النص الكامل لحلقة What Amazon Knows About You, Surge Protector Safety and the Nissan Frontier

Amazon's Prime Day this year. There used to 74 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:55.150 be one in July, and I think there was one 75 00:03:55.189 --> 00:03:57.569 again in September, and now here we are early October. 76 00:03:57.629 --> 00:04:01.810 This was the last one before Black Friday. It was 77 00:04:01.830 --> 00:04:04.909 this past Tuesday and Wednesday, Amazon Prime Big Deal Days. 78 00:04:04.939 --> 00:04:07.060 I talked about it for the past two weeks, and 79 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:12.280 I gave you some tips last week, and I How 80 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:14.460 to tell a deal is really a deal. Because when 81 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:17.759 it comes to most all retailers, and especially Amazon, because 82 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:20.959 they can dynamic price you all they want, is this 83 00:04:21.019 --> 00:04:24.319 really a deal? So if you got something good and 84 00:04:24.339 --> 00:04:29.600 you think it was a good price, share it with me. 346-29-TEXAN. 85 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:32.100 Callum Reed over there on the other side of the glass. 86 00:04:32.660 --> 00:04:33.740 Pick up the phone and I want you to talk 87 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:36.490 to me about that. But when you buy something on Amazon, 88 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:39.269 and again, this is not an Amazon commercial. I'm not 89 00:04:39.350 --> 00:04:42.310 ragging on Amazon. What I'm about to talk about is 90 00:04:42.370 --> 00:04:45.930 not solely limited to Amazon. It's almost all online retailers. 91 00:04:45.990 --> 00:04:52.910 But Amazon does it better. Nobody does it better than Amazon. 92 00:04:54.060 --> 00:04:57.920 Because Amazon's an ecosystem. You've got the Amazon Echoes. You've 93 00:04:57.939 --> 00:05:01.459 got the Alexa thing. You've got the Fire TV, the 94 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.000 Fire Sticks, the Fire Tablet. I mean, it goes on 95 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:05.839 and on and on. So they've got you over there. 96 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:10.459 But Amazon customers are learning just how much The shopping 97 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.800 platform knows about their preferences because they just rolled out 98 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:17.899 a beta version of something. It's a personalization feature. And 99 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:19.139 I want you to listen because I want you to 100 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:25.970 check it. The personalization feature is called About You. Because 101 00:05:26.089 --> 00:05:28.769 as well, it sounds like some of my girlfriends, it's 102 00:05:28.810 --> 00:05:31.189 all about you, right? Yeah, whatever. Anyway, it's called All 103 00:05:31.209 --> 00:05:35.000 About You. But it's a dedicated page that's available on 104 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:41.399 your account. And it highlights shopping recommendations by category based 105 00:05:41.490 --> 00:05:44.490 on your search and your purchase history. And these categories, 106 00:05:44.949 --> 00:05:48.470 home and family, brands, interests, hobbies, departments, product preferences, it 107

00:05:48.509 --> 00:05:51.009 goes on and on and on. And the more you 108 00:05:51.129 --> 00:05:54.389 utilize Amazon, the more specific the about you preferences are. 109 00:05:56.769 --> 00:06:02.209 So these things can be turned off. You can delete them. 110 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:05.579 You can refine them to give Amazon a better idea 111 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:08.740 of what products you're drawn to or you don't want 112 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:10.420 to draw to. So let me tell you real quickly 113 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:13.040 how to go find out about you. Because you know what, listener? 114 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:18.829 It's all about you. Go to your Amazon desktop. All right? 115 00:06:19.350 --> 00:06:22.329 In the top right, you can click your accounts and everything. 116 00:06:22.569 --> 00:06:27.569 The Amazon About You page. Amazon.com. And it says Accounts 117 00:06:27.810 --> 00:06:30.449 and Lists in the upper right-hand corner. You scroll down. 118 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:32.279 A lot of stuff going on there. But then it 119 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:37.199 says about you under the ordering and shipping. You could 120 00:06:37.250 --> 00:06:40.370 also do this in the mobile app also, okay? You 121 00:06:40.389 --> 00:06:42.970 could turn this off. You can edit it. You could 122 00:06:42.990 --> 00:06:49.329 delete it. But what you're going to find there are 123 00:06:49.829 --> 00:06:52.209 almost too many things. And you're going to wonder, how 124 00:06:52.290 --> 00:06:57.230 in the hell do they know this? And bigger question, why? Well, 125 00:06:57.250 --> 00:07:00.170 I'm going to tell you why. Because Amazon and other retailers, 126 00:07:00.290 --> 00:07:03.110 they collect user data to process purchases and deliveries. Yes, 127 00:07:03.170 --> 00:07:05.810 they want to tailor your recommendations. They want to provide 128 00:07:05.829 --> 00:07:10.680 voice image camera services, offer troubleshooting services, display your advertisements 129 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.680 based on whatever your interest is. They want to serve 130 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:17.699 you up everything. So as you're scrolling, you're like, oh, 131 00:07:17.740 --> 00:07:20.439 look at those boots. They're similar to the ones I 132 00:07:20.459 --> 00:07:25.269 just bought. I need that click. But then they also 133 00:07:25.329 --> 00:07:27.769 collect all that data. And according, and I did this 134 00:07:27.829 --> 00:07:30.649 according to Amazon's privacy notice, they collect three types of 135 00:07:30.689 --> 00:07:36.209 information to personalize, to personalize your experience. One, information that 136 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:39.810 you give them. You give them your name, your contact information. 137 00:07:39.829 --> 00:07:41.839 You give them your bank account or your credit card 138 00:07:41.860 --> 00:07:45.839 and you give them your address. They also have automatic information. 139 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.860 They know how you interact with products. They put little 140 00:07:49.899 --> 00:07:54.170 tiny cookies, little tiny tracking little devices. Certain types of information. 141 00:07:54.810 --> 00:07:56.550 You don't even need to buy something. But if you 142 00:07:56.589 --> 00:07:59.730 go to a certain page and you keep looking at it, hmm, 143 00:07:59.810 --> 00:08:02.670 I'm thinking about getting this dress. I'm thinking about, okay, 144 00:08:02.689 --> 00:08:04.290 I'm going to come back. And then you go back 145 00:08:04.310 --> 00:08:06.990 the next day. Oh, I'm still thinking about that dress. Well, 146 00:08:07.029 --> 00:08:09.089 guess what? They got you on a fishhook right now. Oh, 147 00:08:09.149 --> 00:08:11.569 they know that you like that dress. They know you 148 00:08:11.589 --> 00:08:13.350 like that style. They know you like that color. They're 149 00:08:13.370 --> 00:08:15.589 going to keep serving that up for you. And then 150 00:08:15.649 --> 00:08:18.389 also the third thing. They have information from other sources. 151 00:08:19.149 --> 00:08:22.519 Updated delivery address information from carriers and everything else. The 152 00:08:22.540 --> 00:08:24.639 point is I tell you this to protect you because 153 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:26.759 I'm a protection guy. This is in my nature. I 154 00:08:26.779 --> 00:08:29.920 want to take care of you, my dear listeners. You 155 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.360 don't want this to stop. If you want this to stop, 156 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:35.320 go to About You and you could turn it off 157 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:38.259 and you can edit it. You actually can play with it. 158 00:08:39.860 --> 00:08:41.759 My favorite color is pink. I only want to see 159 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:45.139 everything that's pink. You could play around. There's ups and 160 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:47.399 downs of doing this because you know what? Maybe you 161 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:49.679 do like hints. Maybe you do like a secret shop 162 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:51.080 or maybe you do like something like that. You maybe 163 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:52.700 not want to turn it off. But this is how 164 00:08:52.779 --> 00:08:55.039 Amazon knows it's you. And this is probably why you 165 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:57.080 clicked and you bought a few more things earlier this 166 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:00.210 week on your Amazon Prime Big Deals days. What'd you get? 167 00:09:00.230 --> 00:09:02.450 We're going to take a break. Talk to me. You 168 00:09:02.470 --> 00:09:07.169 got a good deal. I'm your guy. 346-29-TEXAN. When we 169 00:09:07.190 --> 00:09:09.590 come back, I got more emails. Michael at High Tech Texan. 170 00:09:09.990 --> 00:09:13.830 And then I'm going to talk about surge protectors. If 171 00:09:13.870 --> 00:09:16.929 you don't have a surge protector, protecting at least your 172 00:09:17.250 --> 00:09:22.409 semi-expensive television, protecting at least your desktop or laptop computer, 173 00:09:22.450 -->

00:09:28.049 because one lightning streak, one power surge, it's gonzo. Oh, 174 00:09:28.149 --> 00:09:30.789 I know, you've probably had that surge protector for 5, 6, 10, 175 00:09:30.789 --> 00:09:32.539 15 years. Time to replace it, and I'm going to 176 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:34.639 tell you why. This is how much fun we have. 177 00:09:35.059 --> 00:09:36.980 Michael Garfield, The High Tech Tech Show. We're going to 178 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:41.539 be right back. Happy weekend. If you're listening somewhere around 179 00:09:41.559 --> 00:09:44.470 the state of Texas, terrestrially on the iHeartRadio talk stations, 180 00:09:44.500 --> 00:09:46.950 maybe you podcast this. Even though we are doing this 181 00:09:47.049 --> 00:09:51.659 on a Saturday, kind of mid-morning, late morning on October 10th, 182 00:09:51.700 --> 00:09:55.090 Texas OU weekend. By the way, stand by about 10 minutes. 183 00:09:55.549 --> 00:09:56.730 If you're in the Houston area, I'm going to tell 184 00:09:56.750 --> 00:09:58.289 you where to watch it. The kickoff is at 2.30 185 00:09:58.289 --> 00:10:02.940 this afternoon. Hook'em Horns, the official Texas watching party. So 186 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.320 we'll do that in about 10 minutes. But if you 187 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:07.120 want to get in, this is kind of a consumer 188 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:09.519 lifestyle show. I'm not going to give you information about 189 00:10:09.539 --> 00:10:13.500 all the politics. Apparently there's some election happening in Texas 190 00:10:13.580 --> 00:10:16.879 next month in November. I watch TV and I see 191 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:19.110 all these ads popping up and that's pretty much what 192 00:10:19.139 --> 00:10:23.409 I know. See, I know we're a conservative talk radio station. 193 00:10:23.649 --> 00:10:27.090 I think that's how we're defined here. This is about 194 00:10:27.110 --> 00:10:29.090 the depth of politics you're going to get from me. 195 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.279 On Monday through Friday, if you listen to these stations, 9.50 a.m. 196 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:40.419 KPRC in Houston, Talk Radio 1190 in Dallas, WOAI 1200 197 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:44.360 in San Antonio. Those are our terrestrial stations. Monday through Friday, 198 00:10:44.379 --> 00:10:46.200 you're going to get your news. You're going to get 199 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:48.299 your opinion. You're going to like that. 200 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:48.539 No, no. 201 00:10:48.620 --> 00:10:51.940 This weekend show is just about having fun, how to 202 00:10:52.019 --> 00:10:54.179 spend your money. And I do hope you have money 203 00:10:54.220 --> 00:10:57.419 to spend because things are getting tight. And I am 204 00:10:57.470 --> 00:10:58.850 going to talk about the price of gas. And I'm 205 00:10:58.889 --> 00:11:01.549 also going to give you a story that I went 206 00:11:01.590 --> 00:11:03.850 on the rounds of all my talk stations earlier this week, 207 00:11:03.870 --> 00:11:08.889 how

more consumers are, you're starting to shun big, large, 208 00:11:08.929 --> 00:11:13.549 expensive cars, trucks, and vehicles. It's about time. You don't 209 00:11:13.570 --> 00:11:15.870 know the price of gas is crazy. More and more 210 00:11:15.909 --> 00:11:17.570 people now, you know, you know what? Maybe we're going 211 00:11:17.590 --> 00:11:19.090 to spend less. So this is what I do. I'm 212 00:11:19.110 --> 00:11:22.610 your consumer lifestyle guy when it comes to tech, bourbon, clothing, sports. 213 00:11:23.370 --> 00:11:25.330 That's what you're going to get with me. I do 214 00:11:25.350 --> 00:11:27.730 want to mention this, though, because I do cover, obviously, 215 00:11:27.769 --> 00:11:33.450 the technology world. If any of you have ever broken 216 00:11:33.529 --> 00:11:39.809 up with somebody, girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, whatever, How have you 217 00:11:39.850 --> 00:11:43.110 done it? Has it been face-to-face? Nowadays, these kids, they 218 00:11:43.190 --> 00:11:49.220 maybe can do it text. There's whatever. I feel sorry 219 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:50.820 in this. I never want to make fun of anybody 220 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:52.799 breaking up because I know it's a heartache and heartbreak 221 00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:58.740 for kids and everything. But Elon Musk broke up, or 222 00:11:58.779 --> 00:12:04.730 he was broken up with, by his, one of his 223 00:12:04.830 --> 00:12:12.970 baby mamas named Siobhan Zillis or Zylus. She announced, I 224 00:12:13.009 --> 00:12:17.139 guess earlier this week, that she and Elon Musk, the 225 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:24.139 father of four of her kids, had broken up. And 226 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:28.259 she announced it on his, or their, I know it's his, 227 00:12:29.590 --> 00:12:34.649 online social media service, X. She quote tweeted a post 228 00:12:34.690 --> 00:12:40.950 or something. And you ready for this? And I just 229 00:12:40.970 --> 00:12:44.409 want to make sure I get the facts. It was this, 230 00:12:44.789 --> 00:12:49.200 my God, this post that said she broke up with 231 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:54.620 Elon was sponsored by Kalshi, which is like a predictive 232 00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:59.460 sports market or a predictive market. You know why? Just 233 00:12:59.500 --> 00:13:03.220 because it was. This is beautiful. This is sad, but 234 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:07.029 this is beautiful, but this is hilarious. I love sponsors. 235 00:13:07.429 --> 00:13:10.659 I get it. My entire career has been about sponsored, 236 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.039 by the way. This portion of the show, we're sponsored 237 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:16.279 by U.S. Coins & Jewelry. You're looking for great coin collecting, 238 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:19.350 buying and selling gold and jewelry. Looking for Rolexes, Houstons, 239 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.970 that's the place. We'll talk a little bit more about 240 00:13:20.990 --> 00:13:25.509 that later, but we love uscoinsandjewelry.com. See? 15 seconds. It 241 00:13:25.549 --> 00:13:28.850 didn't cost anything, but they help make sure that this 242 00:13:28.909 --> 00:13:33.110 radio show is absolutely free to you. I've done hundreds 243 00:13:33.350 --> 00:13:37.110 of endorsements. I've been on TV commercials. Remember the Roadrunner commercials? 244 00:13:37.129 --> 00:13:42.610 That was me. back when it rolled out in Houston. Billboards. Online. 245 00:13:42.870 --> 00:13:45.309 I do a lot of that stuff, and I'm doing 246 00:13:45.330 --> 00:13:47.850 more and more on social media, but to announce a 247 00:13:47.870 --> 00:13:51.049 breakup that's sponsored by something. I wonder, this is a 248 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:53.559 predictive market, which means you can actually put money on 249 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:56.620 predicting the outcome of a football, the outcome of a 250 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:58.980 sporting event, but also you can predict almost the outcome 251 00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:02.019 of anything. Who's going to win an election? Is it 252 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:04.539 going to rain more than two-thirds of an inch? 253 00:14:04.820 --> 00:14:05.139 Anything. 254 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:11.049 I wonder if Kalshi predicted that Elon Musk and this lady, 255 00:14:11.110 --> 00:14:14.389 Siobhan Zaitis, were going to break up. I'm not sure. 256 00:14:15.769 --> 00:14:20.250 It's just an anecdotal evidence. I mean, what's the craziest— and 257 00:14:19.769 --> 00:14:22.960 we could do this because this is the— I' m going to 258 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.419 call it fun. 259 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:24.370 It's 346-29-Texan, 346-298-3926. 260 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:26.919 What's the craziest way that you— and you can disguise your voice, 261 00:14:26.940 --> 00:14:36.690 change your name. What's the craziest way you've broken up 262 00:14:36.710 --> 00:14:40.350 with somebody or someone has broken up with you? And 263 00:14:40.409 --> 00:14:42.889 it better be crazier than a sponsored post and it 264 00:14:42.909 --> 00:14:48.100 better be crazier than a text. I mean, did they 265 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.440 take out a plane to do skywriting? It's like, it's over. 266 00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:52.720 I'm not even sure. I just, I thought that was interesting. Well, 267 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:55.919 that's one way to do it. Michael Garfield, I get 268 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:59.000 a lot of, the show's once a week, once a weekend, actually. 269 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:02.000 I get a lot of emails, michael at hightechtexan.com. And 270 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:04.000 by the way, if you are interested in seeing or 271 00:15:04.750 --> 00:15:07.070 A lot of the TV news segments that I do 272 00:15:07.090 --> 00:15:10.149 with reviews, you can go to hightechtexan.com if you're interested 273 00:15:10.169 --> 00:15:12.879 in me coming out and speaking to your corporation about 274 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:16.519 branding and sales or big MCs. You find that information 275 00:15:16.580 -->

00:15:20.759 on hightechtexan.com. But I do get emails. And one email 276 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:23.580 I got is about surge protectors. Michael, how long do 277 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:27.649 surge protectors actually last? Do I need to upgrade that? 278 00:15:27.690 --> 00:15:31.269 Because I'm very scared. Hurricane season's coming. One lightning strike 279 00:15:31.289 --> 00:15:32.889 because I know we're going to lose power at some point. 280 00:15:33.509 --> 00:15:35.070 Should I replace these things? And that's a very good 281 00:15:35.110 --> 00:15:40.049 question I'm going to talk about right now. Spikes take 282 00:15:40.070 --> 00:15:43.169 a toll on surge protectors, even if you don't know 283 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.519 that there is a surge. That's what a surge protector is. 284 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:48.720 A surge protector is more than just an extension cord, 285 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:52.820 all right? And few things in modern life are as 286 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:56.799 convenient as a very good surge protector. It's a small, 287 00:15:56.929 --> 00:16:02.269 narrow strip that literally can protect thousands of dollars worth 288 00:16:02.309 --> 00:16:06.149 of equipment. if you've got a PC gaming setup, if 289 00:16:06.210 --> 00:16:12.600 you've got home office equipment, you need these things. You 290 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:15.980 need these things. And what they really are, it's a 291 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:22.320 metal oxide veracitor, MOV. I apologize for talking over your heads, 292 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:24.519 and I actually apologize for talking over my head. You 293 00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.759 don't need to know that. We're going to call them 294 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:29.590 surge protector. You can use these for a while. But 295 00:16:29.629 --> 00:16:34.669 what it does is, first and foremost... You need to 296 00:16:34.710 --> 00:16:38.129 determine if you're actually using a surge protector or is 297 00:16:38.169 --> 00:16:41.850 it just a power strip? And my goodness, I bet 298 00:16:41.889 --> 00:16:44.789 you don't know because the two of them look nearly identical. 299 00:16:46.549 --> 00:16:47.899 I want you to go look, you can do it now, 300 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:50.519 you can do it later. Get on your hands and knees, 301 00:16:50.580 --> 00:16:53.059 go behind your TV, go behind your whatever. On a 302 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:57.419 surge protector, there's usually an indicator label that says protected. 303 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:03.110 It could say protection present, something along those lines. And 304 00:17:03.129 --> 00:17:07.390 if you see that label, you should be set. Some 305 00:17:07.430 --> 00:17:11.190 of them have a light, a little red light. And 306 00:17:11.230 --> 00:17:14.210 if it's not lit, it means it's not on or 307 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:18.980 it has failed. The surge suppression components have failed. If 308 00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:23.339 that's the case, right now, go on Amazon or go 309 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:26.960 to your local store, throw that away, replace the surge protector. 310 00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:30.140 If the instructions tell you the light indicates protection has failed. 311 00:17:31.029 --> 00:17:33.650 If your surge protector is smoking, if it has scorch marks, 312 00:17:34.269 --> 00:17:38.009 if it looks like fried pussycat, throw it away. Time 313 00:17:38.029 --> 00:17:41.410 to ditch it for a new one. What's the time frame? 314 00:17:43.609 --> 00:17:48.140 Five years, maybe? It's tough to stay. If you have 315 00:17:48.180 --> 00:17:50.039 no idea how old the strip is, you can't tell, 316 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:54.960 replacing it, go ahead and do it. These aren't that expensive. 317 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:58.119 But think about a surge protector. They're all a bit different. 318 00:17:58.529 --> 00:18:00.890 Some use lights. Others have a simple switch that looks 319 00:18:00.910 --> 00:18:04.710 like a breaker box. Some lights mean different things. If 320 00:18:04.730 --> 00:18:06.609 you're not sure, go out and freaking buy a new 321 00:18:06.670 --> 00:18:08.940 one because I do not want you to call and say, 322 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:11.660 oh my goodness, my TV blew out. What happened? I'm 323 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:13.519 here to protect you. All right. Bottom of the hour. 324 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.799 Coming back. We're going to tell you where to watch 325 00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:17.440 the Longhorn Game and other fun things. This is how 326 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:19.309 much fun we have on what we call the High 327 00:18:19.349 --> 00:18:24.329 Tech Texan Show. And I am Michael Garfield. You can 328 00:18:24.349 --> 00:18:26.210 hear it in my voice, people. I've been saying it 329 00:18:26.289 --> 00:18:29.009 since the start of the show today, man. Today is 330 00:18:29.029 --> 00:18:31.190 the day, one of the greatest Saturdays of the year, 331 00:18:31.250 --> 00:18:35.049 because it is Texas OU, something that I have personally 332 00:18:35.069 --> 00:18:39.150 grown up with, being in Dallas. My Texas Longhorns are 333 00:18:39.170 --> 00:18:42.829 playing some team north of the border, that matter. It's 334 00:18:42.869 --> 00:18:46.779 going to be pretty good. Interesting thing about today, normally 335 00:18:46.859 --> 00:18:49.640 the games generally kick off at 11 a.m. Central Time, 336 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:53.089 but Thanks to TV and the SEC, it's a later kickoff. 337 00:18:53.130 --> 00:18:56.069 It's at 2.30 today, which I actually like because it 338 00:18:56.089 --> 00:18:58.069 gives people who are going to the game a little 339 00:18:58.089 --> 00:19:00.289 bit more time to get soused up. And for some 340 00:19:00.329 --> 00:19:02.789 reason you're not heading to Dallas right now and you're 341 00:19:02.829 --> 00:19:05.269 listening in the Houston area, I will tell you exactly 342 00:19:05.589 --> 00:19:09.019 where to be. You better wear your orange. The

official 343 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:12.740 UT watch party, my favorite place, it is called Patterson Park. 344 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:15.960 That's where I watch my UT games just off of I-10. 345 00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:18.940 Not too far from Shepherd. Just look up Patterson Park. 346 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:23.720 Lonnie Schiller is the brains behind that longtime buddy of mine. 347 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:26.059 I wanted to get the play-by-play, so I'm bringing him 348 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:29.140 right now. Lonnie, countdown. How important? This is the biggest 349 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:30.769 game of the year. Are they our number one rival 350 00:19:30.829 --> 00:19:31.089 or not? 351 00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:36.470 Yeah, it's like Lex Ark said, you can throw the 352 00:19:36.509 --> 00:19:39.809 records out the window. It's a huge grudge game, and 353 00:19:40.930 --> 00:19:43.650 Oklahoma's pretty good anyway. So I've been going to that 354 00:19:43.730 --> 00:19:45.589 game for like 25 years. 355 00:19:46.109 --> 00:19:46.910 It's amazing. 356 00:19:46.950 --> 00:19:51.740 The Cotton Bowl, half Burnt orange, half red. But we 357 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:55.109 have a regular group that comes to Patterson Park. If 358 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:58.049 you don't know where it is, it's 2205 Patterson, and 359 00:19:58.109 --> 00:20:01.170 there'll be a lot of burnt orange there. 40 TVs 360 00:20:02.390 --> 00:20:05.210 all in the game. The weather's supposed to be perfect, clear, 83. 361 00:20:05.210 --> 00:20:05.700 So come if you can. 362 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.140 No, that is the place to be. Okay, so you 363 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:14.480 are obviously like me. We bleed burnt orange. You are 364 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:18.279 a longtime Longhorn fan. You went there. I always love 365 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:21.279 this kind of trivia. Do you see the Aggies or 366 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:25.180 do you see the Sooners as our biggest rival? 367 00:20:27.630 --> 00:20:31.670 Boy, that's a tough one. I guess, I don't know. 368 00:20:31.690 --> 00:20:32.829 I don't know, Michael. 369 00:20:33.269 --> 00:20:38.180 I guess I see the Aggies. But they're equally, I think, 370 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:43.579 equally our biggest rivals. And it'll be loud there today. 371 00:20:45.509 --> 00:20:48.690 You know what? I have my feelings. And I've shared 372 00:20:48.710 --> 00:20:50.670 this so many times because I always talk about the 373 00:20:50.690 --> 00:20:54.029 long words. I know the Aggies. I mean, we are 374 00:20:54.069 --> 00:20:56.029 the big brother to Texas A & M. I mean, 375 00:20:56.049 --> 00:20:58.369 we're in their stupid fight song. We're in everything. We're 376 00:20:58.430 --> 00:21:00.759 in their mind, and we will always be in their mind. 377 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:02.720 And I know it's generally the last game of the 378 00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:05.240 regular season before we stopped and now we started again. 379 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:09.180 But to me... growing up in Dallas, where the game 380 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:12.859 of Texas OU has been played and what that weekend means. 381 00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:15.119 The weekend shuts down. And back in the 1970s, when 382 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:19.220 I was a little kid, Palmer Street, downtown, shuts down, 383 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:23.019 pops everywhere. You got orange, you got red. People walk, 384 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:25.839 they're throwing beer bottles and they're throwing pillows outside of 385 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:32.180 hotel windows. And plus also, Lonnie, it's state versus state. 386 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:36.210 And to me, I am more of a, Our biggest 387 00:21:36.250 --> 00:21:39.319 rival is the Sooners. Again, it's a fun little going 388 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:41.339 back and forth thing, but that's what makes the love 389 00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.339 of college football the best. 390 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:46.799 Yeah, and the great thing, as you said already, is 391 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:51.140 not at 11 o'clock. People used to, that were in 392 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:53.670 a hurry, just would drive early in the morning and 393 00:21:53.730 --> 00:21:55.690 have to get there at 11. This is so much 394 00:21:55.769 --> 00:21:59.210 better for everybody, for the crowd, for the people that'll 395 00:21:59.230 --> 00:22:02.049 be going to the bars, hopefully Patterson Park. 396 00:22:02.430 --> 00:22:03.990 And it'll be. 397 00:22:04.589 --> 00:22:06.849 There'll be a lot of yelling, a lot of screaming, 398 00:22:06.910 --> 00:22:10.819 and we'll have it on 40 TVs, the sound on 399 00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:15.299 40 TVs. And there's some good food, burnt orange jello 400 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:18.440 shots for sure. So you'll be there, I think. And 401 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.480 I'll see you. 402 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:23.549 It's awesome because normally, because my show airs in Houston 403 00:22:23.569 --> 00:22:26.150 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., I had to actually 404 00:22:26.230 --> 00:22:28.730 have the TV on. I'm on the radio doing a 405 00:22:28.769 --> 00:22:30.970 live show by watching the game, which does not make 406 00:22:31.009 --> 00:22:34.259 for too much fun. Now my show's done at 1. 407 00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:36.150 Easy enough time for me to get to Patterson Park, 408 00:22:36.190 --> 00:22:39.039 which is great. I generally watch all the games at 409 00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:40.779 your place at Patterson Park because it's so big. It's 410 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:43.819 like this treehouse built, and there's so many different levels 411 00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:46.119 if you've never been there. And the weather is turning great, 412 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:48.940 but there is so much orange on this day. And 413 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:50.740 so anybody who's a Longhorn fan, just to get into 414 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:53.559 the camaraderie, and I know you've got a lot of specials. Lonnie, 415

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:55.519 one more time, what is the address, sir? 416 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:59.720 Courtney two Oh five Patterson, just a block or two 417 00:22:59.849 --> 00:23:03.390 off of, uh, I 10 really easy to get to. And, uh, 418 00:23:04.009 --> 00:23:07.750 lots of parking. Uh, it might be a little tight Saturday, 419 00:23:07.789 --> 00:23:10.690 but there'll be places. So come on and hook them, 420 00:23:10.869 --> 00:23:12.019 you know, hook them without it. 421 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:13.940 And don't forget, you also air a lot of other 422 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:15.839 games too. You're the thick, you know, you're between your 423 00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:19.319 Eagles party, your Texans, your UH. I mean, every sport 424 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.039 of it, you got to cover. 425 00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:23.319 Well, I know there's some, another really big game later 426 00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:25.730 in the day. Um, I think it's, I can't remember 427 00:23:25.750 --> 00:23:28.269 who it is, but somebody of equal. 428 00:23:29.349 --> 00:23:30.150 Georgia, Alabama. 429 00:23:30.829 --> 00:23:31.809 Yeah, Georgia, Alabama. 430 00:23:31.849 --> 00:23:32.730 That's it. 431 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:35.940 So come for the Longhorn game and stay around for 432 00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:39.039 the Georgia, Alabama. And Michael, I'll see you in a 433 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.420 little bit. 434 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:42.039 It's all good. It's all good. That's Lonnie Schiller, Pedersen 435 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:44.509 Park people. So horns up where you're burned, Orange, and 436 00:23:44.529 --> 00:23:45.730 it is going to be good. I want you to 437 00:23:45.769 --> 00:23:50.630 come with your game pace on and some loud stuff. Lonnie, 438 00:23:50.650 --> 00:23:52.250 we'll see you here shortly. We appreciate that. 439 00:23:53.650 --> 00:23:54.990 Thanks, Michael. And Hook'em. 440 00:23:55.609 --> 00:23:58.130 A true patriot, that man. I love how he ends 441 00:23:58.170 --> 00:23:59.970 it with Hook'em. Phone number here. If you want to 442 00:24:00.009 --> 00:24:02.490 get in, if you want to start stacking a little something, 443 00:24:02.589 --> 00:24:05.750 something today for all you Sooner fans, which, you know what? 444 00:24:05.789 --> 00:24:08.430 A columnist is not even picking up if a Sooner calls. 445 00:24:09.089 --> 00:24:11.250 Phone number here on the Michael Garfield program is 346-298-3926. 346-298-3926. 446 00:24:11.250 --> 00:24:13.519 A little later in the show, you know, we haven't 447 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:24.880 given away a lot of things. You know, radio is 448 00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:29.819 about promotion. Radio is about koozies, t-shirts, hats, or whatever. 449 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:33.279 But it's also about feeding you. It's about gift cards. 450 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:37.240 I've got an interesting trivia question that has to do... 451 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:39.099 I thought about this the other day because I was 452 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:44.019 reading something about banned books. Books that are banned. You 453 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:46.599 know what? Should we just do it now? Okay, let's 454 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:48.720 go ahead and do it. It is trivia time here 455 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:51.319 on the Michael Garfield Show. So, I want to read 456 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.829 you this story. 457 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.009 And. 458 00:24:54.269 --> 00:24:58.000 It's interesting because I'm not a reader. I'm a lover, 459 00:24:58.039 --> 00:25:00.660 not a fighter, not a reader. And this was in 460 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:07.789 USA Today. Schools banned, public schools banned about 12,000 books 461 00:25:08.890 --> 00:25:12.990 this past school year. This is data from something called PEN, P-E-N, America. 462 00:25:13.990 --> 00:25:16.890 That marks the highest number since it began tracking book 463 00:25:17.089 --> 00:25:26.369 banning in 2021. 7,300 unique titles. And there's many reasons 464 00:25:26.410 --> 00:25:31.589 that you ban a book. And I'll say this. This 465 00:25:31.690 --> 00:25:35.809 Pan-America organization, they define the term book ban as, quote, 466 00:25:36.430 --> 00:25:39.990 any action taken against a book based on its content 467 00:25:40.970 --> 00:25:44.470 as a result of parent or community challenges, administrative decisions, 468 00:25:44.710 --> 00:25:47.390 or in response to direct or threatened action by lawmakers, 469 00:25:47.430 --> 00:25:51.289 government officials, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, unquote. Here's interesting. 470 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:55.059 The vast majority of the book bands in this country 471 00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:59.299 were in our great state of Texas and Florida, by 472 00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.559 the way. 473 00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.500 Why? 474 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:04.789 There's actually a law in Texas that went into effect 475 00:26:04.829 --> 00:26:12.069 in 2025 prohibiting school library books with indecent or profane content, 476 00:26:13.369 --> 00:26:15.869 which gave parents, I guess, more control over what books 477 00:26:15.890 --> 00:26:19.210 their child can check out. I'm reading that sentence and 478 00:26:19.230 --> 00:26:23.339 I'm thinking, kids still check out books? And then again, 479 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:26.400 I'm starting to rethink it again. Are there still libraries? 480 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:31.369 And listen, I can joke. I can be facetious. But 481 00:26:31.470 --> 00:26:35.269 I am pretty dang serious right now. Are there still 482 00:26:35.589 --> 00:26:38.890 public libraries? When I was a kid growing up, young 483 00:26:38.910 --> 00:26:42.150 kid in the 70s, 1970s, we didn't live far from 484 00:26:42.170 --> 00:26:46.880 the library. In the 1970s and even the 80s, libraries 485 00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:48.980 were hot. They were the thing. You had to go 486 00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:52.019 get a library card like Fonzie did. There was no

internet. 487 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:55.980 There were like four TV stations. There was nothing to do. 488 00:26:56.299 --> 00:27:00.259 And you would go sit in the library and you go, shh. 489 00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:02.960 And then we had to learn the Dewey Decimal System. 490 00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:05.140 And there was fiction and there was nonfiction. And then 491 00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:06.819 you can read papers. And there was this thing called 492 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:10.880 microfiche that you could look up historical newspapers. I remember 493 00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:12.500 doing that. I remember, I guess my mom dropping me 494 00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:14.970 off there. It was like a babysitter. And I don't 495 00:27:14.990 --> 00:27:16.450 know what I did because I really didn't read books, 496 00:27:16.509 --> 00:27:18.670 but it was just something to do. I think it 497 00:27:18.710 --> 00:27:21.809 had air conditioning. In the summer, I think that's why 498 00:27:21.849 --> 00:27:23.150 she dropped it off. What do I, let's get back 499 00:27:23.170 --> 00:27:26.019 to the content. Anyway, there are banned books right now. 500 00:27:26.130 --> 00:27:33.779 So among the banned titled, here's something that's now banned. 501 00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:40.359 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Lessons in Chemistry. Romeo and 502 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:44.089 or Juliet, A Choosable Path Adventure. I've really never heard 503 00:27:44.109 --> 00:27:46.490 of these things. Trivia question. This is where we're going. 504 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.220 And you got to be quick. I'm going to give 505 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:50.619 you a phone number here. I was thinking about this 506 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:52.480 because the only time I hear the word banned book, 507 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.640 I think of a specific movie. In 1984, one of 508 00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:58.880 my favorite movies ever, Footloose. Kevin Bacon, Laurie Singer, the 509 00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:02.279 whole thing. Great movie. One of the themes in that 510 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:06.259 crazy little town called Beaumont was about banned books. And 511 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:10.059 they referred to a specific book that was banned. And 512 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:13.039 they had a book burning thing that John Lithgow stopped. 513 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:17.579 Tenth caller right now. What was the name of the 514 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:21.880 book referred to in the 1984 movie Footloose that was 515 00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:31.230 banned that Wren McCormick thought was classic? Phone number here. 713-212-5950. 516 00:28:31.690 --> 00:28:36.109 It's going to go fast. 713-212-5950. You're going to get 517 00:28:36.130 --> 00:28:40.589 a $ 25 gift card to Cabo Bob's. Four locations in Houston. 518 00:28:40.609 --> 00:28:42.970 They're all over Austin. It's my favorite burrito, favorite taco, 519 00:28:42.990 --> 00:28:46.700 favorite chips. Phone numbers are lighting up. Tell you what, Callum, 520 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:48.000 you tell me in my ear if somebody gets it 521 00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.299 right because I know the answer. Of course I know 522 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:52.599 the answer. I hear banned books. I don't know. I've 523 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.980 never read a book, so why should I ban one? 524 00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.920 But I do remember. I knew the name of this book. 525 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:58.960 I knew who wrote this book in 1984. By the way, 526 00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:04.529 the book is not 1984 by whoever the hell wrote 1984. 527 00:29:04.529 --> 00:29:08.549 Color 10, you got a thumbs up. Got it. Sorry. 528 00:29:08.569 --> 00:29:12.410 Stop calling. Stop calling. Somebody out there is an 80s 529 00:29:12.430 --> 00:29:14.829 trivia buff like me. The name of the book that 530 00:29:14.849 --> 00:29:23.339 was banned in the movie Footloose was Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. 531 00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:28.779 Who is that? Jessica. Jessica is in North Houston. Congratulations, Jessica. 532 00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:31.420 We'll make sure you get your Cabo Bob's $ 25 gift card. 533 00:29:32.490 --> 00:29:34.690 I think that book was actually written in 1969. The 534 00:29:34.730 --> 00:29:37.950 movie came out in 1984. I've heard of Kurt Vonnegut. 535 00:29:37.970 --> 00:29:41.619 I've heard of Slaughterhouse-Five. I have no clue. no clue 536 00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:43.220 what it's about. I don't want you to call me 537 00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:45.920 right now and tell me what it's about, okay? But anyway, 538 00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:49.990 I just thought two and two go together. Hook'em Horns, Slaughterhouse-Five, Footloose, 539 00:29:50.170 --> 00:29:51.430 all 80s out of time. We're going to take a 540 00:29:51.430 --> 00:29:56.720 break right now. Michael Garfield. Happy Texas OU weekend for 541 00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:58.759 those who care. And if you're a Sooner, I don't 542 00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:01.319 want to hear from you. Horns up, my man, my women, 543 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:03.049 my ladies, and my kids. This is a big one. 544 00:30:03.089 --> 00:30:06.069 Michael Garfield is here. It's called the High Tech Texan Show. 545 00:30:06.109 --> 00:30:08.869 Just gave you some ideas of where to watch. Big 546 00:30:08.950 --> 00:30:14.359 watch party happening in Houston at Utterson Park. I-10, Shepard, 547 00:30:14.410 --> 00:30:19.380 not too far from Midtown downtown. Really neat place. Three levels. Actually, 548 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.920 I think four levels. It looks like it's a big 549 00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:24.579 tree house. Four levels. 40 TVs, and on Longhorn Game Day, 550 00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:26.279 it's great. So I want you to pack the place 551 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:28.920 and go check that out. We'll give you the phone 552 00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:32.289 number if you want to ask questions. It's pre-holiday season. 553 00:30:33.490 --> 00:30:35.849 My job is to do a little

consumer lifestyle stuff. 554 00:30:36.349 --> 00:30:39.509 Next hour, I'm going to talk about what's Michael driving 555 00:30:39.549 --> 00:30:41.829 this week. Every single week, I get to do test 556 00:30:41.849 --> 00:30:44.309 drive a new car. This is not sponsored by a dealership. 557 00:30:44.369 --> 00:30:47.559 This is directly from the manufacturers, as longtime listeners know. 558 00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:51.140 And if you are in the market for a mid-sized truck, 559 00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:55.000 I was in a mid-sized truck, not a big old 560 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:59.089 half ton, not a dually, not a 250, not a 350. 561 00:30:59.089 --> 00:31:03.089 I was in a mid-sized truck. I personally am not 562 00:31:03.109 --> 00:31:04.869 the biggest truck guy because where I am in my 563 00:31:04.910 --> 00:31:06.750 lifestyle right now, I really don't need to haul and 564 00:31:06.789 --> 00:31:09.559 schlep anything. I do like mid-sized trucks because they're a 565 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.720 heck of a lot easier to park and get underneath 566 00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:15.180 parking garages too. I'll give you my thoughts on the 567 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:17.680 mid-sized truck that I was driving in this coming week. 568 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:20.000 And we'll do that on the other side of the 569 00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:22.740 top of the hour. I will talk about this because 570 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:25.819 I do talk about smart. Everything's smart. Everything I talk 571 00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:28.700 about is smart home, smart this, smart that. I may 572 00:31:28.769 --> 00:31:30.349 not be the smartest thing in the world, but I 573 00:31:30.390 --> 00:31:32.910 do kind of follow some of these. Every home that 574 00:31:32.930 --> 00:31:37.569 I'm talking to, your apartment, there's most likely something smart. 575 00:31:38.089 --> 00:31:42.910 Smart thermostat, smart video doorbell. You got a smart camera. 576 00:31:44.170 --> 00:31:46.829 You got a smart watch. I know you have a 577 00:31:46.829 --> 00:31:50.710 smart phone. There's something smart. But all the gadgets around 578 00:31:50.730 --> 00:31:54.880 your house, do you have a smart assistant device, be 579 00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:59.619 it from Amazon Echo, be it a Google, be it, 580 00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:03.200 there's a number of different products, manufacturers you don't even know. 581 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:11.630 Apple has really never taken the smart home market by storm. 582 00:32:12.009 --> 00:32:15.309 And again, Apple's all about rumors, but rumor I hear 583 00:32:16.650 --> 00:32:20.099 is really for you Apple honks. Because if Apple comes 584 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:24.289 out with anything, odds are you're going to go get it. 585 00:32:24.349 --> 00:32:27.950 And I say, sim it down, people. Not that I 586 00:32:27.970 --> 00:32:31.009 don't like Apple, but Apple does things. They design them well. 587 00:32:31.730 --> 00:32:35.529 They come out years after other companies try to perfect them. 588 00:32:36.549 --> 00:32:39.769 But by that point, you're in another ecosystem. There's a 589 00:32:39.789 --> 00:32:41.930 lot of people who are in the Amazon ecosystem right now. 590 00:32:41.970 --> 00:32:46.019 You have the Amazon account. I'm not a big Amazon guy. 591 00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:49.730 I have one tiny little Amazon Echo dot on one 592 00:32:49.750 --> 00:32:52.089 of the floors of my house. But I also have 593 00:32:52.109 --> 00:32:55.630 a thermostat that has Amazon Echo built in. I could 594 00:32:55.650 --> 00:32:58.269 talk to my thermostat and it could play games. It 595 00:32:58.289 --> 00:33:00.730 could do anything. It could turn my lights on and off. 596 00:33:00.750 --> 00:33:02.920 You don't physically need an Amazon Echo. It's just that 597 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:05.759 smart thing. But anyway, Apple's trying to get into the 598 00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:09.220 game again. And I've been hearing a lot about its renewed, 599 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:13.869 they're trying it again, smart home endeavors. And this time 600 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:16.210 they're not going it alone. They're actually doing something with 601 00:33:16.250 --> 00:33:18.390 a partnership. And you rarely hear Apple doing something with 602 00:33:18.430 --> 00:33:21.390 a partnership. I'm hearing they're doing a partnership with LG Electronics. 603 00:33:22.109 --> 00:33:27.519 LG saw some regulatory firings and it looks like Apple 604 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:32.680 may be coming out with a smart doorbell, a smart thermostat, 605 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:37.420 a smart deadbolt lock system, an indoor and outdoor security cam, 606 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:42.849 a floodlight camera. And here's the interesting thing. Rather than 607 00:33:43.329 --> 00:33:47.289 branding it under apple with that big beautiful piece of 608 00:33:47.410 --> 00:33:52.369 fruit i think the hardware may be sold under lg's 609 00:33:52.549 --> 00:33:55.910 name they're availing this stuff next week i will be 610 00:33:55.970 --> 00:33:59.519 on top of this stuff but it all centers around 611 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:02.640 this new hub device that apparently apple has been in 612 00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:06.420 development for years remember apple one time years ago and 613 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:09.039 i think it i'm gonna call it failed they had 614 00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:11.539 something called the home pod or the home pod mini 615 00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:15.239 anybody have one of those Along with, they're also going 616 00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:18.460 to have a TV set-top box. They're going to try 617 00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:21.300 to get into your home. But they're co-developed. It really 618 00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:24.079 kind of marks a shift for LG, too. LG actually 619 00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.519 has been a partner for Apple and a number of 620 00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:30.800 other products, too. Software on its smart TVs, third-party monitor

options, too, 621 00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:34.900 studio displays, whatever. Are you going to go out and 622 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:38.119 get this thing? I'm not saying yes or no. I 623 00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:41.199 need to see the details. But this is 2026. Now... 624 00:34:43.510 --> 00:34:45.769 When you look at where we are in the world 625 00:34:45.809 --> 00:34:50.230 of technology, we have come a long way, baby. I 626 00:34:50.269 --> 00:34:54.639 look at the 1970s where I physically, as a little boy, 627 00:34:54.909 --> 00:34:57.530 I was the remote control when my dad said, hey, 628 00:34:58.239 --> 00:35:00.360 get up and go turn to ABC. That was me. 629 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:03.920 This is before remote controls. We have come a long 630 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:07.260 way now that phones are now more expensive than computers. 631 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:11.880 Computers are now inexpensive as, you know, jam boxes were 632 00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:16.110 back in the day. TVs. Come Black Friday here, come soon. 633 00:35:16.130 --> 00:35:19.360 I mean, I'm not saying they're pocket change, but easily. 634 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:22.650 Let's just go spend a few hundred dollars for a 65, 635 00:35:22.650 --> 00:35:25.320 75 inch TV where they used to be tens of 636 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:28.360 thousands of dollars right now. It is change. You are 637 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:30.750 probably locked into some sort of an ecosystem right now. 638 00:35:31.349 --> 00:35:33.090 And it could be Amazon. It could be some sort 639 00:35:33.110 --> 00:35:35.110 of an Android one. It could be whatever. And obviously 640 00:35:35.150 --> 00:35:38.750 there's a lot of people, they tell me, oh, here's 641 00:35:38.769 --> 00:35:41.190 the reason I haven't switched to an Android, Michael. I 642 00:35:41.210 --> 00:35:44.039 know your Android guy is just I'm just so locked in. 643 00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:47.480 My wife, my kids, they've got the iPhone. And so 644 00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:50.329 we can do the FaceTime. I got you. I'm never 645 00:35:50.409 --> 00:35:52.489 going to try to talk you out of one system 646 00:35:52.550 --> 00:35:55.250 or the other. I'm going to give you facts and 647 00:35:55.289 --> 00:35:58.750 reasons why something I think is better, something that is 648 00:35:58.869 --> 00:36:02.360 less expensive, that does the same thing. You make your system. 649 00:36:03.030 --> 00:36:09.539 Because talking to an Apple fanboy about why he or she, well, fanboy, 650 00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:11.739 why he should You know, you need to put that 651 00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:15.199 down and you need to get an Android flip because 652 00:36:16.269 --> 00:36:19.550 it's like convincing a Texas versus Texas A & M 653 00:36:19.590 --> 00:36:22.710 or a Texas versus OU this weekend why you need 654 00:36:22.730 --> 00:36:24.289 to flip to burn orange. It ain't going to happen. 655 00:36:25.349 --> 00:36:27.389 You are what you are. So I say this, it's, 656 00:36:28.570 --> 00:36:31.510 I'm really interested to follow this because our homes now 657 00:36:31.630 --> 00:36:33.849 are smart. They listen to us. You may not like 658 00:36:33.889 --> 00:36:37.110 listening to us, but I think it works well. I 659 00:36:37.449 --> 00:36:42.110 really enjoy my smart doorbell. It works very well. When 660 00:36:42.150 --> 00:36:46.230 a car drives by, I get a little alert. When 661 00:36:46.250 --> 00:36:48.510 someone rings the doorbell and I'm not home, I can 662 00:36:48.530 --> 00:36:49.829 push a button on my phone and I can talk 663 00:36:49.869 --> 00:36:54.409 to them. I can remotely turn down my thermostat when 664 00:36:54.429 --> 00:36:56.190 I'm out of town, so when I come home, it's 665 00:36:56.230 --> 00:37:00.809 not 100 degrees. I can automatically set a timer to 666 00:37:00.849 --> 00:37:02.929 turn the lights on and turn the sound up. I 667 00:37:02.949 --> 00:37:08.230 can play music. It's neat. Apple, I do wish you luck. Congratulations, LG. 668 00:37:08.690 --> 00:37:10.590 I will keep updated. I guarantee Apple ain't going to 669 00:37:10.610 --> 00:37:13.469 send me anything. But if you do need, as we 670 00:37:13.510 --> 00:37:15.760 get to the top of the hour, on the other side, 671 00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:18.079 we can't talk about smart homes. If you don't want 672 00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:20.980 to wait, you don't need an ecosystem. There's a lot 673 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:25.239 of standalone. And I'm not a ring guy either. I probably, 674 00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:28.070 and I'll leave you with this. This is a tease. 675 00:37:28.809 --> 00:37:34.070 The number one smart device ever. I use on a 676 00:37:34.090 --> 00:37:36.530 daily basis. I will tell you what that is, and 677 00:37:36.550 --> 00:37:38.110 I don't think I've mentioned it yet in the past 678 00:37:38.130 --> 00:37:40.610 five or six minutes. My name is Michael Garfield. Happy 679 00:37:40.630 --> 00:37:42.010 Hour number one will be back after this. 680 00:37:50.849 --> 00:37:52.849 The High Tech Texan. 681 00:37:53.769 --> 00:37:54.489 It's Michael Garfield. 682 00:37:54.510 --> 00:37:55.389 To Michael Garfield. 683 00:37:55.409 --> 00:37:56.670 Michael Garfield's joining us. 684 00:37:56.670 --> 00:37:59.570 We have the High Tech Texan. Michael Garfield is here 685 00:37:59.610 --> 00:37:59.929 with us. 686 00:37:59.949 --> 00:38:03.570 The High Tech Texan. Items to make life easier. Shows 687 00:38:03.650 --> 00:38:06.110 us some new technology. So Michael Garfield has something you 688 00:38:06.170 --> 00:38:07.670 might like. 689 00:38:08.889 --> 00:38:12.989 The High Tech Texan. The High Tech Texan. 690 00:38:13.110 --> 00:38:15.280 Michael Garfield is your High Tech Texan. 691 00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:17.280 The High Tech Texan. 692 00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:23.929 Three decades helping you make magic with your gadgets. Heard 693 00:38:23.989 --> 00:38:30.130 worldwide on the iHeartRadio app. Now, your high-tech

Texan, Michael Garfield. 694 00:38:31.090 --> 00:38:33.739 Halfway through the show, and it has been halfway to 695 00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:36.159 happy hour for the past hour because it is big. 696 00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:39.559 It is Texas OU weekend wherever you are. I hope 697 00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:41.260 you're either in the Cotton Bowl listening to me on 698 00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:44.159 one ear before kickoff, during kickoff, wherever this airs. We 699 00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:48.570 do air across at least three areas. stations terrestrially in Texas, 700 00:38:48.610 --> 00:38:51.840 the big ones in Houston, in San Antonio, in Dallas. 701 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:54.559 I do stuff on TV, Fox 7, that's me. I 702 00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:57.420 pop on CBS Houston. Michael Garfield is the name. This 703 00:38:57.460 --> 00:39:00.679 is your consumer lifestyle technology show. This hour, I am 704 00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:03.550 going to tell you what's Michael driving. Each week, I 705 00:39:03.590 --> 00:39:06.449 do get one week in a brand new vehicle. I 706 00:39:06.489 --> 00:39:09.070 have no clue what manufacturer it is. It's up to 707 00:39:09.130 --> 00:39:11.789 a random company who delivers it to me because for 708 00:39:11.789 --> 00:39:15.050 15 years, I have been the guy. who just reviews 709 00:39:15.190 --> 00:39:19.070 automobiles along with technology, along with bourbon, along with fashion, 710 00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:21.019 along with anything you want to talk about. And if 711 00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:24.840 you are in the market for a midsize truck, this 712 00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:27.630 actually may be for you. This may be for you. 713 00:39:28.030 --> 00:39:31.250 Speaking of trucks and cars, I spent a few days, 714 00:39:31.349 --> 00:39:33.320 I spent Wednesday this week, there was a survey that 715 00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:35.880 came out. Well, there was an article that came out 716 00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:44.639 that talks about smaller vehicles are regaining favor amongst U.S. buyers. 717 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:47.380 And I popped on all of my radio shows here 718 00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:52.030 because they wanted my thoughts. They wanted a quote. And 719 00:39:52.050 --> 00:39:53.670 I'm going to tell you the latest in the automotive 720 00:39:53.730 --> 00:39:56.969 sales and strategy. American consumers right now, they are showing 721 00:39:57.030 --> 00:40:01.550 a renewed interest in smaller vehicles because sales of compact 722 00:40:01.610 --> 00:40:08.469 cars and sales of SUVs, larger SUVs, well, sales of 723 00:40:08.530 --> 00:40:10.659 larger SUVs are struggling. This is according to the Wall 724 00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:14.780 Street Journal. And I'm looking at manufacturers. I'll start with GM, 725 00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:19.920 General Motors. They reported strong third quarter sales of small SUVs. 726 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:25.960 The Chevy Trax, the Chevy Trailblazer. Hyundai. The sales of 727 00:40:26.000 --> 00:40:32.260 the Hyundai Elantra. It's a sedan. It went up 18%. Toyota. 728 00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:36.530 Who doesn't love the Toyota Corolla? Big sales increase this year. 729 00:40:38.510 --> 00:40:41.829 Those models, what I just talked about, have a starting 730 00:40:41.929 --> 00:40:45.690 sticker price below $ 25, 000. Now, I'm going to put an 731 00:40:45.809 --> 00:40:53.710 asterisk here. $ 25, 000. It's a lot of money. It's a 732 00:40:53.730 --> 00:40:55.969 little money. But I will tell you this, $ 25, 000 is 733 00:40:56.570 --> 00:41:00.610 exactly half of what the average cost of a new 734 00:41:00.650 --> 00:41:04.050 vehicle is today. Fact in 2026 right now, the average 735 00:41:04.070 --> 00:41:08.860 cost of a new vehicle average is $ 50, 000. So this 736 00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:11.619 is why people are looking for something less expensive. I 737 00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:14.400 grew up watching The Price is Right. I love The 738 00:41:14.420 --> 00:41:19.320 Price is Right. 1970s, Bob Barker, It was on CBS, probably, 739 00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:20.639 I don't know, where I grew up in Dallas. I 740 00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:22.099 don't know, it was at 9, 9.30 in the morning. 741 00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:23.940 And the only time I got to watch Bob Barker, 742 00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:25.559 Price is Right, is when I was sick and I 743 00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:28.500 stayed home from school. It was chicken noodle soup, it 744 00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:30.639 was crackers, and it was freaking Bob Barker with that 745 00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:34.449 long microphone. And that's when, believe it or not, a 746 00:41:34.469 --> 00:41:37.789 little young Michael Garfield became a consumer. Because I knew 747 00:41:37.889 --> 00:41:39.929 exactly the price of a pack of Band-Aids. I knew 748 00:41:39.969 --> 00:41:43.650 how much orange juice cost. I knew everything. I was 749 00:41:43.690 --> 00:41:47.320 pretty dang good on that double showcase showdown. Because I 750 00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:51.860 saw the prices. And two times during the hour-long show, 751 00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:53.699 one in the first half, one in the second half, 752 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:58.039 they would give away, tell them, Johnny, a new car! 753 00:41:59.429 --> 00:42:00.989 And you had to guess the cost of that car. 754 00:42:02.409 --> 00:42:05.730 And if you're of age, you remember this. There were 755 00:42:06.050 --> 00:42:08.550 blank digits, and you had to put the numbers, generally, 756 00:42:08.630 --> 00:42:10.650 of what the cost of the car is. And if 757 00:42:10.690 --> 00:42:12.429 you hit it right, ding, ding, ding, ding, you get 758 00:42:12.449 --> 00:42:18.789 the car. In 1970s, there were Four digits of a car. Four. 759 00:42:19.329 --> 00:42:24.050 Which means every car was under $ 10, 000. Yes, I know 760 00:42:24.090 --> 00:42:26.309 they weren't giving away Mercedes, they weren't giving them BMWs, 761 00:42:26.349 --> 00:42:31.079 but they were under

that. And I remember, as hand 762 00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:36.599 to God, the first number you would guess was a three. 763 00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:40.860 And then you were always right. There were cars that 764 00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:46.159 were $ 3, 000. This is the 1970s. Now, fast forward. I'm 765 00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:48.059 talking about what a great deal because it's below $ 25, 000. 766 00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:53.989 What a world we're living in. EIA just posted its 767 00:42:54.030 --> 00:42:59.590 best September, best quarterly sales results in company history. They 768 00:42:59.630 --> 00:43:05.059 sold 77,000 cars in September. It's an 18% increase. There's 769 00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:08.940 a growing number of U.S. EV owners that are selling 770 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.360 them and returning those cars because they want to go 771 00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:16.030 back to gasoline-powered vehicles for their next purchase. This is 772 00:43:16.050 --> 00:43:19.170 a report from Mobility Global. Now, I don't know why, 773 00:43:19.210 --> 00:43:21.269 because I want to talk about gas right now. I 774 00:43:21.309 --> 00:43:25.190 got asked at a sister station, 740 KTRH, Jimmy Barrett. 775 00:43:25.210 --> 00:43:28.030 I was on Jimmy Barrett's show last Wednesday. Hey, Garf, 776 00:43:28.969 --> 00:43:31.050 what's the number one reason that people are stopping to 777 00:43:31.090 --> 00:43:35.929 buy these very expensive Suburbans and trucks of all manufacturers? 778 00:43:36.969 --> 00:43:39.030 And I said, Jimmy, let me tell you something. I 779 00:43:39.070 --> 00:43:41.340 drove around inside the Loop of Houston the other day. 780 00:43:41.489 --> 00:43:43.880 I do it semi-regularly. And I'm looking at the cost 781 00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:47.260 of gas. This is Texas. State of Texas, I love Texas. 782 00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:50.110 I'm a Texan through and through. I'm called the high-tech Texan. 783 00:43:50.889 --> 00:43:53.210 No state income tax, we can go wherever. Living in 784 00:43:53.250 --> 00:43:56.690 Texas is relatively inexpensive to boast. Every other state in 785 00:43:56.929 --> 00:44:02.219 this country, we love it. Okay? Very inexpensive gas, relatively. 786 00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:06.719 Every single gas station was selling a gallon of regular 787 00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:11.480 gas that started with the digit 4. $ 4 and up. 788 00:44:12.829 --> 00:44:14.969 Inside the loop. I have been on this planet, this 789 00:44:15.030 --> 00:44:16.929 is my sixth decade on this planet. I have never 790 00:44:16.989 --> 00:44:19.530 seen the price of gas higher than this. I went 791 00:44:19.550 --> 00:44:25.699 through the 1970s when Gerald Ford had the gas rationing, 792 00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:30.260 the even and odd license plates. There's been a number 793 00:44:30.280 --> 00:44:33.079 of things. Gas is for, I'm not making this political. 794 00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:36.800 I know what's going on with the Strait of Hormuz 795 00:44:36.840 --> 00:44:38.670 and I know it's tough to ship the oil and 796 00:44:38.690 --> 00:44:40.730 I got this, got that, got that. But the point 797 00:44:40.769 --> 00:44:44.510 is the price of gas is $ 4 and above. You 798 00:44:44.550 --> 00:44:49.469 top that off with cars now that are $ 60, 000, $ 70, 000, $ 80, 000 799 00:44:48.610 --> 00:44:54.070 or more, and then you top with gas at $ 4. 800 00:44:52.869 --> 00:44:54.360 You look at the miles per gallon that these big 801 00:44:54.389 --> 00:44:56.300 vehicles are going to get. This is the main reason, 802 00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:59.219 as I said to Jimmy Barrett, this is why they're stopping. 803 00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:05.420 I review cars every week for 15 years. Two weeks ago, 804 00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:07.320 if you listen to the show, I was in a 805 00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:12.670 brand new Chevy Suburban, the Texas Cadillac, if you will. 806 00:45:13.250 --> 00:45:15.670 This thing was a monster. Thing was one of the 807 00:45:15.710 --> 00:45:20.710 nicer vehicles I have driven in a long time. It was, 808 00:45:22.190 --> 00:45:25.090 I'm six feet tall. I think the top of the 809 00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:30.719 hood was taller than me. Three rows, two video monitors 810 00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:32.860 the size of a massive television in the backseat so 811 00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:37.039 the kids can watch. Every technology aspect you could have. 812 00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:39.690 The cost of that, I drove around in a $ 100, 000 Suburban. 813 00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:45.969 I have listeners right now who will buy that. I 814 00:45:46.010 --> 00:45:47.889 have listeners right now who won't blink when they buy that. 815 00:45:49.570 --> 00:45:53.489 Problem is, it gets maybe 14, 15 miles per gallon 816 00:45:53.510 --> 00:45:56.599 of city. That thing's got a massive tank. It's going 817 00:45:56.619 --> 00:45:59.559 to cost you well over $ 100 to fill up. Then again, 818 00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:02.719 and I know my typical thing, hey, if you can 819 00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:05.780 afford a $ 100, 000 ride, you don't need to worry about 820 00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:08.489 the price of gas. But guess what? Right now in 2026, 821 00:46:08.489 --> 00:46:11.309 consumers are worried. They're starting to think and they're starting 822 00:46:11.329 --> 00:46:13.980 to look like, what am I doing? This is why 823 00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:15.340 you turned to me, and this is why I'm honored 824 00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:18.920 to tell you, if you're looking for a less expensive vehicle, 825 00:46:19.780 --> 00:46:22.429 I've test-drived most of them. When I come back, I'll 826 00:46:22.449 --> 00:46:24.349 tell you what I drove this past week. It's a 827 00:46:24.389 --> 00:46:28.769 midsize truck. It's over. It is just under the average 828 00:46:28.809 --> 00:46:32.989 cost of a new vehicle. And if you are looking 829 00:46:33.030 --> 00:46:35.340 at something right now, call me. You know the phone 830

00:46:35.380 --> 00:46:40.679 number right now. It is easily 346-29-TEXAN. I'd love for 831 00:46:40.699 --> 00:46:42.789 you to call me. And I can talk you off 832 00:46:42.809 --> 00:46:44.570 the ledge as we continue what we call the High 833 00:46:44.610 --> 00:46:49.050 Tech Texan Show. We call this the Michael Garfield Program. 834 00:46:49.090 --> 00:46:51.519 Some people call it the High Tech Texan Show. The 835 00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:55.420 new and improved High Tech Texan website launched about a 836 00:46:55.440 --> 00:47:01.400 month ago. Thank you very much to astoundz, A-S-T-O-U-N-D-Z.com if 837 00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:06.030 you're looking to Finally, upgrade your website. Certainly, if you 838 00:47:06.070 --> 00:47:10.269 need to put some search engine optimization, these cats really, 839 00:47:10.289 --> 00:47:13.829 really do it well. They're Houston-based, but they have many, many, 840 00:47:13.889 --> 00:47:16.489 many more clients that are based out of Texas. Doesn't 841 00:47:16.510 --> 00:47:19.070 matter where you are, why don't you go to astounds.com. 842 00:47:19.190 --> 00:47:22.769 Steve Winter, he is the president. Great dude. They have 843 00:47:22.789 --> 00:47:25.010 a whole team, just listens to you. If you want 844 00:47:25.030 --> 00:47:28.500 to reformat, if you want to re- redo and look 845 00:47:28.539 --> 00:47:30.480 at just your business model, kind of like I did. 846 00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:32.659 They will sit with you, they will ask you questions, 847 00:47:32.679 --> 00:47:35.760 and they will launch it. And I kind of relaunched 848 00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:38.320 my website, if you want to look at hightechtexan.com, kind 849 00:47:38.340 --> 00:47:40.840 of focusing a little bit more on what I want 850 00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:44.230 to do as I continue to grow, or get older, actually. 851 00:47:44.949 --> 00:47:47.570 Gray hair may be coming at some point. I'm doing 852 00:47:47.590 --> 00:47:53.070 a lot more speaking engagements, working with corporations on sales motivation, 853 00:47:53.110 --> 00:47:59.460 but Also, branding. How do you stand out? And long 854 00:48:00.139 --> 00:48:03.869 I have been asked by so many people, where did 855 00:48:03.889 --> 00:48:07.110 you come up with the high-tech Texan 25 years ago? 856 00:48:08.050 --> 00:48:15.349 Before social media. How did you create yourself, find your niche, 857 00:48:15.889 --> 00:48:19.539 and cut through the clutter in old-school technology? And I 858 00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:23.679 say old-school. It's TV and radio. Breaking news. into the 859 00:48:23.739 --> 00:48:28.860 masses in the early two thousands of television in a 860 00:48:29.670 --> 00:48:33.949 top five, six market of Houston. And then radio, um, 861 00:48:35.690 --> 00:48:37.800 it was not, it was not easy, but I did it. 862 00:48:38.170 --> 00:48:39.730 And there's things, and I, and I love giving talks 863 00:48:39.750 --> 00:48:41.170 and speeches like that. So if you're

a company or 864 00:48:41.230 --> 00:48:43.760 you're thinking about that, you could find all the information. Uh, 865 00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:46.960 I will fly anywhere. Uh, just send a private jet. 866 00:48:47.980 --> 00:48:51.750 One day. See, the point is this new website. If I, uh, 867 00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:54.400 Get enough new clients, baby. I can get a PJ. 868 00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:57.619 I'm not sure. But anyway, check it out at hightechtexan.com. 869 00:48:58.340 --> 00:48:59.900 One of the things that you also will find a 870 00:48:59.920 --> 00:49:02.519 link to, and you can also find on one of 871 00:49:02.539 --> 00:49:05.980 your favorite podcast services, certainly you can start at iHeart, 872 00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:09.949 but you go to Spotify, Apple, is my play-by-play and 873 00:49:09.969 --> 00:49:11.789 my reviews of all the vehicles that I talk about. 874 00:49:12.510 --> 00:49:15.030 I'm known as the High Tech Texan, which means I, yes, 875 00:49:15.070 --> 00:49:18.409 I talk about phones and TVs and laptops and gadgets 876 00:49:18.469 --> 00:49:23.179 and smart this and homes and But I realized 15 877 00:49:23.179 --> 00:49:27.179 plus years ago that cars and trucks were almost nothing 878 00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:30.610 but technology. So I started covering the cars and trucks, 879 00:49:30.690 --> 00:49:34.469 became a member of the Texas Auto Riders Association, created 880 00:49:34.530 --> 00:49:40.429 contacts with manufacturers, not dealerships, I'm not here to tell you, hey, 881 00:49:40.469 --> 00:49:42.199 go to this dealership because they're going to use my name, 882 00:49:42.260 --> 00:49:46.960 give you a... I can't do that. I get vehicles 883 00:49:47.139 --> 00:49:50.920 on a weekly basis directly from manufacturers who obviously most 884 00:49:51.000 --> 00:49:52.639 all of them are based in Michigan. Some are based 885 00:49:52.699 --> 00:49:55.590 in Tennessee, like this one I'm going to talk about 886 00:49:55.610 --> 00:49:58.369 from Nissan. And they let me have it for a week. 887 00:49:58.429 --> 00:50:03.829 And it's just like any true typical old school journalist. Reviews, 888 00:50:04.710 --> 00:50:08.070 not paid. I'm more than happy to rag on it. 889 00:50:09.219 --> 00:50:11.539 or give it some love. And what am I going 890 00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:13.179 to talk about this week? So I do thank you 891 00:50:13.199 --> 00:50:15.039 for tuning in because it is time to talk about 892 00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:18.219 what's Michael driving this week. I was rolling around in 893 00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:26.360 a 2026 Nissan Frontier. Oh, not just the old regular 894 00:50:26.739 --> 00:50:30.800 midsize truck, Nissan Frontier, the pimped out one, the Pro 4X. 895 00:50:30.860 --> 00:50:33.280 I love Pro 4X. When Nissan puts a Pro 4X 896 00:50:33.320 --> 00:50:37.239 signature on its vehicles like the Frontier, like its Nissan Armada, 897 00:50:37.300 --> 00:50:40.230 for example, You know it's ready for a

little off-roading, 898 00:50:40.510 --> 00:50:43.269 and it's going to look a little sexier, a little pimp. 899 00:50:44.150 --> 00:50:47.269 And so I was driving it. And so if you 900 00:50:47.349 --> 00:50:51.329 are looking for a midsize pickup, not a bigger one, 901 00:50:51.369 --> 00:50:53.010 you know, and again, we can look at Ford with 902 00:50:53.030 --> 00:50:55.809 the F-150. We look at the Dodge. Well, we don't Dodge, 903 00:50:55.829 --> 00:50:58.929 but we look at the Ram. We look at the Chevy. 904 00:50:59.469 --> 00:51:02.530 You know, we got the Sierra. We got all these. 905 00:51:03.090 --> 00:51:05.760 Those are bigger. If you don't need a whole thing, 906 00:51:05.820 --> 00:51:07.570 and I know we're in Texas. If you don't need 907 00:51:07.590 --> 00:51:09.210 to haul things, it looks cool to drive around in 908 00:51:09.230 --> 00:51:13.050 a cool truck. Some of them are expensive. I like trucks. 909 00:51:13.250 --> 00:51:15.429 I don't need a full-size truck. Actually, I don't even 910 00:51:15.449 --> 00:51:17.429 need a mid-size truck, but I drive what I drive 911 00:51:17.829 --> 00:51:22.420 because people out there want my opinion. Mid-size pickup trucks 912 00:51:22.619 --> 00:51:26.400 are so much easier to park. Oh, my goodness. Less 913 00:51:26.440 --> 00:51:29.239 door dings. I'm in a bigger truck. I'm in a 914 00:51:29.280 --> 00:51:32.400 half-ton or something. Every time I go into a parking garage, 915 00:51:32.420 --> 00:51:34.980 it's like, here's Clarence, 6'1. I'm like, oh, my goodness. 916 00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:36.909 Am I going to scrape the top of it? Midsize 917 00:51:36.929 --> 00:51:38.829 trucks are fun. And if you're looking for a midsize 918 00:51:38.889 --> 00:51:41.909 pickup that still, I think, believes a truck should actually 919 00:51:42.070 --> 00:51:45.010 look like a truck, you really should check out what 920 00:51:45.050 --> 00:51:47.909 I was driving. And it was the Nissan Frontier. It's 921 00:51:47.949 --> 00:51:49.889 got attitude. And I think it's got attitude because it's 922 00:51:49.909 --> 00:51:54.050 got that Pro 4X badge. It's a crew cab. Rolls 923 00:51:54.110 --> 00:51:56.880 up to my house. And it's got a big grill. 924 00:51:57.980 --> 00:52:00.079 The fenders are a little chunky. A little chunky monkey. 925 00:52:01.440 --> 00:52:07.530 Love the tires. 17-inch wheels. Black tires. All terrain. The 926 00:52:07.550 --> 00:52:09.980 trim is black. And really makes you feel like, you 927 00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:10.980 know what, I'm going to go into the woods. I 928 00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:15.000 just want to disappear. So the look is great. Under 929 00:52:15.019 --> 00:52:19.480 the hood, very impressive. Because the truck is not big, big, big, big, big, 930 00:52:19.519 --> 00:52:21.880 and heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy. But it's got a 3.8 931 00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:27.079 liter V6. So it's got some get up and go. 932 00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:32.800 310 horsepower. And I

feel like, I like the fact 933 00:52:32.820 --> 00:52:36.309 that Nissan is still giving us a naturally aspirated, aspirated V6. 934 00:52:36.329 --> 00:52:39.909 There's nothing turbocharged in it. It's not a hybrid. It's 935 00:52:39.949 --> 00:52:43.369 just a freaking good old-fashioned cylinder doing some cylinder-type things. 936 00:52:44.929 --> 00:52:49.579 So I get behind the wheel. Frontier feels solid. It's 937 00:52:49.619 --> 00:52:53.199 got a... It's a nine-speed automatic transition. Very smooth. I 938 00:52:53.219 --> 00:52:59.460 didn't feel it go... Steering nicely weighted. But when you 939 00:52:59.500 --> 00:53:01.909 get off... And listen, I drive around the Houston highways 940 00:53:01.949 --> 00:53:04.349 and byways mostly. I don't really go off-road. I try 941 00:53:04.389 --> 00:53:08.119 to find some gravel... I felt some personality in this 942 00:53:08.159 --> 00:53:10.900 vehicle when I kind of hit a little gravel. Because 943 00:53:10.940 --> 00:53:13.340 the Pro 4X, it comes with a little upgrade. It's 944 00:53:13.360 --> 00:53:17.679 got a four-wheel drive. It's got some sweet off-road shocks. Bilstein, 945 00:53:17.719 --> 00:53:20.699 I believe. The Bilstein off-road shocks. The all-terrain tires are 946 00:53:20.719 --> 00:53:23.289 just pimp. It's good. And if you really need to, 947 00:53:23.429 --> 00:53:29.889 it's got an electronic locking rear differential. So if you're 948 00:53:29.909 --> 00:53:32.570 heading down a muddy trail, if you're climbing over rocks, 949 00:53:33.889 --> 00:53:36.420 you're going through some massive Texas thunderstorm, you have a 950 00:53:36.460 --> 00:53:38.880 lot of options of flipping the buttons and doing what 951 00:53:38.920 --> 00:53:42.539 you need to do. So you think about this and 952 00:53:42.559 --> 00:53:45.019 you're thinking, my goodness, this sounds like some big rugged, 953 00:53:45.159 --> 00:53:48.019 you know, you need a beard to drive this thing. And, 954 00:53:48.039 --> 00:53:51.190 you know, probably no. Nissan really did a good job 955 00:53:51.690 --> 00:53:53.489 of making sure that this is a rugged truck, but 956 00:53:53.530 --> 00:53:57.329 it's very comfortable inside. I always say this. We spend 957 00:53:57.349 --> 00:54:01.150 pretty much all our time inside the car versus the 958 00:54:01.210 --> 00:54:05.969 outside of the car. You want comfy. Inside, 12-inch touchscreen. 959 00:54:06.659 --> 00:54:12.000 Wireless Android Auto. Oh, yeah, wireless Apple CarPlay, too. Available, 960 00:54:12.039 --> 00:54:14.780 you can get a premium Fender audio. One of the 961 00:54:14.820 --> 00:54:17.300 things I like, I don't talk about safety gadgets too 962 00:54:17.320 --> 00:54:20.360 much because across the board, I think vehicle to vehicle, 963 00:54:20.639 --> 00:54:22.469 there's a lot of cool safe stuff. But Nissan has 964 00:54:22.489 --> 00:54:25.849 something called the Safety Shield 360. Great collection of driver 965 00:54:25.889 --> 00:54:30.510 assistance tech. All right? This is a crew cab. So, seats, 966 00:54:31.289 --> 00:54:34.090 five people pretty comfortably. Five people, two in the front, 967 00:54:34.110 --> 00:54:36.369 three in the back. The truck bed, got to say, 968 00:54:36.409 --> 00:54:38.420 it's a little longer than normal. So it's practical for 969 00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:42.559 everyday hauling. This one actually had what's called the Utilitrack 970 00:54:42.639 --> 00:54:44.719 bed channel system. Kind of a neat way to secure 971 00:54:44.780 --> 00:54:50.380 different types of cargo in there, too. Now, fuel economy? Um... decent, 972 00:54:50.460 --> 00:54:53.079 not great. It's not the exact reason we want to 973 00:54:53.119 --> 00:54:55.440 buy one of these Frontier Pro 4Xs. I think it's 974 00:54:55.460 --> 00:54:57.780 a little better than bigger vehicles, but you're going to get, 975 00:54:57.800 --> 00:55:01.159 this is rated at 16 in the city, 20 on 976 00:55:01.179 --> 00:55:03.000 the highway. So you're going to get about an 18 977 00:55:03.000 --> 00:55:06.760 miles per gallon combined. But if you're buying an off-road 978 00:55:06.840 --> 00:55:10.139 V6 pickup and you're looking at getting something like from 979 00:55:10.179 --> 00:55:12.800 a Prius or some hybrid stuff, no, it ain't going 980 00:55:12.820 --> 00:55:16.090 to happen. Pricing. Michael, so what do you think? Well, 981 00:55:17.070 --> 00:55:19.389 As I look at the Moroni over here, this starts, 982 00:55:19.630 --> 00:55:25.809 MSRP starts $ 41, 000. Okay. This is the Pro 4X crew cap. 983 00:55:27.210 --> 00:55:29.469 The long badge, you're going to get $ 42, 000. The way 984 00:55:30.150 --> 00:55:35.019 I drove it with all the pimp stuff on there, $ 48, 000 985 00:55:34.860 --> 00:55:37.579 because they put the Pro Convenience Package and the Pro 986 00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:41.059 Premium Package. Now, I say $ 48, 000. I cover the car industry, 987 00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:43.920 cover the vehicle industry. You know this trivia question. I 988 00:55:43.960 --> 00:55:46.619 say it all the time. What's the average price cost 989 00:55:46.820 --> 00:55:54.900 of a brand new vehicle right now. Say it with me, $ 50, 000. 990 00:55:51.110 --> 00:55:55.210 So this is under the average cost of a brand 991 00:55:55.570 --> 00:55:59.530 new vehicle. Good? Yeah. Competition, as I say, if you're 992 00:55:59.550 --> 00:56:02.989 looking into a midsize, got several to choose from. Ford Ranger, 993 00:56:03.510 --> 00:56:08.079 Chevy Colorado, probably the Z71 in this case. GMC, I 994 00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:10.719 do like the GMC. They have the Canyon, the AT4, 995 00:56:10.760 --> 00:56:14.539 that's kind of their outdoor package, Toyota Tacoma, TRD Off-Road. 996 00:56:14.579 --> 00:56:15.960 There's a number of things that you can look at. 997 00:56:16.329 --> 00:56:18.130 I didn't have those, so I'm kind of concentrating still 998 00:56:18.150 --> 00:56:21.949 on the Nissan Frontier.

It's old school-ish. It's got a 999 00:56:21.969 --> 00:56:26.860 real V6. Good capability. Bottom line, not trying to be 1000 00:56:26.880 --> 00:56:29.579 the fanciest pickup in the parking lot, but it's really 1001 00:56:29.679 --> 00:56:31.840 one you actually want to take off the payment to. 1002 00:56:33.039 --> 00:56:35.400 So I say Nissan with the Frontier Pro-X, you're on 1003 00:56:35.420 --> 00:56:38.460 the right trail. See what I did? Boom. Thank you 1004 00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:41.760 to my good friends at Nissan, also Prestige Worldwide for 1005 00:56:41.780 --> 00:56:44.590 delivering this thing. If you need any questions, go to 1006 00:56:44.630 --> 00:56:46.750 the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds 1007 00:56:46.769 --> 00:56:49.329 of vehicles that I continue to test for the past 1008 00:56:49.329 --> 00:56:52.010 15 years. Find it at itaketesting.com. We're going to be back. 1009 00:56:52.269 --> 00:56:57.059 Michael Garfield. Drive safe. Less than 30 minutes to go 1010 00:56:57.099 --> 00:56:58.760 before we end the show, so I can get you 1011 00:56:58.840 --> 00:57:00.659 off on your way to watch a little college football, 1012 00:57:00.699 --> 00:57:03.380 including the kickoff for the Texas OU game, should you 1013 00:57:03.400 --> 00:57:07.320 be listening on Saturday morning. Michael Garfield is the name. 1014 00:57:07.340 --> 00:57:10.809 I just gave you a pretty intense review of what 1015 00:57:10.849 --> 00:57:12.510 I was driving this week. Each week I get to 1016 00:57:12.550 --> 00:57:14.989 drive in a brand new vehicle, unsponsored. I don't know 1017 00:57:15.030 --> 00:57:16.730 what I'm driving until it rolls up in front of 1018 00:57:16.769 --> 00:57:19.829 my house. It's a unique, fun situation. But I did 1019 00:57:19.849 --> 00:57:24.820 talk about the 2026 Nissan Frontier Pro 4X Crew Cabs, midsize, 1020 00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:27.059 and I actually liked it. It's very good. I am 1021 00:57:27.079 --> 00:57:30.920 a Nissan fan. It's a gas-powered car. It's not an EV, 1022 00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:33.179 but it's not a hybrid either. And I will tell 1023 00:57:33.219 --> 00:57:39.769 you this. If... And maybe I'm personally not in the 1024 00:57:39.789 --> 00:57:41.929 mode to buy a new car. If I was buying 1025 00:57:41.949 --> 00:57:44.230 a new car right now, because of what's going on 1026 00:57:44.269 --> 00:57:46.030 with the gas prices, because of what's going on with 1027 00:57:46.050 --> 00:57:49.340 the cost of vehicles themselves, I actually would look at 1028 00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:51.880 a hybrid. Not a plug-in hybrid, but a real hybrid. 1029 00:57:51.940 --> 00:57:55.559 And there is high demand for hybrids right now. It 1030 00:57:55.619 --> 00:57:58.110 is high demand. Look at the gas prices right now. 1031 00:57:58.590 --> 00:58:01.409 Hybrid and passenger vehicles right now, they're having a moment. 1032 00:58:02.730 --> 00:58:08.619 And that has benefited Asians. auto manufacturers this past quarter. 1033 00:58:10.480 --> 00:58:13.159 You look at Kia, you look at Hyundai, you look 1034 00:58:13.179 --> 00:58:18.199 at Honda, you look at Toyota. They're doing wonder numbers. 1035 00:58:19.139 --> 00:58:22.989 Because to me, listen, I'm pro-US, don't get me wrong. 1036 00:58:24.010 --> 00:58:25.389 You look at Ford, you look at GM, you look 1037 00:58:25.409 --> 00:58:29.030 at the Stellantis, which is Dodge, Ram, Jeep. They've kind 1038 00:58:29.050 --> 00:58:33.690 of surrendered the hybrid category as of right now. Let's 1039 00:58:33.710 --> 00:58:35.969 talk about the hybrid. I got your breakdown because this 1040 00:58:36.010 --> 00:58:37.889 is what I do on this show. Kia has seven 1041 00:58:37.949 --> 00:58:45.119 hybrid models. Hyundai, six. Honda, five. Toyota, 18. Look at 1042 00:58:45.139 --> 00:58:51.679 the Detroit automakers. Two hybrid models. Ford Maverick midsize pickup 1043 00:58:51.719 --> 00:58:55.889 and a version of the Chevy Corvette. And that's impacting 1044 00:58:55.949 --> 00:58:58.570 overall market share. Asian automakers made more than half of 1045 00:58:58.590 --> 00:59:00.550 the new cars that Americans bought in the third quarter. 1046 00:59:05.030 --> 00:59:07.800 You say this because I've just given you facts. Did 1047 00:59:07.820 --> 00:59:09.780 I say go buy an Asian vehicle? No. Did I 1048 00:59:09.820 --> 00:59:12.280 say go buy a U S vehicle? No, but dang it. 1049 00:59:14.360 --> 00:59:16.360 Would people ask my opinion? What are some of the, the, 1050 00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:19.300 the great ones that you see? Uh, pretty much. I've 1051 00:59:19.400 --> 00:59:20.969 kind of talked a lot about the, the car. This 1052 00:59:21.010 --> 00:59:22.550 is not just a car show. We do a more back, 1053 00:59:22.650 --> 00:59:24.510 but if you do want to hear my reviews for 1054 00:59:24.510 --> 00:59:27.909 15 years, I have, uh, been on the receiving end, uh, 1055 00:59:28.599 --> 00:59:32.300 Just an opportunity. It's unbelievable. Working, getting to know manufacturers, 1056 00:59:32.940 --> 00:59:37.019 the designers, the marketers. Every week, I get a new 1057 00:59:37.039 --> 00:59:40.980 car delivered and switched out. It is not paid, and 1058 00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:43.760 I talk about them every week. Go to my podcast, 1059 00:59:43.780 --> 00:59:45.039 because we do put this after I talk about it. 1060 00:59:45.039 --> 00:59:48.139 We put it on a podcast. Specifically, iHeartRadio. You can 1061 00:59:48.159 --> 00:59:51.210 look at High Tech Texan. Spotify, you can also do 1062 00:59:51.230 --> 00:59:54.989 it there. And then everywhere else, award-winning podcasts are heard. 1063 00:59:56.380 --> 00:59:58.559 I didn't say mine was an award-winning podcast, but all 1064 00:59:58.599 --> 01:00:00.980 these are the podcast platforms that you're going to hear about. 1065 01:00:01.699 --> 01:00:03.659 Michael Garfield is the name. I'll give out the phone 1066

01:00:03.699 --> 01:00:05.900 number probably one more time as we almost wind up. 1067 01:00:06.719 --> 01:00:09.969 It is 346-29-TEXAN. If you got something pretty fun earlier 1068 01:00:09.989 --> 01:00:13.150 this week on Amazon Prime Big Deal Day, what you got, 1069 01:00:13.190 --> 01:00:15.829 I'm more than happy to talk about it. I got 1070 01:00:15.849 --> 01:00:17.909 a number of emails a few weeks ago because I 1071 01:00:18.090 --> 01:00:20.530 was talking about, I was giving you a stat that, 1072 01:00:21.010 --> 01:00:24.630 was it a NASA engineer? They figured out the exact 1073 01:00:24.650 --> 01:00:29.829 number proportion, the number of feet, how far away you 1074 01:00:29.869 --> 01:00:34.690 should sit from your television screen. They, they, it was, 1075 01:00:34.969 --> 01:00:38.590 it's a ratio. It was really funny. It was about 1076 01:00:38.610 --> 01:00:41.150 the distance and the height and the tilt and everything. 1077 01:00:41.190 --> 01:00:42.949 And I go back because when I was growing up and, 1078 01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:45.500 you know, young and I was, you know, we as kids, 1079 01:00:45.559 --> 01:00:48.840 because we didn't have 75, 65, 55 inch TVs, we had, 1080 01:00:48.880 --> 01:00:50.440 you know, we had the typical, I don't know, Sony 1081 01:00:50.480 --> 01:00:52.800 Trinitron and we would, wake up Saturday morning with a 1082 01:00:52.800 --> 01:00:56.980 bowl of cereal, sit cross-legged when we wait for, you know, conjunction, junction, 1083 01:00:57.039 --> 01:00:58.940 and I'm just a bill, and I would sit like 1084 01:00:58.960 --> 01:01:01.719 a foot and a half from the TV. You're going 1085 01:01:01.739 --> 01:01:05.699 to go blind! Move back, my mom says. Well, so far, 1086 01:01:05.739 --> 01:01:08.429 so good for me. So anyway, we were talking about that. 1087 01:01:08.630 --> 01:01:10.389 So anyway, I got a number of people saying, well, Michael, 1088 01:01:11.110 --> 01:01:14.590 is there some sort of a formula where I know 1089 01:01:14.650 --> 01:01:17.329 how far I should sit back from my computer monitor 1090 01:01:17.670 --> 01:01:18.909 or maybe my laptop? 1091 01:01:19.949 --> 01:01:20.250 Well. 1092 01:01:21.239 --> 01:01:25.989 There is. So if you have a really good computer setup, 1093 01:01:26.829 --> 01:01:28.650 if you have an organized desk, if you have a 1094 01:01:28.690 --> 01:01:31.489 good comfy office chair, and listen, I test office chairs 1095 01:01:32.090 --> 01:01:33.730 all the time. I got a really nice one. If 1096 01:01:33.750 --> 01:01:36.960 you've got good lighting, you've got good accessories, you do 1097 01:01:37.019 --> 01:01:41.099 need to position everything for your best ergonomic experience. But 1098 01:01:41.119 --> 01:01:44.900 what about the distance? Well, just like the TV, the 1099 01:01:45.019 --> 01:01:50.849 ANSA depends on the size of your monitor. But the 1100 01:01:51.010 --> 01:01:58.130 Simplet's Guide to follow is arm's length rule. Here's what

1101 01:01:58.170 --> 01:02:02.579 you need to do. Stretch out your arm, position the 1102 01:02:02.639 --> 01:02:06.980 monitor that same length away from your body, that your 1103 01:02:07.079 --> 01:02:10.559 fingers are able to touch the screen. And then the 1104 01:02:10.599 --> 01:02:13.639 proper view also, you really should have the right height 1105 01:02:13.760 --> 01:02:16.960 and tilt. But anyway, the reason to keep the monitor 1106 01:02:16.980 --> 01:02:19.389 a good distance is really to prevent eye strain and fatigue. 1107 01:02:19.449 --> 01:02:21.269 There are a lot of people who sit at their 1108 01:02:21.309 --> 01:02:24.550 monitors a lot more than they watch TV. You don't 1109 01:02:24.570 --> 01:02:26.110 want the monitor to be so far away that you 1110 01:02:26.150 --> 01:02:29.090 squint or strain, but you don't want to lean forward. 1111 01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:31.110 That's going to hurt your neck. That's going to hurt 1112 01:02:31.139 --> 01:02:33.019 your back. So how do you calculate the right distance 1113 01:02:33.079 --> 01:02:35.300 for your display? Your arm's length, as I said, it's 1114 01:02:35.320 --> 01:02:37.559 a pretty good starting point. The ideal distance between your 1115 01:02:37.659 --> 01:02:41.099 eyes and the monitor, probably somewhere between 20 to 28 inches, 1116 01:02:41.179 --> 01:02:42.840 all right, unless you're a basketball player and you've got 1117 01:02:42.860 --> 01:02:46.820 a wingspan the size of a gorilla. There you go. 1118 01:02:47.340 --> 01:02:49.960 Or an octopus. That's what you got. The upper limit... 1119 01:02:52.289 --> 01:02:54.809 roughly lines up with the average adult arm length, which 1120 01:02:54.849 --> 01:02:57.889 is 28 to 31 inches. Now, once you reach a 1121 01:02:57.909 --> 01:03:00.780 monitor to the size of 32 inches or more, you 1122 01:03:00.820 --> 01:03:02.489 need to be further away to keep that display within 1123 01:03:02.510 --> 01:03:08.980 your field of view. I have a 32-inch desktop. I 1124 01:03:09.000 --> 01:03:12.300 got an all-in-one 32-inch desktop. It's good. And as I 1125 01:03:12.340 --> 01:03:14.639 sit right now, I am sitting, I am putting my... 1126 01:03:14.539 --> 01:03:16.400 I have a relatively long arm. I think I got 1127 01:03:16.420 --> 01:03:18.599 a 34-inch sleeve, and my fingers are touching right now, 1128 01:03:18.619 --> 01:03:20.860 so I guess I'm okay. Okay. But there's also tips 1129 01:03:20.880 --> 01:03:22.980 for other monitor placement. If you have the right distance, 1130 01:03:23.000 --> 01:03:24.400 there are a few other things you need to consider. 1131 01:03:24.800 --> 01:03:26.739 It needs to be positioned front and center. You need 1132 01:03:26.760 --> 01:03:28.800 to be facing forward when you're viewing it, okay? It 1133 01:03:28.820 --> 01:03:33.659 needs to be at eye level, okay? Laptop viewing angles, naturally, 1134 01:03:34.519 --> 01:03:36.760 they're usually too low for many people. You need to 1135 01:03:36.800 --> 01:03:40.480 position the top of the monitor right at or slightly 1136 01:03:40.519 --> 01:03:44.340 below your eye level. Middle of the screen, 15 to 1137 01:03:44.340 --> 01:03:49.219 20 degrees below your eye level. If you wear glasses, 1138 01:03:49.300 --> 01:03:50.579 you know, I want you to look through the bottom 1139 01:03:50.599 --> 01:03:52.920 portion of your glasses to see close up. You need 1140 01:03:52.960 --> 01:03:54.980 to lower the monitor a little bit more. It is 1141 01:03:55.019 --> 01:03:58.440 worth noting that you have two different monitors. My monitor 1142 01:03:58.460 --> 01:04:01.400 is adjustable. It comes on these. But anyway, don't sleep 1143 01:04:01.420 --> 01:04:03.800 on the fact that, hey, if not just your TV 1144 01:04:03.820 --> 01:04:05.440 you need to watch out for, you really do actually 1145 01:04:05.500 --> 01:04:07.900 need to check out your monitor. And so I did 1146 01:04:07.920 --> 01:04:11.800 get that question. And I do appreciate you thinking about that. 1147 01:04:12.340 --> 01:04:13.739 We're going to take one break. We'll make the final 1148 01:04:13.760 --> 01:04:17.320 break a little bit longer than normal. Somebody wants to 1149 01:04:17.360 --> 01:04:20.760 know that, Michael, I'm redoing my house. Actually, somebody's building 1150 01:04:20.780 --> 01:04:24.440 their house, too. Should I pre-wire it with Cat5 or Cat6? 1151 01:04:24.639 --> 01:04:26.800 Is there a difference? There actually is a difference. That's 1152 01:04:26.849 --> 01:04:30.949 the wiring. Actually, I'm sorry. There's Cat7 versus Cat6. Ethernet cable. 1153 01:04:31.309 --> 01:04:33.489 I remember the Cat5 back in the day. So I'm 1154 01:04:33.510 --> 01:04:35.489 going to talk about that. And if you remember the 1155 01:04:35.510 --> 01:04:37.510 phone number, if you want to put something on X, 1156 01:04:37.829 --> 01:04:40.170 high-tech Texan, go ahead and get it right now because 1157 01:04:40.210 --> 01:04:41.960 we're going to want to knock this out. The name, 1158 01:04:42.300 --> 01:04:45.199 Michael Garfield. High Tech Texan Show coming back. Maybe I'll 1159 01:04:45.219 --> 01:04:49.019 sing Little Eyes of Texas. No Boomer Center. Never going 1160 01:04:49.039 --> 01:04:53.840 to happen here. I'll be back. Final, final segment before 1161 01:04:53.860 --> 01:04:56.179 I release you today to go watch your Texas OU game, 1162 01:04:56.199 --> 01:04:58.789 Hook Em Horns. If you're listening in the Houston area, 1163 01:04:58.889 --> 01:05:02.730 one more time, big watch party, 2.30 Saturday. Patterson Park, 1164 01:05:02.989 --> 01:05:09.000 great place. I-10 near Shepherd, Midtown Houston. massive. It's indoor, 1165 01:05:09.019 --> 01:05:11.539 it's outdoor, but it's like this big tree house. We 1166 01:05:11.579 --> 01:05:14.860 heard from Alani Schiller, great restaurateur. That is his place. 1167 01:05:15.139 --> 01:05:17.519 He called last hour, inviting everybody out there, wear your

1168 01:05:17.539 --> 01:05:21.800 burnt orange, 40 TVs, lots of specials. And hopefully it's 1169 01:05:21.820 --> 01:05:23.989 going to be an easy win for our University of 1170 01:05:24.030 --> 01:05:27.530 Texas Longhorns. And so we'll either cry in our beer 1171 01:05:27.789 --> 01:05:29.989 or we're going to celebrate all the way maybe to 1172 01:05:30.010 --> 01:05:33.480 the natty. We should be wary of that. Thank you 1173 01:05:33.519 --> 01:05:36.679 again for our partners, by the way. We talk about 1174 01:05:36.699 --> 01:05:39.139 a lot of smart home. Don't forget, if you want 1175 01:05:39.159 --> 01:05:41.099 to light up your home, burn orange tonight. You know 1176 01:05:41.139 --> 01:05:44.130 how we say light the tower? If you're from Austin, 1177 01:05:44.150 --> 01:05:46.989 you went to UT, obviously a tradition. Every time the 1178 01:05:47.030 --> 01:05:49.670 University of Texas wins the big tower on campus, you 1179 01:05:49.769 --> 01:05:52.690 light the tower, burn orange. I have a whole system 1180 01:05:52.710 --> 01:05:54.860 of lights, smart lights that I just installed in front 1181 01:05:54.880 --> 01:05:56.940 of my home. I keep them up year round. They're 1182 01:05:56.960 --> 01:06:00.679 not just holiday lights. It is from a company called Govee, G-O-V-E-E. 1183 01:06:02.030 --> 01:06:04.090 And every time the horns went so far, I light 1184 01:06:04.110 --> 01:06:06.079 them orange, and I've done it every week. When the 1185 01:06:06.099 --> 01:06:07.679 Cowboys play, I light it blue. I want you to 1186 01:06:07.699 --> 01:06:12.920 go check out Govee, G-O-V-E-E. You can install them yourself. 1187 01:06:13.719 --> 01:06:15.739 They have circular lights that you can just stick in 1188 01:06:15.780 --> 01:06:18.500 the ground to line your front. You can actually install 1189 01:06:18.539 --> 01:06:22.090 these like Clark W. Griswold. They're LED, and they come 1190 01:06:22.110 --> 01:06:24.190 with an app. So you can make these things dance 1191 01:06:24.250 --> 01:06:26.610 to music. You can change them. You can make them flash. 1192 01:06:27.250 --> 01:06:30.099 It is really cool. really neat. So much so, they 1193 01:06:30.179 --> 01:06:32.030 actually partner with Texas A & M, and they're the 1194 01:06:32.070 --> 01:06:35.110 official smart lighting provider of the Aggies. And so every 1195 01:06:35.150 --> 01:06:37.130 time the Aggies play a game and they want to 1196 01:06:37.250 --> 01:06:40.130 fire up the crowd, even more so, the lights go on, 1197 01:06:40.150 --> 01:06:43.389 the lights go off. It's Govee who actually installed those. 1198 01:06:43.530 --> 01:06:48.380 And so go to Govee, G-O-V-E-E dot com slash Aggie, 1199 01:06:48.639 --> 01:06:50.260 believe it or not, and you can go directly to 1200 01:06:50.280 --> 01:06:53.219 their website. You can get these things directly from there. 1201 01:06:53.300 --> 01:06:56.440 I've seen them in Home Depots, Lowe's, but install them. 1202 01:06:56.480 --> 01:06:58.639 And it just gives you a vest of Just something 1203 01:06:58.719 --> 01:07:01.219 festive year-round that you need to go check out. I'll 1204 01:07:01.239 --> 01:07:04.159 be spotlighting these more on my Instagram, my social media. 1205 01:07:04.179 --> 01:07:06.019 I'm going to get ready to shoot a TV segment 1206 01:07:06.039 --> 01:07:09.619 for my Austin and my Houston TV segments of how 1207 01:07:09.639 --> 01:07:11.659 these things work, but they're very simple. So we do 1208 01:07:11.699 --> 01:07:16.170 appreciate that. Also, countdown is on. One week from right now, 1209 01:07:16.469 --> 01:07:21.730 true luxe, Florida stone crab season. Florida stone crabs, people. 1210 01:07:22.849 --> 01:07:26.050 Starts Saturday, October 17th. You know I'm going to be there. 1211 01:07:26.690 --> 01:07:29.389 I've eaten at Trulux twice this past week. Took Debra Duncan, 1212 01:07:29.449 --> 01:07:32.210 co-host of, actually the host of Great Day Houston. She 1213 01:07:32.250 --> 01:07:35.550 loved it. And there's nothing better than Trulux. Two locations 1214 01:07:35.610 --> 01:07:38.670 in Houston, three in Dallas, and two in Austin. Several 1215 01:07:38.690 --> 01:07:40.670 around the country too, Trulux. So no, I can't do 1216 01:07:40.690 --> 01:07:43.179 it without them because they are good partners, just like 1217 01:07:43.280 --> 01:07:45.820 US Coins and Jewelry. Let me get to one final 1218 01:07:45.840 --> 01:07:49.380 question over here. Years ago, I used to, people were 1219 01:07:49.760 --> 01:07:52.599 building their own houses and this is when smart homes 1220 01:07:52.639 --> 01:07:55.760 were starting to go out and go up and you 1221 01:07:55.800 --> 01:07:59.820 would wire, home builders would wire inside the walls inside 1222 01:07:59.840 --> 01:08:04.019 the woodwork high speed ethernet cable and it pretty much 1223 01:08:04.059 --> 01:08:07.820 was it was called cat 5 meaning category 5 there's 1224 01:08:07.840 --> 01:08:11.440 different categories of ethernet cable and as i continue to 1225 01:08:11.480 --> 01:08:15.840 talk about it another class came around category 6 i 1226 01:08:15.929 --> 01:08:19.310 actually didn't recommend category 6 because category 5 cat 5 1227 01:08:19.310 --> 01:08:22.010 wire was fine it was cheaper than cat 6 and 1228 01:08:23.050 --> 01:08:26.300 And the speed, because you want fast speed, because I 1229 01:08:26.340 --> 01:08:29.600 feel the need for speed. Cat6 didn't give you, I think, 1230 01:08:29.699 --> 01:08:32.960 all that much faster speed versus the ROI versus the 1231 01:08:33.000 --> 01:08:35.170 price of Cat5. Well, right now I'm getting a few 1232 01:08:35.210 --> 01:08:37.430 more questions because people now are building their second homes 1233 01:08:37.470 --> 01:08:39.869 or wherever they're going. And if I knew they'd build, 1234 01:08:40.550 --> 01:08:45.149 because I still would not rely on Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is 1235 01:08:45.210 -->

01:08:47.420 never going to replace the security, but I don't think 1236 01:08:47.460 --> 01:08:50.140 the speed of having Ethernet cable wired into your home. 1237 01:08:50.680 --> 01:08:53.020 Point is, what's better for you? And no longer do 1238 01:08:53.060 --> 01:08:56.069 we talk about Category 5. Now we talk about Category 1239 01:08:56.069 --> 01:08:59.979 6 and Category 7. I mean, this is higher than her. 1240 01:09:00.409 --> 01:09:04.130 right now. Cat 7 kind of looks like the obvious 1241 01:09:04.189 --> 01:09:07.789 upgrade from Cat 6, but it has some extra capabilities, 1242 01:09:09.470 --> 01:09:13.229 many of which don't matter in a home. Buying an 1243 01:09:13.399 --> 01:09:15.800 Ethernet cable really should be simple, but it does get 1244 01:09:15.840 --> 01:09:18.020 confusing when you compare Cat 5 and Cat 6 side 1245 01:09:18.060 --> 01:09:20.779 by side. Cat 7, yes, it's got the larger number. 1246 01:09:21.859 --> 01:09:24.250 It's got a higher frequency rating. It's got more shielding. 1247 01:09:24.770 --> 01:09:27.189 Seems like an obvious upgrade. But there's a lot going 1248 01:09:27.550 --> 01:09:31.510 on underneath that jacket that's wrapped around there. Because to me, 1249 01:09:32.270 --> 01:09:34.470 Category 6 is still the best option for a lot 1250 01:09:34.489 --> 01:09:38.619 of the home networks. Because it can carry gigabit Ethernet 1251 01:09:39.779 --> 01:09:45.800 over a standard 100 meter channel. 320 feet long. It 1252 01:09:45.819 --> 01:09:50.489 can support 10 gigabytes per second. Shorter distances. Cat 7 1253 01:09:50.489 --> 01:09:53.989 looks faster on paper. Cat 6 is rated, and again, 1254 01:09:54.010 --> 01:09:55.670 I don't want to talk above anybody's head, including mine, 1255 01:09:55.689 --> 01:09:59.409 but Cat 6 is rated to 250 MHz. Cat 7, 1256 01:09:59.409 --> 01:10:02.770 it has more shielding. So the frequency is higher. Takes 1257 01:10:02.789 --> 01:10:06.329 it up to 600 MHz. Because there's foil around each 1258 01:10:06.369 --> 01:10:12.539 little twisted pair inside there. The Category 7 is not 1259 01:10:12.579 --> 01:10:17.800 just Category 6 network with a more expensive cable. There's 1260 01:10:18.079 --> 01:10:21.260 a number of things. Cat 6, Point is, it's fast 1261 01:10:21.300 --> 01:10:24.100 enough for most homes. Because the speed of your internet 1262 01:10:24.119 --> 01:10:30.220 connection is ultimately limited by the hardware at either end 1263 01:10:31.960 --> 01:10:34.539 between the cables. Because if you connect your router to 1264 01:10:34.560 --> 01:10:37.119 your PC with a capable device, you're going to have 1265 01:10:37.180 --> 01:10:40.279 maybe one gigabyte connection if your router has one gigabyte 1266 01:10:40.420 --> 01:10:40.920 LAN port. 1267 01:10:40.939 --> 01:10:42.100 Okay? 1268 01:10:44.359 --> 01:10:46.380 You need, number one, you need to get an internet 1269 01:10:46.399 --> 01:10:49.909 provider that's got extremely fast connection. Then you need to 1270 01:10:49.949 --> 01:10:53.810 get a router that also throws out and recarries that 1271 01:10:53.970 --> 01:10:57.369 same speed. Because you don't want it to have a chokehold. 1272 01:10:57.390 --> 01:10:58.689 You don't want it to have a lock. Just because 1273 01:10:58.710 --> 01:11:01.930 you're getting massive gigs coming into your home, it gets 1274 01:11:01.970 --> 01:11:03.550 inside your home, it gets to your router, and all 1275 01:11:03.569 --> 01:11:06.909 of a sudden, it's like it goes from a fire 1276 01:11:06.930 --> 01:11:11.069 hose to a garden hose. So to me, the Cat6, 1277 01:11:11.529 --> 01:11:15.659 sensible option, most homeworks, for most home networks. It's cheaper. 1278 01:11:16.680 --> 01:11:18.079 If you're looking for cable, it's going to be pulled 1279 01:11:18.100 --> 01:11:20.409 through walls. For good distance, I want you to look 1280 01:11:20.430 --> 01:11:24.159 at Cat 6, maybe Cat 6A. I like Cat 7. 1281 01:11:24.149 --> 01:11:28.890 Good for specific purposes. But really, for regular people like 1282 01:11:28.909 --> 01:11:30.789 you and me, even though you're probably more regular than 1283 01:11:30.829 --> 01:11:33.529 I am, because I'm actually not nearly as regular because 1284 01:11:33.569 --> 01:11:36.270 I'm a quirky dude, Cat 6. I hope that answers. 1285 01:11:36.560 --> 01:11:38.939 And with that, we're going to just stop freaking out 1286 01:11:38.960 --> 01:11:40.720 and talking technology. I'm going to shut up because we're 1287 01:11:40.739 --> 01:11:42.710 going to go sing The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You. 1288 01:11:43.630 --> 01:11:45.689 Callum Reed, Brian Erickson, everybody who's been a part of 1289 01:11:45.710 --> 01:11:48.130 this show across the iHeartRadio network in Texas, thank you 1290 01:11:48.149 --> 01:11:50.170 for once again continuing to carry this show, the High 1291 01:11:50.210 --> 01:11:53.270 Tech Texan Show, for 25 years. I try to make 1292 01:11:53.310 --> 01:11:54.659 it fun. I try to make it simple. We stay 1293 01:11:54.680 --> 01:11:57.880 away from politics. We laugh. We cry. We get verklempt. 1294 01:11:58.460 --> 01:12:01.260 And we root. We do like sports, too. So whoever 1295 01:12:01.300 --> 01:12:05.130 you are rooting for, whatever team, go. Check out my website. 1296 01:12:05.409 --> 01:12:07.670 Love to come work with you, be your speaker, be 1297 01:12:07.710 --> 01:12:16.779 your emcee. Hightechtexan.com. H-I-G-H-T-E-C-H-T-E-X-A-N. Other than that, Pokemorns, we do 1298 01:12:16.800 --> 01:12:19.100 thank you for tuning in, because right now, my show 1299 01:12:19.119 --> 01:12:19.819 is over.