Month: April 2020

ShopTalk with Sublime Episode 001

Episode 116 – A Taste of Normalcy?

00:25 – Intros
01:25 – What is the new normal?
07:50 – Have you received your personal stimulus check?
10:15 – SBA $349 Billion exhausted
12:30 – Yoga via Zoom and reconnections
21:50 – The acupuncture mat
22:45 – Buying masks online
23:15 – The shipping mystery
26:00 – Kettlebell swing
28:25 – Buying computers stinks right now
33:11 – Playing Munchkin online
34:42 – Roll20.net
37:50 – Closing Remarks

The relief money has run out.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-16/virus-rescue-program-for-small-business-runs-out-of-money

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Episode 115 – Effects and Business Financing Covid-19

00:25 – Introductions
01:00 – Feeling the pressure of Covid-19 and it hitting home
02:20 – Venturing out and the “new normal”
06:55 – Haircuts today
07:53 – Financing Covid-19 affected business
27:55 – USA Today – “Don’t take the ‘free money’ from PPP loan if your business doesn’t face a threat from COVID-19”
34:49 – Fun Toilet Paper Facts
37:54 – Businesses will better and service will be changed permanently
43:11 – 5G is spreading Covid-19
44:43 – Nifty – Beats Powerbeats Pro vs Apple Airpods Pro vs Jabra Elite 65T
52:52 – Wrapping it up.

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Episode 114 – Can Adam and Peter Make it Wright?

00:26 – Intros with Adam Bell, Peter Nikolaidis and Bill Wright
02:40 – Peter introduces Adam to Munchkin
09:00 – Windows 7 is still lingering – Don’t be irresponsible
18:55 – Somewhat funny toilet paper story
22:26 – Kentucky released information about scams concerning Covid-19. This is a good guide to help people to not get scammed.
24:25 – More USB Key scams with Teddy Bears
26:53 – Zoom – We all have to talk about it.
28:22 – Corona beer is stopping production
30:29 – Sharing data with Facebook and privacy
33:22 – The race to work from home
37:35 – Microsoft changes the names….
39:23 – Peter quit Facebook, but Facebook never quit him
40:05 – Heatmap of CoronaVirus pandemic during spring break
44:10 – Tracking – The electric alibi
46:10 – Business has changed but it is time to do things in new ways
51:18 – Wrapping it up

Kentucky Scams
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/press-release/file/1265371/download

Using Zoom? Using it securely?
https://www.businessinsider.com/zoom-sued-allegedly-sharing-data-with-facebook-2020-3
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/04/security-tips-every-work-from-homer-needs-to-know-about-zoom-right-now/

Not using Facebook? They can still track you. It’s hopeless.
https://m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/03/27/video-shows-cell-phones-on-florida-beach-during-spring-break-and-where-theyve-travelled-during-coronavirus-outbreak

And zoom did make a reasonable response.
https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/04/01/a-message-to-our-users/

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