This podcast is a blog post found at:
https://www.sccclub.org/podcast/may-04-2021-32-may-the-4th-be-with-our-computer-club-quarantine-61
We Welcome All Tech Enthusiasts
Some of the Topics from today:
- Followup: Proud Boys Canada says it was never a ‘white supremacy’ group, dissolves itself.
- Microsoft is rolling out a new default font to 1.2 billion Office users after 14 years — and the designer of the old one is surprised.
- Microsoft’s new Windows 10 taskbar widget starts rolling out today.
- High Hopes plans to extract atmospheric CO2 with hot air balloons.
- YouTube TV Has Been Dropped from Roku.
- Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting up after 27 years.
- The Calgary Stampede.
- See the Astonishing Plans for the Very First City on Mars.
- HEADing to 2022 is a grass roots initiative focused on raising funds for Canadian researchers. We are a committee of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, Canada, Inc. (DRIFCan).
- Laparoscopic and Robotic Partial Nephrectomy (Chester’s Robot Kidney Operation.)
- The Valdez STOL & Air Show Fly-in in Valdez, Alaska is world known for some of the short STOL (SHORT TAKEOFF AND LANDING) distances in all of aviation.
Remote Computer and I.T. Help: remote@internationalcs.net
Recommendations, TV:
- Debris (Frequency Films, Legendary Television, Universal Television) – The series follows the lives of “two agents … from two different continents, and two different mindsets, who must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind…from Wikipedia.
- The Undoing (David E. Kelley Productions, Blossom Films, Made Up Stories) – is a 2020 American mystery psychological thriller television miniseries based on the 2014 novel You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz…from Wikipedia.
- Strike (Brontë Film and Television) – The programme follows Cormoran Strike (Tom Burke), a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street, who uses his unique insight and his background as a Special Investigation Branch investigator to solve complex cases…from Wikipedia.
- Mare of Easttown (Zobot Projects, Mayhem Pictures, Juggle Productions, Low Dweller Productions, wiip) – In the suburbs of Philadelphia, a detective named Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet), investigates the recent murder of a teenage mother while trying to keep her own life from falling apart…from Wikipedia.
- The Good Place (Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment, Universal Television) – is an American fantasy comedy television series created by Michael Schur. It premiered on NBC on September 19, 2016, and concluded on January 30, 2020 after four seasons and 53 episodes…from Wikipedia.
- Barry (Alec Berg Inc., Hanarply) – follows Barry Berkman, a discharged Marine from Cleveland who works as a hitman. Lonely and dissatisfied with life, he travels to Los Angeles to kill a target and ends up “finding an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the L.A. theater scene”…from Wikipedia.
- The Serpent (Mammoth Screen) – Set in the mid-1970s, the story follows Charles Sobhraj, a French serial killer of Indian and Vietnamese descent, as he drugs and robs travelers, particularly young backpackers, traveling through Bangkok, Thailand, along the overland. He steals his victims’ passports and identities to travel the world and sells stolen gems with girlfriend Marie-Andrée Leclerc…from Wikipedia.
- Resident Alien (Jocko Productions, Universal Content Productions, Dark Horse Entertainment, Amblin Television) – After crash-landing on Earth, an alien sent to wipe out humanity kills and takes on the identity of a vacationing pathology physician. He is asked to do an autopsy on the town’s doctor, who died of unknown circumstances. He wrestles with the moral dilemma of his secret mission, while also dealing with a 9-year-old boy who can see him as an alien…from Wikipedia.
- Lincoln: Divided We Stand (CNN) – is a six-part series that looks at the remarkable life and unexpected journey of Abraham Lincoln…from IMDB.
Recommendations, Podcasts:
- Land of the Giants – Season 3 | In Land of the Giants: The Google Empire, Recode’s Shirin Ghaffary and Big Technology’s Alex Kantrowitz explore how a company that began with idealistic goals of creative experimentation and making useful products has evolved into a worldwide power with enormous impact on our lives. Google’s dominance in everything from search and online advertising to its YouTube and Android platforms gives it tremendous power and responsibility. But with multiple antitrust cases against it and its own employees rebelling against company decisions, is Google too big for its own good?
Episode Art Jigsaw Puzzle: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0e18db65cf10
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Today’s YouTube Meeting: https://youtu.be/RGtiIL-Zrn8
The Impromptu “Sourdough Pizza Biscuit” intro was provided by Viviana, Emily and myself.
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Reoccurring Themes
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All this, from your friendly neighborhood tech guy Scott Stimson, the head-Nerd
at International Computer Solutions and The San Carlos Computer Club.