1 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: Tech, travel, food, whatever. It is the last episode of 2 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, and it's a special one where I 3 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: answer just the questions you sent me. What's going on. 4 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: I'm Richdemiro and this is Rich on Tech, the podcast 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: where I talk about the tech stuff I think you 6 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: should know about, and it's where I answer the questions 7 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: you send me. I'm the tech reporter at KATLA Channel 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: five in Los Angeles. I figured for the last show 9 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: of the year, I would do things just a little differently, 10 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: and so I asked you on Instagram and Facebook to 11 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: send in your questions on a wide variety of topics. 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: And yeah, yes, sent me some questions. So I've got 13 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: lots of questions. I've got so many, so many to 14 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: go through right here, I've got them on my computer. 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: So we're just gonna get started. So it's going to 16 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: be a lot of I'm gonna just kind of jump 17 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: around because there's questions from all over there on a 18 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: wide variety of topics. So it should be a pretty 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: fun show, because you know, it's the end of the year. 20 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: We need something fun to listen to. Getting ready for 21 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 1: Ces coming up in January. I was just in Vegas 22 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: yesterday and it was cold, so it reminded me that 23 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: it's going to be very cold in January. For CS. 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: CS is still kind of a mixed bag right now 25 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: because we've still got a lot of you know, restrictions 26 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: and things going on, of course, variants, and you know, 27 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: it's just we're not in a place where where things 28 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 1: are like no problem, you know. I mean last year, 29 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: we thought a year later things would be a lot better, 30 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: and you know, they're just kind of all over the 31 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: place still. So CS is happening, but some people are 32 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: not going. Some people are predicting that they're going to 33 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: cancel it. But at this point we are getting a 34 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: lot of emails from CS saying that it's happening. There's 35 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: a lot of exhibitors, there's a lot of people, and 36 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: they're actually going to give everyone a COVID test as 37 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: well now, so well see, I kind of want to 38 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: go just to see how different it is. I mean, 39 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: I'm curious to see what a show in this sort 40 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: of pandemic world looks like. I mean, is it small? 41 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: Is it it's just maybe it's easier to manage. I 42 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: don't know. But anyway, I am planning on attending unless 43 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: anything majorly changes, but I will plan on attending and 44 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: bringing those reports to you. All right, let's start with Cynthia. 45 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: She's got the first question. I guess should I do this? 46 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if I should do this because the 47 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: whole thing is this. So Cynthia's first question is needing 48 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: a new iPhone and mini pad. I'm using the six 49 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 1: s lol, no upgrade. Love. When is the best time 50 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: to buy these? After Christmas? You are the best enjoying 51 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: you since you began. Oh thank you, Cynthia. New iPhone 52 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 1: really comes down to you just kind of have to 53 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: look at the deals that are out there. So they 54 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: don't particularly do deals any particular time except when they launched. 55 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: Been doing a lot of deals during launch. But my 56 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: way to do this now the mini iPad. I have 57 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: not seen any deals on at all. So if you 58 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: go to iPad Mini the way I look for deals, 59 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: you go to iPad Mini deal in Google okay, and 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: then you hop over to the news section. So this 61 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: will bring up bloggers that look up oh wow after 62 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: I just said that. So one day ago, iPad Mini 63 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 1: sees rare discount one hundred and thirty dollars off. Wow, 64 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: I actually want to do that. Wow, Amazon is offering 65 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: Oh interesting Amazon, this doesn't oh I see, never mind, 66 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: the rare discount on the iPad mini is only twenty 67 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: dollars off. That's that's not really like a it's not 68 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: a huge discount. But yeah. So the way I look 69 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: up any kind of deals is you just type in 70 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: the name of the product in Google, type the word deal, 71 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: and then the secret is you want to move over 72 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: to the news section and that will give you all 73 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: of the bloggers that track these things. And the reason 74 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: why bloggers track these things is because they share their 75 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: affiliate links, so they get a little bit of a 76 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: cut of the price when you buy something, So there's 77 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: something in it for them. There's an in it to 78 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 1: win it kind of aspect to this. So iPad mini, Yeah, 79 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: just check Amazon or check those deals and see. When 80 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: it comes to the iPhone again, just the same thing. 81 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: So I would just type in iPhone and whatever model 82 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: you want, So if you want the twelve or you 83 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: can just type iPhone deals and see and it'll tell 84 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: you what the deals are on the iPhone. And of 85 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: course mac rumors comes up and it says we're just 86 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: ten days away from Christmas. This was a couple days ago, 87 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: and it will give you if you scroll down to 88 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: the iPhone just have iPhone doesn't really have iPhone, so 89 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: it didn't have iPhone in that one. But that's because Yeah, 90 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: so I guess what I would do is probably just 91 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: check the carriers in that case if you can't find 92 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: something there. But you know, it's one of these things 93 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: where you just kind of have to do a little 94 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: research online, just kind of just pop around. You can 95 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 1: call your carrier. I have a friend that actually changes 96 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: carriers every time the new iPhone comes out that he 97 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: wants to get because he'll get a new deal. Now, 98 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: I feel like the carriers have gotten a little hip 99 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: to that because these days they're offering a lot of 100 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: these deals to new and existing customers. But first place 101 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: to start is your carrier, call them up, see what 102 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 1: they say, and go from there. Okay, next question from Instagram, 103 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: Stefan says, how's life driving with a Tesla? Good question. 104 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: I am obsessed and I think I've mentioned this on 105 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: the podcast before, but yeah, there's no other way to 106 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: describe it except it is the best car I've ever purchased. 107 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:46,799 Speaker 1: I love it. It is totally changed my entire life. 108 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel better, I'm healthier, you know, I'm 109 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: just kidding, No, I mean, it's one of those things 110 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,440 Speaker 1: that it just has really opened up my eyes to 111 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: different ways of thinking. When I drive to work and 112 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: when I drive around or I take a road trip. 113 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: It's just really phenomenal to me that I'm not using 114 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: any gas, which is number one. There's other weird little 115 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: things like like you would never idle in your car 116 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 1: or leave your car on for like an hour, whereas 117 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: with a with an electric car, that's no problem. So 118 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: this is why they and it makes me realize why 119 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: they built in the Netflix and the YouTube and all 120 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: that stuff, because you can sit in your car now, 121 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: so your car becomes almost like another room. It's all 122 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: because it's electric. So if it's electric, you can just 123 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: leave the thing on just like any other thing that's electrics. 124 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: You're not feeling this pressure when you're running a gas 125 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 1: engine that you want to turn it off because it's 126 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: you know, ruining the environment or whatever it's doing. It's 127 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: just wasting gas, especially with gas prices. But overall, really 128 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: really enjoy it. I do think that there's something to 129 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: this whole Tesla thing and it's it's just I don't 130 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 1: know how to explain it. It's just really kind of 131 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: changed my entire thought process when it comes to cars, 132 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: Like it's just it's really really phenomenal to drive. It 133 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: handles really well, and it just it just changes the 134 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: way you think about cars. But it also makes me 135 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: think that if everyone switched to one of these overnight, 136 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: we'd have a whole other set of problems. You know, 137 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: where to charge them, how to get the electricity to 138 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: charge them. So I think that we're in a good 139 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: transition time, and I think I'm glad that Tesla and 140 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: some of these other companies have taken the lead on 141 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: this because there is going to be a transition period. 142 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: That is, you know that we need we need a 143 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: long runway for this. There's a lot of gas cars 144 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: out there, so I'm not saying everyone needs to buy one, 145 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: but if you do buy one, I think you will 146 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: be very very happy. Rick asks what is the best 147 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 1: cell phone to buy? Rick, there's a lot of I mean, 148 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: I would have a lot of choices for this, So 149 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,559 Speaker 1: I think when it comes to the iPhone of things 150 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: or the Apple side of things, I would say either 151 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: the iPhone thirteen which is just the standard iPhone or 152 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: the iPhone thirteen Pro. And the main difference between those 153 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: two phones is the fact that the Pro has a 154 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: zoom lens and the thirteen does not. And of course 155 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: the Pro just has slightly better specs in certain ways, 156 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: but it's not you know, it's got like a better 157 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: screen and that kind of stuff, But that's the main 158 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: thing is that is you get the zoom lens and 159 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: you get a higher quality camera as well. But otherwise 160 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: I think that the thirteen is great. That's on the 161 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: iPhone side of things. On the Android side of things, 162 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: I would recommend the Pixel six and the Pixel six 163 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: Pro and I just did my review of these on 164 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: TV and they're just it's just the best. It's it's 165 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: just such a great Android device. And I did the 166 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: update finally to check it out, and I will say 167 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: I'm not totally impressed with the update, Like I think 168 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: there's still more work to be done. But at the 169 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: same time, I think overall, I'm very picky because I 170 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: test a lot of these phones, so I'm very picky 171 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: with my phones, and I think that the you know, 172 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 1: I expect a little bit more from the Pixel because 173 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: you know, this is Google's phone, this is Google's flagship. Like, 174 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: there shouldn't be any stutter, There shouldn't be any nothing 175 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: should be wrong with this phone. Like Apple comes out 176 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: with their phone and it's like there's a couple of 177 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: little bugs here and there, but it's not nothing. That's 178 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: like that's like a deal breaker. And I'm not saying 179 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: there's a deal breaker with a pixel, but it's just 180 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: like I feel like with with Apple or Google stuff, 181 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: it just feels a little bit unpolished compared to Apple. 182 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: And that's natural. I mean, that's why Apple is the 183 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: market leader, because they have figured out how to ship 184 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: stuff in a way that is super polished. And to 185 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: be quite honest, Apple's been slipping in that aspect. I 186 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: mean when when iPhones came out a couple of years ago, 187 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: you did not see so many updates like we're seeing today. 188 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: Like with the iPhone. If you are looking, you're noticing 189 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: that the the iOS is getting updates like almost you know, 190 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: it feels like every month, which is great because you're 191 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: always getting new features and things fixed and little things. 192 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: But it used to be the iPhone had one main 193 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: iOS update a year and the maybe one little tiny 194 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: you know, incremental update. But now we're just seeing them 195 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: all the time, and so you know, it is what 196 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: it is. But otherwise, let's see if you want something 197 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: that's more unique. I think that the Samsung devices are 198 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:22,280 Speaker 1: really cool. The you know, the flip phones. The fold 199 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: is is really neat. It's it's nice and simple. The 200 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: flip is really cool too, or sorry, am I getting 201 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: those mixed up? I think the yeah, the z flip 202 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: so sorry, the fold is not simple. The fold is 203 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: like the bigger, kind of clunkier one, but it's got 204 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: the big giant screen inside. The flip is the smaller 205 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: one that you know fits in your pocket, which is 206 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: really cool. So again, if you want like a different 207 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: form factor, and then if you want a lot of zoom, 208 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: you got to go with the S twenty one Ultra. 209 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: So there are a lot of choices out there when 210 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: it comes to cell phones, there's not one fits all. 211 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: I mean iPhones, believe me, you see the most of 212 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: those everywhere. But you know, as you travel you do 213 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: see a lot of different phones out and about, and 214 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 1: so yeah, there's there's lots of choices still out there. 215 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: Adrian says, how was the concert? Oh, Adrian, you must 216 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: follow me on social media or did I mention? I 217 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: didn't even mentioned that I was going to a concert 218 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: on social media. So the concert was excellent, that was 219 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: That's why I was in Vegas. I went to a 220 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: Luke Comb's concert and I just, you know, I just 221 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: had this feeling that Luke Combs would be pretty good 222 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: in concert because I really enjoy his music, and he 223 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: was great. It was t Mobile Arena. It was really 224 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: really nice. Definitely a great show. And did I don't 225 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: think I posted anything about it yet, but I'll probably 226 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: post a couple couples of things about it. But it 227 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: was just great. I mean, he did a really nice job. 228 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: Definitely definitely uh what's the word, uh, when you're your 229 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: your comfort zone. Definitely impeded on my comfort zone a 230 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: little bit. I mean I've been to one concert here 231 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 1: in La which you know, was a little bit more 232 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: the rules were a little stricter, so you know, with 233 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: with entrance and all that stuff. But here, you know, 234 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:12,439 Speaker 1: is Vegas is a little bit more relaxed, but still 235 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: still I think everything was on the up and up 236 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: and it was a really nice concert. But yeah, Luke 237 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: Colmbs was great. Told his backstory, which you know, obviously 238 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 1: you go to concerts to hear a little bit more 239 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: than the CD or the streaming, I should say, but 240 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: he did a great job told his story, and it 241 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: was just amazing that he basically said, in six years 242 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: his entire life has changed, because six years ago he 243 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,079 Speaker 1: was absolutely nothing, and now here he is like selling 244 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: out stadiums and concert venues in Vegas. So pretty cool. 245 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 1: Thanks for asking. I always don't mind a Vegas trip, 246 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: all right, Janet says, how do fire sticks work? I'm 247 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: a technically challenged grandmother. Good question. It's so interesting because 248 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: I always take for granted the fact that I understand 249 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: all this stuff and it just kind of comes natural. 250 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: And then you get a question from someone like I'm 251 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: not going to name someone the other day, but they 252 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: told me on their phone they got a little wrench 253 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: at the top, a little wrench icon. Now, to me, 254 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: when I see a wrench icon, I know that that 255 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,559 Speaker 1: means that my phone has a software update or something 256 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 1: like that, right, And to this person, they said, oh, 257 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: I thought I needed to tighten a screw or something 258 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: on my phone. I mean, that sounds funny, but the 259 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: reality is like, yeah, if you don't understand, if you 260 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 1: didn't grow up with this stuff, or you didn't you're 261 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: not really technical. Why would you think that a wrench 262 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: would mean a software update? You'd say, oh, shoot, I 263 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 1: need to tighten something on my phone because there's a 264 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: wrench icon. And so it's little things like that that 265 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: I take for granted that I know. And this is 266 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: part of why I like doing what I do, because 267 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: my tech segments on TV reach the average person. They're 268 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: not tuning in for technology, they're tuning in for local 269 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: news and for fun and weather and all that stuff, 270 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: and then my stuff comes up and they go, oh, 271 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: that's cool. This guy explains stuff, hopefully in a way 272 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: that's easy to understand, and that's always my goal. So 273 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: the firesticks, it's interesting a lot of people think that 274 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: when you get a firestick, that's it. You just plug 275 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 1: it in and that's all you need, Like you don't 276 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: need to get cable, you don't need to get internet, 277 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: you don't need satellite whatever. But the firestick is really 278 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: just a platform. It's a conduit for you know, streaming 279 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: services that you choose, and so you can't just go 280 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: ahead and cancel your cable. You can't just go ahead 281 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: and cancel your Internet. You have to decide what do 282 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: you want on this fire stick. Nowadays, there are a 283 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: lot of free streaming services. So if you just had 284 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: the firestick and you just had Internet, which are the 285 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: two basic things you need. Yeah, you could probably suffice 286 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: on the built in news programming that Amazon provides you. 287 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: You could probably suffice on Pluto to be what else. YouTube, 288 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of free content out there, and 289 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: it's all ad support it, so you're not going to 290 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: get away from the ads. But it's just kind of 291 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: like broadcast TV where it's free. You put an intenta 292 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: up and you get it and there's ads and so 293 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: same thing here. But if you want to step it 294 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: up a notch, you can go with Netflix, you can 295 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: go with Hulu all the things that I pay for 296 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: every month, Hbo Max, and that's what you do. So 297 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: the firestick is just sort of the platform. You stick 298 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: it into the back of your TV that kind of 299 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: takes over your TV screen. So it's no longer you 300 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: turn on your TV and it defaults to channel two 301 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,479 Speaker 1: or whatever it is. It turns on to the firestick 302 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: and now the firestick is your platform, so you can 303 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: look on there for movies, TV, shows, games, whatever you want. 304 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a whole app store. It's kind of 305 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: like a cell phone on your TV screen, and you 306 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: can decide what you want to pay for, if you 307 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: want to pay for anything, and then once you pay 308 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: for those things, you can watch the content on those surfaces, 309 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: and you can also integrate gets a little technical, but 310 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: you can integrate an antenna if you want. They have 311 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: a thing called fireTV recast, which lets you connect an 312 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: antenna to your fireTV and then you can watch broadcast 313 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: channels through there. I find that there's so much around 314 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: and all the broadcast channels that I care about have 315 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: the stream apps, especially Channel five, and so you don't 316 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: you basically don't even need the antenna. You just use 317 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 1: the streaming app and that works pretty well. But the 318 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: fire sticks are great. I think it's probably the best 319 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: overall streaming platform. I know a lot of people like Roku. 320 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: Apple TV is excellent, but it's it's a little pricier, 321 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: and Chrome Cast is great, but it's a little bit, 322 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: you know. I just feel like fire TV is really 323 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: there's a lot going on there, Like Amazon is really 324 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: really pushing it, so it's become I think it's it 325 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: might be the most popular, maybe Roku is, but I 326 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: feel like Firestick is definitely the one to kind of get. 327 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: That's the one I reckon the most just because simple. 328 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: That's when I have not in my primary TV. Primary TV, 329 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: I still have Apple TV because my kids like to 330 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: mirror stuff and you know, use all those features, not 331 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: like the Apple Arcade on there. But for my secondary TV, 332 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: I do use the fire Stick and then it's really nice. 333 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 1: And I just got the new one, the fire Stick Max. 334 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: It's the Amazon fire TV four K Max. Did I 335 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: get that right? And so that one is it was 336 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: thirty five bucks and it's just you know, it's a 337 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 1: little bit faster, a little bit better, and so it's 338 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: been great. All right. Jumping around here, Joanna says, what 339 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: food gadget do you use on a regular basis? Airfier, 340 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,639 Speaker 1: Vita mix, any new gadgets you recommend for the kitchen. 341 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,479 Speaker 1: So the the latest thing that I use is an 342 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: air fryer. I bought it at Costco. I bought the 343 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 1: I think it's Ninja or Ninja whatever it is Ninja 344 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: And we'll actually I have two things I really really 345 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: liked that I bought in the past two years, the 346 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: air fryer, and also the Instant it's like kind of 347 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: like the Instant Pop brand, but it's a it's a 348 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: coffee maker that does both in the espresso shots and 349 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: regular K cups. And I swore off K cup machines 350 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: forever because I thought that the coffee was gross and 351 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,719 Speaker 1: it was like, you know, kind of stale tasting and 352 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: watery and like not very good. But honestly, after using 353 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: another coffee maker for like a year, like a ground 354 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: coffee maker that actually ground the beans fresh, which I 355 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:12,960 Speaker 1: thought would be great, but it turned out to be 356 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: not so great, and it was a pain to clean up, 357 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: and it just it never made a cup of coffee 358 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: that was very good. And so I actually just ditched 359 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: that and I bought the Insta one, which was a 360 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: third of the price. It was like one hundred bucks 361 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: versus like three hundred I paid for the grinding one. 362 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: And the Instant one is so perfect. I love it, 363 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: So now I just buy So now I just buy 364 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: like the CA cups that are a little bit fresher. 365 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: So they've got this brand at Costco that is like 366 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: a San Francisco Pod or something, but it's like a 367 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: it just feels a little bit fresher ground than some 368 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: of the CA cups you can buy at the store. 369 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: And then also I liked some of the Starbucks ones 370 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: that are a little bit stronger, and you know, so 371 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: I'm dealing with that. And then I love the n 372 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: espresial part of it. Then the espressial part is excellent. 373 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,919 Speaker 1: It uses then espresso pot odds and I make, you know, 374 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: when I come home, I'll make like a nice espresso 375 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: in the afternoon with a little bit of a I 376 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: don't know if you say, panna, like a little bit 377 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: of whipped cream on it. And they actually make this 378 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: stuff that's meant for it's called like sweet Foam from 379 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: I think it's the same company that makes like, you know, 380 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: whip cream. And it's just really good. And so I've 381 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: just that's been my coffee situation. The air fryer situation 382 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: has been a little bit less. I've been less pleased 383 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: with it. It's cool, but I feel like it it's 384 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: hit or miss, like the things I make in it, 385 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: like sometimes they're good, sometimes they're not. I know, people 386 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: love the air fryer situation, and it is easy because 387 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: you're not heating up like an entire oven. Things do 388 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: cook fast, but I just feel like it's it's kind 389 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: of hit or miss, Like sometimes things come out really good, 390 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: sometimes they don't, and then I feel like the thing 391 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: gets really messy inside and so it's like a lot 392 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 1: to clean up. But overall I like it. I mean 393 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: it's fun, especially for like nuggets and French fries for 394 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,680 Speaker 1: the kids. Stuff like that we've made. You know, we've 395 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: made like Brussels sprouts in their roasted I mean I've 396 00:19:55,880 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: made I've tried everything in there. Like some things I 397 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 1: thought we're gonna be good in there, like sand and 398 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: in stuff, is like it just gets a little messy 399 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: and like, you know, kind of I don't know, it's 400 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: not as not as exciting as I thought it was 401 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: going to be. But it stayed on my counter and 402 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: it's fine. The other thing I really like is my 403 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: food thermometer that I use is the Thermo works. I 404 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:22,240 Speaker 1: got to get this right, Therma pen Therma pen one. 405 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:24,879 Speaker 1: And the reason why I like this thing is because 406 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 1: it's so fast. It's it's takes a reading in less 407 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: than a second. And I am like a I am 408 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: a stickler for food temperatures. So whether I'm grilling in 409 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: the back, whether I microwave something, whether I make it 410 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: in the oven, I always check the temperature to make 411 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: sure that it's cooked. And I don't know, I grew 412 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: up in a house where my mom was a little 413 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: bit obsessed with like making sure foods were cooked, and 414 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: so that just kind of carried over to me. So 415 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 1: I do the food thermometer and I love it. It's 416 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,200 Speaker 1: really great, and I've had a bunch of different bunch 417 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 1: of different ones over the years. This is definitely my 418 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,360 Speaker 1: favorite because it's the fastest and it's also the easiest 419 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: to use. It just sort of works and there's just 420 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: no uh, there's no bones about it. The other one, 421 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: this one's like eighty five to one hundred bucks. The 422 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: other one I would I was using was called Lava Tools, 423 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: and I bought a bunch of those. Those were closer 424 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: to like thirty bucks, and those That one works really 425 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 1: well too. It's just a little bit slower for the reading, 426 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 1: all right. Next question from Instagram Telebela, how do you 427 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: save something on Instagram to watch later? Good question because 428 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 1: this always happens to me where I you know, what 429 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: we're doing is we're scrolling through Instagram and all these 430 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: things while we are doing other stuff. So we're at 431 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: we're at Starbucks in line and you're scrolling through and 432 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: you're looking, and for the most part, that's fine. You 433 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: just scroll through, you're watching something, something catches your eye, whatever. 434 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: But then there are things where you want to watch 435 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: something later because it's a little bit more involved, or 436 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 1: you want to remember about it, and so what do 437 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 1: you do. So on Instagram there actually is a little 438 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: feature that lets you do this, which is if you 439 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: look underneath someone's post, there is a little bookmark, and 440 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: so you can bookmark their post and then you can 441 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: watch it later. So that goes into you know, you 442 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: can tap the bookmark or you can press and hold 443 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: the bookmark and it will bring you to your categories 444 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: and you can create like I've got food, family, fitness, 445 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: to watch, books, travel, work, music, gadgets, wish list, so 446 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: you can make your little like folders for the things 447 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: that you save. Now, I will tell you in my experience, 448 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: the problem with this setup is that I never ever 449 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: go to my folders to ever look at any of 450 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 1: that stuff. So the other way that you can do 451 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: it is you can share stuff to a service. So 452 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: if you the one that I like is called Pocket. 453 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: And so if you share, like, if you sign up 454 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: for this thing, it's called it's just called Pocket. It's 455 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,439 Speaker 1: basically a read it later service. So if you go 456 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: to get Pocket dot com you can sign up. It's free. 457 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: It's owned by Firefox, and that enables you to save 458 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: things to look at and read and do whatever with later. 459 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: And so it comes up like a list of your stuff. 460 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: So what I do is I'm trying to do this 461 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: more efficiently, is that when I have a little bit 462 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: of free time and I'm sitting on the couch, oh yeah, 463 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: let me open up Pocket and let me digest this 464 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: stuff that I didn't really want to read quickly or 465 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: browse quickly when I'm out and about, but now I 466 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,919 Speaker 1: want to give it my full attention. And so you 467 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:37,719 Speaker 1: can also save an Instagram video whatever to Pocket. So 468 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: you would just say share, which you tap the three 469 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: dots in the upper right hand corner and you would 470 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: say share too, and then you just select Pocket, which 471 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,439 Speaker 1: is right here, and now it's saved to Pocket, and 472 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: then when you're on your phone or computer later on, 473 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: it will show you, oh, you've got this Instagram. Now 474 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: it's going to bring you back to the Instagram site 475 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: when you want to do that. But other things that 476 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 1: will either show you the article or it will just 477 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,680 Speaker 1: show you the video. But with Instagram it's a little 478 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: bit trickier. But those are the ways I'd recommended to 479 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: save something for later. I had a whole system where 480 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 1: I was like saving the link and all this stuff 481 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: and putting it on my to do list. But I 482 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: think that the best way to do it is probably 483 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: just to use pocket and just remember to check pocket, 484 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: you know, regularly, Like the way that you check Instagram, 485 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: the way that you check Facebook, just check Pocket as well. 486 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 1: Just make it part of your routine so that you 487 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: don't forget the stuff that you bookmark for later. Okay, 488 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: let's see so many questions. Ah, let's do a travel one. 489 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: Let's see NYY fan mom says best travel website for 490 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: package deals. Thanks Rich. Well, you know, it's interesting you 491 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: say that I don't like package deals for travel because 492 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: and maybe I'm in the minority here, but I feel 493 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: like the reason I don't like those is because a 494 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: lot of times they require you to prepay for stuff, 495 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: and I definitely don't like to prepay for travel. Also, 496 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: I just feel like with the I mean, yes, the 497 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: package deals are probably better overall, but I just don't 498 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: like the idea of having to have everything packaged up 499 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,640 Speaker 1: and now you are beholden to the company that sold 500 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: you this package. So I like to book things directly 501 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: with the companies themselves because I get the most flexibility. 502 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: I get the terms and conditions that I understand, and 503 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,479 Speaker 1: it usually does not require a deposit. You know, if 504 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: it's flights, obviously you have to pay for those. But 505 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,439 Speaker 1: it's just so much easier to deal directly with these 506 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: companies because the problem is once you book a package, 507 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 1: now you have to deal with that package company if 508 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 1: there's any sort of problem. And I just had this happen. 509 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: I booked a rental car through price Line, and I 510 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: booked it through price Line, no big deal, saying Okay, 511 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: I'm flying out the next day or it was like 512 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: two days later, so I can prey this whole thing. 513 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: So I prepaid for my entire car rental because it 514 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: was way cheaper that way. And what do you think happens? 515 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: I got a toothache on the morning I was supposed 516 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: to fly out. I ended up canceling my flight, changing 517 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,679 Speaker 1: it to the next day going to the dentist, and 518 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: it was a whole big thing because my car rental, 519 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: you know, price line was like, sorry, we can't do 520 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: a thing for you. I said, well, can you just 521 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: move it? Like I might be flying out there in 522 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 1: a day or two. Can you just move my rental? 523 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: And they're like, nope, we can't do anything. I said, okay. Now, 524 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: I've rented cars so many times in my lifetime, and 525 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: if you have a regular car rental, it's super flexible. 526 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:34,640 Speaker 1: It's like they didn't even ask for a credit card 527 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: half the time. I never prepaid, by the way, but 528 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 1: you can just you know, change your stuff. And with 529 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: this one I couldn't. So it was a real big pain, 530 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: and so I said never again. That was the one 531 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 1: time I tried booking something through a third party and 532 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: I said never again. So when I actually got to Avis, 533 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: who was the rental company that they get or maybe 534 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: it was hurt so that they gave me, I can't remember. 535 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 1: At this point, I said well and I was. I 536 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: was like a day late for my rental and I 537 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: just walked up to the desk and I said, oh, 538 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: by the way, because I couldn't get a hold of 539 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 1: anyone at Hurts to talk to me, like at all. 540 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: It was impossible to get a hold of a customer 541 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: service representative. I think when I finally got a hold 542 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: of them, they told me, oh, you got to go 543 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 1: to price Line. And when I went to price Line, 544 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: they said, oh, maybe you can call Hurts and I said, 545 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: you can't. It's like a circle. I can never get someone. 546 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 1: So it was just the worst experience. And I got 547 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: there and I finally said, oh, I'm just gonna go there. 548 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 1: If they can't rent me the car, then I'll just 549 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 1: have to eat the you know whatever. It was four 550 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: hundred bucks and move out my life for six hundred 551 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: I don't know how much. It was a lot because 552 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,119 Speaker 1: it was ridiculous. It was like this, rental cars have 553 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 1: been really expensive lately, and so I went up to 554 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: the rental car counter and I said, hey, I'm like, 555 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: I'm a little bit late for my rental and they're like, ID, 556 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 1: and I was like, okay, give them my ID. Okay, 557 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: your car's out there. They could care less, like they 558 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,439 Speaker 1: just I mean, so I ate the day of rental, 559 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: but still my car was available. So it turned out 560 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: to be okay. But it was just kind of funny 561 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: that the one time I do that, it just you know, 562 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,679 Speaker 1: did not work out. I thought I saw another travel 563 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: question here, so I'm going to answer another travel question. 564 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: Let's see here. Ah, here we go. This is from 565 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: NYC oh another NYC NYC poser booking flights. When's the 566 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: best time? How much in advance travel sits? Thanks? All right, 567 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: So here is where I think. I here's what I do. 568 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,639 Speaker 1: So when it comes to flights, I always check the 569 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 1: Google Flights. That's basically how I search for flights. Now, 570 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: when I book flights, I ninety nine point nine percent 571 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: of the time book United because that's my airline that 572 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: goes back to Jersey and I have status on so 573 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: I will pretty much stick to United. But I'm always curious, 574 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: like because not only does Google Flights give you the 575 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 1: best days to fly, it also gives you the cheapest flights, 576 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,960 Speaker 1: like the you know, let's say you find So the 577 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: way that I choose my flights, I typically go to 578 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 1: the calendar. I'll type in my my destination and my origin. 579 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: Right then I'll go to the calendar and on the 580 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: calendar it'll highlight the cheapest days in green. But the 581 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: trick to this all is that you have to choose 582 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: your options before you fly. So if you only want 583 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: a direct flight, you got to make sure that you 584 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 1: have that option chosen in Google flights, and that way, 585 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you'll see super duper cheap flights, but 586 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: they're connecting, and if you don't like connecting, like I don't, 587 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,000 Speaker 1: I don't want those flights. I'm not even gonna consider, 588 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 1: even if it's five hundred dollars cheaper. Well maybe for 589 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: five hundred if I'm buying four tickets like I typically 590 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: have to with my family, but if i'm you know, 591 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: if it's just me or just me and my child, whatever, 592 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: or me and my wife, I'm I'm just doing a 593 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: direct flight, like if I can, I will do direct 594 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: And so I will just make sure that it says 595 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: direct flight. And you can be as specific as you want. 596 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: You can say I only want these particular times, but 597 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: I generally just do I make sure it says that 598 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: I'm bringing to carry on, and that way I get 599 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: rid of the economy basic flights, which I will never 600 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: book because they're so restrictive it's insane. And then I 601 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: will say I want a direct flight, and then I 602 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: will then I will open up the calendar, and when 603 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: I open up that calendar, it will now show me 604 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: the direct flights that are not basic economy in green 605 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: for the cheapest days to fly, and then I will 606 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: select the first day and I will select the second 607 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: day based on the first day, because sometimes when you 608 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: select the first day, the second day prices changed, because 609 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: it's just the way it is. And so once I 610 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: select those, then I say, show me the list of flights, 611 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 1: and then Google goes a step further and it shows 612 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: you the cheapest or best flights in green. Again, I 613 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: select those, and then once I'm armed with all that information, 614 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: I will usually go to the travel site to book directly, 615 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: and yes, if I got the information from Google, I'll 616 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: typically just tap their little their little button to take 617 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: me over to United. That gives them a little cut 618 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: of the of the price to help them out for 619 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: helping me out, and then I book my flight and 620 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm done. Now, when it comes to like rental cars, 621 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: I typically use the same company and so I have 622 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: got you know, a status on there, so I will 623 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 1: I will just book them without really looking at any 624 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: other company. Now, in the past six months, I have 625 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: definitely been shopping around because the prices have gotten so expensive. 626 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 1: But the place that I'll kind of check for car 627 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: rentals will actually I'll just tell you the one that 628 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: I think is the best. It's just cost Go Travel. 629 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: They have the best prices for car rental. So if 630 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: you go to if you're a member of Costco, definitely 631 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: go to Costco Travel. They're going to be the best 632 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: price for car rentals. And if you don't, and I 633 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: would just go to Kayak and do a search and 634 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: then you know, a get a narrow down. But the 635 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,959 Speaker 1: problem that the trick with the car rentals is that 636 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: for me personally, I don't want an off site rental company. 637 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 1: So I've I've made this mistake before where you have 638 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: to take a shuttle, like you know, twenty minutes out 639 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: to your car rental place. I want one that's on 640 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: airport because I want to be able to take the 641 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 1: airport tram or train or whatever right to the rental 642 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: car place and be on my way because if you're 643 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: waiting for a rental car shuttle, it could take a 644 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: really long time. And I'm not talking a shuttle to 645 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: like the rental car facility. I'm talking further out like 646 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: I've one time I got burned by renting from a 647 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: different place at Newark Airport and I did not realize 648 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: with all of our luggage we had to go from 649 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: the airplane to the tram to a bus to this 650 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: place that was way off and it was so far 651 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: and it was just like, Okay, I saved, like, you know, 652 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: it probably saved a couple hundred bucks, but still it 653 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: was not a very nice experience. And then with hotel rooms, again, 654 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: typically in the past couple of years, I've been booking 655 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 1: the same chain because I've got you know, membership with them, 656 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 1: and I just recently switched to a different chain, and 657 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: so I kind of look at them first. But quite honestly, 658 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: I with hotel rooms, I want to stay loyal, but 659 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: I feel like the loyalty has burned me in the past, 660 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: where now I kind of want to just stay in 661 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: the best hotel for the place I'm going to. So 662 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: if you're staying loyal to a hotel, sometimes you pick 663 00:32:54,920 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: a subpar location or hotel because it's something that you're 664 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: getting points for or you get, you know, your free 665 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: breakfast or whatever. But I find that I kind of 666 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: gave that up in the last year because we had 667 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,479 Speaker 1: too many experiences with hotels where I just felt like 668 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 1: they were subpar, and I was like, you know what, 669 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: why am I sticking with this chain when I don't 670 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: necessarily feel like we're getting the best experience every time? 671 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: And so I'd rather now lets them go into Charleston, 672 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: South Carolina. I will look at trip Advisor and see 673 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: which are the top rated hotels in Charleston. And if 674 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: you search Charleston on trip Advisor, you have to make 675 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,200 Speaker 1: sure you sort by I think it's called traveler reviews 676 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: or traveler ranking, not their ranking, because they default to 677 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: their ranking, which gives them the most money. If you book, 678 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: but you want to do traveler ranking, you'll say, okay, 679 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 1: this is the number one, number two, number three hotel 680 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: in Charleston based on all the reviews that we have, 681 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: And then I will go and kind of pick from those, 682 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: like if the first one's like too expensive, I'll go 683 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: to the second one, If the second one looks too 684 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: you know, too inexpensive, I'll go to the third. So 685 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: out of those top three, there's generally a choice that's 686 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: pretty good. And typically those hotels, because so many travelers 687 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: like them, are either close to like the things to do, 688 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,600 Speaker 1: or they just have a lot of good options, or 689 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:15,279 Speaker 1: you know whatever, they're just really good hotels. So that's 690 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,399 Speaker 1: a really long answer to everything. But and I never 691 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 1: book a refundable a non refundable hotel room ever, because 692 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: even when you think your plans are not going to change, 693 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: life has a way of throwing you little curveballs and 694 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,720 Speaker 1: sometimes they do change. And you know, sometimes I also book. 695 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: I also will track the prices as we get closer, 696 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: so especially with hotel rooms, like, for instance, we were 697 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 1: going to Irvine, California a couple months ago, and we 698 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 1: had booked this really nice room on the top floor. 699 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 1: It was like a big suite and you know, it 700 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: was not that expensive, so I was like, all right, 701 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,920 Speaker 1: let's splurge for the suite. But then as we got closer, 702 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: we were sitting there like, ah, really it was like 703 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,640 Speaker 1: double the money on just for a regular room. And 704 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: I said, you know what, let me just save the money. 705 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,279 Speaker 1: So we ended up downgrading to a smaller room, which 706 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: saved us like fifty percent. And I just said, you 707 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: know what, that's like all of our spending money for 708 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: the entire weekend. Like the you know, a couple hundred 709 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,280 Speaker 1: bucks that I just saved will be like dinner, breakfast, whatever. 710 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: And now it's like we thought we were going to 711 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: pay that much for just the room. Now it's going 712 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: to be our whole thing. So always kind of monitor 713 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,720 Speaker 1: for changes with the hotel and also how you're feeling. 714 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: You might change hotels completely, you might change rooms, or 715 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,399 Speaker 1: you might might want a smaller room or bigger room. 716 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: So and the room turned out to be just fine. 717 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,880 Speaker 1: Sometimes with four people in one room, you know, it 718 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,520 Speaker 1: could be a little bit, you know, it's like a 719 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: little cramped, but it turned out to be fine. Depends 720 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,359 Speaker 1: what you're doing, you know, are you're spending your whole 721 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 1: time in the room or are you are you leaving 722 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: the room? All right, that was a very long answer, 723 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,319 Speaker 1: but hopefully now you know how I book stuff. All right, 724 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: Marissa says, have you heard anything about this charging station? 725 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 1: Costco has it on sale, but there are But are 726 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,080 Speaker 1: these charging station really great gifts that work or are 727 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:53,840 Speaker 1: they just something that sucks up a lot of energy 728 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: and not worth it? And she attached a picture of 729 00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: the Ubo Labs four and one wireless charger. Marissa, I 730 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:07,160 Speaker 1: would say, stay away. So what I've noticed with the 731 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: chargers that charge a lot of stuff, a lot of 732 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,279 Speaker 1: them are not very good, and especially just taking a 733 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 1: look at this one, I don't think it's going to 734 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: be very good. I think it's gonna be very very 735 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:21,799 Speaker 1: slow at charging your gadgets. Apple themselves couldn't come up 736 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,880 Speaker 1: with a four to one wireless charger. They had the 737 00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,640 Speaker 1: air power charger, which was going to charge your iPhone, 738 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 1: your Apple Watch, and your air pods, and even Apple 739 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 1: couldn't come out with that. And the reason why is 740 00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 1: because it's really tough to charge three things at once 741 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 1: on charging coils. And so there's another company that came 742 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: out with a charging pad that I tested and it 743 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 1: was fine. It was fine for like three Apple products maybe, 744 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: but the problem is it doesn't charge things the fastest possible. 745 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,560 Speaker 1: Now there is some exceptions to that if you have 746 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 1: a charger like a like Belkan makes like a three 747 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 1: to one mag safe charger that has been the best 748 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 1: that I've tested. But it's using mag Safe and so 749 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,680 Speaker 1: it's aligning the magnets, it's charging at a faster rate. 750 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,839 Speaker 1: But again, wireless charging in general is going to be 751 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:13,280 Speaker 1: slower than a wired charging. So, for instance, on the Belcan, 752 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: I believe it tops out at twenty watts, whereas the 753 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: biggest iPhone like thirteen Promax I think, can charge north 754 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: of like thirty watts. So you're gonna take a little 755 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,800 Speaker 1: bit longer to charge your gadgets if they're not properly 756 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,920 Speaker 1: lined properly lined up, they don't charge as fast. So 757 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: I would say just stick to the ones like maybe 758 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: just like the Belcan that has the it looks almost 759 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: like arms where it's got the place to charge your phone, 760 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 1: the place to charge your Apple Watch, and a place 761 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: to charge your air pods. But if you're looking for Android, 762 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 1: I would say in general, I have not been impressed 763 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 1: with any of the wireless charging on Android. It's kind 764 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: of slow, except for the one plus phones. But I 765 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,080 Speaker 1: would stick to plugging in I would get if I 766 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 1: had my way. I mean, wireless charging is nice, but 767 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 1: I think that the wired charging is just faster, and 768 00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:03,759 Speaker 1: here it's just it's really just better. So I would 769 00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 1: check out. Speagan makes something called the oh what is it, 770 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:12,640 Speaker 1: the power station Pro. Let me see the arc station Pro. 771 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: And this is a fast wall charger. And this is 772 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,040 Speaker 1: one of the fastest wall chargers I've ever seen. So 773 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,320 Speaker 1: maybe maybe do that. I would skip the skip the 774 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,600 Speaker 1: four and one charger. Maybe a three and one would 775 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:25,720 Speaker 1: be fine, but the four and one not so much. 776 00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: All right, Teres says, how can we block those annoying 777 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,800 Speaker 1: live chat bubbles which pop up when shopping slash ordering items? 778 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:38,960 Speaker 1: They take up too much screen space, they're never helpful, 779 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 1: and they waste too much time. Thank you, Teresa, you 780 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:45,840 Speaker 1: are so true, So right. I can't stand those things. 781 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:50,160 Speaker 1: I mean, who number one, they're totally fake. It's like, oh, hi, 782 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,360 Speaker 1: I'm a live person ready to help you, and you 783 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: chat with them and they're not a live person. Now 784 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,040 Speaker 1: it has to like put it in the queue to 785 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: get a live person. So it's it's really like most 786 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,239 Speaker 1: of the time they're just kind of of misleading you, 787 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 1: And you're right, they're annoying. Like if you want a 788 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,480 Speaker 1: live person, you're gonna you know, you're gonna find a 789 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,200 Speaker 1: way to talk to a live person. Most of the 790 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,080 Speaker 1: time you just want to shop on the website, and 791 00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:11,760 Speaker 1: by the time you have to like find the tiny 792 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 1: x to close out the pop up, it's like you 793 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,319 Speaker 1: might have clicked something else. It's just it's never a 794 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:20,200 Speaker 1: good thing. So I agree Now, doing some searching, I 795 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,799 Speaker 1: found that there is a Chrome extension called pop out 796 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,120 Speaker 1: Chat Blocker. Now the problem is there's only eighty three 797 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,800 Speaker 1: users of this. Now that doesn't mean that it's not good, 798 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,000 Speaker 1: but I would just be you gotta be a little 799 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 1: bit weary, you know, is weary the word weary weary. 800 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 1: You gotta be, you gotta be on guard because anyone 801 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 1: can create one of these, one of these things, and 802 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: you just never know if it's like legit or not. 803 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,319 Speaker 1: And so it seems legit, but you just don't really know. 804 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 1: And so I would you know, you can try something 805 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:53,360 Speaker 1: like that, see if that works. But you're right, we 806 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: need we need a bigger pop up blocker for these 807 00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,160 Speaker 1: chats because they are so they're like on every website 808 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 1: now you go everywhere, it's like best Buy and maybe 809 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,120 Speaker 1: they don't have it. I don't know, let's see do 810 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,960 Speaker 1: this best Buy have it? But I feel like you 811 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,479 Speaker 1: go to every website and there's someone trying to help 812 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:10,480 Speaker 1: you chat, and it's like I don't need the chat. 813 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,080 Speaker 1: I don't need to chat with anyone, but especially the 814 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:18,400 Speaker 1: newer websites, like all the like the really I don't know, 815 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 1: just the newer ones. They all have someone on them 816 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,359 Speaker 1: helping you chat and believe me. So the other day 817 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:27,520 Speaker 1: I need a little help with my with my wireless company, 818 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,560 Speaker 1: and I tried chatting them and it was like the 819 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 1: worst experience ever. They're sitting there like, oh, we're so 820 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,520 Speaker 1: sorry you had this problem with your bill. And by 821 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,520 Speaker 1: the way, the problem with the bill was that I 822 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,000 Speaker 1: had two calls to four one one which I have 823 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 1: not called for one one in a decade, right, And 824 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,319 Speaker 1: so I get this on my bill and it's an 825 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,800 Speaker 1: extra four bucks. I'm like, well, four dollars is not 826 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,120 Speaker 1: the end of the world. But at the same time, 827 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 1: why should have to pay four dollars for something I 828 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,040 Speaker 1: didn't do? And so I was like, oh, eat, chatting 829 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:57,720 Speaker 1: will probably be the easiest. So I go to the website. 830 00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,240 Speaker 1: They're like, oh, do you want to chat? I'm like sure. 831 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,600 Speaker 1: I chat with them, and the person is just so 832 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,800 Speaker 1: overly like nice, like oh, we're so sorry you we 833 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,719 Speaker 1: value as a customer, and I'm like, okay, well here's 834 00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,279 Speaker 1: the problem. Okay, and then they just keep going into 835 00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,840 Speaker 1: like more and more like tiny details about it. They're like, Okay, 836 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: we see what you're talking about. And I'm like, yes, 837 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: I know, I just mentioned it, and they're like, okay, 838 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: we see it's on page nine of your bill. I'm like, yes, 839 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,520 Speaker 1: I know, I saw it already. That's how I saw it, okay. 840 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 1: And we see that the charge was for four dollars. 841 00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, yes, can you please just take the charge away? 842 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,840 Speaker 1: And they kept going more and more into this, and 843 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 1: I'm not kidding. This chat conversation probably went on fifteen 844 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,680 Speaker 1: twenty minutes, and they said, okay, let me let me 845 00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 1: look into this, and I said okay, and I said, well, 846 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:43,960 Speaker 1: there's not really much to look into. It's just like 847 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,560 Speaker 1: a four dollars credit on my bill. And so finally 848 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,359 Speaker 1: they just kept like looking into it more and more 849 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: and asking more questions but saying how valued I was 850 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,520 Speaker 1: as a customer. That I finally disconnected the chat, and 851 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,680 Speaker 1: I you know, at this point they've this is why 852 00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,360 Speaker 1: I don't like auto pay. But they already builled me 853 00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,520 Speaker 1: for the you know, my bill, so now it's my 854 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,160 Speaker 1: money that I have to get back from them, which 855 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,200 Speaker 1: good luck for that. But it's like one of these 856 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:07,120 Speaker 1: things where the chat was so whatever, and I know 857 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,399 Speaker 1: what you're saying, like rich, aren't you the tech guy. 858 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,120 Speaker 1: Can't you just call someone at that company and like 859 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,080 Speaker 1: telling me the tech guy like yes, But I like 860 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,000 Speaker 1: to do things the normal way, like as a regular person, 861 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:20,239 Speaker 1: and so that way I get to experience the frustration 862 00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:24,480 Speaker 1: that the millions of customers around the world are around 863 00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,600 Speaker 1: the US of these wireless companies are experiencing, because it 864 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,080 Speaker 1: can be very frustrating to just you know, go through 865 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,200 Speaker 1: the channels that you have to do. Sometimes, like I said, 866 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,920 Speaker 1: with the hotel, I couldn't get a hold of someone 867 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:37,480 Speaker 1: or sorry, with the rental car company. With this, it 868 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,600 Speaker 1: was just they were so nice but so not helpful. 869 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,560 Speaker 1: It's just like, oh my gosh, what is going on here? 870 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 1: So I ended up just for now, I've paid the 871 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: four dollars, but I will when I feel like I 872 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,200 Speaker 1: have time to call, I guess I will call and 873 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:54,440 Speaker 1: hopefully get some of that. But anyway, live chat Bubbles, 874 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,680 Speaker 1: maybe if you have a better extension, let me know, 875 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:04,040 Speaker 1: all right, Rob says, what is the best ad blocker 876 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,760 Speaker 1: app for iPhones and iPads? Okay? Interesting, So the best 877 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:11,719 Speaker 1: ad blocker app for iPhones? I mean ad block is 878 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,480 Speaker 1: kind of like the big one, So that's probably the 879 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,160 Speaker 1: one that I would go with I don't know. I 880 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:18,600 Speaker 1: don't think I have an AD blocker installed on my iPhone. 881 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:24,000 Speaker 1: If I do, I it's because I've got one through 882 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:28,160 Speaker 1: an app called Firefox Focus, which also has a built 883 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:31,480 Speaker 1: in ad blocker, so you can download that. But the 884 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,959 Speaker 1: way that ad blocker works on the iPhone is that 885 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,400 Speaker 1: it kind of works inside Safari, So you have to 886 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:42,719 Speaker 1: use Safari to get the ads blocked, and so ad 887 00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:47,680 Speaker 1: block Plus definitely has a Safari helper, but if you're 888 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,319 Speaker 1: using Chrome on the iPhone, you're not gonna get any 889 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,640 Speaker 1: ads blocked. Now there's other ways of doing it. You 890 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,040 Speaker 1: could use a VPN to block ads, but that is 891 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,520 Speaker 1: a little bit more involved and obviously have to subscribe 892 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:01,879 Speaker 1: to a VPN. But if you just use Safari, then 893 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,120 Speaker 1: just download ad block Plus and you can surf the web. 894 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,720 Speaker 1: And the reason why the ads could be a problem 895 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,280 Speaker 1: on the web is because sometimes they could have malicious 896 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,759 Speaker 1: they could have malicious payloads in them, so you might 897 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,719 Speaker 1: get a served up an AD that brings you to 898 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:18,200 Speaker 1: a website that you don't want, or it may be 899 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:21,000 Speaker 1: doing something kind of not so good with your phone. 900 00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:24,040 Speaker 1: So it's kind of nice to have on there, but 901 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,279 Speaker 1: it's not a necessity, but I know a lot of 902 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,520 Speaker 1: people do like that. So that's the one that i'd 903 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:33,719 Speaker 1: probably recommend on the iPhone. All right, good question. Let's 904 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:39,440 Speaker 1: see what else do we have here? More tesla questions. Oh, 905 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:44,439 Speaker 1: here's a good question. Gil says, lots of commercials about 906 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:48,920 Speaker 1: cheap phone carriers, Cricket for example, Are they worth it? Absolutely? 907 00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,920 Speaker 1: So here is the deal with the cheap carriers. So 908 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:57,560 Speaker 1: you've got Cricket, You've got Metro by, T Mobile, you've 909 00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:01,160 Speaker 1: got Ultra, you've got Mint Mobile. There are so many 910 00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:04,960 Speaker 1: of these. You've got US Mobile. So here's how these 911 00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:08,080 Speaker 1: Number one, there's only three wireless carriers in the US. 912 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:11,160 Speaker 1: Three major Okay, you've got AT and T, you've got 913 00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,319 Speaker 1: T Mobile, and you've got Verizon. That's it. Now there 914 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:17,200 Speaker 1: is US Cellular, but they're they're a very small footprint 915 00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:20,920 Speaker 1: in I think the Midwest, so they're not as prevalent 916 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,360 Speaker 1: as the big three. So when you're getting one of 917 00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:28,560 Speaker 1: these what we call mvn os mobile virtual network operators, 918 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:32,120 Speaker 1: they are just a company that is almost like a 919 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:35,560 Speaker 1: service company, but the back end is all being provided 920 00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,400 Speaker 1: by AT and T, T Mobile, Verizon, So they're actually 921 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,640 Speaker 1: operating on their networks. So if I wanted to start 922 00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,560 Speaker 1: one of these companies, I would say, Hey, Verizon, I 923 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,759 Speaker 1: would like to open up a wireless carrier. I will 924 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,760 Speaker 1: pay you one cent a minute for everyone that uses 925 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,920 Speaker 1: the data on your lines or whatever. And they say, okay, 926 00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:58,919 Speaker 1: Now I can market my company in my own way. 927 00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:02,239 Speaker 1: I can provide customer service in my own way. I 928 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,680 Speaker 1: can provide phones in my own way. So I get 929 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:07,080 Speaker 1: to call the shots when it comes to how I 930 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:10,200 Speaker 1: run this little carrier, and some of them are better 931 00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,600 Speaker 1: than others. Now, when it comes to cricket, Cricket I 932 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:16,120 Speaker 1: Believe is owned by AT and T Visible is owned 933 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:22,200 Speaker 1: by Verizon, and Metro is owned by T Mobile. So 934 00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:24,960 Speaker 1: you've got those three that are basically just the baby 935 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:28,520 Speaker 1: brothers and sisters of the big carriers. Then you've got 936 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:31,480 Speaker 1: the other ones. So like mint Mobile is its own 937 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:35,160 Speaker 1: company and it runs on T Mobile, and then something 938 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:38,600 Speaker 1: like US Cellular or US Mobile is its own company, 939 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:40,719 Speaker 1: and they give you a choice of do you want 940 00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:43,400 Speaker 1: T Mobile or Verizon, and then it goes on and 941 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,640 Speaker 1: on and on. So there's a whole bunch of these things. Now, 942 00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:49,920 Speaker 1: the difference is the price and the features so typically 943 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,759 Speaker 1: when you're going with one of these carriers, you have 944 00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:55,239 Speaker 1: to be very careful about the features that you need. 945 00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:58,200 Speaker 1: And that's also what's so great about them is a 946 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,360 Speaker 1: lot of times you're not paying for features that you 947 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,040 Speaker 1: don't need. Like when you when you sign up for 948 00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:05,320 Speaker 1: like t mobiles big plan, it's got like Netflix included, 949 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,560 Speaker 1: it's got you know this, it's got that, it's got 950 00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:11,319 Speaker 1: one hundred gigabytes of online storage. Maybe you don't need 951 00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:15,000 Speaker 1: all that stuff. Maybe all you need is unlimited data 952 00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:19,120 Speaker 1: and unlimited talk and text and that's it, and you 953 00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,080 Speaker 1: don't you know, you don't need a lot of hotspot 954 00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:23,560 Speaker 1: or something. And so something like a mint Mobile plan 955 00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:26,600 Speaker 1: which has you know, very they have very limited plans, 956 00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:29,120 Speaker 1: or they have plans that are unlimited for thirty bucks 957 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:33,040 Speaker 1: a month, And so you can go to these services 958 00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:36,000 Speaker 1: and still get the quality of service that you expect, 959 00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:38,680 Speaker 1: but you're not paying for a lot of extras. And 960 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:41,880 Speaker 1: typically they are prepaid, so you're you're paying in advance. 961 00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,160 Speaker 1: So with something like mint Mobile, you can pay your 962 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:48,359 Speaker 1: entire year in advance for thirty dollars a month, three 963 00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:50,759 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty dollars for the entire year of cell 964 00:47:50,800 --> 00:47:52,960 Speaker 1: phone service all at once, you don't have to think 965 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:54,840 Speaker 1: about a bill again for a whole nother year. Or 966 00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:56,480 Speaker 1: you can go with one of their cheaper plans and 967 00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:59,839 Speaker 1: you can get something that's cheaper. And again, it really 968 00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,000 Speaker 1: down to what do you need. So, for instance, my 969 00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:07,040 Speaker 1: mom is on one of these mv and os because 970 00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:11,200 Speaker 1: all she needs is basic data and basic calls and texts. 971 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:14,640 Speaker 1: She is nothing, doesn't need anything exciting or fancy with 972 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,319 Speaker 1: her phone, and so these are perfect for her because 973 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,759 Speaker 1: they save her money. So with me personally, I've got 974 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:22,760 Speaker 1: a big plan from one of the big carriers because 975 00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:25,680 Speaker 1: I want all I want the best number one and 976 00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:28,319 Speaker 1: I want the bells and whistles, so I want, you know, 977 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,319 Speaker 1: the hot spot, I want the international roaming if I 978 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:34,640 Speaker 1: ever go international. I want, you know, all these little 979 00:48:34,680 --> 00:48:37,520 Speaker 1: things that come with it. I need, and that's not 980 00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:39,640 Speaker 1: something that every single person needs. So if you don't 981 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:43,000 Speaker 1: need those things, just just be sure to look at 982 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,960 Speaker 1: what features you get and what features you don't get. 983 00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,680 Speaker 1: A good website for comparing this stuff is called whistle 984 00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:52,399 Speaker 1: Out and they do a pretty good comparison of these 985 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,400 Speaker 1: various carriers and kind of tell you the pros and 986 00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,399 Speaker 1: cons of them, but just look closely before you buy. 987 00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,359 Speaker 1: I mean Visible from Verizon and for twenty five dollars 988 00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:04,960 Speaker 1: a month is like phenomenal unlimited. But I've gotten a 989 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:08,120 Speaker 1: lot of emails from people saying, you know, Visible customer service, 990 00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:10,400 Speaker 1: it's tough to get a hold of. There's no stores 991 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,520 Speaker 1: to go into, you know, if you need help, it's 992 00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:14,480 Speaker 1: like you know, you're chatting with someone. So that's not 993 00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:18,120 Speaker 1: for everyone, but for my you know a family member 994 00:49:18,120 --> 00:49:20,879 Speaker 1: that has that, it's great. They love it because it's 995 00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:23,480 Speaker 1: it's simple, it's cheap, it's dirt cheap, and they get 996 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,880 Speaker 1: unlimited service on Verizon. Maybe not at the fastest speeds. 997 00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:29,799 Speaker 1: That's another difference. You may get Verizon service, but they're 998 00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,520 Speaker 1: not going to give you the fastest download speed. They 999 00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:35,040 Speaker 1: cap it at a certain speed. But again, if you 1000 00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,440 Speaker 1: don't need the fastest speed, then you're fine. Like I 1001 00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,120 Speaker 1: do I need I need uploads and downloads the fastest 1002 00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:42,440 Speaker 1: possible because I'm doing a lot on social media. If 1003 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:45,280 Speaker 1: you don't need that, no big deal. So good question, 1004 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:50,680 Speaker 1: and that's a that's a yeah. Oh let's see, okay, 1005 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:56,399 Speaker 1: next question here, Oh my gosh, so many Uh here 1006 00:49:56,440 --> 00:49:58,399 Speaker 1: we go Pog says it wants to take my Mac 1007 00:49:58,440 --> 00:49:59,920 Speaker 1: to a mom and pop shop to get it serve, 1008 00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,279 Speaker 1: or to the Apple Store for more money. I learn 1009 00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,120 Speaker 1: a lot from you when I watch you on KTLA five. 1010 00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:08,560 Speaker 1: You're doing awesome work, Thanks POGs. It depends. I've talked 1011 00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:10,239 Speaker 1: about this on the podcast before, but I think it 1012 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,680 Speaker 1: depends what you need done. So I've taken mine to 1013 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:14,759 Speaker 1: the Apple Store and I've taken it to a mom 1014 00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:17,960 Speaker 1: and pop shop, and honestly, the experience was quite similar. 1015 00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,719 Speaker 1: I think that it depends if it's under warranty or not. 1016 00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,000 Speaker 1: If it's under warranty, you probably want to take it 1017 00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:27,719 Speaker 1: to an authorized repair center because they can do all 1018 00:50:27,719 --> 00:50:30,160 Speaker 1: the warranty stuff it's not, then yeah, take it to 1019 00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:31,759 Speaker 1: the mom and pop. I mean, in many cases, the 1020 00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,680 Speaker 1: mom and pop might be better because it's a better experience. 1021 00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:37,560 Speaker 1: It's simple, it's easy, it's in your neighborhood. You're supporting 1022 00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,240 Speaker 1: a local business, and they might give you better customer 1023 00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,799 Speaker 1: service than the Apple Store, which is great. But you 1024 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:44,880 Speaker 1: know you're gonna be bringing it to this big store. 1025 00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:47,160 Speaker 1: They're gonna be either doing the repair in house or 1026 00:50:47,160 --> 00:50:48,840 Speaker 1: shipping it out. And so if you can get it 1027 00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:51,120 Speaker 1: done to mom and pop, go for it, So I'm 1028 00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:53,799 Speaker 1: all about that. The other place to check out is 1029 00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:55,520 Speaker 1: I know it's not Mom and Pop, but it's you 1030 00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:58,759 Speaker 1: Break I Fix and they are owned by one of 1031 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:03,000 Speaker 1: the big insurance companies and so they do a good 1032 00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:06,320 Speaker 1: job as well. All right, Kenny says, I'm an artist. 1033 00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:09,879 Speaker 1: I traditionally use paper paint pens. I'm considering trying out 1034 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,920 Speaker 1: digital art using something like an iPad Pro or a 1035 00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:15,320 Speaker 1: Samsung tablet. Are these the best alternatives or should I 1036 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,400 Speaker 1: consider another tablet that may work just as well. No, 1037 00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,799 Speaker 1: I definitely go with the iPad Pro for sure. I 1038 00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:24,239 Speaker 1: mean iPad Pro with the Apple pencil. The new one 1039 00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,239 Speaker 1: is going to be your best bet. And the reason 1040 00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:28,719 Speaker 1: I say that is because I think that Apple is, 1041 00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:32,359 Speaker 1: you know, their creator company. The stuff they make is 1042 00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,160 Speaker 1: definitely has creators in mind like you. And I also 1043 00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:37,120 Speaker 1: think the software that you're gonna get is just gonna 1044 00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:39,480 Speaker 1: be way better than the software you can get on 1045 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:43,280 Speaker 1: any other sort of tablet. So I would Kenny highly 1046 00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:47,520 Speaker 1: recommend the the the iPad Pro and the Apple pencil. 1047 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:51,680 Speaker 1: Hugo says, what are your thoughts on the whole meta thing? 1048 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:57,080 Speaker 1: Virtual videos? Headgear, etc. I'm gonna tell you I am 1049 00:51:57,200 --> 00:52:00,640 Speaker 1: so so hyped up about the meta thing. I am 1050 00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:03,920 Speaker 1: a hundred thousand percent in on this, and I'll tell 1051 00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:06,439 Speaker 1: you why. I think the last two years have really 1052 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:09,640 Speaker 1: solidified the fact that people can work from home. People 1053 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:12,400 Speaker 1: don't mind being in their own little bubble to an extent, 1054 00:52:12,440 --> 00:52:14,560 Speaker 1: and we don't want to be locked in our places 1055 00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:17,680 Speaker 1: without you know, the ability to go somewhere, but if 1056 00:52:17,719 --> 00:52:21,000 Speaker 1: you can explore. Let's say you're going on a trip 1057 00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:25,040 Speaker 1: to Tokyo and you can explore Tokyo virtually before you 1058 00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:27,799 Speaker 1: ever get there and kind of understand it and get 1059 00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:29,879 Speaker 1: the lay of the land and like walk in your 1060 00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:34,280 Speaker 1: shoes in Tokyo, like down the streets. Ah, that's pretty amazing. 1061 00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:39,320 Speaker 1: And so I see a huge, huge market for virtual reality, 1062 00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:43,920 Speaker 1: the metaverse, things happening in the metaverse, and I just 1063 00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:46,799 Speaker 1: really truly think that we are going to see this. Now, 1064 00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:50,520 Speaker 1: let me just give you a very simple example. Let's 1065 00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:53,080 Speaker 1: say that you want to have a beer with a 1066 00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:56,320 Speaker 1: friend and that friend is in another city. Well, the 1067 00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,480 Speaker 1: chance of you guys having a beer together is is 1068 00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:00,359 Speaker 1: slim to none. Now, you're not going to call each 1069 00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:02,120 Speaker 1: other up on the phone and have a beer over 1070 00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,319 Speaker 1: the phone. That's just not a thing. But if there 1071 00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:08,800 Speaker 1: was an app that you know or whatever in the metaverse, 1072 00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:11,239 Speaker 1: there is a bar that you can meet at and 1073 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,759 Speaker 1: you could both have a beer inside with these you 1074 00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:17,600 Speaker 1: know and see each other and chat face to face 1075 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:22,240 Speaker 1: while having this beer. That is an unbelievably new, wild 1076 00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:24,799 Speaker 1: and weird concept. You might be saying, rich, come on, 1077 00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:28,520 Speaker 1: give me a break like that is that is not cool, 1078 00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,919 Speaker 1: But it's going to happen. And we're going to see 1079 00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:35,000 Speaker 1: that times a million. With every little aspect of life. 1080 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:37,560 Speaker 1: There will be ways to do things with other people. 1081 00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:40,520 Speaker 1: There will be ways to interact, there will be ways 1082 00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:43,439 Speaker 1: to see things, there will be ways to learn. And 1083 00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,040 Speaker 1: I know it seems weird right now, but it is 1084 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:49,160 Speaker 1: going to be a thing. There's no reason why it 1085 00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:53,479 Speaker 1: won't be. We saw people except Zoom in a way 1086 00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:56,640 Speaker 1: that we never saw something accepted so fast in our 1087 00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:58,400 Speaker 1: entire lives. When it comes to tech, I mean the 1088 00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:01,759 Speaker 1: adoption rate of Zoom from every walk of life. I mean, 1089 00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:03,920 Speaker 1: whether you are a tech person or not a tech person, 1090 00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:07,759 Speaker 1: you figured out Zoom in about three minutes. And so 1091 00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:10,799 Speaker 1: this is going to be a little bit slower, but 1092 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:13,960 Speaker 1: it's going to eventually happen, and I truly believe that, 1093 00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:16,160 Speaker 1: and I just I can't wait. Personally, I think that 1094 00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:19,360 Speaker 1: the couple of times I've had a virtual reality set on, 1095 00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:24,080 Speaker 1: I am just amazed at the visual trickery for your brain. 1096 00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,759 Speaker 1: I mean, I've done, you know, virtual reality, and I've 1097 00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:30,080 Speaker 1: tested so many different types of it, you know, like 1098 00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:35,040 Speaker 1: different things like movies and experiences and entertainment. It's just 1099 00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:39,440 Speaker 1: it's such like a different way of looking at things, 1100 00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:42,239 Speaker 1: like quite literally and physically. And the fact, you know, 1101 00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:43,839 Speaker 1: when you get in, you know, there's different types of 1102 00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:46,640 Speaker 1: there's augmented reality, there's virtual reality. But no matter what, 1103 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:49,600 Speaker 1: I think is going to have a huge impact on 1104 00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:51,880 Speaker 1: our world. And I think that there's going to be 1105 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:56,360 Speaker 1: so many businesses made inside VR and AR and the metaverse. 1106 00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,400 Speaker 1: The metaverse is kind of like the bigger, kind of 1107 00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:02,520 Speaker 1: like the all encompassing vision of this, right. The metaverse 1108 00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:05,799 Speaker 1: is just however you get yourself into a virtual place, 1109 00:55:05,800 --> 00:55:09,680 Speaker 1: whether it's augmented reality, virtual reality, a mixture of the two. 1110 00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:12,640 Speaker 1: But I think we're gonna see just so much and 1111 00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:16,240 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of opportunity for people, whether 1112 00:55:16,280 --> 00:55:20,280 Speaker 1: it's you know, creating stuff for this. So a good question, HUGO, 1113 00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:24,600 Speaker 1: really really good question. Uh, let's see. K B in 1114 00:55:24,719 --> 00:55:27,319 Speaker 1: Chicago says everyone thinks WiFi is the rage, but at 1115 00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:30,600 Speaker 1: home wiring is often better, right, son No's TV, et cetera. 1116 00:55:31,239 --> 00:55:33,359 Speaker 1: You know, it's funny you say that because I was. 1117 00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:37,000 Speaker 1: I was one of these wired snobs, and I kind 1118 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,160 Speaker 1: of gave that up with the Wi Fi because it 1119 00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:42,440 Speaker 1: became Yes, I always think that wired will be a 1120 00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:46,400 Speaker 1: more reliable connection. It will also be faster in most cases, 1121 00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:51,520 Speaker 1: but it's like the difference is so small nowadays that 1122 00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter. Like in my house, pretty much 1123 00:55:54,040 --> 00:55:57,080 Speaker 1: everything is wireless, and I was a holdout. I was 1124 00:55:57,120 --> 00:56:00,040 Speaker 1: doing my so nos wired, I was doing my a 1125 00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:04,320 Speaker 1: like streaming box wired my TV, and then I just decided, 1126 00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,239 Speaker 1: you know, what doesn't really matter. It seems to be 1127 00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,960 Speaker 1: the same, Like it's not. The difference in speed was 1128 00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:13,479 Speaker 1: so negligible to my eyes that it just didn't really matter. 1129 00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:15,200 Speaker 1: And I think that a lot of that is due 1130 00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:18,040 Speaker 1: to the fact that streaming has gotten so efficient and 1131 00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:21,440 Speaker 1: so good that it doesn't really need like people think 1132 00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:25,080 Speaker 1: you need like a really fast connection to stream stuff 1133 00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:27,720 Speaker 1: and that's not really true. It's more about the quality 1134 00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:30,960 Speaker 1: of the connection and also your set up. You know, 1135 00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:33,080 Speaker 1: the device, the you know, the buffering is a lot 1136 00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:36,400 Speaker 1: of times that's just because it's like other factors on 1137 00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:39,920 Speaker 1: the network. It's not necessarily your speed. Because with Netflix, 1138 00:56:39,920 --> 00:56:44,640 Speaker 1: for example, you need like almost nothing to to stream 1139 00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:47,040 Speaker 1: stuff from Netflix. They kind of invented the fact that, 1140 00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:51,200 Speaker 1: you know, Netflix streaming, like they made streaming easy. Now, 1141 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:53,760 Speaker 1: if you're uploading and downloading big files, that's a different 1142 00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:57,359 Speaker 1: story that you do want wired. If I'm if I'm 1143 00:56:57,360 --> 00:56:59,800 Speaker 1: downloading and uploading giant files, often I will go to 1144 00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:02,800 Speaker 1: my wired connection and it's like it's like blazing fast 1145 00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:06,719 Speaker 1: up and down. So yes, good question, Rubin. Are you 1146 00:57:06,719 --> 00:57:11,440 Speaker 1: going to see yes next month? Yes, I said, planning 1147 00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:16,240 Speaker 1: on it. And Matthias says, how do you organize your 1148 00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:19,560 Speaker 1: principal screen at your iPhone? Apps, et CETERA good question. 1149 00:57:20,560 --> 00:57:24,040 Speaker 1: I've actually gone to one home screen on my iPhone 1150 00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:27,840 Speaker 1: with just my most used apps and a widget, and 1151 00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:30,400 Speaker 1: then if I swipe over it, you know, since I'm 1152 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:33,000 Speaker 1: only using one screen, it brings me to the app 1153 00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:36,320 Speaker 1: library and that's where all my other apps. So I've 1154 00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,640 Speaker 1: realized that I don't really need apps on the on 1155 00:57:38,680 --> 00:57:42,040 Speaker 1: the screens because I search for apps when I need them, 1156 00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,000 Speaker 1: and I find that that's faster than remembering where they 1157 00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:46,280 Speaker 1: are on the screen. So I've got my main apps 1158 00:57:46,320 --> 00:57:51,480 Speaker 1: on the home screen, which is like email, me, Telegram, phone, 1159 00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:56,880 Speaker 1: IM message, web browser, camera, Instagram, Twitter, to do notes, 1160 00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:03,320 Speaker 1: my car app, Google Calendar, music apps, Google Maps, photos, 1161 00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:06,400 Speaker 1: and that's it. And then if I swipe over to 1162 00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,920 Speaker 1: the app library, ninety nine percent of the time the 1163 00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:11,320 Speaker 1: app I want to use is in either suggestions or 1164 00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:14,520 Speaker 1: recent or social. And then if I need something more, 1165 00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:16,880 Speaker 1: I just swipe down search for my app, and I 1166 00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:19,160 Speaker 1: find that that's a really fast way of doing it. 1167 00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:22,880 Speaker 1: So I think that's that's it. Oh my gosh, is 1168 00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:25,400 Speaker 1: that is this it? Oh? So many more question thoughts 1169 00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:27,920 Speaker 1: on the pixel pro charging speed. Yeah, it should be 1170 00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:29,720 Speaker 1: faster than it is. Do you have house plants, No, 1171 00:58:29,800 --> 00:58:33,600 Speaker 1: I can't keep them alive. Best affordable external hard drive 1172 00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,360 Speaker 1: to save pictures, I would say Saga or Western Digital. 1173 00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:39,320 Speaker 1: Of all the evs coming out, Should I stick with 1174 00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:44,600 Speaker 1: my model? Why? Yes? Stick with it? Oh my gosh. 1175 00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:47,800 Speaker 1: What's the simplest way to explain five G to older adults? 1176 00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:53,760 Speaker 1: It's faster. It's faster and better. Wow. Lots of questions. Oh, 1177 00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:57,120 Speaker 1: your favorite podcast is past year? And why all in show? Excellent? 1178 00:58:57,160 --> 00:59:01,280 Speaker 1: Thanks for recommending it, Robert, my friend best best show. 1179 00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:04,000 Speaker 1: It's really really great, Anthony, I see you wearing your 1180 00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:06,920 Speaker 1: Gooder sunglasses. Do you run too? Yes? I do. I 1181 00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:10,720 Speaker 1: love running. That's my favorite thing to do. Suke says, 1182 00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:14,600 Speaker 1: did you reserve a Rivian? I did not, but I'm tempted. Honestly, 1183 00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:16,680 Speaker 1: I kind of want to get the I was thinking 1184 00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:19,520 Speaker 1: I would. I would take the Rivian Suv and then 1185 00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:23,120 Speaker 1: I'd give my wife the Tesla and we'd be a 1186 00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:25,520 Speaker 1: full electric house. But I'm not ready to do that 1187 00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:29,040 Speaker 1: just yet. I'm not ready to totally do that. And 1188 00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:30,880 Speaker 1: I got to see what. I gotta give Rivian a 1189 00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:33,400 Speaker 1: couple of years just to see how they develop. All right, 1190 00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:35,080 Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for this episode of the show. 1191 00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:37,040 Speaker 1: If you'd like to submit a question for me to answer, 1192 00:59:37,160 --> 00:59:38,760 Speaker 1: you know what, It's probably not worth it because I'm 1193 00:59:38,760 --> 00:59:40,440 Speaker 1: not answering new ones until the next year. But if 1194 00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:42,840 Speaker 1: you want to, you can go to my Facebook page, 1195 00:59:42,840 --> 00:59:45,120 Speaker 1: Facebook dot com slash rich on Tech, hit the big 1196 00:59:45,160 --> 00:59:47,160 Speaker 1: blue send email button. Or go to Rich on tech 1197 00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:50,320 Speaker 1: dot tv hit the email button. 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Thank 1208 01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:19,360 Speaker 1: you so much for all of your listening. This was 1209 01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:23,440 Speaker 1: the best year ever for my podcast. Lots of downloads, 1210 01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:25,840 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Lots of feedback on the show. 1211 01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:27,800 Speaker 1: I know there are so many ways you can spend 1212 01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:29,760 Speaker 1: an hour of your time. I do appreciate you spending 1213 01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:33,760 Speaker 1: it with me. Have a happy holiday, stay safe. Hopefully 1214 01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:36,600 Speaker 1: you get some good tech this holiday season, or enjoy 1215 01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:42,760 Speaker 1: your time off. I will see you in twenty twenty two.