a huge deal about it, but I love doing 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.159 it like it's my absolute favorite. When someone's like, oh 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:12.880 I'm in need, and I'm like, oh, here's money, here, 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.039 you go take it now. Don't come at me with 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:20.040 like a million requests for that, but I do enjoy 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:24.640 giving my money away as well. Okay, So Adobe Digital 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:28.560 Economy Index, this is Adobe Insights. They analyzed kind of 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.240 like all these things that people did over Cyber Monday 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:36.360 and Black Friday. Cyber Monday was actually down year over year, 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.599 which kind of makes sense giving the economy, right, I 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.520 mean I think so. But still consumers spent ten point 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:46.960 seven billion dollars online. It's still the biggest online shopping 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.120 day of the year. At the peak, consumers were spending 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.320 twelve million dollars every minute. So some of the top 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.560 sellers on Cyber Monday were for toys. They were Hot Wheels, 0:05:56.640 --> 0:06:01.000 NERF Toys, Baby Alive, Paw patrol Squeaky Toy. Oh is 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.200 that like the Squeaky dog? Oh my gosh. I featured 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:07.400 that two years ago. Awesome. That was at the New 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.800 York Toy Fair. I totally called it. And Tamagotchi Picks 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:14.919 Video games Just Dance twenty twenty two. Mario Party Superstars. 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.599 You know, I now say, Mario, this is like what 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:20.240 happens when you live in California. Like I've said, Mario 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.440 for like my entire life like Mario, and people like, 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.440 it's not Mario, it's Mario, and so now I say, Mario, 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.320 I don't even know who I am anymore, Spider Man, 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:33.880 Miles Morales, FIFA twenty two and Metroid Dread. Now, when 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.320 it came to electronics, which of course, you know, I 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:43.080 like AirPods, Apple watches, Apple pencils, laptops from HP, Lenovo 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:47.240 and Dell, Nintendo switched and switched light Xbox Series s 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.520 because clearly you can't get the other ones anyway, and 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:54.080 Oculus Quest two and then TVs from Sony and Samsung. 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:59.160 So that's kind of the main points of Cyber Monday. 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:04.440 Discounts remained weak, so discounts were at around twelve percent 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:08.200 for electronics versus twenty seven percent last year. So if 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:10.360 you kind of notice that the discounts were not as 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.520 prevalent this year, you are not alone. They just weren't there. 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:15.320 I mean, think about the economy we have right now. 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.760 There's a lot going on with the supply chain and 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:20.880 with you know, people, just the whole situation with just 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.960 it's more complicated than I can get into. But it 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:27.040 doesn't seem like everything's firing on all cylinders right now, right, 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:30.080 So it seems like retailers don't have that big of 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:33.280 an incentive to kind of discount things when just sales 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.960 right now are kind of insane in general. Oh, if 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:38.600 I shake the camera, I'm sorry. On the Facebook Live here, 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:43.040 let's get to without further ado. The first question of 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:49.200 the podcast, and it is coming today from Let's See Valerie. 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.080 Valerie says, hey, Rich, how do you report a fake 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.880 Gmail account? An identity thief is impersonating my mom and 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.200 has set up a fake Gmail account using her name. 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:01.560 Thank you, Valerie. Well, I did some research and it 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:06.000 turns out there's actually a situation or a help page 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.600 where you can report abuse, and it's basically support dot 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:13.080 Google dot com, slash mail, slash contact slash abuse. And 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.000 when you go to that page, it says, I would 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.320 like to report a Gmail user who has sent messages 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:21.520 that violate the Gmail program policies and or terms of use. 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:23.880 And you put in the email address of you, You 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:25.800 put in the email address of the person involved in 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:30.800 the incident, the headers of the questionable message, the subject line, 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:34.880 the content, and did the message appear to be from 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:39.440 someone impersonating Google. Now here's the deal. Is Google going 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.720 to take action immediately? Probably not. You might have a 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.720 better chance just like reporting this as spam every time, 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.160 and it's kind of weird. I mean, I've not really 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:53.640 heard about many people impersonating people with a fake Gmail account. 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.800 I mean that would need like a very specific use. 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.880 But yeah, that's how I would just report it in 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:01.960 see what happens. You know what, Let's just take some 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.840 questions from the comments as well. On the Facebook, Cynthia 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.120 says recommendations for AirPods. It will be the first time 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:10.440 I've ever used them, and I trust you. Thanks from Silmar. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.199 I'm a big fan of the AirPods three right now. 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.679 Those are the newest AirPods. They're on sale at a 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.000 lot of places for one hundred and fifty bucks right now, 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:22.600 including Amazon and Walmart. They are typically one hundred and 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:25.640 eighty dollars, and so I would get the AirPods three 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.000 if you're on iPhone, if you're on Android. I really 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:33.320 like the OnePlus Buds Pro. Those are really nice, and 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.200 I believe they've gone down as low as one hundred bucks, 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.320 but I think they're one fifty typically. I like the 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:42.640 AirPods Pro, the AirPods three a little bit better than 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:47.960 the AirPods Pro because they don't have the noise cancelation, 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.360 and the noise cancelation sort of sucks in your ears, 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.120 like I can't explain, but it just feels like your 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.760 ears are filled up, almost like you're underwater. And it's 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:59.320 great for listening and being directed in your listening, but 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:01.560 it's not so good for that feeling in your ears. 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:03.920 I don't like that feeling in my ears where they're 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:05.920 all sort of like closed up. I like to be 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.640 able to hear what's going on around me, and that's 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:13.360 kind of why I prefer the AirPods three. Now, the 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:15.360 reason why I like the AirPods Pro for so many 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:17.720 years was the fit. The fit of the AirPods Pro 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:23.079 is unsurpassed. I've not found a pair of earbuds that 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.800 fit better in my ears than the AirPods Pro. But 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.760 I find that the AirPods three fit in my ears 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.839 just fine. They're maybe not as comfortable, but they seem 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:38.880 just fine. And so I'm not too concerned with recommending those. Okay, 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.440 big story of the week that I don't think is 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:44.760 very important to ninety nine point nine percent of people, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.200 So I'm not going to spend too much time on it. 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:49.760 But Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey step down. He is now 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:54.720 being replaced by the CTO of Twitter, Prague Augur Wall, 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.120 and that's it. That's all you really need to know. 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.280 There's nothing really you need to know about this except 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:04.880 that Dorsey is now stepping up work on his other app, 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.880 which is Square, and he changed the name of that 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:11.679 to Block to represent his whole and you know, kind 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.600 of push to crypto. But there's really not much you 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.840 need to know. I mean, Twitter is going to continue 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:19.360 to be Twitter. I don't see Twitter. I love Twitter, 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:22.560 but I don't see it as the dominant social network 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.840 out there. I mean, I think Facebook is still dominant, 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:29.400 Instagram is very dominant, and TikTok is really really up 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:34.000 and coming. Although my feeling on TikTok is I love 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.040 it and I actually put it on my home screen 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:37.720 because I'm watching more and more of it. But the 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.840 thing you have to worry about with TikTok is misinformation. 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.480 I mean, we saw that whole situation with social media 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.040 in general, but it's happening on TikTok. I mean, there 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:48.200 was this whole TikTok going through where people were like 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:50.200 did I already talk about this where they were cutting 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.679 open the iPhone boxes to find a secret case inside, 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:55.840 and there's just so much stuff on there. I feel 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.640 like everything that I'm watching on there half the time 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:02.400 after I watch these little video is I need to 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.800 like go do a fact check on these videos because 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.080 I'm like, wait, is that true? Is that real? They 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:10.080 do these things where these people are like, you know, 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.200 I'm returning this product or I'm going to Starbucks, And 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.640 it turns out I've read the fine print in anything 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:17.400 you buy Starbucks. I can go in and get a 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.880 free refill on my coffee even if I didn't order 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.480 that drink. And I'm like, so, now people are probably 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:26.080 going to Starbucks in mass and you know, ordering saying 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:27.600 oh I saw this thing where I can get a 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.880 free refill and they're like no. Now, I don't know 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.880 if that's true or not. But the point is it's 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.559 getting very complicated, and a lot of young people are 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.680 watching TikTok and so like my kids are watching like 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:41.280 the shorts on YouTube and stuff, which are fun, but 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:44.199 you just have to be you know. It's just as 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:47.840 we go down this line of just information at our 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.640 fingertips from so many different sources, it's really tough to 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.040 know what is real and what is not. And I know, 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:56.199 I get it. There's a whole political side to this thing, 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.680 with the you know, with the last couple of years, 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:02.319 but this is not just politics. This is everything. And 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.920 so it's just like, you know, so many different little 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:09.000 things are to me are being questioned in these videos, 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.920 and I'm like, I like it. It's entertaining, but is 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:15.440 it real? But anyway, so Twitter will continue to be Twitter. 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.480 You know, if you use Square for some of your 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:22.400 business related stuff, especially the cash app, these will change 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:28.839 names to block very soon, so just be aware of that. Oh, 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:30.360 by the way, why did he step down? He just 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:32.000 said that he didn't like the idea of a company 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.160 being founder led because it kind of doesn't open up 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:39.320 that company to more possibilities of different ideas and varying thoughts. 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.640 So that's kind of the thought there. All right, let's 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:46.760 get to the next question of the show. Let's see 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:50.559 we don't have a name on this one, but hello, 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:53.800 mister Demiro, I am a KTLA viewer, and there was 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:55.680 a segment you needed a few months back on Wi 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.280 Fi Extenders. I remember seeing it on your Instagram, can 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:00.440 you share the Wi Fi extender? It was like a 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.880 generic one compared to the more expensive brand. I tried 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:06.600 looking on Instagram. I could not find it. The company 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:11.400 is Villo Vlo and so we did a story on 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:16.080 Villo and it's a Wi Fi, a mesh Wi Fi 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:21.800 system that is basically sixty to seventy dollars versus you know, 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.200 a couple hundred dollars for some of the other ones. 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:30.160 And so it's Vilo. Villo Living is their website, and 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:32.640 I got to say I was impressed. Now here's the thing. 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.120 I use Eero at my house. Euro Pro actually the 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:39.600 latest version, and it's a much more expensive system. But 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:42.320 it depends on the speed you have. So if you 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:45.080 have under a gigabit, so if you're not running one 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.560 thousand speed, then yes, this Villa will be just great. 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.720 And what it does is it has three different little 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:53.840 antennas that you put around your house. They all work 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.200 together to give you a nice strong signal throughout your house, 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:00.560 versus a standard router that you know, you're cable company 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:02.920 might give you that just sits under your TV and 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:06.120 it just broadcasts out and the signal kind of drops 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.240 off as you get around the corners of your home. 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:12.720 So in this setup with the Mesh Wi Fi systems, 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.960 the signal is much stronger around your house. Better video, 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:20.320 better audio, less buffering, less dropouts. So your phone just 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.240 basically your phone and your device is just work pretty 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:27.400 much in a way better way than they would which 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:31.760 just the router from your phone company or your cable company. 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:35.080 And so check out Villo. I recommend Eero. Still I 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:38.280 love Euro, but if you want something that's a lot cheaper, 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:42.720 Villo is way cheaper than Euro. Now. The other thing 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.800 to know is that anytime you're going to buy something 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.600 that's an electronic device, you want to make sure that 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:50.480 you're not just buying it immediately. You are kind of 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.480 watching the price now something like Villo. It goes on 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.960 sale over once in a while on Amazon, So definitely 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:01.960 set up a kind of a a price alert on 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:03.840 Amazon for that. And you can do that with a 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:07.440 website called Camel Camel Camel And if you want to 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:13.000 use a more wide ranging price tracker, Honey is one 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.800 I like that that works there. So Get Honey, I 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:17.920 think is the website. Let's see is it get Honey, 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:22.040 Get Honey Dot. Nope, it's not get Honey, what is it? 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:26.440 Join Honey dot com. So Joinhney dot com. I really 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:28.640 like that because it's like a little you know, it 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:30.800 gives you like coupon codes and stuff, but it also 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.680 helps you track prices as well. And I have all 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.040 my items on Amazon that I want to purchase on 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.400 my Honey drop list and it works. I mean, I 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.240 get these notifications that are pretty good, and of course 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:43.200 I'll buy it if it's you know, if the price 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:46.800 drops just a little bit. So that's a good question there. 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.200 Let's go to another question, just because I'm feeling very 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:55.120 questioning today. Uh, let's see Patty says. First of all, 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.880 thank you for your amazing podcast. I rely heavily on 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.440 it for both the tech topics, but also I listen 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:02.600 when i'm running, so it takes my mind off what 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:04.920 I'm doing to my body. You're a great distraction and 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.399 a wealth of knowledge. I appreciate what you do and 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:11.479 I refer to you as my tech guy. Well, thank you, Patty. 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:14.240 So my question. You've talked about your Sona's Bluetooth speaker 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:16.439 you love, but I can't find your podcast about it. 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:18.320 I'd like one for my husband for Christmas because he 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.920 keeps stealing my bluetooth speaker. I just need one that's 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.320 portable to go between his workshop and his brewery. Wow, 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:27.280 workshop and brewery. You got quite the man there. That's awesome. 0:17:27.560 --> 0:17:31.439 I wish I had a brewery and a workshop. Thank you, Patty. 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.679 So the Sonos that I mentioned, I purchased two of 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:40.840 them over the pandemic because it's been that long. But 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:43.879 the big one that I started with is called the 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:47.439 sons Move and that's a four hundred dollars speaker. And 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:50.080 then the smaller one that they came out with is 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:54.320 the sons Rome, and that is a much smaller bluetooth 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.560 speaker that they actually raise the price on. This is 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:59.439 one of the few times that I've ever seen the 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:02.840 price of of a gadget increase since I purchased it. 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.240 I purchased it one sixty nine, it's now one seventy nine. 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:11.320 And Sonos raised prices almost across the board during the pandemic, 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:15.159 I guess, citing higher costs and things like that. So, uh, 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:17.199 the Sonos Rome is the one that I mentioned. This 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:21.200 is a much smaller bluetooth speaker. And here's the thing, Patty, 0:18:21.280 --> 0:18:23.600 I don't know if I'd recommend the Sonos if you're 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.040 just using these by themselves. I mean, yes, they work 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:28.879 great as a Bluetooth speaker, but the beauty of the 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:31.960 Rome and the Move is that they work as part 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:35.720 of a bigger sons setup. So in my house, I've 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:38.960 got Sona speakers in various rooms. They all play the 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.480 same stuff together at the same time, or I can 0:18:41.520 --> 0:18:44.160 play them individually. And so what's cool about the Rome 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:46.680 and the Move is that, like the Move, for instance, 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:48.679 I just have in my living room, it's always on 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:50.359 the charger, and then when I go out in the 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.760 backyard and kind of hang out on the patio, I 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.040 just take the Move with me, and now we've got 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:57.199 music outside in the back and I can bring it 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:59.280 back in when I come back inside. Same thing with 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.199 the Rome. We go on vacation, or we go to 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.000 a hotel, or we go to the beach, and we 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.320 take the room because it works in the house and 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:07.040 then you take it out of the house and it 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.840 works on Bluetooth. So that's the cost and why they're 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:13.320 a little bit more expensive. If you just want a 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:15.760 nice Bluetooth speaker for your husband, I would go with 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:20.960 something from Ultimate Years. So that's UE, which is Ultimate Years, 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.480 and they've got a bunch of different speakers and I 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:26.400 think they're all great. So I would go with something 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:29.840 like the Wonder Boom two or the Boom three or 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:31.639 the Mega Boom, depending on how much you want to 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:34.439 spend and how big your husband wants these speakers. So 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:38.480 that's what I would recommend. And yeah, he'll have a 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:40.840 great hope it doesn't listen to the podcast because he'll 0:19:40.880 --> 0:19:44.920 be now he'll know your secret. All right. Spotify does 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.600 this thing at the end of every year called Spotify Rapped, 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:51.119 and I will be honest. I just started using Spotify 0:19:51.200 --> 0:19:54.400 this year and pretty recently actually, but I am obsessed. 0:19:54.440 --> 0:19:57.520 I do really, really like my Spotify. It's funny because 0:19:57.520 --> 0:20:02.000 I used Apple Music and you two Music pretty much 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:06.800 exclusively forever, and I always kind of shunned Spotify just 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.000 because I didn't need it, Like I paid for Apple, 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:11.600 I paid for YouTube, and I wasn't gonna pay for 0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:14.800 a third And of course now I am, but well, 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:19.520 I ditched, sadly, I ditched. I ditched Apple Music because 0:20:19.520 --> 0:20:22.119 I no longer need it, because I know, I know 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:26.720 so sad, but I I hate even saying this, but 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:29.439 I ditched it because now Spotify works on my watch. 0:20:29.880 --> 0:20:32.119 So it used to be only Apple Music would work 0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:35.240 on the Apple Watch. Now Spotify allows you to download 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:37.120 music to the Apple Watch, and so I don't really 0:20:37.200 --> 0:20:40.320 need to pay for things that overlap. So anyway, what 0:20:40.320 --> 0:20:42.320 I'm trying to tell you is that this new or 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:44.359 this Spotify rap that comes out every year, this is 0:20:44.359 --> 0:20:47.439 the first year that I've kind of used Spotify. So 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:50.040 I looked at it. I don't really I don't really 0:20:50.080 --> 0:20:51.840 get it, except I did listen to one of the 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:53.679 pod one of the playlists today, which was like my 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:55.679 top songs of twenty twenty one, and every song that 0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:57.239 came on, I'm like, oh, I like this song. Oh 0:20:57.280 --> 0:20:59.000 I really like this song. I'm like, oh, yeah, duh, 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:01.320 because it's all the songs that I like throughout the year. 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:04.959 So a couple things that they did, and people just 0:21:05.000 --> 0:21:07.879 love this. They just love the way Spotify percents this 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:10.040 and they love to see what they listen to the most. 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:13.200 I'm not the biggest fan of these whole year end things. 0:21:13.240 --> 0:21:15.320 I guess they're kind of cool. They're growing on me, 0:21:15.440 --> 0:21:18.600 let's put it that way. But Spotify did a couple 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:21.760 of things, including twenty twenty one the Movie, which features 0:21:21.760 --> 0:21:24.240 your top songs with classic scenes from a movie that's 0:21:24.280 --> 0:21:27.439 all about you. Then they have your audio Aura. We 0:21:27.480 --> 0:21:31.200 worked with an aura expert to visualize your audio aura 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:34.920 based on your top two music moods. Playing cards. This 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:37.520 is an interactive database game that you play and share 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:40.040 with your friends. I don't know what that means. Oh, 0:21:40.040 --> 0:21:43.040 we will display several statements about your listening and you'll 0:21:43.080 --> 0:21:45.760 have to guess which ones are true. And then the 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:48.840 rapped blend, which you can see how your twenty twenty 0:21:48.840 --> 0:21:52.280 one music tastes match up with your friends. So again, 0:21:52.400 --> 0:21:55.840 it's all about getting you to be on Spotify more. 0:21:56.280 --> 0:21:58.920 And so of course the raptub has the standard stuff, 0:21:58.920 --> 0:22:01.840 which is your top songs twenty twenty one, your artists 0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:05.160 revealed your top tracks, and artists your best new podcasts, 0:22:05.960 --> 0:22:08.840 and it's just all kinds of you know stuff that 0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:13.680 It's a nice way of slicing and dicing your Spotify 0:22:13.760 --> 0:22:15.479 data and I think they do a nice job of it. 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:18.879 So very cool if you have Spotify check it out 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:23.360 all right, Abel says, I'm trying to purchase a magnetic 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:27.560 wireless portable charger for an iPhone twelve Promax, any recommendations 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:32.280 would be truly appreciated. Thanks in advance. All right, So able, 0:22:32.320 --> 0:22:36.680 if you want the standard, it's just Apple's mag Safe charger, 0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:40.960 and it's I got to find out what they actually 0:22:41.000 --> 0:22:43.320 call it. Is it the let's see, it's like a 0:22:43.359 --> 0:22:46.920 battery pack. It's called the Apple mag Safe Battery Pack. 0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:50.280 So that's the official one right now. The standard price 0:22:50.359 --> 0:22:52.159 is one hundred bucks, but I've seen it. It's on 0:22:52.280 --> 0:22:56.280 sale for cheaper seventy five dollars at best Buy right now, 0:22:56.400 --> 0:22:59.200 So if you want that, that's, according to the Verge, 0:22:59.200 --> 0:23:02.360 that's the all time low price. So what these battery 0:23:02.400 --> 0:23:04.879 packs do is it's a battery and it sticks to 0:23:04.960 --> 0:23:07.240 the back of your phone with magnets and it charges 0:23:07.240 --> 0:23:09.520 your phone. And what's nice about that is that it's 0:23:09.520 --> 0:23:11.440 just nice and simple and it doesn't you know, you 0:23:11.480 --> 0:23:14.000 can actually hold your phone and use it. And so 0:23:15.720 --> 0:23:17.680 these things are like essential. If you have a mag 0:23:17.720 --> 0:23:21.320 Safe iPhone, which is the iPhone twelve and thirteen, all 0:23:21.359 --> 0:23:26.200 the models in that range, then you can attach accessories 0:23:26.240 --> 0:23:28.359 magnetically to the back of your phone. And so this 0:23:28.480 --> 0:23:29.840 is one way of doing it. Now. The other one 0:23:29.840 --> 0:23:33.040 I like, I haven't tested this one, but I know 0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:35.119 the brand and I know a lot of people that 0:23:35.160 --> 0:23:38.520 I know that like it is the Anchor Magnetic battery, 0:23:38.920 --> 0:23:41.919 and this one is a little bit cheaper. It's fifty 0:23:41.960 --> 0:23:45.159 five dollars and again same concept. It just sticks to 0:23:45.200 --> 0:23:48.800 the back of your phone and wirelessly and magnetically or 0:23:48.800 --> 0:23:52.119 I should say sticks to your phone magnetically and wirelessly 0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:54.800 charges your phone. And so that's really nice. It's just simple, 0:23:54.880 --> 0:24:00.040 one less cable to carry. And then I did a 0:24:00.119 --> 0:24:04.800 segment or a feature on the my Charge mag Safe 0:24:04.880 --> 0:24:08.760 battery pack, and I really like this one, and it's 0:24:08.760 --> 0:24:13.840 called the Maglock. So it's the Maglock mag Safe power Bank. 0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:16.320 And they have three different sizes and they're thirty percent 0:24:16.359 --> 0:24:19.760 off right now, So there you can buy the size 0:24:19.760 --> 0:24:21.600 that you think is the best for you, that you 0:24:21.600 --> 0:24:24.320 know how much you need for power wise, and just 0:24:24.359 --> 0:24:27.480 going over the power situation, so they make a three 0:24:27.480 --> 0:24:30.800 thousand million power, a six thousand million power, and a 0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:35.160 nine thousand million power. The iPhone itself is anywhere between 0:24:35.320 --> 0:24:39.440 two and probably ah gosh, I think it's like, let's 0:24:39.440 --> 0:24:43.040 see iPhone thirteen. M ah, let's see how much it is. 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:46.720 Uh Yeah, Okay, so about oh wow, thirteen pro max 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:50.280 is forty three hundred, So the iPhone is between three 0:24:50.359 --> 0:24:54.960 thousand and let's say four thousand, forty five hundred million hours. So, 0:24:55.080 --> 0:24:57.560 however many million power batteries you get, that's how many 0:24:57.560 --> 0:24:59.160 times going to charge it. So if you get one 0:24:59.200 --> 0:25:01.879 that's three thousand milliamp hours, that's going to top up 0:25:01.880 --> 0:25:04.080 your phone probably once. If you get a six thousand, 0:25:04.160 --> 0:25:06.040 that's probably going to top up your phone about twice. 0:25:06.440 --> 0:25:08.240 If you get the nine thousand, that's going to top 0:25:08.320 --> 0:25:11.080 up your phone about three times. Now, keep in mind, 0:25:11.440 --> 0:25:15.280 these magnetic batteries are going to be more expensive and 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:19.000 charge your phone less than a standard plug in power bank. 0:25:20.119 --> 0:25:21.840 Plug in power banks you can get like a ten 0:25:21.880 --> 0:25:25.359 thousand milliamp minimum for like thirty bucks, or you can 0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:27.800 get a twenty thousand million amp and you know that's 0:25:28.280 --> 0:25:30.480 just as an expensive and it'll charge your phone way 0:25:30.520 --> 0:25:32.840 more time. So you're paying a little premium for the 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:37.119 whole mag safe situation, but it is definitely definitely more convenient. 0:25:38.760 --> 0:25:42.560 All right, let's talk about let's move directions to this 0:25:42.600 --> 0:25:45.000 is kind of fun. We did the story today on KTLA. 0:25:45.560 --> 0:25:52.000 This is a online grocery store that specializes in food 0:25:52.200 --> 0:25:55.680 that would otherwise go to waste. So it's called Misfits Market. 0:25:56.119 --> 0:25:58.600 It's out of New Jersey, which you know, major props 0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:01.520 to that because I'm from New Jersey. Love my home state. 0:26:02.680 --> 0:26:04.960 But this Misfits Market, they sent me two boxes of 0:26:05.000 --> 0:26:07.399 food to test out, and I was very confused. I 0:26:07.480 --> 0:26:08.800 was like, well, what's it going to look like? You know, 0:26:08.880 --> 0:26:11.399 is this stuff gonna be all messed up? The answer 0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:15.280 is no, it's imperfect. But that just means that, you know, 0:26:15.280 --> 0:26:16.800 when you go to the grocery store, what do you 0:26:16.800 --> 0:26:18.960 do when you're looking at apples? You pick up like 0:26:19.080 --> 0:26:21.440 five of them and try to pick up the most 0:26:21.440 --> 0:26:24.080 perfect apple that you purchase. And every person that goes 0:26:24.080 --> 0:26:26.480 to that grocery store does that over and over until 0:26:26.520 --> 0:26:28.800 all these apples that have maybe like a little bump 0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:31.080 on them or a little scrape, or they're not perfect, 0:26:31.520 --> 0:26:35.200 they just don't get purchased. So in some cases, these 0:26:35.240 --> 0:26:39.080 grocery stores don't even take delivery of food that may 0:26:39.119 --> 0:26:43.119 be seen as imperfect. And so this Misfits Market has 0:26:43.160 --> 0:26:46.879 a lot of deals with mostly organic food producers to 0:26:47.000 --> 0:26:49.040 take all this stuff that may not make it to 0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:51.159 the mainstream grocery stores and then they sell it at a 0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:53.760 discount anywhere from thirty to fifty percent. And so they 0:26:53.800 --> 0:26:55.960 sent me two boxes of stuff. I thought it was 0:26:56.000 --> 0:26:57.960 all great. Yes, some of it looked a little odd, 0:26:58.320 --> 0:27:00.960 some of it was a little misshapen. But when you 0:27:01.280 --> 0:27:03.119 wash this stuff and you cut it up and you 0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:05.200 cook it up, it's all fine. I mean, we made 0:27:05.200 --> 0:27:08.520 some really fantastic stuff. We grilled up salmon, we grilled 0:27:08.560 --> 0:27:11.959 up chicken. Let's say I made a like a veggie. 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:13.919 My wife made a veggie medley last night that was 0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:18.480 just delicious, with asparagus and roasted sweet potatoes that were 0:27:18.480 --> 0:27:20.520 so weird looking. You would never pick them up in 0:27:20.560 --> 0:27:22.760 the store because you're gonna get a sweet potato that 0:27:22.960 --> 0:27:25.760 looks perfect. These were all kind of odd shapes. They 0:27:25.800 --> 0:27:28.240 cooked up just fine. The carrots. I made a salad 0:27:28.240 --> 0:27:31.080 out of the lettuce and carrots. It was delicious. And 0:27:31.119 --> 0:27:33.000 again I wouldn't pick up the bunch of carrots because 0:27:33.000 --> 0:27:35.440 they were kind of dirty looking and they were smaller 0:27:35.440 --> 0:27:37.800 than I would get for carrots. But they were perfect 0:27:38.200 --> 0:27:40.119 when you clean them all up, they were great. So 0:27:40.240 --> 0:27:44.600 Misfits Market they are now delivering to forty four different states, 0:27:44.680 --> 0:27:49.520 including California as of a couple weeks ago, and the 0:27:49.560 --> 0:27:52.080 savings are dramatic. I mean, you could really get a 0:27:52.119 --> 0:27:54.560 pretty big saving, especially if you live in California, where 0:27:54.600 --> 0:27:57.879 food is very expensive. I mean grocery stores here. You 0:27:57.880 --> 0:28:00.240 don't realize until you go to a different state. We're 0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:03.280 paying like basically double the price at grocery stores for 0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:05.760 the simplest things like a thing of Heinz ketchup. You know, 0:28:05.760 --> 0:28:09.720 it might be three dollars in New Jersey or you know, Iowa, 0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:13.040 and it's six bucks here. So it's just the cost 0:28:13.080 --> 0:28:16.359 of living in California is very, very expensive, and you 0:28:16.400 --> 0:28:18.560 get used to it because you kind of forget that. 0:28:18.600 --> 0:28:20.959 You're just this is what you pay. But then when 0:28:21.000 --> 0:28:23.000 you go somewhere else, you realize, like, wow, this is 0:28:23.040 --> 0:28:26.080 really pricey. So the other thing about this is this 0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:29.800 is not competing with something like an Amazon Fresh, an Instacart. 0:28:29.880 --> 0:28:31.800 You're not getting this stuff instantly. What you do is 0:28:31.840 --> 0:28:34.280 you sign up, you build your box throughout the week, 0:28:34.320 --> 0:28:36.440 and there's a cutoff date on like let's say whatever 0:28:36.520 --> 0:28:38.440 date you want, and then they ship your box out 0:28:38.480 --> 0:28:42.120 two days later. So minimum order is thirty bucks. Shipping 0:28:42.200 --> 0:28:44.400 is five point fifty. Some of the stuff was a 0:28:44.400 --> 0:28:46.880 little bit broken up when I got my box, but 0:28:47.080 --> 0:28:49.680 you know that happens. It's you know when you're shipping 0:28:49.760 --> 0:28:53.000 something by FedEx that that can happen. But they do 0:28:53.240 --> 0:28:57.240 use different depending on your zip code, they use different carriers, 0:28:57.280 --> 0:28:59.520 so whatever carrier is sort of best for your area. 0:29:00.360 --> 0:29:02.920 And that's the other big difference is that they're trying 0:29:02.920 --> 0:29:05.640 to solve these kind of food waste issues but also 0:29:05.760 --> 0:29:08.920 food desert issues. So there's a lot of places in America. 0:29:09.000 --> 0:29:10.720 If you live in a big city, take for granted 0:29:10.720 --> 0:29:13.280 that you can get all this stuff delivered. But if 0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:15.400 you live in other places in America, you may not 0:29:15.440 --> 0:29:17.880 be able to get food delivery as easily and as 0:29:17.880 --> 0:29:21.920 competitively priced as somewhere that's near you, or you may 0:29:21.920 --> 0:29:23.960 not have a grocery store that's near you. And so 0:29:24.040 --> 0:29:27.320 what Misfits Market is priding itself on is the fact 0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:30.640 that they deliver to almost every zip code in the 0:29:30.680 --> 0:29:33.200 states they service. So in California they deliver to like 0:29:33.200 --> 0:29:35.760 pretty much every zip code, and that's across the board, 0:29:35.800 --> 0:29:39.160 so forty four states. I've got a promo code's not 0:29:39.240 --> 0:29:40.920 sponsored or anything. I just asked them, hey, can you 0:29:40.920 --> 0:29:42.200 give me a promo cod because I know people are 0:29:42.200 --> 0:29:44.880 going to want to try it out rich on Tech thirty. 0:29:44.920 --> 0:29:47.560 We'll give you thirty percent off your first two boxes, which, 0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:49.360 by the way, whenever I get a promo code from 0:29:49.400 --> 0:29:51.360 a company, which you know, it's few and far between 0:29:51.400 --> 0:29:53.760 when I ask for that, but when I do, I 0:29:53.800 --> 0:29:55.720 always say I want the promo code to be the 0:29:55.760 --> 0:29:58.760 best promo code out there, because I'm not trying to 0:29:58.800 --> 0:30:01.360 like make affiliate sales. I'm not trying to do any 0:30:01.400 --> 0:30:03.200 of that stuff. So I'm just trying to get the 0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:06.280 best deal for you, the listener or the viewer, And 0:30:06.360 --> 0:30:08.360 so I don't want you to have to go search 0:30:08.400 --> 0:30:11.200 around and say, well, you know, Rich puts this code 0:30:11.280 --> 0:30:13.040 on here, and it's let me say, if there's something better. 0:30:13.080 --> 0:30:14.520 I don't want you to have to do that. So 0:30:14.560 --> 0:30:17.640 whenever I'm sharing a promo code, I almost ninety nine 0:30:17.640 --> 0:30:19.920 point nine percent of the time asked the company to 0:30:20.000 --> 0:30:22.520 make sure it is the best promo code available. There 0:30:22.520 --> 0:30:25.080 may be a similar promo code available, but it's always 0:30:25.120 --> 0:30:28.440 the best, and so like for this, it's thirty percent 0:30:28.480 --> 0:30:30.320 off your first two boxes is better than you can 0:30:30.360 --> 0:30:32.680 do in pretty much any other code that they have 0:30:32.720 --> 0:30:36.040 available today, So rest assured you don't have to go 0:30:36.120 --> 0:30:38.600 searching around for a better code. But I gotta say, 0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:40.480 I'm gonna try this. I'm gonna try I mean, I 0:30:40.520 --> 0:30:43.360 tried it. But the thing about me trying it is 0:30:43.360 --> 0:30:45.480 that typically I like to try things as a quote 0:30:45.520 --> 0:30:48.520 unquote regular person, where I would order the boxes and 0:30:48.560 --> 0:30:50.280 do this. But with this one, I just said, send 0:30:50.320 --> 0:30:52.680 me two boxes, let me or send me a box, 0:30:52.680 --> 0:30:54.600 and let me just try it out. Now what I'm 0:30:54.640 --> 0:30:57.760 gonna do is I'm gonna actually order as a you know, pedestrian, 0:30:57.800 --> 0:30:59.960 as a regular person, and just you know, see how 0:31:00.120 --> 0:31:02.400 it is. And I think it's pretty cool. Like if 0:31:02.400 --> 0:31:06.400 I can get my basics like lemons, limes, apples, you know, lettuce, 0:31:06.480 --> 0:31:09.280 celery like that kind of stuff at these cheaper prices, 0:31:09.880 --> 0:31:14.719 then I think it's a really cool thing. So misfits market. 0:31:14.800 --> 0:31:21.240 All right, let's get to another question. All right, Erica says, Hey, Rich, 0:31:21.280 --> 0:31:23.000 hope you're well. I have a cell phone question. I've 0:31:23.040 --> 0:31:26.200 always used Samsung notes in most recently the S twenty one. 0:31:26.720 --> 0:31:29.000 Not sure if it's my carrier service T Mobile or 0:31:29.000 --> 0:31:31.400 my phone call but my or my phone, but calls 0:31:31.440 --> 0:31:33.920 never come in and calls drop. My husband doesn't have 0:31:33.960 --> 0:31:37.000 this issue. He has an iPhone seven. He doesn't like technology. 0:31:37.040 --> 0:31:39.240 I recently ordered a Pixel five A. I'm wondering if 0:31:39.280 --> 0:31:42.000 the pixel has Android Auto, as I searched and found 0:31:42.040 --> 0:31:43.960 different answers. Would you tell me if it will work? 0:31:44.000 --> 0:31:45.800 This is a deal breaker for me as I really 0:31:45.880 --> 0:31:49.440 enjoy Android Auto. Thanks for your techie tips. Happy holidays, 0:31:49.560 --> 0:31:53.920 Erica Erica. Yes, indeed the Pixel five A has Android 0:31:53.960 --> 0:31:59.640 Auto op or wrong sound effect? Can you tell my 0:32:00.080 --> 0:32:04.280 on my own show? So, yes, it has Android Auto. 0:32:04.320 --> 0:32:08.600 There's so much like online about this whole Android Auto situation. 0:32:08.880 --> 0:32:12.120 Android Auto is there, it works, It's fine. I think 0:32:12.160 --> 0:32:14.280 the thing that they're talking about when it comes to 0:32:14.280 --> 0:32:17.680 Android Auto is the there was a standalone app on 0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:21.040 Android phones that you could bring up on your phone screen. 0:32:21.560 --> 0:32:24.160 I think that's gone, but they still have what's called 0:32:24.200 --> 0:32:27.320 like Android Auto Assistant. They built it into Google Assistant 0:32:27.360 --> 0:32:30.680 to make it accessible on more phones, and so it's there. 0:32:31.680 --> 0:32:33.480 It works. If you plug it into your car, you'll 0:32:33.480 --> 0:32:36.320 still have Android Auto when it comes to your dropped calls. 0:32:37.040 --> 0:32:39.360 I don't know that could be t Mobile. I'm not 0:32:39.480 --> 0:32:42.960 really sure. In my experience, every carrier has its pros 0:32:42.960 --> 0:32:45.440 and cons. I think they all have their weaknesses and 0:32:45.480 --> 0:32:49.080 strengths in different areas. I mean, I try all three carriers, 0:32:49.120 --> 0:32:52.560 and believe me, I will say that I think that. Well, 0:32:52.600 --> 0:32:55.640 I'll just tell you that they all work in various 0:32:55.680 --> 0:32:58.600 ways in various places. So what I always tell folks 0:32:58.800 --> 0:33:01.640 is get a get a carrier that works where you 0:33:01.720 --> 0:33:03.720 live and where you work. Those are the two most 0:33:03.760 --> 0:33:06.240 important things. And if you're on the freeway a lot 0:33:06.320 --> 0:33:08.160 or the highway, get a carrier that works on the 0:33:08.200 --> 0:33:11.400 highway a lot. If you're in rural areas, get one 0:33:11.440 --> 0:33:14.800 that works in rural areas a lot. And that just 0:33:15.240 --> 0:33:18.160 it requires a lot of talking to friends and family 0:33:18.240 --> 0:33:20.880 and just see what they have and just ask questions, Hey, 0:33:20.920 --> 0:33:22.560 you have G Mobile? Does it drop a lot? Do 0:33:22.560 --> 0:33:25.160 you get a lot of drop calls? Hey you have Verizon? 0:33:25.280 --> 0:33:27.320 Does it work in you know, rural areas when you're 0:33:27.360 --> 0:33:29.120 in the woods. Oh you have AT and T does 0:33:29.120 --> 0:33:30.959 that work at the park that I always go to. 0:33:31.760 --> 0:33:34.280 So Pixel five A, I think is a fantastic phone. 0:33:34.400 --> 0:33:37.920 I would definitely go with that phone. And I think 0:33:37.960 --> 0:33:41.280 you're gonna love it. I think it's a really solid device. 0:33:42.720 --> 0:33:45.680 All right, let's just go right to another question. Let's 0:33:45.720 --> 0:33:50.600 see again. I don't know if I can oh interesting. 0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:53.720 This person's term is CSI Miami show. Maybe they work 0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:56.400 on CSI Miami. I was trying to watch a special 0:33:56.440 --> 0:33:59.600 program on USA Network. I downloaded the USA Network and 0:33:59.600 --> 0:34:01.800 I still couldn't get the show I wanted to watch. 0:34:02.200 --> 0:34:05.000 The advertisement for the show was USA Network. I even 0:34:05.080 --> 0:34:08.640 tried downloading the NBC app on my Amazon Firestick and nothing. 0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:11.040 All I kept telling me is the list of providers. 0:34:11.360 --> 0:34:13.279 The only thing I have is an indoor antenna and 0:34:13.280 --> 0:34:16.799 the firestick. I even contacted NBC and they couldn't help me. 0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:20.120 Do you have any idea what I did wrong? Thank you? Yes, 0:34:20.200 --> 0:34:22.719 I do have an idea what you did wrong. You 0:34:22.800 --> 0:34:25.920 can't just download these apps, and well, it depends on 0:34:25.960 --> 0:34:28.560 the app. If it's a cable if it's a cable 0:34:28.680 --> 0:34:32.000 streaming cable TV app, like a cable channel, most of 0:34:32.000 --> 0:34:34.640 the time you need to subscribe to that channel in 0:34:34.680 --> 0:34:37.160 some way to actually watch it. And I know this 0:34:37.239 --> 0:34:40.520 is a totally convoluted system, and we are in an 0:34:40.600 --> 0:34:45.200 in between stage right now with these with these channels. 0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:49.280 So right now, cable channels make their money by having 0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:53.200 cable subscribers. So USA Network is not its own little 0:34:53.239 --> 0:34:56.479 business that's stand alone that can just exist on its own. 0:34:56.840 --> 0:35:00.319 They can exist because they get a dollar from every 0:35:00.320 --> 0:35:06.280 person that has Comcast or Verizon FiOS or Direct TV, 0:35:06.640 --> 0:35:11.160 all these different spectrum. These cable channels make money that way. 0:35:11.560 --> 0:35:15.040 They don't in most cases have a standalone app with 0:35:15.080 --> 0:35:17.520 their own subscription because they're still trying to figure out 0:35:17.560 --> 0:35:20.400 that side of the business. So why they're showing you 0:35:20.440 --> 0:35:23.319 that list of providers is because you need to subscribe 0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:27.719 to some sort of cable streaming service to get access 0:35:27.760 --> 0:35:31.360 to that USA network. The access is free if you 0:35:31.440 --> 0:35:36.400 are a subscriber to a cable cable package. And so 0:35:36.560 --> 0:35:38.839 what I would do if you want USA Network, I 0:35:38.880 --> 0:35:40.879 just did a quick search. It seems like Sling TV 0:35:41.040 --> 0:35:44.040 is probably your easiest and cheapest, But I would search 0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:48.280 untangled dot tv and see which streaming service carries USA 0:35:48.280 --> 0:35:50.400 Network for the cheapest. I think it's going to be 0:35:50.440 --> 0:35:53.040 Sling But that's what I would do. But this is 0:35:53.120 --> 0:35:55.920 a major major issue. I get these questions all the time. 0:35:56.280 --> 0:36:01.080 People are so confused about how to access anything today 0:36:01.120 --> 0:36:05.400 on streaming because you've got so many different services and 0:36:05.440 --> 0:36:08.160 they all require something different. So I mean, if you're 0:36:08.280 --> 0:36:11.440 getting a bundle of cable channels, you get and you 0:36:11.480 --> 0:36:13.480 watch them, and you download that app and you can 0:36:13.520 --> 0:36:15.000 watch them live, and then if you want to get 0:36:15.000 --> 0:36:17.640 the channels, you got it. Sometimes you'd subscribe to a 0:36:17.680 --> 0:36:20.120 cable service. It doesn't give you access to the to 0:36:20.160 --> 0:36:22.640 the log in on the channel. So you really have 0:36:22.719 --> 0:36:24.360 to do your homework with this stuff. And I always 0:36:24.360 --> 0:36:27.440 tell people, you know, Untangled dot tv is great. Another 0:36:27.480 --> 0:36:29.200 way to do it is just google the name of 0:36:29.239 --> 0:36:33.000 the show. So if you want to watch what's like 0:36:33.040 --> 0:36:35.879 a popular show? What's a popular TV show? Right now, 0:36:35.960 --> 0:36:37.920 let's just see I have no idea because I don't 0:36:38.239 --> 0:36:40.279 I only watch one show at a time. Okay, let's 0:36:40.280 --> 0:36:47.320 say you want to watch Yellowstone. How to watch Yellowstone streaming? Okay, 0:36:47.480 --> 0:36:51.200 you google that, and there's these bloggers that write about 0:36:51.239 --> 0:36:55.480 how to see the show. And Marie on the Facebook 0:36:55.520 --> 0:36:57.440 is saying she loves the Real Good app, which I 0:36:57.520 --> 0:37:00.719 have recommended many times. I love that. That's another way 0:37:00.760 --> 0:37:03.400 that you can do it. But this is a simpler way. 0:37:03.760 --> 0:37:06.040 That's just an easy way to Google it, and so 0:37:06.080 --> 0:37:09.960 they say streaming. While Yellowstone isn't currently on Netflix or Hulu, 0:37:10.000 --> 0:37:12.680 the first three seasons are all available to stream on 0:37:12.760 --> 0:37:17.560 Peacock or for purchase through Amazon Prime. Despite what you 0:37:17.600 --> 0:37:19.840 might assume given that the show's on the Paramount network, 0:37:19.880 --> 0:37:22.760 it's not currently available through the Paramount Plus streaming service. 0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:26.160 So there you go. And I would also cross reference 0:37:26.360 --> 0:37:28.799 what they said with what other people say, so I'd 0:37:28.800 --> 0:37:31.239 always read two articles because sometimes they might get it wrong. 0:37:31.600 --> 0:37:33.680 But that's you know, that's the main thing is that 0:37:33.840 --> 0:37:36.280 you just have to kind of search around to see. 0:37:36.280 --> 0:37:39.160 But with movies especially, I love the real good app 0:37:39.200 --> 0:37:41.560 that's what I use to figure out. And believe me, 0:37:41.719 --> 0:37:44.600 I am. I am kind of a stickler when it 0:37:44.600 --> 0:37:46.919 comes to not paying for content. My wife was like, oh, 0:37:46.960 --> 0:37:52.839 this new Incanto, Yeah in Kanto movie. That's a Disney movie. 0:37:52.880 --> 0:37:55.000 She's like, it's getting really good reviews. And I said, 0:37:55.520 --> 0:37:58.360 is it streaming? Because guess what, I'm not paying for 0:37:58.400 --> 0:38:01.239 the movies. She said, what, because we haven't been to 0:38:01.320 --> 0:38:03.200 the movie theater in two years. I said, I don't care. 0:38:03.480 --> 0:38:05.640 I said, I pay for too many streaming services. I'm 0:38:05.640 --> 0:38:07.879 not paying for you know, tickets, to the movies. She's like, well, 0:38:07.880 --> 0:38:10.040 what if we go to like a matine I'm like, 0:38:10.080 --> 0:38:12.600 all right, maybe we'll go to the matinee of Incanto. 0:38:12.680 --> 0:38:14.759 But I can't. It's so tough for me because I 0:38:14.800 --> 0:38:17.920 pay for so many streaming services that I want all 0:38:17.960 --> 0:38:21.200 of my my content to be included in those streaming services. 0:38:21.239 --> 0:38:25.000 So I've been known to subscribe to a streaming service 0:38:25.040 --> 0:38:26.960 for a month just to get the show that we 0:38:27.000 --> 0:38:29.319 want to watch or the movie, like we watched uh, 0:38:29.400 --> 0:38:32.000 Clifford the Big Red Dog, and that was on Paramount Plus. 0:38:32.320 --> 0:38:35.759 And so I searched for a a deal on a 0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:39.000 on a free trial for Paramount Plus. And it's interesting 0:38:39.040 --> 0:38:42.440 because I actually had a free trial on Paramount Plus. 0:38:42.560 --> 0:38:44.880 But if I subscribed through a different way, which I 0:38:44.880 --> 0:38:47.600 think ended up being Google Play, I could do the 0:38:47.600 --> 0:38:50.200 free trial again. So it does take a little work. 0:38:50.239 --> 0:38:52.359 Sometimes I might I might be a little bit more 0:38:52.360 --> 0:38:54.640 of a stickler than most people because I just I 0:38:54.680 --> 0:38:57.160 feel like, you know, we're paying for so many things. 0:38:57.160 --> 0:38:58.560 I just want to make sure that you know we're 0:38:58.560 --> 0:39:00.759 getting our money's worth, and so that that's why I 0:39:00.800 --> 0:39:03.560 do it. All right, let me talk about some of 0:39:03.560 --> 0:39:05.760 the things that I want to talk about on this show. 0:39:05.960 --> 0:39:10.840 So let's see. We went through the interview with Tim Cook. Oh, 0:39:10.960 --> 0:39:13.800 the book I'm reading right now, this is a speaking 0:39:13.880 --> 0:39:16.840 of something that I purchased. So this was an example 0:39:17.040 --> 0:39:20.160 of I couldn't get a free trial. So I've done 0:39:20.480 --> 0:39:23.400 I've done so many Audible free trials over the years, 0:39:23.640 --> 0:39:27.279 and I guess Audible finally cut me off and they said, 0:39:27.280 --> 0:39:30.680 all right, no more, no more free trials for you. 0:39:31.239 --> 0:39:32.880 And so I wanted to read this new book by 0:39:32.880 --> 0:39:35.680 Gary Vaynerchuk, and I say read, I'm actually going to 0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:37.800 listen to this one. But it's called twelve and a 0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:43.920 half and it's about the emotional ingredients necessary for business success. 0:39:44.320 --> 0:39:46.880 And he goes over sort of twelve twelve things that 0:39:46.920 --> 0:39:50.239 he's identified that are essential if you want to be 0:39:50.280 --> 0:39:53.319 good in business, and good in business means anything you 0:39:53.360 --> 0:39:56.239 can be. Good as an employee, good as a manager, 0:39:56.680 --> 0:39:59.320 good as just you know, regular person like in my job. 0:40:00.480 --> 0:40:03.600 And so so far. Anyway, so I paid the fifteen 0:40:03.640 --> 0:40:06.560 dollars on Audible for a free month, which are for 0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:08.600 a month of service, which gives you a credit that 0:40:08.640 --> 0:40:11.000 you can use towards an audiobook. And so I bought 0:40:11.000 --> 0:40:12.480 this and I've been listening to it and I got 0:40:12.480 --> 0:40:16.960 to say, I am very very impressed so far. The 0:40:17.440 --> 0:40:23.120 first the first like element was gratitude. And I'll be honest, 0:40:23.120 --> 0:40:26.280 I've heard the word gratitude so many times in my life, 0:40:26.320 --> 0:40:28.520 I mean, more than I can talk in the past 0:40:28.640 --> 0:40:31.400 five years. Right, Like, I never even growing up, you 0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:34.440 never heard the term gratitude. Well I didn't, but you know, 0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:36.239 and for me, I was probably first exposed to it 0:40:36.320 --> 0:40:39.640 just a couple of years ago, and I maybe vaguely 0:40:39.800 --> 0:40:42.440 knew what it was, but not really And so I 0:40:42.520 --> 0:40:45.799 never heard anyone explain what gratitude was better than Gary 0:40:45.840 --> 0:40:50.120 Vaynerchuk and he explained this to me. And I have, honestly, 0:40:50.160 --> 0:40:52.960 in the past twenty four hours realized how fortunate I 0:40:53.000 --> 0:40:55.560 am in life more so than I ever have before. 0:40:56.040 --> 0:40:59.680 And so that kind of his point is that that 0:40:59.719 --> 0:41:02.120 can how you are as a human and how you 0:41:02.239 --> 0:41:06.160 are as an employee or a business person. And I 0:41:06.360 --> 0:41:10.040 will say that I am I don't know, like the 0:41:10.080 --> 0:41:12.319 gratitude like it goes into almost every thought that I 0:41:12.360 --> 0:41:15.040 have right now, and it's because of this book. And 0:41:15.120 --> 0:41:18.440 so I highly recome in this book. If you're you know, 0:41:18.520 --> 0:41:20.640 I don't need you to be like hustling on the 0:41:20.680 --> 0:41:23.080 side project and all this stuff, but like if you're 0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:26.720 just trying to be a better employee, a better human, 0:41:26.880 --> 0:41:31.480 a better person, a better worker, a better manager, a 0:41:31.520 --> 0:41:36.040 better anything. I really really like this book because I 0:41:36.080 --> 0:41:37.839 was wondering if it would apply to me, because I'm like, well, 0:41:37.960 --> 0:41:40.960 not like a big entrepreneur or big whatever. But it's 0:41:41.000 --> 0:41:43.080 so far has been right on point, and so it's 0:41:43.080 --> 0:41:45.080 called twelve and a half. I really really like it. 0:41:45.400 --> 0:41:48.279 Gary Vaynerchuk is one of my favorites. By the way, 0:41:48.400 --> 0:41:50.880 grew up in New Jersey. He is an immigrant, but 0:41:51.640 --> 0:41:53.799 he grew up in New Jersey when his family came 0:41:53.840 --> 0:41:56.759 here to the US from I believe it was like 0:41:56.960 --> 0:41:59.760 the I think he said Bella Rusa in the Soviet Union. 0:42:01.120 --> 0:42:04.440 But a great story and just someone I followed for 0:42:04.480 --> 0:42:06.440 many years and such a great guy. I actually had 0:42:06.440 --> 0:42:09.000 the chance to interview him many years ago, and at 0:42:09.040 --> 0:42:12.880 that point I wasn't really as familiar with the power 0:42:13.040 --> 0:42:15.520 of Gary v. And now I wish I got to 0:42:15.520 --> 0:42:18.600 go back to that interview because I would have he 0:42:18.760 --> 0:42:20.239 I think at the end of the interview he asked 0:42:20.239 --> 0:42:22.160 if we wanted to like have a sip of wine together, 0:42:22.200 --> 0:42:24.280 because that's his big thing is he had a wine business. 0:42:24.640 --> 0:42:27.360 And I was like so meek in like whatever that. 0:42:27.400 --> 0:42:29.279 I was kind of like, uh, I can't treat him 0:42:29.280 --> 0:42:31.280 on a job. And I had like one little sip. 0:42:31.320 --> 0:42:33.000 Maybe I cheered with him. I don't even think I 0:42:33.080 --> 0:42:36.440 drank it. And I just what a missed opportunity. I mean, 0:42:36.680 --> 0:42:41.080 rich Rich de miro of, that was like ten years ago, 0:42:41.160 --> 0:42:43.920 what were you thinking? You were sitting with Gary Vaynerchuk 0:42:43.920 --> 0:42:46.120 and he said you want to toast? And I just 0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:48.719 I faked it, Like what why would I do that? 0:42:49.440 --> 0:42:51.839 So I'm a very different person than I was ten 0:42:51.920 --> 0:42:54.520 years ago, So I would I would. I'd be like, Gary, 0:42:54.719 --> 0:42:57.440 clear your schedule, let's let's uh, let's split the bottle 0:42:57.520 --> 0:43:00.000 and uh and let's let me just pick your brain 0:43:00.160 --> 0:43:03.120 for the next hour and a half. Anyway, twelve and 0:43:03.160 --> 0:43:05.279 a half. Great book. Highly recommend it. And this is 0:43:05.280 --> 0:43:07.040 one of those books that you can listen to. It's 0:43:07.080 --> 0:43:09.440 just it's just so easy to hear Gary speak and 0:43:10.400 --> 0:43:12.600 listen to this book. And I'm gonna actually re listen 0:43:12.640 --> 0:43:15.319 to this book I think every other year or every 0:43:15.400 --> 0:43:18.000 year because as i'm listening to it, I'm like, oh, 0:43:18.000 --> 0:43:19.759 that's so good, that's so good, that's so good. I 0:43:19.800 --> 0:43:22.200 need to remind myself you're in, you're out just of 0:43:22.239 --> 0:43:25.080 some of these emotional ingredients. Some of the other ones 0:43:25.120 --> 0:43:28.600 are like empathy and yeah, you're like rich, what these 0:43:28.600 --> 0:43:32.120 are not? These are not the standard business school things 0:43:32.120 --> 0:43:33.880 that they teach you. No, it's not. And that's the 0:43:33.920 --> 0:43:39.279 whole point is that you're learning. You're learning the the 0:43:39.360 --> 0:43:42.080 extra you know, the stuff that you don't necessarily learn 0:43:42.080 --> 0:43:45.080 in business school, and it's stuff that really does come 0:43:45.080 --> 0:43:50.040 into play in every aspect of your life. And so anyway, now, 0:43:50.080 --> 0:43:52.400 by the way, Gary's last book, Crushing It was the 0:43:52.400 --> 0:43:55.960 book that made me write my book, the iPhone Tips 0:43:55.960 --> 0:43:58.520 Book one hundred and one Handy Tech Tips for the iPhone, 0:43:58.920 --> 0:44:00.560 which was my first book, and then I wrote a 0:44:00.600 --> 0:44:03.520 second book, and both those books were very, very successful 0:44:03.520 --> 0:44:06.920 on Amazon. I self published those and I had no 0:44:07.000 --> 0:44:10.239 idea just how successful they would be, and I wish 0:44:10.320 --> 0:44:14.719 I kept going. There were some issues with continuing to 0:44:14.760 --> 0:44:18.719 go to continue to write new books, which hopefully maybe 0:44:18.760 --> 0:44:21.360 I'll resolve in the future, but I just couldn't do 0:44:21.400 --> 0:44:25.160 those with my current position. Well, I don't want to 0:44:25.200 --> 0:44:28.000 get into it anyway. We'll leave it at that. But anyway, 0:44:28.239 --> 0:44:30.520 my books were very successful people that bought them. They 0:44:30.560 --> 0:44:33.359 still have four and a half stars on Amazon. I mean, 0:44:33.600 --> 0:44:37.400 it's really just the that was an amazing experience, and 0:44:37.440 --> 0:44:39.520 I really I should write a book about that experience 0:44:39.520 --> 0:44:42.839 because it was so cool. The other thing I did 0:44:42.840 --> 0:44:45.719 this week was I upgraded my Tesla to the self 0:44:45.800 --> 0:44:49.600 driving package. Like the It's weird. There's like three levels 0:44:49.640 --> 0:44:53.320 of self driving, or I should say autopilot on the Tesla. 0:44:53.400 --> 0:44:56.279 The first is what comes with the car standard, which 0:44:56.320 --> 0:44:58.000 just kind of keeps you in your lane and keeps 0:44:58.000 --> 0:44:59.799 you at a standard distance from the car in front 0:44:59.840 --> 0:45:03.479 of you. The second is what I subscribe to, which 0:45:03.480 --> 0:45:08.759 is pretty much autopilot navigation, which will change lanes by itself. 0:45:09.239 --> 0:45:11.640 It will, you know, keep the speed. It will basically 0:45:11.719 --> 0:45:14.759 drive the car for you, and also switch freeways so 0:45:14.800 --> 0:45:16.359 if you have to go from you know, let's say 0:45:16.360 --> 0:45:17.920 in La the one to one to the one ten, 0:45:18.440 --> 0:45:21.960 it will change lanes and continue on that route. So 0:45:22.000 --> 0:45:25.880 it's really like driving itself, but it's not full self driving, 0:45:25.920 --> 0:45:27.919 so it doesn't do it on city streets. That's that's 0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:31.280 called full self driving. That's in beta, and that's included 0:45:31.320 --> 0:45:32.759 in this but I don't have it just yet. You 0:45:32.800 --> 0:45:35.640 have to request that. So my thoughts on the self 0:45:35.719 --> 0:45:38.680 driving situation are, honestly, I'm not ready for it. It's 0:45:38.719 --> 0:45:43.560 it's not fully there yet. I don't trust the car 0:45:43.680 --> 0:45:46.160 to drive itself enough in a big enough way that 0:45:46.200 --> 0:45:49.120 I can relax when it's in this self full self 0:45:49.200 --> 0:45:54.120 driving mode. And I think that the standard autopilot that 0:45:54.160 --> 0:45:57.040 the Tesla comes with is just sufficient for me. There 0:45:57.080 --> 0:45:59.319 is one feature I do like on the upper level, 0:45:59.320 --> 0:46:01.040 which by the way, this is two hundred dollars for 0:46:01.080 --> 0:46:05.000 the month two twenty with tax here in California. But 0:46:05.560 --> 0:46:07.719 the feature that I like is that when you put 0:46:07.719 --> 0:46:10.399 the blinker on, it'll change lanes automatically, so you don't 0:46:10.440 --> 0:46:13.120 have to like really think about changing lanes. It will 0:46:13.280 --> 0:46:15.040 notice when there's an opening and it will change. And 0:46:15.080 --> 0:46:17.440 it's kind of aggressive when it changes lanes, like it's 0:46:17.719 --> 0:46:19.359 and it's kind of all over the place too. If 0:46:19.400 --> 0:46:21.400 like in La, when you put your blinker on to 0:46:21.480 --> 0:46:24.440 signal a lane change, people like to push into that 0:46:24.520 --> 0:46:27.319 lane immediately or not let you go because it's like 0:46:27.600 --> 0:46:29.600 I don't know. It's this weird aggression thing that I 0:46:29.640 --> 0:46:32.040 don't have. Like I when someone puts on their blinker 0:46:32.080 --> 0:46:35.160 and I'm a very I should mention and I've probably 0:46:35.160 --> 0:46:38.120 mentioned this before. I'm a very easy going driver. In fact, 0:46:38.160 --> 0:46:40.640 probably to a detriment because people get behind me and 0:46:40.680 --> 0:46:42.560 they're like, oh, you're in a fast lane. You're going 0:46:42.640 --> 0:46:44.919 so slow, and I'm like, I don't. I just want 0:46:44.920 --> 0:46:47.399 to be safe and I don't really care. I time 0:46:47.440 --> 0:46:50.440 out my trips, so I'm going to speed limit. I 0:46:50.480 --> 0:46:52.640 know I'm gonna arrive on time. I don't need to 0:46:52.680 --> 0:46:54.239 be one of those people that wings in and out 0:46:54.280 --> 0:46:56.960 of traffic. That's just me. I just don't like that 0:46:57.080 --> 0:46:59.960 kind of driving. So personally, I'm a pretty boring drive. 0:47:00.800 --> 0:47:03.839 So I just feel like the Tesla is a little 0:47:03.840 --> 0:47:05.799 bit kind of all over the place when it comes 0:47:05.880 --> 0:47:09.640 to how it approaches driving. And it's just it's great, 0:47:09.680 --> 0:47:11.600 don't get me wrong. It is. What they have with 0:47:11.719 --> 0:47:14.360 these engineers have come up with is just mind boggling. 0:47:14.719 --> 0:47:18.560 But as a human being driving a car, it's really 0:47:18.600 --> 0:47:21.920 tough to seed some of that power to a computer. 0:47:22.280 --> 0:47:24.600 But also, at the same time, your car is telling 0:47:24.640 --> 0:47:26.480 you that you must be in charge at all times, 0:47:26.560 --> 0:47:29.040 even though the computer is also in charge. So it's 0:47:29.040 --> 0:47:32.319 this weird power struggle that is just our brain is 0:47:32.360 --> 0:47:35.239 not programmed for that power struggle. Because this is the 0:47:35.280 --> 0:47:38.319 weird part about the auto drive is that you're it 0:47:38.360 --> 0:47:41.120 says every like fifteen thirty seconds, Hey, put your hands 0:47:41.120 --> 0:47:44.400 on the wheel, make sure you're driving, even though we're driving. 0:47:44.640 --> 0:47:45.920 So it's like, well, what do you want? Am I 0:47:46.040 --> 0:47:48.680 driving or you driving? And so it's this really weird 0:47:48.800 --> 0:47:53.080 like psychological warfare when it comes to the autopilot that 0:47:53.120 --> 0:47:56.279 your brain is like it can never fully relax because 0:47:56.320 --> 0:47:58.720 it has to be ready to take action at any time. 0:47:59.280 --> 0:48:01.000 But at the same time, the whole point is that 0:48:01.040 --> 0:48:03.880 your your brain can relax a little bit because the 0:48:03.960 --> 0:48:06.560 car is driving. So until we can get to this, 0:48:06.800 --> 0:48:09.759 you know, higher level of autonomous driving, I feel like 0:48:10.360 --> 0:48:13.879 it's just simpler to drive yourself. Use some of these 0:48:13.880 --> 0:48:16.759 basic things, like I think that the the keeping the 0:48:16.800 --> 0:48:20.560 lane feature, following the lane feature, and also the speed 0:48:20.719 --> 0:48:23.520 auto adjust you know, cruise control is amazing. It's great, 0:48:23.520 --> 0:48:25.839 it's sue I use it every day. But I think 0:48:25.880 --> 0:48:28.200 that the actual like self driving of the car, like 0:48:28.239 --> 0:48:31.359 from point to point is not good until it can 0:48:31.360 --> 0:48:34.560 actually really really take control of the car and without 0:48:34.960 --> 0:48:37.520 a shadow of a doubt being control and be really 0:48:37.560 --> 0:48:41.040 good at it. All right, Uh, do we want to 0:48:41.320 --> 0:48:45.880 take another question? Let's take another question? All right, Juliana says, Hey, Rich, 0:48:45.920 --> 0:48:48.239 I always appreciate your insight on all things tech, but 0:48:48.280 --> 0:48:50.799 I'm wondering if you have a credit card preference to 0:48:50.840 --> 0:48:53.280 get the most points and rewards. I thought MX Platinum 0:48:53.320 --> 0:48:55.680 would be better than the Delta AMEX, but I feel 0:48:55.719 --> 0:48:57.520 like I'm not getting as many points as I should. 0:48:57.560 --> 0:48:59.960 I fly Delta Delta monthly for work, so I do 0:49:00.080 --> 0:49:02.120 have a loyalty there. Do you already have an article 0:49:02.160 --> 0:49:04.040 about these credit cards and which one do you recommend? 0:49:04.080 --> 0:49:06.600 Thank you? I also have the Chase Sapphire or Reserve, 0:49:06.680 --> 0:49:09.200 but really wanted access to the Delta lounge at LAX 0:49:09.280 --> 0:49:14.560 Terminal two. Which is your favorite credit card? Juliana, this 0:49:14.680 --> 0:49:18.840 might surprise you. It might I have to take a 0:49:18.880 --> 0:49:20.840 sip of water there to actually get through this. But 0:49:20.880 --> 0:49:24.399 this might surprise you, But I actually don't. I don't 0:49:24.440 --> 0:49:26.879 recommend credit cards. I don't. I don't play the points game, 0:49:27.040 --> 0:49:31.280 and I know it's weird because I'm totally missing out 0:49:31.400 --> 0:49:37.200 on many, many, many points. But I use Okay, So 0:49:37.280 --> 0:49:39.400 I will go through what I do for my credit 0:49:39.400 --> 0:49:42.520 and debit situation. So my number one thing is that 0:49:42.600 --> 0:49:45.640 I don't I don't use a credit card for the points. 0:49:45.719 --> 0:49:48.640 And it's believe yes I have in the past. I 0:49:48.680 --> 0:49:50.480 do put stuff on my credit card. I do have 0:49:50.520 --> 0:49:53.399 a credit card, but my feeling with a credit card 0:49:53.480 --> 0:49:55.759 is that you inherently spend more money. And that's not 0:49:55.880 --> 0:49:59.719 my that's not my my original thought. I am a 0:49:59.800 --> 0:50:05.600 day Ramsey follower, and Dave Ramsey is all about debit, debit, debit, 0:50:05.880 --> 0:50:08.120 and so I'm a little bit of a blend. I'm 0:50:08.520 --> 0:50:10.839 realistic as well. I do like my credit card because 0:50:10.840 --> 0:50:12.280 I think it puts a little bit of a buffer 0:50:12.320 --> 0:50:16.320 between me and certain things, and sometimes I think that's important. 0:50:16.640 --> 0:50:19.799 And so here is my reasoning when it comes to 0:50:19.800 --> 0:50:22.880 credit cards. Number one, get the best one for your situation. 0:50:23.080 --> 0:50:27.960 So for your situation, if you are flying Delta on 0:50:28.040 --> 0:50:31.440 a monthly basis with your company, I would say the 0:50:31.480 --> 0:50:34.920 Delta AMEX is probably a great card for you because 0:50:34.960 --> 0:50:37.520 anything that you put on there with Delta is going 0:50:37.600 --> 0:50:40.239 to give you multiple points, and it's also going to 0:50:40.280 --> 0:50:42.719 give you perks, like if you want to get into 0:50:42.880 --> 0:50:46.200 the lounge, and that's it. I would say one credit 0:50:46.239 --> 0:50:49.160 card is perfect, that's all you need. If you're juggling 0:50:49.239 --> 0:50:51.920 multiple credit cards, it's really tough to keep track and 0:50:52.080 --> 0:50:54.880 it's too much math for me. And honestly, these credit 0:50:54.880 --> 0:51:00.640 card companies employ data scientists and you know, math peticians 0:51:00.800 --> 0:51:05.239 and marketing geniuses that are all way better than what 0:51:05.600 --> 0:51:08.600 rich Demiro's little brain can process. So in my brain, 0:51:09.200 --> 0:51:11.279 all it thinks about when I use a credit card 0:51:11.360 --> 0:51:13.600 is how many points did I just get? When I'd 0:51:13.680 --> 0:51:15.800 like to train my brain to say how much money 0:51:15.800 --> 0:51:18.080 do I just spend? And can I make that less money? 0:51:18.560 --> 0:51:20.880 And so I know this is totally radical thinking that 0:51:21.000 --> 0:51:23.840 ninety nine point nine percent of people don't do or 0:51:23.880 --> 0:51:25.719 don't care to do. But this is the way that 0:51:25.760 --> 0:51:30.799 I think because I honestly want to retire, you know, 0:51:31.080 --> 0:51:33.879 in life with some money and you know, some money 0:51:33.880 --> 0:51:35.560 to leave to my kids. And I'd rather have that 0:51:35.600 --> 0:51:38.479 for my kids than amex. Amex is way too smart 0:51:38.480 --> 0:51:40.760 of a company and they're gonna outsmart me every time. 0:51:41.280 --> 0:51:43.120 And so yes, I love the Platinum card. I think 0:51:43.120 --> 0:51:45.200 it looks amazing. I see the ads for it in 0:51:45.239 --> 0:51:47.000 the airport. I want to sign up for every time 0:51:47.040 --> 0:51:50.520 I see it. But I just keep a basic you know, 0:51:50.560 --> 0:51:52.160 I keep a nice card. I do have a nice 0:51:52.160 --> 0:51:55.560 credit card, but it's basic. It's a it's a visa 0:51:55.680 --> 0:51:58.080 and it's simple, and I get my points when I 0:51:58.200 --> 0:52:00.000 use it, but I I don't go out of my 0:52:00.120 --> 0:52:02.960 way to use it. Now, with that set, here's my 0:52:03.120 --> 0:52:06.360 rules for how I use my cards. If my card 0:52:06.560 --> 0:52:09.560 leaves my hand, it is going to be two ways. 0:52:09.680 --> 0:52:12.799 It's going to be well. Actually, if my card leaves 0:52:12.840 --> 0:52:15.440 my hand, it's going to be okay. Sorry, let me 0:52:15.480 --> 0:52:17.920 start at the base. So when I am presented with 0:52:17.960 --> 0:52:20.879 an opportunity to use my to you know, to pay 0:52:20.920 --> 0:52:27.200 for something. If I am paying, if I'm paying in person, 0:52:27.760 --> 0:52:30.160 it's always going to be mobile pay, which is taped 0:52:30.200 --> 0:52:32.040 to pay, and that's going to be using my debit card. 0:52:32.400 --> 0:52:34.520 And the reason I like tap to pay is because 0:52:34.600 --> 0:52:37.880 it does not share my debit card number with the merchant. 0:52:37.920 --> 0:52:40.120 It shares a one time card number that works and 0:52:40.160 --> 0:52:43.480 then that's it. It's it's gone into the ether. If 0:52:43.520 --> 0:52:46.480 I am putting a card in the dipper in the slot, 0:52:46.640 --> 0:52:48.400 if I am physically doing it. I'm gonna use my 0:52:48.440 --> 0:52:51.960 debit card. That's the only way because again, that little 0:52:52.080 --> 0:52:55.320 chip of my card means that the it's sharing a 0:52:55.360 --> 0:52:57.880 one time code and it's not sharing my actual debit 0:52:57.920 --> 0:53:00.879 card number. And that's it. And I'm using my debit card, 0:53:00.920 --> 0:53:02.640 hopefully with a pin so that it takes the money 0:53:02.680 --> 0:53:06.760 out immediately and I can see my updated balance. Now. 0:53:07.360 --> 0:53:09.760 The other thing I do is I use my credit 0:53:09.800 --> 0:53:13.759 card if my card is physically leaving my hand. So 0:53:14.000 --> 0:53:15.759 when my card is leaving my hand, that has a 0:53:15.760 --> 0:53:18.640 couple different meanings. When I'm shopping online, my card is 0:53:18.719 --> 0:53:21.280 leaving my hand, So I do use my credit card 0:53:21.360 --> 0:53:24.359 online because that card number when you type it in 0:53:24.600 --> 0:53:28.240 is just it's out there. Now. Yes, sites are safe, 0:53:28.280 --> 0:53:30.799 they're secure. You can probably use a debit card and 0:53:30.800 --> 0:53:33.600 be safe. But I'd rather use a credit card because 0:53:33.600 --> 0:53:37.359 I'd rather just have my stuff protected. Now. The other 0:53:37.400 --> 0:53:39.720 place I use a credit card is typically with travel. 0:53:40.400 --> 0:53:42.920 If I'm traveling and you know, buying an airline ticket 0:53:43.040 --> 0:53:45.520 or a hotel room or anything that requires a deposit, 0:53:45.600 --> 0:53:48.000 I will use my credit card because there's just a 0:53:48.000 --> 0:53:50.279 little barrier. Plus things like a rental car I've got 0:53:50.280 --> 0:53:53.279 rental card protection and stuff like that. So that's when 0:53:53.320 --> 0:53:56.000 I use my credit card, especially at restaurants. If it's 0:53:56.080 --> 0:53:58.440 leaving my hand, I will give them my credit card 0:53:58.480 --> 0:54:00.000 because they can go to the back, take a picture 0:54:00.120 --> 0:54:02.840 or my card, and boom, there goes my number. So 0:54:03.640 --> 0:54:05.759 that's my thought. Now if I'm at a restaurant and 0:54:05.800 --> 0:54:08.319 they have these new fangled you know, tap to pay, 0:54:08.480 --> 0:54:11.120 or I do my own transaction, which I absolutely love. 0:54:11.600 --> 0:54:14.319 I was at PF Chang's the other night and they 0:54:14.360 --> 0:54:17.279 had a QR code on the receipt that you would 0:54:17.360 --> 0:54:19.759 scan and then you would pay your bill through that 0:54:19.840 --> 0:54:23.360 with Apple Pay. I loved it. It was the coolest 0:54:23.400 --> 0:54:26.319 situation ever. I was like, this is amazing, And yes, 0:54:26.360 --> 0:54:28.600 on that dinner, I gave up, you know, three hundred 0:54:28.600 --> 0:54:30.640 points or whatever I would get with my credit card. 0:54:31.080 --> 0:54:35.640 But I like spending on my debit card because it hurts. 0:54:36.120 --> 0:54:40.400 It really hurts for me to spend my hard earned cash. 0:54:40.640 --> 0:54:42.720 And so when I use my debit card, I feel 0:54:42.719 --> 0:54:45.239 that pain. And when I feel that pain, it makes 0:54:45.239 --> 0:54:47.160 me want to spend less money. When I use my 0:54:47.200 --> 0:54:51.080 credit card, I'm like, I'm like, whooo, credit card swipe dip, 0:54:51.200 --> 0:54:54.360 chip dip whatever. It feels so good to use my 0:54:54.400 --> 0:54:56.560 credit card because I know I'm getting all those points 0:54:56.600 --> 0:54:59.000 on the back end, and they feel so good because 0:54:59.000 --> 0:55:01.319 I'm redeeming them for re travel. You know, you get 0:55:01.360 --> 0:55:02.960 all these points on your card, and it's like, when 0:55:02.960 --> 0:55:04.720 you really do the math, it's like a hundred bucks. 0:55:05.120 --> 0:55:07.200 And so it's like, I would rather just save one 0:55:07.239 --> 0:55:09.200 hundred dollars and not go through the whole pain and 0:55:09.239 --> 0:55:12.719 suffering of this whole credit card situation. Anyway, I know 0:55:12.800 --> 0:55:15.440 it's way longer of an answer than you want to, Juliana, 0:55:15.520 --> 0:55:18.160 but my bottom line is that pick one credit card 0:55:18.160 --> 0:55:20.600 that works for you, Pick one debit card, and lean 0:55:20.640 --> 0:55:23.080 on debit, lean on tap to pay with your debit card, 0:55:23.120 --> 0:55:26.439 and I'm telling you you'll save money. I'm telling you. 0:55:26.600 --> 0:55:28.640 People just say like, well, no, that's not true. Rich 0:55:28.719 --> 0:55:31.480 You get the points, but what you forget is that 0:55:31.520 --> 0:55:34.399 you just spend a certain percentage more with your credit card. 0:55:34.680 --> 0:55:36.200 When I go to Target and I know I'm using 0:55:36.200 --> 0:55:39.520 my credit card, I know that I'm just gonna spend 0:55:39.520 --> 0:55:41.839 more because it just doesn't feel like real money when 0:55:41.880 --> 0:55:43.680 I use my debit card. You have to like pry 0:55:43.760 --> 0:55:45.919 that money out of my hand. I'm like going into 0:55:45.960 --> 0:55:48.600 that machine, I'm like, uh, did we really spend that much? 0:55:49.280 --> 0:55:51.520 Why do we spend so much? Can I put something 0:55:51.680 --> 0:55:53.440 putting back like a pack of gum? Because I'm like 0:55:53.480 --> 0:55:56.640 a dollar or less? Here we go. So anyway, you 0:55:56.640 --> 0:55:58.520 know what, you're listening to the rich on Tech podcast, 0:55:58.560 --> 0:56:00.640 so you're gonna get rich on tech. This. This is 0:56:00.640 --> 0:56:04.000 my thought process. I know it's unique, it's not for everyone, 0:56:04.280 --> 0:56:06.799 but yet tuned into me and that's what you get. 0:56:06.840 --> 0:56:08.759 So thank you for the question. I think that is 0:56:08.800 --> 0:56:12.080 a great question. And there you have it. All right, 0:56:12.160 --> 0:56:15.600 let's get to one final question. Greg says rich. I 0:56:15.640 --> 0:56:17.799 live in an old apartment with no smart devices. I 0:56:17.840 --> 0:56:20.080 saw some smart plugs on Amazon. I'm wondering if old 0:56:20.080 --> 0:56:22.720 devices can be plugged into them and make them smart. 0:56:23.600 --> 0:56:27.080 Thinking not, but your recommendation, what is it? Thanks? And 0:56:27.800 --> 0:56:32.799 this that was Greg? Okay, So Greg, yes, you can 0:56:32.840 --> 0:56:35.360 make old devices smart. In fact, there's a lot of 0:56:35.800 --> 0:56:38.520 light switches that you can use to put in your 0:56:38.560 --> 0:56:40.920 wall that will help you dim lights and things like that, 0:56:40.960 --> 0:56:43.120 as long as the lights are dimmable. But yeah, these 0:56:43.120 --> 0:56:45.040 smart plugs, I like, I just bought a whole bunch 0:56:45.040 --> 0:56:47.479 of them at the Amazon store, and I've been using 0:56:47.520 --> 0:56:50.000 them for the holiday decorations. But I like the ones 0:56:50.040 --> 0:56:54.440 from TP link very inexpensive. They're always on sale on Amazon. 0:56:55.360 --> 0:56:57.120 But yeah, get a couple of these and you can 0:56:57.160 --> 0:57:00.719 plug people have even plugged like a plum into them. 0:57:00.719 --> 0:57:04.000 You just have to be careful with the appliances to 0:57:04.680 --> 0:57:07.759 understand the wattage. And I'm not like an expert in 0:57:07.920 --> 0:57:11.600 like electricity, but I know that some things are rated 0:57:11.640 --> 0:57:13.800 too high for the plug that you're plugging them into. 0:57:14.239 --> 0:57:16.520 So these smart plugs on the side of the box, 0:57:16.560 --> 0:57:19.280 it will tell you kind of like what the amperage 0:57:19.280 --> 0:57:21.720 is or whatever it says. You just need to kind 0:57:21.720 --> 0:57:23.840 of check that against your appliance. So if you're plugging 0:57:23.840 --> 0:57:26.280 in something that's like a box fan or something, just 0:57:26.360 --> 0:57:29.080 make sure that the plug you're putting it into can 0:57:29.120 --> 0:57:33.160 handle that the whatever it is, like the wattage, the voltage, 0:57:33.160 --> 0:57:35.360 whatever it is, just make sure that those two things align. 0:57:35.480 --> 0:57:37.760 But yeah, in fact, I've been having a ton of fun. 0:57:38.240 --> 0:57:40.560 I set up all the Christmas lights in my house 0:57:40.640 --> 0:57:45.440 and outside to work with. What is it, alex A 0:57:46.440 --> 0:57:49.720 and I come home and I say, merry Christmas, alex 0:57:49.760 --> 0:57:52.480 A and boom, all the lights come on. And the 0:57:52.520 --> 0:57:54.400 babysitter was over the other day and I did this 0:57:54.440 --> 0:57:56.080 and she was like, oh my god, that's so cool, 0:57:56.640 --> 0:57:58.360 and so I was like, yeah, it's you know, it's 0:57:58.360 --> 0:58:02.040 just my uh, you know, my alex say routine. And 0:58:02.080 --> 0:58:04.000 then for the outside lights, I have them come on 0:58:04.040 --> 0:58:06.160 at a certain time I think it's dusk, and then 0:58:06.200 --> 0:58:07.680 I have them go off at a certain time and 0:58:07.720 --> 0:58:10.560 it's all through a smart plug. And so I did 0:58:10.640 --> 0:58:12.400 notice with a couple of smart plugs that some of 0:58:12.400 --> 0:58:15.480 them are more responsive than others. But so far the 0:58:15.520 --> 0:58:17.760 TP links that I have in my place have actually 0:58:17.800 --> 0:58:21.280 worked just perfectly and so no problems whatsoever. I can 0:58:21.320 --> 0:58:26.720 highly recommend those. They work fantastically, So go check them out. 0:58:27.880 --> 0:58:31.920 Oh my gosh, is it already that time? You know 0:58:31.960 --> 0:58:34.680 what that sound means? That sound means it is the 0:58:34.840 --> 0:58:36.800 end of the show. Oh my gosh. I didn't even 0:58:36.800 --> 0:58:39.680 get to talk about the song I'm listening to check 0:58:39.680 --> 0:58:42.640 out Missing Piece by vance Joy. I love this song. 0:58:42.680 --> 0:58:45.920 It just gets me in such a great, great mindset, 0:58:47.800 --> 0:58:50.600 great great song. I didn't talk about the Rivian, but 0:58:50.640 --> 0:58:52.360 I'll talk about that on the next show. I guess 0:58:52.400 --> 0:58:54.880 because I got to test drive another electric car. It 0:58:54.920 --> 0:58:57.760 was awesome. That's gonna do it for this episode of 0:58:57.760 --> 0:58:59.400 the show. 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