LN-QRM 220: Back to Concord

Recorded: 03 September 2016

Hosts: Joel, Barry & Michael

Podcaster’s Anonymous BooZe—Review

• Michael – Twisted Merlot (Shortage on Yellow Tail)


• Barry – Jiminy Zero


• Joel – CPinicle “Tropical fruit” vodka and sour mix

Days of our Lives

• Michael – Traffic stopping event


• Joel – Doctors appointments, more doctors appointments and still more doctors appointments….. Getting to know the town of Concord real well.


• Joel – Blew out my left knee again … Hopefully won’t lead to surgery # 3 on it.


• Barry – Three weeks of CGM


• Michael – Mark get’s his driver’s license. (David is graciously allowing Mark to use his Jeep)


• Joel – Our chickens are laying eggs again!


• Barry – New couch arrived


• Michael – Moved David back to Michigan Tech last Friday.


• Joel – All Vape-ing and vaping products will be regulated  by the govt, and illegal by July 2018


• Barry – Passed the Security+ certification test


• Michael – General Contractor hired for Studio V upgrade. Entering drawings in LibreCAD for Mac. Work starts October 1st.

Broken News

• Flooding in Louisiana


• John McLaughlin, longtime host of ‘McLaughlin Group,’ dies at 89


• Gene Wilder dies at 83


• SpaceX rocket blows up on launch pad with FaceTube satellite onboard

Geek Corner

• Michael – More Amateur Radio tower work completed today.


• Barry – Another Soundboard: Sound Byte (The one Adam Curry uses)


• Joel – Yep I bought an old iPhone 4s to upgrade from my flip phone… Until the new iPhone 7 is released.


• Barry – iPhone announcement on Sept 7th


• Barry – iOS 9.3.5 patch for zero day hack


• Barry – OS X 10.11.6 patch also for zero day hack


• Barry – Hands on Samsung Galaxy note 7 – Nice!


• Barry – Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recalled due to exploding batteries


• Joel – WoW no longer runs on the 2010 Mac mini…. Off to the Apple Store we go.. To spec. A new Mac

Bottom Gear

• Joel – Daisy gets exhausted!

Entertainment Last Month

• Joel – Watching South Park: Bigger,Longer & Uncut… Where the town of South Park go to war with Canada…funnyish but stupid


• Barry – Allegiant, the last of the Divergent series


• Barry – Better Late than Never


• Michael – Antarctica, A Year On Ice

Musical Guest: Chicago with “Does anybody Really Know What Time It Is?“

Theme Song: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band “Hit the Ground Running”