Blurring The Lines Podcast – Adam Bell and Peter Nikolaidis talk about life as entrepreneurs in I.T. and how the lines of work and life outside of work are blurred.

Episode 102 – Friday the 13th Toothache

September 23, 2019 blurrtheadmin 00:38:03 0 Comments

Headlines / Intro

00:25 – Intro
00:55 – A distracting toothache
01:16 – Very yellow moon
01:53 – Three Philosophers
06:04 – Oops the podcast didn’t publish
07:10 – Missed Lenny Kravitz
08:39 – A discussion on virtual desktops
21:26 – Followup on the Kindle Story – Amazon wins!
22:11 – Iphone 11
33:50 – The Anti-Nifty – Bypass two factor authentication
36:35 – Closing remarks

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Episode 101 – I am Iron Man / Argh

September 15, 2019 blurrtheadmin 01:08:33 0 Comments

00:25 – Intro
02:45 – It is also Friday here in TN
05:30 – Grace Ministries
07:48 – Argh
09:00 – Amazon customer service experience
20:10 – You will buy more Kindle books because it is easy
22:46 – That battery is not dead…
25:00 – Amazon does the return at Kohl’s – tricky
36:45 – Email clients
38:25 – Gmail app over Outlook
40:15 – Spark as an email client
44:14 – Using Slack as an email replacement
58:40 – Some email courtesy
63:25 – Pitch me
64:45 – It’s too loud and I am too old
67:15 – Closing remarks

Episode Notes and Links

The Sales Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64cj7Q9c_YA

sparkmailapp.com

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Episode 100 Bank Better Have My Money

August 27, 2019 blurrtheadmin 01:05:12 0 Comments

00:26 – Intro
01:58 – 100 Podcasts
03:12 – College Updates
06:30 – D stands for Diploma
08:13 – Peter’s boxing weight
12:03 – Competition is good
17:12 – Online vs traditional payment methods
25:25 – Have you ever had ACH theft?
27:50 – Sending checks to multi-tenant buildings
34:48 – Buying from Amazon
36:36 – Senior banking woes
50:22 – The Boys
62:02 – Game of Thrones on the plane
64:00 – Closing remarks and invitation to contact us

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Episode 99 Tims Fyre Festival

August 12, 2019 blurrtheadmin 01:09:51 0 Comments

00:25 – Hello Peter
02:23 – Tim may or may not have a podcast soon
05:54 – This is the Fyre Festival
06:23 – Health update
12:53 – Tesla and customer service
18:40 – SPAM from congress
22:05 – Bloomberg’s talk on the Chinese tariffs
25:41 – Alexa glamor is fading
28:01 – Some old tech
31:59 – Micosoft two factor authentication fallout
35:00 – Windows subsystem for Linux
40:06 – Vmware calls for a license count… I don’t have Vmware
42:00 – FTP is still my favorite protocol
44:30 – Lambda functions with Alexa
46:30 – All audio is being recorded to the cloud
49:25 – Nifty – Buffalo Link Station
53:14 – Moving to the cloud
59:14 – Amazon Glacier
67:50 – We want your feedback

Nifty and Show Notes

Keep Siri from recording you! https://github.com/jankais3r/Siri-NoLoggingPLS

Buffalo Link station for home or office backups
https://www.buffalotech.com/products/linkstation-200-series

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Episode 98 Summertime Blues

July 30, 2019 blurrtheadmin 01:06:07 0 Comments

00:42 – Duty is still funny no matter how you say it
01:06 – We are overdue for a podcast
02:56 – We went through Portland and the coast
06:31 – It did get hot in Chicago
11:41 – Hiking and the shoes
16:05 – Area 51 Fun Run
20:26 – Avengers Endgame discussion – Spoiler Alert
21:22 – Watching all of the Avengers in order
23:08 – Are you a Star Wars fan?
30:29 – Tech Talk – Amazon Web Services
38:19 – Moving servers to the cloud
40:36 – If you don’t have redundant internet, then you are dead in the water if you lose internet these days
41:12 – The 20 has chosen Microsoft
44:12 – The newest Microsoft doesn’t suck
49:40 – Priced for the cloud
51:25 – Office 365 Two Factor Authentication is now required for administration
57:40 – We might be guessing……
61:01 – Teaching Restorative Yoga tonight!
62:30 – SANS instructor