Trascrizione completa di 285: TechTime Radio: This Week, TikTok’s Algorithm Reset, Waymo’s Scrape, a Stalled D.C. Robo‑minibus, New Security Risks, and a Hands‑on Look at the Ziea‑One Gadget from Gwen Way, Plus Even More, with Whiskey‑Fueled Insights | Air Date: 2/10 - 2/16/26

are saying that their app feels sanitized, others say it feels broken. 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:46.879 And if you are already jumping shipped to other platforms, well, you're a big TikTok guy. 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:47.920 What's your what's your thing? 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:48.879 Horrible, horrible. 00:04:54.560 --> 00:05:01.759 So I I was really into a bunch of like these guys out in the woods that build these houses with these like sticks and mud and everything like that. 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:08.240 And you got these two guys, and they all they have is this little stick type of deal, and they carve out everything, they make mud huts. 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:13.279 I was really into the home repair aspects of this, and they would show little tricks. 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:16.560 And here's the five things you can use with common household goods. 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.040 All these things were really great, and I enjoyed this. 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.879 And now my feed is everything that I don't really care about. 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.680 I am not a kitten person, I do not care about cats. 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:29.439 Cats and the internet are why the internet is so popular. 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:37.199 Well, so I have no interest in watching a bunch of cat videos, and now I'm getting bombarded with lots of lady stuff. 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:41.600 So I mean, it has just changed absolutely the algorithm. 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:46.879 And I don't know if they're trying to sanitize it, if this is going through and getting approved by the government. 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:54.079 What's also interesting is now, do you realize that we're in a worse shape with TikTok with this American company owning it? 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.759 Because essentially this company is able to. 00:05:57.839 --> 00:05:58.720 Are you okay there, Mike? 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:00.079 Mike's choking up already on the story. 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:01.199 All right. 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:08.240 Okay, so what we're at now is this data, I'm sure, being sold to the American government. 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:15.439 So it's no better than Reels or any of these other alternatives that we used to love TikTok for being at least not controlled by the United States government. 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.120 And if this is what's going to happen, I I think TikTok is done. 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:26.720 I I I I they had almost 50% of the US market and they kept on growing and growing. 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:29.519 But I I fear that this may be the end days of TikTok. 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:32.160 Well, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:36.560 Well, I guess if you're uh the addictive aspects of it, I guess it's not that big of a deal. 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:37.199 All right. 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:38.879 Are you okay for story number two here? 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:39.439 Yeah, I don't know. 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:40.879 We'll we'll we'll try and figure this out. 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:42.160 We'll see if it works. 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:42.639 All right. 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:43.199 All right. 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:45.839 So uh you know how much I love AI. 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:46.639 How much? 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:48.800 Well well, never mind. 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:55.120 Uh and we talk quite a bit about AI, you know, driven cars and things like that. 00:06:55.279 --> 00:07:02.879 So I have a I have a bunch of stuff where AI and vehicles just aren't working together very well. 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:03.439 Okay. 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:07.439 So, okay, and this is then this is kind of funny. 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:11.120 Interest Autonomous vehicles are once again making headlines. 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:15.360 And shockingly, it's not because they flawlessly ushered in the future. 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:32.079 In Los Angeles, a Waymo car that was being manually driven by one of their own specialists uh drifted off a narrow residential road, hopped a patch of grass, and sideswiped a row of parked cars like it was auditioning for a demolition alley. 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:32.480 Okay. 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:40.399 Uh no injuries were reported, but it's another entry into Waymo's growing scrapbook of unexpected learning opportunities. 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:46.720 Right next to the blackout stalled robotaxis that the big software recall they probably prefer we stop mentioning. 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:47.120 Okay. 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:58.319 So uh I don't know, I don't know if there's any idea of if if the guy was truly in charge or w he was wrestling with Waymo to get away. 00:07:58.399 --> 00:07:59.439 Or he could have been testing it. 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:05.680 He was testing it, or he was just, you know, just sleeping. 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:06.639 Just sleeping, okay. 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:07.759 Yeah, you're sleeping okay. 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:10.079 That's what people do in Waymo cars, don't they? 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:10.800 All right. 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:20.879 Uh meanwhile, Washington DC, uh a beep minibus got into a fender bender with a Tesla on eight steel. 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:23.120 Uh uh, this is an autonomous bus. 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:31.839 Safety driver and passenger stepped out while the Robo bus just sat there in the middle of the road blocking traffic like it decided to take a personal day off. 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:32.240 Okay. 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:34.879 Drivers tied to squeeze around it. 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:39.120 Uh pedestrians stared and the whole thing felt like a demonstration of uh Frogger. 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:40.480 I don't know if you remember that game. 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:41.919 A Frogger video game? 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:42.320 Yeah. 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:42.960 Yeah. 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:47.039 Uh isn't that where you were the frog and you had to jump across the street and knock out? 00:08:47.440 -->

00:08:48.639 I don't think you have to explain it. 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:50.960 If you don't know it, no one needs to explain it. 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:51.440 Okay. 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:55.120 Uh just because it's autonomous doesn't mean the smart. 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:58.080 Did the did the Tesla rear-end it what that what happened? 00:08:58.240 --> 00:08:59.679 The Tesla rear-ended it. 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.120 I wonder if that guy was on self-driving mode. 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:05.600 You think I I don't know. 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:10.559 Uh and then the internet said, Hold my cobblestone floor mats. 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:17.519 Uh, a seller trying to list his 1999 Cadillac Deville used AI to enhance the photos. 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:22.080 And the reser results were pure art, I suppose pure art. 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:30.000 Uh, mismatched taillights, missing trim, two different colored door handles, and because AI has a sense of humor, two gear shifters. 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.679 The real masterpiece was the cobblestone interior. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:40.159 Floor mats, engine bay, and the whole thing looked like the world's first Cadillac designed by the Flintstones. 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:48.159 The listing site eventually pulled that ad, probably after realizing they weren't equipped to sell vehicles from that era. 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:50.480 Yeah. 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:52.159 So here we are again. 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:56.799 Uh watching the tech world sprint ahead while tripping over its own shoelaces. 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:59.519 And somewhere in the background. 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:05.120 I'm probably saying AI still needs adult supervision. 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:06.000 Alright. 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:06.639 Okay. 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:10.320 So what do you think about all these AI cars? 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:14.399 You know what I think. 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:16.639 It it's not suitable for radio. 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:18.159 It's not suitable for radio? 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:18.879 No. 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.559 I think I think we're But wouldn't you take a WAMO to the airport you said? 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:23.360 Didn't you say that one time? 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:23.919 No. 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:24.799 No. 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:25.279 No. 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:36.799 I will not ever in my life step in a self-driving car unless it's a demonstration inside a in like a controlled area? 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:37.919 Controlled area. 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:42.159 Yeah, I will never put my life in in traffic with that. 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:43.200 Okay. 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.799 And I don't use self-driving cars. 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:48.799 I don't I don't own a Tesla. 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:56.159 And I I don't use AI generated images often because you can't get them to work right. 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:57.120 You can't. 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:05.279 Yeah, I I was gonna say, if you get the chance, I definitely recommend checking out our website and looking at this blog post link to the story. 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:10.559 Because as a seller, why aren't you verifying these images before you put it out on the internet? 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:11.039 Yeah. 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:13.279 Like there there were so many things wrong with it. 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:18.240 The two gear shifts, the fact that like that was hilarious because one is in where you'd turn the keys. 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:18.720 Okay, right? 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:20.240 So it saw the key ignition. 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:28.080 And so one of the gear shifts is where you'd expect your key to be, and the other one was in the right area, but it had two of them, and one was in drive and one was in park. 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.960 So I mean it just one was high up and one was down low. 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:34.960 So I don't know how that vehicle would ever get to to move forward with that configuration. 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:40.159 But the cobblestone floor mats now is really like like, are you not looking before you post? 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:40.799 No. 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:41.440 No. 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:52.480 That's somebody just doing something and that's the the problem that I've always had with the technology is not not necessarily that we have the technology, it's how we use the technology. 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:53.440 That's of course. 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:57.519 That's that's my that's my core problem with with all this stuff. 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:04.559 And that should be everybody's core problem with it's not the fact that it exists, it's the it's what people do with it. 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:05.679 Right, how it's used. 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:06.320 Yeah. 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:12.000 Because that's you know, that's how we get things like Hiroshima. 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:12.720 Oh. 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:14.559 Oh wow, we're going all the way there. 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:15.039 Yeah. 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:15.600 Okay. 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:16.080 Uh-uh. 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:16.639 All right. 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:27.440 You know, it's great when you can use it as a tool and be disciplined about it, but when you start to abuse it and disregard like just the general making sure that there's not two gear shifts in a car. 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:29.519 Yeah, you should look at your pictures before you post them online. 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:30.080 Come on now. 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:32.559 Yeah, you should do a whole lot of things, but we don't. 00:12:32.639 --> 00:12:33.200 So we won't. 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:34.080 You know what? 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:36.399 There should be a nationwide penalty. 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:41.039 If you post AI pictures and they're so incorrect that you get fined. 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:41.600 You know what? 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:46.799 Maybe, maybe you receive a letter from Trump that says you're my

guy. 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:49.519 That's a little that's a little over the top there, buddy. 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:56.240 I don't know, because there's a lot of people posting AI stuff, and what it makes it really difficult is when you actually now post real stuff. 00:12:56.559 --> 00:13:01.840 And then I I've posted some real stuff just recently, and I get comments, oh, this is AI, or this is AI. 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:02.879 I'm like, no, it's not AI. 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:04.879 There should definitely be a disclosure. 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.840 There's nothing at all about this to say, oh, that looks like AI. 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:09.840 They're using AI, and I'm just like, oh my word. 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:10.799 Okay, well, thanks. 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:12.559 You know, you are AI. 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:14.559 I am I so there you go. 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:15.440 I'm a robot. 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:16.720 You're just a robot. 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:17.759 He's hallucinating. 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:18.480 All right, story. 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:19.360 There you go. 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.320 I wish I did. 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.080 All right, story number three. 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:28.399 Microsoft is shutting down an old behind-the-scenes technology called Exchange Web Services or EWS. 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:33.200 EWS is a Microsoft cloud email system, which is called Exchange Online. 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:42.080 Think of EWS as the plumbing to many apps that have been used for almost 20 years to read your email, check your calendar, sync your contacts. 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:49.759 Any little gadget device that you have, most likely at some time was written so that EWS could connect to your calendar itself. 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:54.559 Do you have any little gadget that that that gives you information, like a little PDA device or anything? 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:59.200 All my crap is integrated this day. 00:13:59.440 --> 00:13:59.679 Okay. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:04.960 Well, Microsoft says this old plumbing isn't secure and reliable enough anymore, so they're replacing it. 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:06.960 Starting late 2026. 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.159 What was that? 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:09.759 They're charging you for now? 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.279 Microtransacting your emails. 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:18.159 Yeah, last week's episode, the Two Truths and the Lie got you there. 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:25.679 All right, starting in 2026, Microsoft will begin turning EWS off, and by April 2027, it'll be gone completely. 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:31.600 Some companies may get short test outages ahead of time so you can see what breaks before the final shutdown. 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:36.559 Now, Microsoft has warned about this for many years, so the this final countdown should not come as a supply. 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:47.440 So if your company uses apps that plug into Outlook or your calendar or your IT team, we'll make sure that they need to update these systems before the old system disappears. 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:48.240 Yeah. 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:50.879 So so you work for a full-time job. 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.240 You hit you work for a government I yes, I work for state government. 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:55.600 All right, so guess what? 00:14:55.679 --> 00:15:02.799 I bet you this is gonna hit you way more than um other people because this is the easy way to write code and and to integrate with and stuff. 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.240 So I hope your IT team is up to the par. 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:08.720 Well, or do they need to consult with them? 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:10.480 I I don't know. 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:13.519 I mean, we're they're like everybody else. 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:21.039 Uh we get notices all the time about stuff going on and how they're trying to fix stuff and and whatnot. 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:22.080 So Okay. 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:24.799 Maybe maybe maybe they already got it taken care of. 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:28.639 I is as long as I can do my job, I don't give a crap. 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.200 Okay. 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:30.960 Well, that ends our top technology. 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:31.840 That you know what? 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:33.120 That should be a plug-in right here. 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:34.960 That's gonna be a quote of the day. 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:37.360 As long as I can do my job, I don't give a crap. 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:38.480 All right, that's right. 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.279 Okay, well, that ends our top technology stories of the week. 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:46.960 When we return, we have gadgets and gear gal Gwenway ready to take on a new gadget on Kickstarter. 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:49.279 You're listening to Tech Time with Nathan Mum. 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:51.120 We'll be back after this commercial break. 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:55.360 Looking for custom glass solutions for your next commercial project? 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facts, we do it with a sense of humor in less than 60 minutes, and of course, a little whiskey on the side. 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:56.960 We are going to have a lot of whiskey. 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:01.440 All right, today, Mark, yes, Craig, our whiskey connoisseur, is in. 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:04.799 Tell us what are we doing and what are we tasting today? 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:16.559 We are using our 2025 Flavor Whiskey Advent Calendar with 24 remarkable whiskeys to use for our year-long blind whiskey competition to see which one Nathan and Mike like best for this year. 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:26.480 Come along for the ride once a month while they uncover new tastes and train for a second year their senses to become true connoisseurs since they did not achieve it the first year. 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.200 Oh wow. 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:33.920 Today is round one two of six, where they will choose their winner to move on to the next round. 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:36.400 If they disagree, I will be deciding vote. 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.359 So you better agree. 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:46.319 Today, we are tasting four classic American whiskies, three bourbons, and one burry. 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:51.359 A lineup that sits right in the sweet spot between tradition and experimentation. 00:17:51.839 --> 00:18:02.559 You have the familiar comfort of bourbon doing what it does best, alongside a burry that adds just enough rice spice to keep things interesting, and reminds us all that rules are more like suggestions. 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:10.559 It is a flight built to spark opinions, debates, and at least one confident take that may not age well by the end of the episode. 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:11.359 Uh-oh. 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:13.200 One take that will not age well. 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.720 So how you how you how do you like them? 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:15.759 There we go. 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.799 Let's hear your take. 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.680 So I actually am He likes all of them. 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:24.160 So I'm kinda right now I'm kind of doing that. 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:25.359 That's with my favorite. 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.880 The rocks glass? 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.279 Yeah. 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.240 Of course it is. 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.359 Why is that? 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:31.039 Is that the one you hate? 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.160 Uh that's not my that's not my first choice. 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.039 Okay, okay. 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:37.359 Um what's your first drink? 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.319 What what is it right now? 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:41.119 So far, right now, my first choice is the tall glass. 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:41.599 Okay. 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.000 All right. 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:46.079 Uh that's my that's my third, so uh we'll see how that happens later. 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.200 All right. 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:55.359 Nathan's Nathan, for two months in a row, he's liking the celebrity whiskey. 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.160 Am I? 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:56.960 Oh boy. 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.119 This isn't Beyonce's whiskey again, is it? 00:18:59.279 --> 00:18:59.759 No, it's not. 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.960 No, no, that one got kicked out. 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:02.400 This is Paris Hilton's. 00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:04.400 And I'm sure this one's gonna get kicked out, too. 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:06.000 Unless we both choose it. 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.960 Wow, wow, wow. 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:08.799 Uh, I'm probably not gonna choose it. 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:09.519 All right. 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:11.119 Just stop printing. 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:13.440 Don't forget, everybody out there, like and subscribe. 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.319 We love those. 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:16.720 Drink responsibly because heaven can wait. 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.519 All right. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.599 Well, with our whiskey tasting completed, let's move on to our feature segment today. 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:23.200 We have Gwen Way joining the show. 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:27.279 She's an expert in cybersecurity during the day and a game board geek in the evening. 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:31.119 And of course, a producer of Tech Time Radio in our gadgets and gear segment, gal. 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:34.240 Let's get ready to start our Comcast video stream now. 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.319 What's new in our gadgets and gear? 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:40.400 All right, welcome back to the show. 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:45.599 Gwen, tell us a little bit about yourself for the new listeners that maybe just joining our program. 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.920 Thank you so much, Nathan. 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:49.839 I always enjoy being here. 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:53.599 Uh, as you said, I am a daytime geek. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:20:00.559 I am out there working in cybersecurity and have been for the last about six or seven years. 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.119 I love it. 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.519 Perfect. 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.240 It's a lot of fun. 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.119 Perfect, perfect. 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:05.759 Now, Gwen, what are we looking at today? 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:11.839 This is this is a uh an item that I probably spent 30 minutes looking at after we had it on the production show. 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:13.119 Uh, I did back it. 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:16.240 I hope it's legitimately going to happen and and and such for that. 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:19.680 But tell everybody what do you have for us today? 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:24.880 Well, you know, we got through January with our New Year's resolutions. 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:28.000 We're getting into February and everything's starting to slow down. 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:29.839 We have to keep track of everything. 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:33.440 So I'm bringing everybody an AI calendar. 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.799 An AI calendar.

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.119 Okay. 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:36.720 Don't I already have one of those? 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:38.640 What do you what do you have for an AI calendar? 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:40.640 Isn't Google now an AI calendar? 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:42.799 I guess Google, well, they have their Gemini thing. 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:44.240 They're trying to pop all over everywhere. 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:46.319 It's on Chrome and this and that. 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:52.640 But it it's like it's like the 16-year-old kid that sometimes gets it right and that sometimes doesn't get it right. 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:55.599 I I do have an AI tool that I use a little bit. 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.640 It's called Marbleism. 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.920 That's done an okay job. 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:01.440 But um, tell us what is unique about this. 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:05.920 Well, this lovely thing uh you can find, as you said, on Kickstarter. 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:07.359 It's called Zia One. 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:11.680 Uh it's Z-I-E-A 1. 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:17.680 Uh, and it actually takes all of your calendars, compiles them into one place. 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:31.440 It gives you the ability to actually create new calendar entries or change calendar entries uh vocally rather than having to actually go into an app and word calendar to make the changes. 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:39.759 And it also can do fun things like show you pictures, and it has a little animated guy with eyes that look kind of like fried eggs. 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:41.200 So, you know, it's fun. 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.000 All right, okay. 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:43.519 Now is this like clippy? 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:47.279 Is this a physical device or is this software that you load on your computer? 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:49.279 It is a physical device. 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:53.519 So you've got a completely separate device that will be focused on your calendar. 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:57.519 Uh, it will show you what tasks you have to do. 00:21:57.680 --> 00:21:59.759 You can mark them as done, so it's a great way. 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:02.880 To kind of digitize your to-do list. 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:10.559 Uh, you can add to it, as I said, just verbally, or you can go into an app on your phone where you'll be able to add things as well. 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:11.279 All right. 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:14.160 So so tell me uh a little bit more about this. 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:17.440 Because at first, when you think about this, you're like, oh, this is a little device. 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:19.680 This is like a device that has like eyes, right? 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:23.759 So it's like a little computer guy that's on the right-hand side. 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.559 You talk to it. 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:26.640 Now, yeah, I'm sure it's AI enabled. 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:28.319 So what version of AI is it using? 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:34.240 Is it using something strong and that reliable or or or is it its own AI tool set? 00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.200 It's grok. 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:39.519 It is, it is not grok, thankfully. 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:42.559 Uh, it's called GPT-5. 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:43.680 Okay. 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:47.759 So is it so is that open AI's chat GPT-5 that it's using then? 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.000 Okay. 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.119 Oh, so we're gonna go. 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.759 Exactly. 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.400 Exactly. 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:53.599 And they're talking about making more integrations in the future. 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.279 This is just what it is now. 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:57.680 Okay, so this is kind of like an alarm clock. 00:22:57.759 --> 00:23:04.799 That was the best way I could describe it to somebody was it's like an alarm clock that sits next to your desk with two eyes that kind of look at you. 00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:09.839 It's it it's kind of like a combination of Alexa and alarm clock. 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:13.519 And it's an Alexa, it's an alarm clock. 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:16.880 It can be used to actually charge devices. 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:19.440 Uh, it keeps track of weather for you. 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:25.599 You can display photos on it if you want to have something nice on your desk so that you can look at it. 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:27.519 It's got a little bit of everything. 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:33.359 And it can, like I was saying in the beginning, kind of combine multiple calendars into one device. 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:47.119 So you're not having to look at your Google calendar and then go over to your Outlook calendar, and then, you know, for those of us who are old school, your Yahoo calendar and combine them, you can see everything in one place. 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.599 So let's go. 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.319 Yahoo calendar. 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:51.279 I thought old school meant writing it down on a piece of paper. 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.079 Right? 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:57.359 So if I have 10 email accounts per se, let's just say that I that's actually conservative, I think. 00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:57.920 For you. 00:23:58.160 --> 00:23:58.319 For me. 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:04.079 So 10 email accounts, I can consolidate all 10 email accounts into this device and it will help organize them. 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.880 Exactly. 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:16.240 Well, the calendar specifically, you can combine them all into this device and it's going to be able to kind of tell you, okay, you've got this meeting on this calendar, go take care of it. 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:18.079 What if I want to cancel a meeting? 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.680 Do I just say cancel a meeting? 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:24.640 Yeah, you can tell it to cancel the meeting, it'll send out the cancellation, it's all taken care of. 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:34.640 You can also use it as a Pomodoro timer

for those who work well with that, where it tells you, okay, you've been working for 40 minutes, time to take a break and look at something else. 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:40.480 I said, How does this how does this not combat anxiety? 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:51.119 Oh, it's it's definitely not meant to combat anxiety uh unless you are a very organized person who just wants to know every minute of your day to out. 00:24:51.519 --> 00:25:05.519 Well, yeah, so what I what I what I'm hearing is that uh it takes every piece of information that I have on everything else and sticks them in one spot so I can tell how ADHD I really am. 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:08.319 Exactly how busy an ADHD you are. 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:08.799 Exactly. 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.759 Okay, all right. 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:15.200 And and to me that that that would cause a lot of anxiety. 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:15.920 It could. 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:21.920 Then I would see, like, hey, I've got like five appointments on the same day at the same time. 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:22.720 Yeah, I can't. 00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.519 How did that happen? 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.160 That's right. 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.680 Okay, so tell us about the stats. 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:30.240 How backers can find this, where the company is located, how many pledges it has. 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:32.480 Let's get into the nuts and bolts on this. 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.839 Certainly, certainly. 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:38.799 So, first and easiest, go to Kickstarter.com, look for Zia. 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:40.799 It's Z-I-E-A. 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:47.519 That's the name of the device and the name of the creator, so that makes it much easier to find. 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:54.559 Uh, it is currently sitting at almost$40,000 of a$10,000 goal. 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.799 So is it fully funded then? 00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.960 It is fully funded at this point. 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:06.400 There are 161 people who have already backed it, and you have until March 5th to join in as a backer. 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:09.440 So you've got a little bit of time if you want to do some more research. 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:19.200 I will say one of the nice things that I've seen is the creator is fairly busy in the comments responding to things, making sure everybody knows what's going on. 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.599 Okay. 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:24.640 And they're updating the FAQs on a regular basis to make sure that answers are there. 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.640 So you gotta be careful with Kickstarter. 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.440 So just say that. 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.400 Well, yeah. 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:40.480 So it but you know, everybody seems to want something that's gonna take all the information, dump it into a single calendar, and then watch you with silently judging egg eyes. 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.279 It's true. 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.079 Okay, it's true. 00:26:42.319

--> 00:26:43.119 Actually, you know what? 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.079 I do kind of want one. 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:47.759 You want something that stares at you while you're trying to figure out your calendar? 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:54.160 So we we uh I I have a Kickstarter, a little horror story that we we talked about that little dot thing. 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:58.240 And let me just tell you, I I got an email from the Kickstarter backer. 00:26:58.319 --> 00:27:01.359 This was uh two years ago, we talked about on Tech Time Radio. 00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.359 Um, and it was a great idea. 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:11.440 The Kickstarter guy just kind of sent an email out to all the Kickstarters saying, Hey, I've ran out of your money, I don't know what to do, and I'm not a software developer, so best of luck. 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:13.039 Hopefully, you can get your device to work. 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.920 They said that. 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.960 They said that. 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:25.279 And then he says, if you have any ideas or are a developer and could help us with this, if you want to take over this project, why would you take over a project that's already been funded that he spent the money on? 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:30.880 He's like, You can do that more than than you'd like at he probably wrote he probably wrote you from the Riviera. 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.920 Yeah, there you go. 00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.200 That's possible. 00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:34.160 That's possible. 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:41.440 This one, they've been in development for over a year, so they actually have all of their prototypes. 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:44.480 You can see videos of it if you go to Kickstarter. 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:55.359 And and keeping track of that kind of thing and seeing videos that are not clearly AI is another good sign of this could really be a real product that is released. 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.000 Absolutely. 00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:57.519 I I I did back it myself. 00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:02.160 So, final question since I backed it, are you looking to get one of these? 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:04.960 Oh, yeah, I would love to have one of these on my desk. 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.440 Okay. 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.559 This will be great. 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.279 That's all right. 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.839 There you go. 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:11.359 Can I make it stare at the people I'm having meetings with? 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.960 No, yeah, no, because it's a good idea. 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:16.640 I mean, if you turn it, you could probably get it to face the camera. 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:22.480 It does have about 40 animations right now, and they're looking to add more. 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:27.039 So it could be anything like Michael talked to it, they'll just start crying. 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:30.640 That's that's that's where I think about stuff like that. 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:34.480 I can just

turn it around on my desk and have it stare at people I'm chatting with. 00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:36.799 All right, before you go here, where is it at? 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.680 What is the name again? 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.039 One last time, Gwen. 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:41.440 It is at kickstarter.com. 00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:45.039 Look up Zia Z-I-E-A one. 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:47.599 All right, Gwen, thank you so much for coming on the show. 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:51.680 It's always a pleasure to talk about new gadgets with you each month. 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.880 Bye, Gwen. 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:55.119 All right, we want to thank Gwen for being a part of the show. 00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:58.480 She does a great job finding the most unique items each month for our show. 00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:03.039 Uh, if it was up to her, I think all of our stuff would always just be earbuds because she loves earbuds. 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:05.440 But she does choose different stuff and she chose this one. 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:12.880 She knew I'm a robot guy, and I have uh at least eight robots just here in my office space right now, listening to us. 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:14.480 I mean, yeah, okay. 00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:17.920 All right, but let's move on now to Mike's mesmerizing moment. 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:23.839 Welcome to Mike's mesmerizing moment. 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:27.599 What does Mike have to say today? 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:31.440 All right, Mike, here's my question for you. 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:36.160 Do you have a thought on social media apps being monitored by a government? 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.920 So we kind of let off a ticket. 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.200 Monitored or regulated? 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:41.680 Well, no, just mod I asked monitored. 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.279 Monitored by a government. 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:52.079 Not necessarily that we're going back to the TikTok with the United States, but would you have a problem or what's your thoughts on the social media apps being monitored by a government? 00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:56.480 I I'm not sure how to answer that because they monitor everything anyway. 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.119 Okay. 00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:59.839 So, you know, it's it's kind of like that. 00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:06.319 Well, if you're going to use it, you're you're at some point may get somebody from the government monitoring it. 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.359 Well, there you shouldn't be. 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:11.279 I I think the original idea of social media was to have private conversations. 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:22.000 Yeah, I'm sure that was the case until criminals started posting their crimes on social media and drawing the attention of the cops. 00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.319 Okay. 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:22.960 You know. 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:29.279 As far as regulating, I I I'm I think that's is the case with everything. 00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:36.559 Uh the government

at some point has to always step in and do stuff because we always take things to the extreme. 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:38.640 Is it is it because we take things to extreme extra. 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:41.359 So we push the envelope so badly that they always have to come on in. 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:44.960 Yeah, the human the human being is not responsible. 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:50.480 We we we take everything and go to we just go everywhere with it. 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:50.960 Okay. 00:30:51.119 --> 00:31:00.000 Uh I'm sure that when we started with social media that uh we didn't realize where it would take off from or to. 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:11.599 And then, you know, it started off with posting cat videos and whatnot, and now we're now we're like creating terrorist cells and and things like that using social media. 00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:18.480 So I don't think we realize the consequences of our actions because we we simply take things and run with it. 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:23.119 So the government ultimately has to start stepping in and doing things. 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:30.880 It's kind of a sad and yeah, it's a sad thing because nobody wants the government stepping in and and into my business, right? 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:34.720 I don't want I don't want the government watching me for anything. 00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.519 Yeah, no? 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.400 No, no, no. 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:44.079 That's why I used to love TikTok when it was China-based, because I knew the Chinese government was watching me, but now that it's in America. 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:51.359 Is it because is it because the Chinese the Chinese government couldn't really do anything to you now that's correct? 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.720 What's the Chinese government could do? 00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.640 See, now now I just figured it. 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:57.200 Now I just figured out why you're such a TikTok fan. 00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.160 See, there you go. 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:02.960 You were like, oh, everybody's bad. 00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.559 I'll just give my information to China. 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.759 They can't do anything with it. 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.160 Okay. 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.799 There you go. 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.359 All right. 00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.880 Thank you, Mike, for that mesmerizing. 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.640 Oh, yeah, that sure. 00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:13.759 All right, now we have our secret sound. 00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:18.480 And now for our secret sound, brought to us by Elite Executive Services. 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:24.000 Visit TechTimeradio.com and click on the contact page to submit your answer. 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:26.160 Odie, play that sound. 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.880 All right, do you know what that secret sound is? 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00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:44.559 Oh, we are so I would I I I shouldn't say we are celebrating. 00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.599 I'm looking around the room. 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:48.000 I think I'm the only one really celebrating today. 00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.639 Uh-oh. 00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.920 Why is that? 00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.400 Today is National Flannel Day. 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.920 Oh, National Flannel. 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:56.400 There's a uh there's a there's a flannel day. 00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:58.559 Well, I'm glad I'm glad that it's in February. 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:02.320 That makes more sense than it being in like uh July or August. 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.800 So okay. 00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:11.280 So yeah, we so to celebrate flannel, a fabric that has been keeping people warm, comfortable, and extremely handsome for more than 400 years. 00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:21.760 Whether it is work wear, weekend wear, or the universal symbol of not trying too hard, flannel proves that sometimes the simplest classics never go out of style. 00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:24.400 Oh that's that's true. 00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.920 I like your flannel shirt. 00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.679 Where'd you get your flannel shirt from? 00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.360 Lumberjacks or us? 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.320 Where do you think? 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.119 It's a pendleton. 00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:32.159 Oh, it's a Pendleton. 00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:32.480 Okay. 00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:35.039 That's that's high-end. 00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:37.599 That's why Lumberjacks go to get the clothes. 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:40.400 That's like a$400 flannel. 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.119 Okay, I got you. 00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.360 All right. 00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.159 Got it on sale. 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:42.400 Okay. 00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:44.079 Okay, high-end lumberjacks. 00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.039 All right. 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:48.079 Now, flannel and American whiskey go hand in hand. 00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:54.639 Both are timeless, dependable, and best enjoyed when comfort matters more than pretending you are fancy. 00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:57.840 And one makes you look good and the other makes everybody else look good? 00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:59.599 You're saying that flannel's timeless. 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.159 Is that what you're saying? 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.960 That's what I'm saying. 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.920 Okay, all right. 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:07.840 Now the four American whiskeys we are drinking

today are drum roll. 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.239 Yeah. 00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:14.000 One of them is Heaven's Door Revelation. 00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:17.920 From Heaven's Door, it's a blend of Tennessee and Kentucky. 00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:19.280 It's a burr rye. 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.400 It's double-barreled. 00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.639 Age at least five years, 100-proof. 00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:27.519 Mash Bills undisclosed, but we know it's two bourbons and one rye blended together, and it's$50. 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.320 Okay. 00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:34.000 The other one is First West Small Batch Bourbon from 15 stars. 00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:40.800 It's from Kentucky, straight bourbon, five to seven years, 102 proof, mash bills undisclosed, and$60. 00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.599 Okay. 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:44.239 The other one is Oak Lore 4-grain. 00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.960 Bourbon. 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.920 Four grain. 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:49.920 So that's from Oak Lore Distilling from Kentucky and North Carolina. 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.559 Okay. 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:54.960 It's a bourbon, also double barreled, four to six years, 92 proof. 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.679 It's a blend. 00:38:55.840 --> 00:39:02.719 When the blend is together, it comes out to 72% corn, 11% wheat, 10% rye, 7% malted barley. 00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.920 And that's$70. 00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:05.519 That's our most expensive one. 00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:08.079 Along with Great, great. 00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:10.320 Am I like the celebrity one? 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.679 Is the celebrity one cheaper than that? 00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:15.760 Along with chicken cock, small batch bourbon. 00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.159 Oh. 00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.239 From Grain and Barrel Spirits. 00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:20.639 It's a straight bourbon from Kentucky. 00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:26.400 Minimum of four years, 100-proof, 70% corn, 21% rye, 9% malted barley. 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:28.079 And that one is also$70. 00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.199 Okay. 00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:33.119 I'm not telling you which one you like, or I'm not giving you any hints yet. 00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:34.079 Those are our four. 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:36.239 I thought he said that I like the celebrity stuff. 00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.719 I did. 00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:38.719 Do you know which one of those is a celebrity one? 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.119 No. 00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.760 I was waiting for a celebrity name. 00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:43.360 I I cut it out at this point. 00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:45.679 Oh a lot of our listeners will know which one it is. 00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:50.480 Well, the chicken cock has to not be because we've had them on a couple times before. 00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:51.039 So they're their own. 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:53.679 Yeah, we have not had this particular chicken cock on. 00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:57.360 Oh, is that a celebrity version of chicken cock? 00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.639 No, no, no. 00:39:58.719 --> 00:39:59.119 It is not. 00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:00.159 I'll give you that hint. 00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:00.639 Okay. 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.199 All right. 00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.719 Well. 00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:06.079 So, Mike, you were liking which one you said the best? 00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.360 Uh, the tall glass. 00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.159 The tall glass. 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.039 The water glass. 00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.920 Oh boy. 00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:12.159 That's like my third worst. 00:40:13.440 --> 00:40:13.920 Oh no. 00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:15.280 Do I have to start tasting? 00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.639 Uh you may have to start tasting. 00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.199 I had that. 00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.760 I had that. 00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.880 I I the shot. 00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.920 But what about this right here? 00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.239 Come on. 00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:21.199 This glass was good. 00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:23.119 You know, that's okay. 00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:23.760 It's okay. 00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:29.920 But it's it's kind of just bleh when you compare it to all the rest of Oh, it doesn't have that. 00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:30.719 It's meh. 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.519 It's meh. 00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:32.320 It's meh. 00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:32.880 Okay. 00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.079 All right. 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.039 Is that it? 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:36.000 That's it for this. 00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:36.400 All right. 00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:38.880 Well, we'll give you we'll reveal everything in a little bit. 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:41.199 Whiskey and technology are such a great pairing. 00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:42.639 Like time travel. 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:45.280 And the TV show Timeless. 00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:49.039 Kind of like your flannel you're wearing on right now. 00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:58.960 It's a show about a team of time travelers that go back in time to prevent a dangerous faction rewriting critical events in American history. 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:01.679 Anyone remember that show? 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:02.639 Yeah, that was a good show. 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:03.039 I liked it. 00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.840 Did you have you seen it? 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:04.559 I watched it all. 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.519 What did you think? 00:41:05.679 --> 00:41:07.360 Not as good as Quantum Leap, I'm sure, but. 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.079 No, no. 00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.639 It had its strength. 00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:12.559 So it started off a little rocky. 00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.039 Okay. 00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:14.880 And then it got really good. 00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:16.559 And then what do you say? 00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.920 They jumped a shark near the end. 00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:19.519 The third season or whatever it was. 00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.159 A little bit. 00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:23.039

Alright. 00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:27.920 Well, let's prepare for our technology fail of the week brought to you by Elite Executive Services. 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:29.599 Congratulations. 00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:31.199 You're a failure. 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.960 Oh, I failed. 00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:33.599 Did I? 00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.320 Yes. 00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.280 Did I? 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.079 Yes. 00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:39.679 Alright, this week's technology fail goes to the company Coinbase. 00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:40.159 Oh no. 00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:41.199 Yeah, the cryptocurrency. 00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.360 This is your dude. 00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:47.440 Well, this is the only place that I recommend buying cryptocurrency. 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:52.960 But the company confirmed that one of its own contractors, here's what happens to companies. 00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:57.119 They want to get contractors in to do the work because they don't want to hire full-time employees. 00:41:57.280 --> 00:42:02.320 So they go to a contract service, get the bottom of the barrel, and that can get you in trouble. 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:08.800 Well, its own contractor improperly accessed customer data in a quiet insider breach back in December. 00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:11.440 Only about 30 users, though, were affected. 00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:30.880 But the real embarrassment embarrassment came when a threat group called itself Scattered Lapis Hunters or Lapis Hunters briefly posted a screenshot of Coinbase's internal support tools on Telegram, showing names, email, phone numbers, KYC details, and even wallet balances. 00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:33.199 Coinbase says the contractor is gone. 00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:34.880 I'm sure they fired him, of course. 00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:39.840 Regulators were notified, and identity theft protection was handed out to those 30 people. 00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:45.599 But the screenshots make it clear that someone on the inside had far more access than they should have. 00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:47.840 And this isn't an isolated problem. 00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:53.920 Attackers have been targeting outsourced support companies because their employees are often the key to internal systems. 00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:58.719 We've seen bribery screams, social engineering calls, and compromised support accounts. 00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:04.880 Winbase itself suffered a similar breach last year and another outsourced support provider. 00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:06.639 So this is the second time. 00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.280 Okay. 00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.320 The pattern is obvious. 00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.599 Winbase doesn't get it. 00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:11.199 No, the pattern is obvious. 00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:22.159 You can lock down your servers all you want, but if your support contractors can be bribed for screenshots, your security strategy has a giant human-shaped hole in the middle of it. 00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:27.760

Well, I just because it's just as easy for an employee to do it as well as a contractor. 00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:30.800 So yeah, it's just so here's what happens to companies, right? 00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:35.280 I mean, so Mark is in charge of a large company IT team. 00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:39.519 Uh, I'm in charge of an IT team also in our full-time jobs. 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:46.719 I know that people probably assume that Tech Time Radio is our full time job, but it is only a part time of our work and we have full time jobs. 00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:51.280 When I hire contractors, I have to be very careful about what we put in place. 00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:57.519 Mark, do you kind of do the same thing when you when you hire a contractor or have you uh hired a contractor at your current place? 00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:57.760 Yeah. 00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.159 Okay. 00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:59.760 Yeah, it's a it's a pretty long process. 00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:00.960 Pretty long process. 00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:02.400 Do you give them the keys to the kingdom? 00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.400 Oh no, no. 00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.880 Do you give anybody the keys of the kingdom? 00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:11.360 So at my company, there's myself and one other guy that have the keys of the kingdom. 00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:18.320 And everybody else has uh permissions that are either elevated or decreased depending upon the access that they need. 00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.760 Now we're we're not always perfect. 00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:23.280 I'll say sometimes somebody has more access than they should, or somebody has less access. 00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:26.960 Well, this is this is the crux of all everything that I always talk about. 00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:28.960 And it boils down to one thing. 00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:29.840 What's that? 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:31.199 Human beings. 00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:32.079 Human beings. 00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:32.639 Yep. 00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:42.639 So every problem we have results from the meddling of certain people that don't follow rules. 00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:44.639 So let me talk, let me talk about this. 00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:52.079 I have gotten hit up so aggressively lately on uh Amazon for people that want me to buy their product. 00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:56.960 I send them the product that they have then, and then give them a five-star review. 00:44:57.119 --> 00:45:01.119 They'll let me keep the product and they'll pay me 15 to 20 bucks for each review. 00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:01.760 Really? 00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:03.119 I I'm finding this now. 00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:15.679 So before it used to be one every two or three months, I literally had two um offers the last three weeks, all pretty much consecutively on some IT gadgets that I kind of actually liked. 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:21.840 And I'm struggling because I I I'm interested in that, but I don't want to give a five-star review on something, especially immediately.

00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:26.960 So they want you to buy it as soon as you have it at home, they want you to give that five-star review. 00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:32.239 And and ethically, I I if I was gonna say if I like something, I normally actually like it. 00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:34.559 I I don't think I can I can do that. 00:45:34.719 --> 00:45:42.079 But now I'm getting very frustrated because before you used to be able to purchase these items and you could give it a month and then you could actually give a review. 00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:43.039 Now they want them instantly. 00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:44.159 What were you gonna say, Mike? 00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:55.840 So is is it strictly stated in the in their little whatever they is to talk to you that if you give them a five-star review, you they will give you money? 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:56.239 Yes. 00:45:56.480 --> 00:45:59.199 Or is it if you review the product, they'll give you money? 00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:04.239 No, after you we after we receive a five-star review, take a screenshot and then we will pay you. 00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:07.280 It's not asking for anything lower than that. 00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:14.639 And that means that you know their product gets rated higher. 00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:16.239 Their product gets rated higher. 00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:27.119 They're not they're not basing it on real object not that there is objectivity, but objective results, they are buying five-star reviews. 00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:27.760 Yes. 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:32.239 Which is you know that's kind of a bad get isn't that a bad deal? 00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:33.519 It's not ethical. 00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:34.639 Okay, yeah, there you go. 00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:39.440 Which is, you know, it's kind of funny that you brought that up. 00:46:39.760 --> 00:46:40.320 There you go. 00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:49.119 All right, well, I was just I was just thinking about screenshots, and they wanted me to take the screenshots, so they're uh that that that's how that's how the Nathan's mind. 00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:53.519 So tell us finally, did you listen to your ethics or did you take the money? 00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:55.760 Yeah, did you did you not reveal conscience? 00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:56.320 Yeah, I did. 00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:57.519 I I I did my ethics. 00:46:57.679 --> 00:46:58.639 Wow, congratulations. 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:04.719 Now, if it was like 30 bucks instead of 10, 10 bucks the price. 00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:06.800 Everybody has their price. 00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.360 That's right. 00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:10.480 All right, well, now let's move on to the nugget. 00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:13.760 This is your nugget of the week. 00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:15.679 All right, you're gonna love this. 00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:40.320 A new NIH funded study has data that is posted on the American Diabet Diabetes Association website with an extreme on-brand name soda, which is Diet Coke, uh found people in a well-controlled type 2 diabetes actually did slightly better on diet drinks than water. 00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:48.719 So this report comes on out that says Diet Coke is better than drinking water for diabetes. 00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.400 Great news. 00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:53.440 No, no, no, no, I actually looked at everything. 00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:55.760 So I'm a big Diet Coke uh drinker. 00:47:55.840 --> 00:48:00.000 So I was very it came across my feed and I'm like, oh, this has gotta be good. 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:12.880 With over 24 weeks, the diet drink group saw tiny improvements in the HBA1C fasting glucose and insulin plus token two pounds weight loss. 00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:18.320 So the people drinking Diet Coke in this group actually lost two pounds of weight loss. 00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:21.119 Meanwhile, the waters group number drifted the wrong way. 00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:26.639 Nothing dramatic, but just to let you know, you should really drink water instead. 00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:34.559 But for those friends clutching that Stanley Cup a little tighter, you may want to mix in not too much water. 00:48:34.719 --> 00:48:37.679 But before anything's declared, Diet Coke is super food. 00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:39.039 The researchers are clear. 00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:42.960 This doesn't prove diet soda is better than water for everyone. 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:49.199 It only tells us that for a specific group, switching to water didn't help and may have mildly backfired. 00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:54.480 I think the message you should really take away from this is that you know, diet coke really isn't that bad for you. 00:48:54.719 --> 00:48:55.599 That's what that's what you're saying. 00:48:56.000 --> 00:49:00.639 Everybody says, you know, diet sodas are bad for you, sodas are bad for you, blah, blah, blah, blah. 00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:01.199 Yep. 00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:04.880 You need to drink how many glasses of water today that you need to drink? 00:49:05.119 --> 00:49:06.400 85 or something like that? 00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:11.360 Well, no, see, no, so what happens is people are over-drinking too much water. 00:49:11.519 --> 00:49:23.840 And and that's that's because we've got into this sort of myth of hydration that is really pushed on us by fitness groups. 00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:27.360 It's the same thing as 10,000 steps things. 00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:37.440 You know, they they they have now come out with studies that said, hey, uh that 10,000 step thing, really not a really really not a it's it's kind of a myth. 00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:38.000 All right. 00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:41.760 Well, let me let me put a refrain here or call an asterisk. 00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:44.400 Neither one of these two jokers is a medical expert. 00:49:44.719 --> 00:49:44.800 No. 00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:47.360 And now don't take any advice from these two. 00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:48.159 Okay, okay. 00:49:48.239 --> 00:49:49.119 Now this is a report.

00:49:49.199 --> 00:49:50.800 I'm just I'm just talking about the report. 00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:52.639 I can still read things and make decisions. 00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:53.280 That's right. 00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:54.400 So I'm just reading it. 00:49:54.719 --> 00:50:02.239 What this says says, at worse, diet coke for a certain diabetes group is about the same as water. 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:02.719 Right. 00:50:02.880 --> 00:50:07.280 So I would lose weight if I did it too, because it I'd be having diarrhea all the time. 00:50:09.119 --> 00:50:11.679 Is that your is that your professional medical opinion? 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:13.760 No, that's just my own personal experience. 00:50:14.239 --> 00:50:15.119 Personal experience. 00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:22.480 Anytime I drink the diet stuff, it's uh these these things these things come out because why? 00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:32.320 Because we have all this all this industry madness saying, oh, if you drink, if you drink Diet Coke, you're going to die horribly from cancer, blah, blah, blah. 00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:33.199 They say that all the time. 00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:34.800 They say that's harming your body. 00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:36.159 Well, it's harming your body, yeah. 00:50:36.239 --> 00:50:36.320 Okay. 00:50:36.639 --> 00:50:41.519 It has not scientifically been proven to harm my body with Diet Coke versus water. 00:50:41.679 --> 00:50:42.000 No, no. 00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:43.280 Anything in excess. 00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:45.039 Anything in excess is is horrible. 00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:52.800 The person that says that is, you know, oh, you're gonna die from Diet Coke, drinking Diet Coke, and then they light up a cigarette. 00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:55.360 Well, there you go. 00:50:55.440 --> 00:50:58.639 I just wanted to say for all of us Diet Coke drinkers out there, congratulations. 00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:00.400 Let's move on to some real poison. 00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:01.920 A whiskey. 00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:06.320 Let's talk about the benefits of whiskey. 00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:07.360 There you go. 00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:12.719 And now our pick of the day for our whiskey tastings. 00:51:13.519 --> 00:51:16.079 Let's see what bubbles to the top. 00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:16.960 All right. 00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:19.519 Did you have uh any thumbs down, Nathan? 00:51:19.760 --> 00:51:22.000 Yeah, I really don't like the shot glass. 00:51:22.639 --> 00:51:24.079 The shot glass. 00:51:24.320 --> 00:51:24.960 All right. 00:51:25.199 --> 00:51:27.360 I don't the shot glass would be a thumbs down. 00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:29.280 I I had no thumbs down. 00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:30.400 You had no thumbs down. 00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:34.480 They all they all I had difficulty deciding which I liked better, but I didn't have any. 00:51:34.800 --> 00:51:37.039 So I had two thumbs down and two thumbs up. 00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:37.599 Okay. 00:51:37.840 --> 00:51:40.719 Let's start off with your shot glass, which

I had as a thumbs up. 00:51:40.960 --> 00:51:42.000 You had a thumbs up on it. 00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:42.480 Absolutely. 00:51:42.559 --> 00:51:45.199 That was that was debating between that was either first or second for me. 00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:45.760 Of course. 00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:46.480 I had a thumbs down. 00:51:46.719 --> 00:51:48.000 Yeah, that's the first or second for me. 00:51:48.320 --> 00:51:53.760 That was chicken cock, small batch bourbon, a straight bourbon,$70,$100 proof. 00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:55.039 That was not a celebrity one. 00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:55.440 Okay. 00:51:55.920 --> 00:51:56.239 No. 00:51:56.800 --> 00:51:58.480 What was your next one you did not care? 00:51:58.880 --> 00:52:01.280 Or Mike, which one did you not was your lower one? 00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:04.800 My lowest one was the uh uh what is this? 00:52:04.960 --> 00:52:06.159 The little beer glass. 00:52:07.119 --> 00:52:10.719 Or or the no, that's the flavor the Glenn Clarence. 00:52:11.920 --> 00:52:12.320 The Glenn. 00:52:12.400 --> 00:52:13.679 What did you think of the Glenn, Mike? 00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:15.039 Uh Nathan? 00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:16.719 I gave that a thumbs down also. 00:52:16.960 --> 00:52:18.639 You gave that one a thumbs down too. 00:52:19.360 --> 00:52:20.320 Alright. 00:52:20.639 --> 00:52:22.719 And that one I gave a thumbs down too. 00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:23.280 Okay. 00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:29.199 That was Oak Lore four-grain bourbon, which was uh bourbon that was double barreled. 00:52:29.599 --> 00:52:31.920 Four to six years old, 92 proof,$70. 00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:35.039 Nathan, your two thumbs down are the$70 ones. 00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:36.079 That kind of fits. 00:52:36.320 --> 00:52:36.559 Yeah. 00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:37.360 There you go. 00:52:37.519 --> 00:52:37.840 See? 00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:41.360 He instinctively knows which are the expensive ones. 00:52:41.599 --> 00:52:43.280 Now, this is where we have a split. 00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:45.760 Because I believe Mike liked what was in the rocks. 00:52:46.079 --> 00:52:47.920 Or no, Nathan liked the rock's glass best. 00:52:48.079 --> 00:52:48.480 I did. 00:52:48.719 --> 00:52:50.719 And Mike, you liked the water glass best. 00:52:50.800 --> 00:52:51.280 Yep. 00:52:51.599 --> 00:52:54.239 But I give these both, I give both of these thumbs up, though. 00:52:54.320 --> 00:52:55.360 So both get a thumbs up. 00:52:55.599 --> 00:52:56.159 Both get up. 00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:58.320 Yeah, they're both thumbs up. 00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:02.239 Let's talk about the rocks glass, because I gave that one a thumbs down. 00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:02.719 Uh oh. 00:53:02.880 --> 00:53:04.079 So that one is not moving forward. 00:53:04.320 --> 00:53:04.480 Okay. 00:53:04.559 --> 00:53:05.119 Is that the right thing? 00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:06.400 That was the celebrity whiskey. 00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:06.639 Okay. 00:53:07.280 --> 00:53:10.320 That was the uh that was the burrai. 00:53:10.480 --> 00:53:11.039 That was the burr. 00:53:11.280 --> 00:53:11.920 The burrae. 00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:12.159 Okay. 00:53:12.320 --> 00:53:13.840 That was the one from Bob Dylan. 00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:15.599 Heaven's Door Revelation. 00:53:15.760 --> 00:53:16.480 Bob Dylan. 00:53:16.559 --> 00:53:17.280 Bob Dylan. 00:53:17.519 --> 00:53:19.280 You're saying a no to Bob Dylan there, Mike. 00:53:20.079 --> 00:53:21.039 Burrai double five. 00:53:23.039 --> 00:53:23.599 50 bucks. 00:53:23.679 --> 00:53:24.800 It was the cheapest one on the list. 00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:26.719 I thought it was okay. 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:29.039 And the winner that moves on. 00:53:29.280 --> 00:53:34.719 Dun da da in the water glass was First West small batch bourbon from 15 stars. 00:53:34.800 --> 00:53:38.880 It was a Kentucky Strait bourbon, five to seven years, 102 proof,$60. 00:53:39.440 --> 00:53:39.679 All right. 00:53:39.760 --> 00:53:40.880 I like this one though. 00:53:40.960 --> 00:53:41.760 This was okay. 00:53:41.920 --> 00:53:42.480 It wasn't. 00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:45.360 I like the smoother taste of the celebrity one. 00:53:45.440 --> 00:53:49.599 But yeah, the celebrity one, I give it a thumbs down because it tasted like grainy water to me. 00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:51.039 That's my review of it. 00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:52.320 Or Diet Coke. 00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:52.719 There you go. 00:53:52.800 --> 00:53:53.920 You got your water consumption. 00:53:54.239 --> 00:53:54.480 I did. 00:53:54.639 --> 00:53:55.119 There you go. 00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:56.159 Poison water, right? 00:53:56.559 --> 00:53:57.599 Poison water. 00:53:57.840 --> 00:53:58.400 All right. 00:53:58.639 --> 00:54:02.559 All you need is to chase it with some Diet Coke, and you'll be you'll be golden. 00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:03.119 Alright. 00:54:03.199 --> 00:54:04.079 Well, thank you so much. 00:54:04.719 --> 00:54:06.480 I'm glad you helped us with that one, Mark. 00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:07.599 Well, I thank you, Nathan. 00:54:07.760 --> 00:54:10.320 Actually, I think this has a chance to probably win the whole thing. 00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:12.079 It was not that bad either. 00:54:14.639 --> 00:54:16.079 I just had to stick with my coin. 00:54:16.480 --> 00:54:17.840 Yeah, that's a Nathanism right there. 00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:18.159 All right. 00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:19.760 Yeah, I go back to my thing. 00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:24.159 I did say there was gonna be at least one confident take that may not age well by the end of the episode. 00:54:24.239 --> 00:54:25.519 So there you go. 00:54:25.679 --> 00:54:26.079 All right. 00:54:26.239 --> 00:54:27.599 Well, guess what, everybody? 00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:28.400 We're about out of time. 00:54:28.480 --> 00:54:30.159 We want to thank our listeners for joining the program. 00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:31.760 Listeners, we want to hear from you. 00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:38.000 Visit techtime radio.com, click on the be a caller, and ask a question on our technology talkback system. 00:54:38.159 --> 00:54:42.480 Let me just tell you, Odie has guessed off the air what the secret sound is. 00:54:42.559 --> 00:54:46.719 So if you pay attention to it, you yourself can win. 00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:48.559 All right, we're all out of time. 00:54:48.719 --> 00:54:49.280 You know what? 00:54:49.360 --> 00:54:50.880 It's an honor to be hosting today's show. 00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:56.480 Each week we are here to decode the technology that shapes our world one breach, breakthrough, and bourbon out of time. 00:54:56.639 --> 00:54:59.519 Remember, the science of tomorrow starts with the technology of today. 00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:00.320 See you next week. 00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:00.800 Later. 00:55:00.960 --> 00:55:01.840 Bye-bye. 00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:04.480 Thanks for joining us on Tech Time Radio. 00:55:04.559 --> 00:55:10.079 We hope that you had a chance to have that hmm moment today in technology. 00:55:10.320 --> 00:55:11.679 The fun doesn't stop there. 00:55:11.840 --> 00:55:20.960 We recommend that you go to techtime radio.com and join our fan list for the most important aspect of staying connected and winning some really great monthly prizes. 00:55:21.199 --> 00:55:29.360 We also have a few other ways to stay connected, including subscribing to our podcast on any podcast service, from Apple to Google and everything in between. 00:55:29.599 --> 00:55:30.719 We're also on YouTube. 00:55:31.119 --> 00:55:35.840 So check us out on YouTube.comslash Tech Time Radio. 00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:36.639 All one word. 00:55:36.960 --> 00:55:39.760 We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did making it for you. 00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:43.440 From all of us at Tech Time Radio, remember Mum's the Word. 00:55:43.599 --> 00:55:45.519 Have a safe and fantastic week.