Agrivoltaics: THIS from the USDA.gov

Year of the Snake starts Tomorrow 29 January 2025!

Mesh Routers and at least Some Standard

FRS and GMRS Emergency Radio

More on DeepSeek AI: Chinese! the website is overloaded- But the App Works.
you think TikTok was Bad?! More on this “Sputnik Moment” Startup

Some new iOS updates have affected Apple’s CarPlay where when your phone is plugged in, the vehicle doesn’t recognize it …. simple solution … restart your iPhone!

THX Trademark as a sound– this. [fair use requested] a certification system for movie theaters

that is:

Someone called Jess Durbin multitracked himself to sound like this!

Lineage OS for you older Android tablet or phone that won’t otherwise update

Kevin McCloud the composer that you have often heard, but never heard of

the honey/paypal scam: Google it!

Use your phone in older car? a $70 7″ Display can help if it uses apple “CarPlay” or “Android Auto”
so it looks like a way newer car! Amazon example only

Some Audio & Video A.I. tools whatver you think of them- there are A LOT
AI Video Editor and Audio Cleanup and Video Cleanup and FireCut and OpusClip

Last show and 5th Tuesday of the month- New Year’s Eve was Substituted with Non Zen Tech

Christmas Eve! Pre recorded not all Tech show– some Music!

Ideas for the holiday season:Framed photo prints Ex:https://frameology.com
|or better yet a Photo Frame

Woodstoves. Ah, Wood-stoves! A bit about Creosote, flues,moisture… Baffle Boards,etc

The best way to do charitable giving: Never at the Door, Never on Facebook,
never on impulse
Check the Credentials IN YOUR OWN TIME- Commissioned Reps should give you an affiliate ID. NonProf? Not all are as they seem to be.
“Give in Kind”- Car, goods, etc. Consider Give Local.

Why dishwasher drain hoses have a non-return valve?
And if they do not, do you need an air gap?

Android/iPhone text messaging vulnerability due to Chinese hacking of RCS
(rich communication service)

Spam phone calls, and “verified. Sender status”. VSS
Google Gemini app now available for playing with AI

Also: voice-faking: Have a “Safe Word(!)” or ask something only the “real” caller could know
“Generative AI Voice Cloning” See Here 

Sites using AI Voice and Text as Sales Tools- Just Use It Yourself.

App/play store: watch out for sponsored apps, and look alike apps with their names and icons