1 00:00:03,405 --> 00:00:06,175 - Welcome to episode 365 2 00:00:06,175 --> 00:00:08,495 of the Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast 3 00:00:09,055 --> 00:00:11,935 recorded live on December 15th, 2023. 4 00:00:12,285 --> 00:00:14,655 This is a show about Microsoft 365 5 00:00:14,655 --> 00:00:16,695 and Azure from the perspective of it pros 6 00:00:16,695 --> 00:00:19,975 and end users where we discuss a topic where recent news 7 00:00:20,075 --> 00:00:21,255 and how it relates to you. 8 00:00:21,755 --> 00:00:25,175 In this episode, we take our annual break from Microsoft 9 00:00:25,185 --> 00:00:28,695 Cloud News to talk about our favorite gadget purchases from 10 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:30,935 the past year, and ideas for ways 11 00:00:30,995 --> 00:00:32,495 to spend your Christmas money 12 00:00:32,915 --> 00:00:35,575 or purchases to make for that geek in your life. 13 00:00:36,275 --> 00:00:38,815 So we hope you don't spend too much money 14 00:00:38,815 --> 00:00:40,415 after listening to this episode. 15 00:00:40,755 --> 00:00:42,055 If nothing strikes your fancy 16 00:00:42,195 --> 00:00:44,775 or if you have a little leftover, consider donating 17 00:00:44,835 --> 00:00:48,135 to our annual, annual fundraiser for Girls Who code. 18 00:00:50,825 --> 00:00:54,015 Scott. It is a day a week . 19 00:00:54,355 --> 00:00:55,575 It is the 15th of December. 20 00:00:55,995 --> 00:00:58,615 The week aft or the day after my wife's birthday. 21 00:00:58,915 --> 00:01:00,775 I'm not supposed to broadcast that. Right. 22 00:01:00,955 --> 00:01:03,575 - You know, it depends. How much do you want the AI 23 00:01:03,795 --> 00:01:05,095 to come after you later? 24 00:01:05,285 --> 00:01:06,855 Like how much do you want out there on the 25 00:01:06,855 --> 00:01:07,895 innerwebs about your life? 26 00:01:08,065 --> 00:01:09,415 - About my life? I, 27 00:01:09,415 --> 00:01:11,375 there's a lot out there about my life already. I think 28 00:01:11,775 --> 00:01:14,335 - I tend to post pictures of cooking food 29 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:18,215 and, you know, talk about tech stuff. 30 00:01:18,315 --> 00:01:19,455 So that, that's about it. 31 00:01:19,525 --> 00:01:21,295 - Tech stuff. So, should we talk about tech stuff? 32 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:25,775 I feel like we've done this Scott for a few years now around 33 00:01:26,735 --> 00:01:28,135 Christmas and the holidays. 34 00:01:28,635 --> 00:01:31,175 We tend to like to talk about ways to empty your wallet 35 00:01:31,315 --> 00:01:34,055 and spend your money on gadgets 36 00:01:34,315 --> 00:01:38,735 or the various gadgets we have purchased, played with 37 00:01:39,285 --> 00:01:41,295 enjoyed playing with throughout the year. 38 00:01:41,515 --> 00:01:44,895 - We can definitely get into it. . Yeah, I am. 39 00:01:45,095 --> 00:01:48,695 I I, I find myself year over year as our wonderful, 40 00:01:49,235 --> 00:01:52,495 you know, global Pandemic continues to persist 41 00:01:52,595 --> 00:01:55,735 and all the other fun things like still staying home, 42 00:01:55,825 --> 00:01:57,135 still not traveling for work. 43 00:01:57,355 --> 00:02:00,335 So I keep building up this whole body of, 44 00:02:00,435 --> 00:02:02,055 of stuff around me. 45 00:02:02,485 --> 00:02:04,855 Some of it helpful, some of it not helpful, some 46 00:02:04,855 --> 00:02:07,295 of it delightful, some of it, you know, 47 00:02:07,295 --> 00:02:10,135 is used across the house and makes folks like my wife happy. 48 00:02:10,685 --> 00:02:12,095 Some of it is used across the house 49 00:02:12,155 --> 00:02:14,015 and makes folks like my wife pretty angry, 50 00:02:14,275 --> 00:02:15,275 - Not happy. 51 00:02:15,275 --> 00:02:16,735 - Well, I'll have to make sure that I try 52 00:02:16,735 --> 00:02:18,615 and include the, the, the Loft, 53 00:02:18,615 --> 00:02:21,615 the Wife Acceptance factor score with, 54 00:02:22,085 --> 00:02:23,415 with some of these, maybe with 55 00:02:23,415 --> 00:02:24,615 - All of our various gadgets. 56 00:02:24,795 --> 00:02:26,295 So this is not a gadget, 57 00:02:26,475 --> 00:02:30,095 but I did this the other night, two days ago, my wife 58 00:02:30,095 --> 00:02:32,775 and I drove down to Orlando for the Pentatonics 59 00:02:33,295 --> 00:02:35,495 Christmas concert, which, Ooh, not a gadget. 60 00:02:35,495 --> 00:02:36,575 That's a fun one. But it was fun. 61 00:02:36,795 --> 00:02:39,175 It was, I had never seen them in concert before. Yeah. 62 00:02:39,285 --> 00:02:41,895 Left the kids at home in-laws, watched 'em 63 00:02:42,155 --> 00:02:44,895 and went down, had dinner, went to the concert, all of that. 64 00:02:45,195 --> 00:02:46,975 And it was, it was good time. 65 00:02:47,165 --> 00:02:48,735 That was how we spent Christmas. Money 66 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:51,175 - Concerts are good, are are good ones. 67 00:02:51,715 --> 00:02:53,655 You know, I have been leaning much toward, 68 00:02:53,765 --> 00:02:57,575 more towards experiences, especially with the kids lately. 69 00:02:58,395 --> 00:02:59,965 And, and concerts are a great way, 70 00:02:59,995 --> 00:03:01,365 like if you're into music, 71 00:03:01,435 --> 00:03:03,765 your wife's into music generally your kids kind 72 00:03:03,765 --> 00:03:05,245 of follow along with all that stuff. 73 00:03:05,305 --> 00:03:07,485 And it doesn't have to be, I don't even know 74 00:03:07,485 --> 00:03:09,445 what kids listen to, like you've got, you know, 75 00:03:09,445 --> 00:03:11,045 younger ones, but you know, whatever the, 76 00:03:11,045 --> 00:03:13,285 the Blues Clue theme song, it doesn't need to be that. 77 00:03:13,305 --> 00:03:16,485 Yep. You, you can take them out to other kinds of things. 78 00:03:16,625 --> 00:03:19,845 So, so we did that a few times with our kids this year. 79 00:03:19,845 --> 00:03:22,045 We took 'em out to dispatch 80 00:03:22,185 --> 00:03:25,285 and OAR like tried to get 'em into like, Hey, 81 00:03:25,285 --> 00:03:28,045 here's your first concert with bands that we listen 82 00:03:28,045 --> 00:03:29,165 to at home kind of thing. 83 00:03:29,785 --> 00:03:32,805 And I'm actually considering next year, like one 84 00:03:32,805 --> 00:03:34,765 of the things I'm thinking about for Christmas presents 85 00:03:35,065 --> 00:03:37,565 rather than physical gifts, I'm going 86 00:03:37,565 --> 00:03:40,845 to like literally give them index cards with choices 87 00:03:40,995 --> 00:03:42,085 between bands. 88 00:03:42,505 --> 00:03:44,685 So there's a couple things going on next year. 89 00:03:45,225 --> 00:03:46,405 Foo Fighters is touring. 90 00:03:46,405 --> 00:03:48,285 Everybody in the house likes the Foo Fighters. 91 00:03:48,865 --> 00:03:50,805 My oldest son is 16 92 00:03:50,905 --> 00:03:53,245 and he really likes Journey , like 93 00:03:53,945 --> 00:03:56,485 it Journeys touring next year 94 00:03:56,715 --> 00:03:59,045 with like Def Leppard or something crazy. 95 00:03:59,345 --> 00:04:01,325 So I was like, you know, like I'm just gonna write some 96 00:04:01,335 --> 00:04:05,045 bands on an index card and maybe say that's your present. 97 00:04:05,155 --> 00:04:06,845 Like, you know, pick the one you wanna go to 98 00:04:07,385 --> 00:04:09,245 and that's the one we'll go to. 99 00:04:09,245 --> 00:04:11,685 We'll, we'll fly someplace like we'll go see, you know, 100 00:04:11,685 --> 00:04:14,365 the Foo Fighters in Orlando or Boston 101 00:04:14,585 --> 00:04:16,285 or Denver or something like that. 102 00:04:16,585 --> 00:04:18,725 And that'll be the present in the trip. 103 00:04:18,945 --> 00:04:20,645 - We actually did that for my oldest. 104 00:04:21,025 --> 00:04:24,405 We got her concert tickets for her birthday this year. 105 00:04:24,705 --> 00:04:28,365 Um, so same thing, like we're getting to that point too. 106 00:04:28,365 --> 00:04:30,685 It's like, you know, we don't need more stuff. 107 00:04:31,085 --> 00:04:33,605 I don't need another Lego to step on. 108 00:04:33,705 --> 00:04:36,165 So while we're gonna talk about tech gadgets, 109 00:04:36,225 --> 00:04:38,845 we are leaning much more towards experiences too. 110 00:04:38,995 --> 00:04:42,085 Like my parents asked what the kids all want for Christmas 111 00:04:42,105 --> 00:04:45,645 and I think we might just say like a trip to Legoland, like, 112 00:04:45,775 --> 00:04:49,085 don't get us any more stuff money or 113 00:04:49,475 --> 00:04:51,085 however they wanna do it, 114 00:04:51,225 --> 00:04:54,445 but we just want to go spend a weekend at Legoland 115 00:04:54,445 --> 00:04:57,885 with the family or like you said, going to concerts. 116 00:04:58,385 --> 00:05:01,445 We do have a couple kids that, like Pentatonics, they wanted 117 00:05:01,465 --> 00:05:03,125 to go with us, but we were driving there 118 00:05:03,125 --> 00:05:04,085 and back in one night, so we 119 00:05:04,085 --> 00:05:04,965 didn't get home till really late. 120 00:05:05,265 --> 00:05:07,965 And my wife and I just wanted to go away together, 121 00:05:08,505 --> 00:05:10,085 but they were like, take lots of videos. 122 00:05:10,225 --> 00:05:11,485 So they were really excited 123 00:05:11,585 --> 00:05:14,325 and we were like taking a few videos, texting and videos 124 00:05:14,705 --> 00:05:17,685 and they lived vicariously through us 125 00:05:17,865 --> 00:05:20,045 to go experience the concert. Sometimes 126 00:05:20,045 --> 00:05:21,405 - You just gotta rub it in there. 127 00:05:21,435 --> 00:05:23,205 Like they, they, you know, I mentioned we took our kids 128 00:05:23,225 --> 00:05:24,525 to dispatch last year 129 00:05:24,945 --> 00:05:28,445 and dispatch is one of my son's favorite bands, my oldest. 130 00:05:29,105 --> 00:05:31,245 And uh, you know, I totally took my wife 131 00:05:31,245 --> 00:05:33,005 to a dispatch concert at Red Rocks 132 00:05:33,005 --> 00:05:36,405 and left the kids at home with, with my parents. 133 00:05:37,275 --> 00:05:38,965 Yeah. So they, you know, you, 134 00:05:38,965 --> 00:05:40,285 you gotta take the adult time too. 135 00:05:40,375 --> 00:05:42,965 Don't, don't forget to take those experiences in that time 136 00:05:43,065 --> 00:05:45,525 for four adults as well. 137 00:05:45,835 --> 00:05:49,405 - Exactly. So experiences first on our gadget list. 138 00:05:49,615 --> 00:05:51,725 Don't get a gadget, go do something fun, 139 00:05:52,105 --> 00:05:55,325 go experience something, a concert, an amusement park, 140 00:05:55,565 --> 00:05:57,485 a theme park, something like that. 141 00:05:57,825 --> 00:06:01,125 But we do have gadgets, Scott, regardless of experiences, 142 00:06:01,625 --> 00:06:04,365 we still spent money on gadgets, quite, I feel like, 143 00:06:04,825 --> 00:06:06,725 so we were talking about this episode 144 00:06:07,105 --> 00:06:09,645 and I was trying to think back to what I bought this year. 145 00:06:10,125 --> 00:06:13,645 I don't know that I have bought quite as many 146 00:06:14,195 --> 00:06:17,685 tech gadgets this year as I have in previous years. 147 00:06:17,895 --> 00:06:20,325 There is still absolutely some there in some of these. 148 00:06:20,485 --> 00:06:24,125 I might have to go look through some of my orders, 149 00:06:24,465 --> 00:06:27,005 my previous orders for this year to see what I ordered. 150 00:06:27,285 --> 00:06:29,485 'cause I couldn't remember exactly when I ordered them, 151 00:06:29,705 --> 00:06:30,885 but we'll see where this goes. 152 00:06:31,265 --> 00:06:32,525 So do you have a top gadget? 153 00:06:32,585 --> 00:06:34,605 Do you have one that you bought this year that 154 00:06:35,145 --> 00:06:37,565 is a favorite tops all the other ones? I 155 00:06:37,565 --> 00:06:38,565 - Think so. 156 00:06:38,565 --> 00:06:43,325 And, and this is a little bit of a weird one in 157 00:06:43,395 --> 00:06:47,645 that it's a quality of life gadget 158 00:06:48,145 --> 00:06:52,605 and okay, it impacts everyone in, in, 159 00:06:52,725 --> 00:06:55,285 in the house in some way or another. 160 00:06:55,625 --> 00:06:58,365 So we've talked in the past about smart home stuff 161 00:06:58,665 --> 00:07:02,525 and light bulbs and cameras and security 162 00:07:02,665 --> 00:07:04,885 and you know, all, all that goodness 163 00:07:04,885 --> 00:07:05,885 that comes along the way. 164 00:07:06,305 --> 00:07:09,605 And one of the things that I've had in the house 165 00:07:09,985 --> 00:07:13,445 for a long time, like it's just been something 166 00:07:13,445 --> 00:07:14,925 that I've had kind of since, 167 00:07:15,275 --> 00:07:19,165 like since they started coming out, is a smart lock. 168 00:07:19,165 --> 00:07:22,685 Like something that works with the Amazon or Google 169 00:07:23,225 --> 00:07:26,525 or, you know, apple ecosystems, you know, the, 170 00:07:26,905 --> 00:07:28,525 the the various assistants of, 171 00:07:28,545 --> 00:07:30,885 of choice and all that kind of stuff. 172 00:07:31,505 --> 00:07:33,645 So I, I've done that for years and years and years 173 00:07:33,945 --> 00:07:37,045 and up until this year, like one 174 00:07:37,045 --> 00:07:38,925 of my favorite things was August Locks. 175 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:42,405 They were great, performed really well, little expensive, 176 00:07:42,665 --> 00:07:44,885 but you know, that's okay for like what they did. 177 00:07:45,155 --> 00:07:48,245 They did it well. My only real complaint with them 178 00:07:48,865 --> 00:07:51,165 was they chewed through batteries. 179 00:07:51,355 --> 00:07:54,285 Like it was just nobody else's business. 180 00:07:54,305 --> 00:07:56,405 But other than that like great little device. 181 00:07:57,105 --> 00:08:00,565 But for a long time now for like, you know, a good portion 182 00:08:00,585 --> 00:08:03,245 of this year, I really wanted a home kit lock 183 00:08:03,785 --> 00:08:06,645 and specifically something that could work with Home Key. 184 00:08:07,145 --> 00:08:09,805 So for those that are maybe in the Apple ecosystem 185 00:08:09,825 --> 00:08:14,285 and have iOS devices, home Key is a capability 186 00:08:14,295 --> 00:08:16,805 where if you have a smart lock that supports it, 187 00:08:17,515 --> 00:08:20,725 your wallet, like your Apple Wallet on your device 188 00:08:21,365 --> 00:08:23,645 actually ends up with a little digital card in it 189 00:08:23,865 --> 00:08:26,485 and that card operates over NFC 190 00:08:26,745 --> 00:08:29,125 and you can just tap your phone to the door in the case. 191 00:08:29,125 --> 00:08:31,525 Like I have an Apple Watch so I can just walk up to the door 192 00:08:31,525 --> 00:08:34,525 and tap my watch on it if it has Home Key. 193 00:08:34,905 --> 00:08:36,925 And so I, I kind of went down this path 194 00:08:36,925 --> 00:08:38,525 and I was looking, there's a bunch of stuff out there. 195 00:08:38,525 --> 00:08:40,205 There's the Schlag 196 00:08:40,205 --> 00:08:43,285 and code plus you gotta make sure you get like absolutely 197 00:08:43,285 --> 00:08:45,445 like the one that has, you know, 198 00:08:45,445 --> 00:08:48,365 home key in it costs hundreds and hundreds of dollars. 199 00:08:48,435 --> 00:08:49,445 Like it's expensive. 200 00:08:49,565 --> 00:08:51,845 I think it's, I think the encode plus with wifi 201 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:54,525 and everything and Home Key support Home kit, 202 00:08:54,525 --> 00:08:59,165 home Home kit plus Home Key is 300 plus dollars retail 203 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:00,925 and it does not go on sale. 204 00:09:01,115 --> 00:09:04,045 It's always outta stock like extremely hard to get. 205 00:09:04,545 --> 00:09:08,005 And I've kind of been trolling around on like Camel, camel, 206 00:09:08,005 --> 00:09:09,085 camel and other things like that 207 00:09:09,225 --> 00:09:11,005 and you know, stock sites looking for it. 208 00:09:11,465 --> 00:09:15,045 But there's a company out there called Acaa. 209 00:09:15,585 --> 00:09:19,205 So it's A-Q-A-R-A, they make all sorts of other stuff. 210 00:09:19,275 --> 00:09:22,765 They make sensors, they make cameras, they've got a whole, 211 00:09:23,625 --> 00:09:27,125 you know, ecosystem of smart home things that they make 212 00:09:27,185 --> 00:09:30,485 and they manufacture and they started making smart locks. 213 00:09:30,745 --> 00:09:33,365 And the really cool thing about their smart lock 214 00:09:34,065 --> 00:09:36,765 is it does HomeKit and Home Key. 215 00:09:37,355 --> 00:09:40,685 It's also compatible with Alexa and Google 216 00:09:40,865 --> 00:09:43,485 or you know, Amazon and Google and that whole ecosystem. 217 00:09:44,145 --> 00:09:47,205 It has a pin pad and it has a fingerprint reader 218 00:09:47,625 --> 00:09:50,405 and it has a physical key so it just kind 219 00:09:50,405 --> 00:09:52,765 of wow like checks all the boxes. 220 00:09:53,425 --> 00:09:55,245 So that's great. And then you sit there 221 00:09:55,245 --> 00:09:58,125 and you compare it against something like the schlag 222 00:09:58,125 --> 00:10:01,365 and code, which is 300 plus US dollars A, 223 00:10:01,365 --> 00:10:03,445 it's like 3 30, 3 40 depending on, 224 00:10:03,625 --> 00:10:04,885 you know, what's going on and where you buy it from. 225 00:10:04,985 --> 00:10:08,645 Yep. The A car lock, so it's the AKA U 100 226 00:10:09,345 --> 00:10:14,205 and the Ara U 100 is retails 227 00:10:14,345 --> 00:10:15,525 for $190. 228 00:10:15,905 --> 00:10:19,405 So not too bad you're already like way down in price, 229 00:10:20,185 --> 00:10:23,165 you know, on the order of like 30, 40, 230 00:10:23,215 --> 00:10:24,645 50% depending on pricing 231 00:10:24,645 --> 00:10:28,485 and what's going on to pick this up over other 232 00:10:28,485 --> 00:10:29,605 things that are in the marketplace. 233 00:10:30,275 --> 00:10:32,845 It's also on sale all the time. 234 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:37,365 So I I, somebody accused me on threads the other day 235 00:10:37,545 --> 00:10:38,925 of being a shell for this company. 236 00:10:38,955 --> 00:10:41,085 Like I am not sponsored by them, anything like that. 237 00:10:41,185 --> 00:10:43,805 But I bought one of these and then I bought another one. 238 00:10:44,005 --> 00:10:45,685 I have two of them in the house today. 239 00:10:45,835 --> 00:10:48,325 Like they're, they're really good at what they do. 240 00:10:48,795 --> 00:10:51,325 They're on sale as of right now, 241 00:10:51,345 --> 00:10:52,525 at least when we're recording. 242 00:10:52,665 --> 00:10:55,125 And this coupon has been there for like weeks and weeks 243 00:10:55,125 --> 00:10:58,365 and weeks now they're on sale for $140. 244 00:10:59,025 --> 00:11:02,325 So they, it's got, it's one 90 us 245 00:11:02,785 --> 00:11:06,325 and it's got a $50 coupon, you know, 246 00:11:07,255 --> 00:11:10,125 super easy to install, super easy to get going with. 247 00:11:10,825 --> 00:11:13,645 You can absolutely like rekey the locks if you want 248 00:11:13,645 --> 00:11:15,005 to when you get it. 249 00:11:15,005 --> 00:11:16,485 Like I said, they come with physical keys. 250 00:11:17,425 --> 00:11:20,205 The home key stuff is super reliable. 251 00:11:20,835 --> 00:11:23,885 It's got a pretty rich ecosystem of like automations 252 00:11:24,025 --> 00:11:25,245 and things that you can do 253 00:11:25,505 --> 00:11:28,725 inside the app also has a built-in accelerometer in in 254 00:11:28,725 --> 00:11:29,885 it, which is kind of cool. 255 00:11:29,985 --> 00:11:31,245 So when you unlock it 256 00:11:31,245 --> 00:11:34,005 and somebody opens the door, when you close the door, 257 00:11:34,265 --> 00:11:35,845 it senses the door closing 258 00:11:36,145 --> 00:11:39,005 and it knows the door is closed based on the amount it's 259 00:11:39,005 --> 00:11:40,125 moved on the accelerometer 260 00:11:40,185 --> 00:11:42,565 and it can just auto lock so you don't have 261 00:11:42,565 --> 00:11:45,205 to have a rule like, like the August lock didn't have that. 262 00:11:45,265 --> 00:11:48,165 So I had to say oh just lock it, you know, three minutes 263 00:11:48,215 --> 00:11:49,765 after it's been unlocked kind of thing. 264 00:11:50,105 --> 00:11:51,365 And you don't always want to do that 265 00:11:51,365 --> 00:11:53,765 because sometimes somebody opened the door 266 00:11:53,765 --> 00:11:54,765 and they left the door open. 267 00:11:54,945 --> 00:11:58,245 So you don't want all of a sudden the deadbolt to come out 268 00:11:58,245 --> 00:11:59,685 and then just be hanging out. 269 00:11:59,705 --> 00:12:02,165 So this thing's kind of smart all 270 00:12:02,165 --> 00:12:03,805 around when it comes to that stuff. 271 00:12:04,505 --> 00:12:06,045 You know, the battery life could probably be better 272 00:12:06,065 --> 00:12:07,885 but I think for a lot of these things like you're just 273 00:12:07,885 --> 00:12:09,005 tossing double As in them. 274 00:12:09,145 --> 00:12:12,085 So get yourself a bunch of rechargeable aas 275 00:12:12,185 --> 00:12:14,285 and be ready to cycle them out. 276 00:12:14,385 --> 00:12:16,525 But they definitely last a couple months. 277 00:12:17,115 --> 00:12:20,845 Yeah, everybody should have a smart lock in their life. 278 00:12:21,165 --> 00:12:23,405 - A smart lock. Yeah. So I might have to look at these. 279 00:12:23,725 --> 00:12:26,165 I actually bought a smart lock this year as well, 280 00:12:26,585 --> 00:12:28,365 but mine is not, it doesn't have 281 00:12:28,365 --> 00:12:29,445 quite the amount of functionality. 282 00:12:29,645 --> 00:12:33,365 I got one of the uh, quick set ones 283 00:12:33,625 --> 00:12:37,605 and I'm gonna have to look at this one and see how it 284 00:12:37,785 --> 00:12:39,645 or what you can rekey it with. 285 00:12:39,905 --> 00:12:41,645 And going back to the wife acceptance factor 286 00:12:41,645 --> 00:12:43,525 that we talked about earlier, I got the quick set 287 00:12:43,525 --> 00:12:45,285 because that's what all of our other doors are. 288 00:12:45,345 --> 00:12:47,565 So I could do the smart lock, 289 00:12:47,865 --> 00:12:50,885 it doesn't have all the home key home kit integration, 290 00:12:51,105 --> 00:12:53,805 but I wasn't necessarily looking for that. 291 00:12:54,165 --> 00:12:55,965 I wanted one more that like I could 292 00:12:55,965 --> 00:12:57,085 see if it was locked or not. 293 00:12:57,115 --> 00:13:00,285 When we left the house I could tie it in 294 00:13:00,285 --> 00:13:01,525 with the rest of our smart home. 295 00:13:02,085 --> 00:13:04,085 I had a number pad on it so 296 00:13:04,085 --> 00:13:06,365 that like kids could unlock the door, 297 00:13:06,425 --> 00:13:07,605 we could unlock it without having 298 00:13:07,625 --> 00:13:09,605 to turn off the car when they forget something. 299 00:13:09,945 --> 00:13:12,885 And this one I can re-key it with the existing, 300 00:13:13,025 --> 00:13:15,005 the same house key we have for all of our other doors 301 00:13:15,005 --> 00:13:16,245 because it's all the same brand. 302 00:13:16,505 --> 00:13:18,085 And that was my wife was like, 303 00:13:18,165 --> 00:13:19,365 I don't want two different keys 304 00:13:19,385 --> 00:13:21,205 or three different keys for all the different doors 305 00:13:21,505 --> 00:13:22,565 and all that. 306 00:13:22,705 --> 00:13:26,805 But if I could re-key the Acara one 307 00:13:27,185 --> 00:13:31,445 to the same key that we have today, it would be tempting 308 00:13:31,445 --> 00:13:33,165 because that one is even cheaper than this one. 309 00:13:33,165 --> 00:13:34,965 Like this one is 1 99 today, 310 00:13:34,965 --> 00:13:37,645 so it's a couple hundred bucks I will say. 311 00:13:37,805 --> 00:13:39,685 I think because it doesn't have quite the functionality, 312 00:13:39,785 --> 00:13:41,045 the battery life is really good. 313 00:13:41,285 --> 00:13:42,645 I bought it back in February 314 00:13:42,825 --> 00:13:46,725 and I am still on the same four aas 315 00:13:46,755 --> 00:13:48,765 that I put in it 10 months ago. Now 316 00:13:48,965 --> 00:13:50,445 - I change these every two 317 00:13:50,465 --> 00:13:52,445 to three months depending on what's going on. 318 00:13:52,445 --> 00:13:53,605 Like sometimes people are really 319 00:13:53,605 --> 00:13:54,685 like in and out of the house. 320 00:13:54,685 --> 00:13:57,125 Yeah, and I could probably make it a little further if I 321 00:13:57,125 --> 00:14:00,805 wasn't using rechargeable aas and I was using straight ones. 322 00:14:00,905 --> 00:14:04,645 But uh, you know, like regular non-rechargeable batteries 323 00:14:04,965 --> 00:14:07,805 'cause they tend to be a little bit higher in capacity. 324 00:14:07,865 --> 00:14:09,965 But o other than that, like I say, 325 00:14:09,965 --> 00:14:11,365 it just kind of floats through. 326 00:14:11,675 --> 00:14:16,605 I'll also put a link in the show notes to Stephen Robles. 327 00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:20,005 He's a, uh, content creator on YouTube. 328 00:14:20,275 --> 00:14:22,045 Does Riverside of Femme, a bunch of other things. 329 00:14:22,545 --> 00:14:25,045 But on his YouTube channel he has a great video 330 00:14:25,075 --> 00:14:28,165 that he just put out, which is, you know, a review 331 00:14:28,185 --> 00:14:30,405 of the top, basically the four 332 00:14:31,035 --> 00:14:33,925 home key supported smart locks 333 00:14:33,925 --> 00:14:34,965 that are out in the market today. 334 00:14:35,425 --> 00:14:38,285 And I would say like even if you're not an Apple person, 335 00:14:38,795 --> 00:14:43,165 like I I I get, I get that all these things support the rest 336 00:14:43,165 --> 00:14:44,565 of the ecosystem as well. 337 00:14:44,945 --> 00:14:48,965 Be it Google or anything on the Amazon side 338 00:14:49,625 --> 00:14:52,365 or some of them are just straight up smart devices 339 00:14:52,745 --> 00:14:54,245 and they, they do what they need to do. 340 00:14:54,345 --> 00:14:56,765 So, you know, it tends to be the, 341 00:14:56,785 --> 00:14:59,245 the HomeKit ones I think are fairly robust 342 00:14:59,625 --> 00:15:01,245 and they tend to be things 343 00:15:01,245 --> 00:15:03,445 that like support every bit of the ecosystem. 344 00:15:03,905 --> 00:15:05,285 So they're, they're really good 345 00:15:05,385 --> 00:15:06,685 for everybody that's out there. 346 00:15:07,005 --> 00:15:11,965 - I did get a smart lock. 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devices 374 00:16:17,265 --> 00:16:18,565 or from gadgets, 375 00:16:18,625 --> 00:16:21,805 but I did get one recently that 376 00:16:22,845 --> 00:16:25,365 I have really been enjoying 377 00:16:26,105 --> 00:16:29,965 and it is, so we've talked about webcams before, right? 378 00:16:29,965 --> 00:16:32,765 And what we use like do you use the DSLR mirrorless? 379 00:16:32,965 --> 00:16:37,165 I have a mirrorless and then I did have an Insta 360 link. 380 00:16:37,685 --> 00:16:41,605 I have replaced my Insta 360 link Scott with the 381 00:16:42,995 --> 00:16:45,085 Sbot tail air 382 00:16:45,585 --> 00:16:48,405 and this is one that just came out. 383 00:16:48,725 --> 00:16:51,045 I got it when it was still on Kickstarter. 384 00:16:51,195 --> 00:16:53,445 However, they have come out with other cameras 385 00:16:53,705 --> 00:16:54,965 and they do have other ones 386 00:16:54,965 --> 00:16:56,365 that are out there that are available. 387 00:16:56,675 --> 00:16:59,205 This one is now generally available as well. 388 00:16:59,865 --> 00:17:04,325 But I was, it's not that I didn't dislike the Insta 360 389 00:17:04,665 --> 00:17:07,285 but there was just some weird things with it. 390 00:17:07,375 --> 00:17:09,805 There were some software bugs 391 00:17:09,805 --> 00:17:11,285 that I didn't like about it in terms 392 00:17:11,285 --> 00:17:14,485 of setting like defaults and all of that. 393 00:17:14,705 --> 00:17:17,005 And someone told me about these obs spots. 394 00:17:18,015 --> 00:17:21,125 Galen who is another SharePoint guy 395 00:17:21,125 --> 00:17:23,645 and I think you know Galen and Ryan, they use these 396 00:17:23,905 --> 00:17:25,365 and they told me about this tail air 397 00:17:25,365 --> 00:17:26,525 when it was still in Kickstarter. 398 00:17:26,795 --> 00:17:28,725 It's interesting because the ob, 399 00:17:28,835 --> 00:17:33,485 it's not technically a webcam, it is marketed as more 400 00:17:33,485 --> 00:17:37,725 of like an AI camera because it has a battery. 401 00:17:38,065 --> 00:17:41,045 So you can use it like if you wanted to take this out 402 00:17:41,045 --> 00:17:44,005 and have an AI camera and like record something outdoors 403 00:17:44,665 --> 00:17:47,125 or take it to some event 404 00:17:47,585 --> 00:17:51,085 and have it as a standalone without plugging it in, 405 00:17:51,215 --> 00:17:52,405 there is a battery in it 406 00:17:52,505 --> 00:17:54,245 and then it has multiple ways to connect. 407 00:17:54,265 --> 00:17:57,885 So it has NDI built into it so you can connect wirelessly 408 00:17:58,065 --> 00:17:59,525 to it and do wireless. 409 00:17:59,885 --> 00:18:04,765 NDI from this camera uh, has a mini HDMI 410 00:18:04,765 --> 00:18:06,045 or micro HDMI. 411 00:18:06,265 --> 00:18:08,325 So you can do just HDMI straight out of it 412 00:18:08,585 --> 00:18:12,445 but it also has A-U-S-B-C that you can use to both charge it 413 00:18:12,665 --> 00:18:17,005 but as well as use it as a webcam if you so desire. 414 00:18:17,265 --> 00:18:20,125 And that USBC you can also plug like A-U-S-B-C network 415 00:18:20,195 --> 00:18:23,125 adapter in it if you wanna do NDI over a traditional 416 00:18:23,635 --> 00:18:24,925 network interface. 417 00:18:25,465 --> 00:18:29,405 So it is big, like you compare this to Theta Link, 418 00:18:29,595 --> 00:18:33,165 it's a big camera but it has all the AI stuff 419 00:18:33,385 --> 00:18:36,445 and I don't know where all of it necessarily sits 420 00:18:36,445 --> 00:18:38,325 with like Theta link, the osba, 421 00:18:38,325 --> 00:18:39,445 it's all built right into the camera 422 00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:41,325 'cause it can be a standalone camera 423 00:18:41,625 --> 00:18:44,925 but it's also like a traditional PTZ camera. 424 00:18:45,425 --> 00:18:46,925 So I can control 425 00:18:47,505 --> 00:18:50,325 or I will be able to control once they update their stream 426 00:18:50,325 --> 00:18:53,405 deck plugin, I can control everything from the stream deck. 427 00:18:53,825 --> 00:18:56,525 But until that time it still uses some 428 00:18:56,525 --> 00:18:59,085 of the standard PTZ protocols. 429 00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:03,245 So I was actually able to set up companion, 430 00:19:03,405 --> 00:19:06,085 which is another open source software 431 00:19:06,085 --> 00:19:08,565 that you can run in your computer that integrates 432 00:19:08,565 --> 00:19:09,645 with the ST stream deck 433 00:19:09,705 --> 00:19:14,125 and use like the Sony PTZ profiles in companion 434 00:19:14,375 --> 00:19:17,725 point it to the IP address of this Sbot camera 435 00:19:18,305 --> 00:19:21,845 and control like all the set presets 436 00:19:22,005 --> 00:19:23,365 where it points at different areas 437 00:19:23,545 --> 00:19:25,085 and control the zoom, 438 00:19:25,155 --> 00:19:27,525 control the gimbals on it, all of that. 439 00:19:27,745 --> 00:19:31,485 But then it does have all the AI built in like follow me 440 00:19:31,785 --> 00:19:34,405 and it goes beyond what the install link does 441 00:19:34,505 --> 00:19:36,525 and that I can set it up to like follow my head 442 00:19:36,905 --> 00:19:40,645 or you can set it to follow like me as a person 443 00:19:40,705 --> 00:19:43,045 and set the AI zoom to be like upper body 444 00:19:43,145 --> 00:19:44,245 or just the head. You 445 00:19:44,245 --> 00:19:45,365 - Can tell it to follow your feet, 446 00:19:45,535 --> 00:19:46,535 - Right? 447 00:19:46,535 --> 00:19:47,765 You could tell it to follow your feet, you can tell it 448 00:19:47,765 --> 00:19:49,085 to follow your, your pet. 449 00:19:49,195 --> 00:19:51,885 Like if you want a camera that like follows your pet 450 00:19:51,885 --> 00:19:55,445 around the house or do you want to film your pet or take it 451 00:19:55,445 --> 00:19:57,365 and even do like athletic events with it. 452 00:19:57,465 --> 00:20:02,365 You can also follow like objects and people and animals 453 00:20:02,665 --> 00:20:03,925 and all of that with it as well. 454 00:20:04,025 --> 00:20:07,125 So it, it has a lot more functionality built in. 455 00:20:07,485 --> 00:20:09,805 I will say from people I've talked to, 456 00:20:09,805 --> 00:20:13,365 I've actually compared my Sony ZV one, the Muralist 457 00:20:13,595 --> 00:20:15,565 with the video coming out of the sbot 458 00:20:15,565 --> 00:20:18,805 and people are like, I actually like the color 459 00:20:18,825 --> 00:20:22,205 and the picture better coming out of this SBOT than out 460 00:20:22,205 --> 00:20:23,605 of my mirrorless. So 461 00:20:23,605 --> 00:20:26,725 - That's the Sbot tail air, that's 462 00:20:26,725 --> 00:20:28,845 - The tail air - That I have that they also 463 00:20:29,435 --> 00:20:31,405 have the tiny two. 464 00:20:31,705 --> 00:20:33,005 So I don't, I don't know if you've seen this, 465 00:20:33,025 --> 00:20:35,245 the Tiny two is more of the direct competitor 466 00:20:35,315 --> 00:20:37,045 with install Link 360 467 00:20:37,985 --> 00:20:42,645 and the the the tiny two has many 468 00:20:42,705 --> 00:20:45,845 of the same capabilities as the tail air 469 00:20:46,395 --> 00:20:49,885 with a big difference being about 200 US dollars in price. 470 00:20:49,945 --> 00:20:53,725 So the tail layer sits about 500 retail depending on, 471 00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:54,965 on where you buy it from. 472 00:20:55,345 --> 00:20:58,525 And the tiny two I think is more reasonable and, 473 00:20:58,525 --> 00:21:01,565 and a more direct competitor, I'll put a link again 474 00:21:01,625 --> 00:21:03,685 to a YouTube video and re 475 00:21:03,685 --> 00:21:06,605 and review out there from, from a streamer 476 00:21:06,605 --> 00:21:08,605 who got hands on time with the Tiny two 477 00:21:09,305 --> 00:21:11,885 and kind of talks about it in context against the 478 00:21:11,885 --> 00:21:13,045 installing 360. 479 00:21:13,465 --> 00:21:15,965 But if you're not fancy SLR person, 480 00:21:16,035 --> 00:21:18,085 like I've got fancy SLR up here 481 00:21:18,705 --> 00:21:22,485 or you need those additional capabilities, you, you know, 482 00:21:22,485 --> 00:21:24,925 you need the kind of follow capabilities, 483 00:21:25,095 --> 00:21:27,205 maybe you wanna be able to do like desktop shots, 484 00:21:27,465 --> 00:21:28,765 top down, things like that. 485 00:21:29,485 --> 00:21:32,725 I think those Gimbal cameras are great for doing all that. 486 00:21:32,745 --> 00:21:34,925 And they're, they're nice dedicated devices. 487 00:21:35,745 --> 00:21:38,685 The one thing they probably miss, which, you know, you 488 00:21:38,685 --> 00:21:40,125 and I don't miss too much being on a Mac, 489 00:21:40,145 --> 00:21:42,525 but I could imagine Windows people missing a little bit 490 00:21:43,305 --> 00:21:45,005 is Windows, hello capabilities. 491 00:21:45,555 --> 00:21:47,845 Like none. None of those have have that. 492 00:21:48,465 --> 00:21:51,885 So like I have, I, I have another area in the house 493 00:21:52,115 --> 00:21:54,685 with another office that my wife uses, like that's 494 00:21:54,685 --> 00:21:55,925 where I keep the Brio 4K 495 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:58,965 because that's where we plug in all the Windows laptops 496 00:21:59,145 --> 00:22:00,645 and that works with Windows. 497 00:22:00,815 --> 00:22:01,845 Hello on all those. 498 00:22:02,075 --> 00:22:03,725 - Yeah, you miss all of that. 499 00:22:04,205 --> 00:22:09,045 I like, so I'm, we do the podcast. I usually use my Zv one. 500 00:22:09,235 --> 00:22:12,445 I've thought about maybe replacing it with the Sbot 501 00:22:12,445 --> 00:22:14,405 but it's behind the teleprompter 502 00:22:14,705 --> 00:22:16,205 and I know like that might be one 503 00:22:16,205 --> 00:22:17,685 of your gadgets that comes up. 504 00:22:18,265 --> 00:22:20,965 But I don't know that I want a Gimbal camera 505 00:22:21,105 --> 00:22:22,405 behind the teleprompter, 506 00:22:22,725 --> 00:22:25,085 although I could turn off like the AI stuff 507 00:22:25,225 --> 00:22:28,005 and once I set it, you just kind of leave it there. 508 00:22:28,225 --> 00:22:31,605 But I particularly like the Gimbal for more of my meetings 509 00:22:31,715 --> 00:22:34,845 because I have a standing desk with a bar height chair 510 00:22:34,845 --> 00:22:37,885 and I'll go back and forth between sitting down 511 00:22:38,005 --> 00:22:41,565 and standing up and my Sony, I like lose my head 512 00:22:41,825 --> 00:22:45,285 or if I'm sitting down I, it, it doesn't frame me right. 513 00:22:45,285 --> 00:22:48,285 There's just enough of a difference having the AI one, 514 00:22:48,445 --> 00:22:51,285 I can stand up on my conference calls if I wanna walk 515 00:22:51,285 --> 00:22:53,205 around the room a little bit, it'll follow me. 516 00:22:53,515 --> 00:22:56,445 I've also found the gimbal on this one is a lot better. 517 00:22:57,145 --> 00:22:59,405 Uh, just a smoother video 518 00:23:00,445 --> 00:23:02,045 I would say maybe it doesn't make people quite 519 00:23:02,045 --> 00:23:05,725 as motion sick or quite as jittery than like the Insta 360. 520 00:23:06,105 --> 00:23:10,405 So I've really been enjoying the sopot again, 521 00:23:10,405 --> 00:23:13,085 the one I got it is a little bit more expensive, 522 00:23:13,345 --> 00:23:16,685 but I wanted to play with some of the other stuff like NDI 523 00:23:16,945 --> 00:23:18,645 and some of the stuff built in. 524 00:23:18,645 --> 00:23:20,445 But it, it, it's interesting, 525 00:23:20,595 --> 00:23:23,485 it's not necessarily an upgrade from like the tinies 526 00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:26,325 because it also is actually missing some features like 527 00:23:26,335 --> 00:23:27,925 whiteboard mode and being able 528 00:23:27,985 --> 00:23:29,725 to focus in on a whiteboard and some of that. 529 00:23:29,945 --> 00:23:31,205 So if you're going 530 00:23:31,225 --> 00:23:33,885 and looking at these obs spott cameras, 531 00:23:34,445 --> 00:23:36,005 I would say really do a comparison 532 00:23:36,005 --> 00:23:40,445 because it's not necessarily an upgrade in terms of price. 533 00:23:40,445 --> 00:23:43,165 There is, there is some feature differences 534 00:23:43,785 --> 00:23:47,085 and depending on what you're looking for, you may not get 535 00:23:47,195 --> 00:23:49,565 what you want with the most expensive one. 536 00:23:49,595 --> 00:23:52,645 It's not like they go sequentially and slowly add features. 537 00:23:52,645 --> 00:23:54,565 They're all different use cases 538 00:23:54,665 --> 00:23:56,565 and different features in some of them. And 539 00:23:56,605 --> 00:23:58,525 - I think part of what you're hearing, you know, 540 00:23:58,525 --> 00:24:00,725 for like folks listening to this, like Ben 541 00:24:00,725 --> 00:24:02,325 and I are both remote employees. 542 00:24:02,785 --> 00:24:06,485 We don't go into an office, we don't travel a whole bunch. 543 00:24:06,955 --> 00:24:09,485 Like the days of travel for customer work have 544 00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:11,445 greatly decreased. 545 00:24:12,665 --> 00:24:15,965 You know, I've traveled once in three years so 546 00:24:16,675 --> 00:24:17,925 this is my opportunity 547 00:24:17,925 --> 00:24:20,645 to like quote unquote like be in the room with somebody. 548 00:24:20,745 --> 00:24:24,645 So it's worth investing in a nicer webcam. 549 00:24:24,755 --> 00:24:27,645 It's worth investing in a nicer audio set up. 550 00:24:27,645 --> 00:24:28,885 Like all those kinds of things. 551 00:24:29,295 --> 00:24:32,325 Especially if you are a 100% remote employee 552 00:24:32,545 --> 00:24:35,125 or I would say even like a majority hybrid employee. 553 00:24:35,475 --> 00:24:37,365 Like if you're that kind of person and you've been looking 554 00:24:37,365 --> 00:24:40,645 and you're like, I don't wanna spend $300 on a 555 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:41,925 webcam, it's worth it. 556 00:24:41,975 --> 00:24:43,925 Especially if you're turning your webcam on 557 00:24:43,925 --> 00:24:48,445 and you're on video for, you know, any period of time 558 00:24:49,085 --> 00:24:50,085 - . 559 00:24:50,085 --> 00:24:50,645 Yeah and that's part of it 560 00:24:50,645 --> 00:24:53,485 with me like the last couple weeks I've done two 561 00:24:53,485 --> 00:24:55,845 or three days where it's like five hours of training 562 00:24:55,985 --> 00:24:57,645 and my webcam was on all the time. 563 00:24:58,085 --> 00:24:59,565 I wanna have a good webcam for that. 564 00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:01,965 People are looking at me, watching me. 565 00:25:02,285 --> 00:25:03,725 I may be the only one on webcam 566 00:25:03,725 --> 00:25:04,805 for those five hours , 567 00:25:04,805 --> 00:25:06,765 but that's a whole nother story. , 568 00:25:06,985 --> 00:25:07,985 - That's nice. 569 00:25:07,985 --> 00:25:09,925 I mean I do the same, right? Like I I, I have a, 570 00:25:10,605 --> 00:25:11,845 I have a ZV 10 571 00:25:11,985 --> 00:25:14,725 but you know, maybe it's a little bit better than ZV one 572 00:25:14,945 --> 00:25:17,285 and you know, interchangeable lens is blah blah blah. 573 00:25:17,345 --> 00:25:20,445 But it's up here against up, up, up on top of my computer. 574 00:25:20,585 --> 00:25:22,325 So like, hey, I've invested a bunch 575 00:25:22,325 --> 00:25:24,165 of money in not only the camera and lenses 576 00:25:24,305 --> 00:25:25,565 and sure I use it on the weekend 577 00:25:25,585 --> 00:25:26,725 and I can take nice pictures 578 00:25:26,725 --> 00:25:27,965 of the kids and things like that. 579 00:25:28,065 --> 00:25:30,965 But you know, to really get the ROI out of it, 580 00:25:30,965 --> 00:25:33,325 like this thing goes on first thing when I sit down at my 581 00:25:33,325 --> 00:25:36,605 desk and then, you know, it doesn't shut up, 582 00:25:36,675 --> 00:25:38,045 shut off until I leave my desk. 583 00:25:38,305 --> 00:25:40,645 - Oh man, I'm sorry. I'm getting text messages and emails 584 00:25:40,905 --> 00:25:43,405 and meetings getting scheduled like in 10 minutes 585 00:25:43,585 --> 00:25:45,205 and I don't know what's going on. 586 00:25:45,385 --> 00:25:47,845 - Oh boy. It's all, it's all blowing up for you, huh? 587 00:25:48,045 --> 00:25:50,325 - I got a text message, when can I call you? 588 00:25:50,385 --> 00:25:51,565 And then I got a meeting invite 589 00:25:51,585 --> 00:25:53,365 and then I got a DocuSign document 590 00:25:53,545 --> 00:25:56,125 for a user code of ethics document. 591 00:25:56,145 --> 00:25:58,125 So I don't know what's going on in 10 minutes, 592 00:25:58,665 --> 00:26:00,325 but apparently it's a big deal. 593 00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:02,085 But apparently we can keep recording 594 00:26:02,305 --> 00:26:03,885 and they said I can jump on a little late. 595 00:26:04,085 --> 00:26:05,965 I do not have a hard stop in 10 minutes. 596 00:26:06,155 --> 00:26:08,645 Just, okay, rabbit hole next gadget Scott. 597 00:26:08,705 --> 00:26:13,325 - So we've done a bunch of expensive stuff, why don't, 598 00:26:13,325 --> 00:26:15,925 why don't we bring it downstream a little bit? 599 00:26:16,345 --> 00:26:20,085 So I'm, I'm a fan of kind of quick gadgets 600 00:26:20,425 --> 00:26:22,365 and quick wins as well. 601 00:26:22,365 --> 00:26:25,565 Like I think there's a lot of stuff that you can kind 602 00:26:25,565 --> 00:26:27,845 of surround yourself with at your desk 603 00:26:28,075 --> 00:26:29,845 that make life efforts 604 00:26:29,945 --> 00:26:33,125 so slightly incrementally better throughout the day, 605 00:26:33,125 --> 00:26:36,045 like depending on your, on your job and what you do. 606 00:26:36,265 --> 00:26:38,725 So one of these is kind of weird 607 00:26:38,985 --> 00:26:41,325 and I'd be interested to know if, if you do this, 608 00:26:42,065 --> 00:26:45,605 do you have a, a vacuum cleaner for your desk? 609 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:48,485 Not like a big canister vacuum 610 00:26:49,225 --> 00:26:53,405 or you know, a fancy Dyson handheld thing or anything. 611 00:26:53,485 --> 00:26:55,885 I mean like a dedicated vacuum cleaner 612 00:26:55,985 --> 00:26:57,525 for your desk. Have you ever heard of these? 613 00:26:57,845 --> 00:26:59,965 - I don't. And I'm curious to hear your use case 614 00:27:00,025 --> 00:27:03,605 but I will say I have a dust 615 00:27:03,745 --> 00:27:07,245 or like a hand duster next to my desk so that when I need 616 00:27:07,265 --> 00:27:10,285 to dust something off or I'm on a meeting and I'm bored 617 00:27:10,305 --> 00:27:13,085 and I see dust somewhere, I can dust my desk 618 00:27:13,425 --> 00:27:14,765 but I don't have a vacuum, like 619 00:27:14,765 --> 00:27:17,325 - A dust vacuum or like a little feather duster. No, 620 00:27:17,325 --> 00:27:18,365 - Like a little feather duster. 621 00:27:18,365 --> 00:27:19,885 I can't reach it right now. Oh, one 622 00:27:19,885 --> 00:27:21,045 of the kids might have taken it. 623 00:27:21,075 --> 00:27:22,645 Yeah, I have a little feather duster, 624 00:27:22,645 --> 00:27:23,805 but I'm curious about this vacuum. 625 00:27:24,155 --> 00:27:25,845 - This thing is kind of cool. 626 00:27:26,115 --> 00:27:29,885 It's like a 15 $16 little gadget. 627 00:27:29,945 --> 00:27:34,045 Uh, and I'm sure there's tons of variance of, of this one, 628 00:27:34,265 --> 00:27:36,645 but it's, it's a little handheld puck 629 00:27:37,385 --> 00:27:42,365 and what you can do is like you can just run it over crumbs 630 00:27:42,365 --> 00:27:44,005 on your desk for me. 631 00:27:44,005 --> 00:27:47,085 Like my keyboard has a physical on-off switch 632 00:27:47,625 --> 00:27:49,605 so I can just shut the keyboard off 633 00:27:49,865 --> 00:27:51,925 and run it over the keyboard versus 634 00:27:51,995 --> 00:27:54,565 what I've done in the past is like the feather duster thing 635 00:27:54,565 --> 00:27:56,085 or you know, you tip it and shake it. 636 00:27:56,275 --> 00:27:58,925 Yeah. Or you take compressed air and you and you 637 00:27:58,925 --> 00:28:00,485 and you spray compressed air in there. 638 00:28:00,705 --> 00:28:02,165 But then all you're doing is spraying 639 00:28:02,165 --> 00:28:05,565 that crap all over the rest of your room and the house and 640 00:28:05,625 --> 00:28:06,645 and every place else. 641 00:28:07,025 --> 00:28:09,685 So this is way better. I've got this little vacuum, 642 00:28:09,865 --> 00:28:11,645 it just sits over, it's behind a monitor. 643 00:28:11,805 --> 00:28:13,045 I can't reach it right now 'cause I kind 644 00:28:13,045 --> 00:28:16,645 of leave it back plugged into a USB squid. 645 00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:19,805 But it's a little handheld device fits in the Palmer hand 646 00:28:19,825 --> 00:28:23,445 and you just like run it all, all over the desk 647 00:28:23,625 --> 00:28:24,725 to clean things up. 648 00:28:25,265 --> 00:28:28,245 So I, I have nasty habits like I eat lunch at my desk 649 00:28:28,245 --> 00:28:30,685 sometimes I'll eat like chips over here, you know, 650 00:28:30,685 --> 00:28:32,405 like goldfish crackers or things like that. 651 00:28:32,825 --> 00:28:34,565 And yeah there's just like little crumbs 652 00:28:34,565 --> 00:28:36,645 and you wanna clean 'em up right away and this is great 653 00:28:36,845 --> 00:28:39,325 'cause I don't have to go plug in a big vacuum cleaner 654 00:28:39,745 --> 00:28:41,485 or anything like that to get it done. 655 00:28:42,005 --> 00:28:44,525 - Interesting. So I do not have anything like that 656 00:28:44,545 --> 00:28:46,765 but I do have a cheaper one. 657 00:28:46,875 --> 00:28:50,045 This came out of a bigger gadget Perpet per Chis. 658 00:28:50,405 --> 00:28:53,725 I upgraded to the iPhone 15 this year, which meant 659 00:28:53,725 --> 00:28:56,205 that I upgraded to A USB connection 660 00:28:56,265 --> 00:28:58,365 or USBC connection for charging my phone. 661 00:28:58,785 --> 00:29:02,685 And I have greatly minimized my light, 662 00:29:02,865 --> 00:29:06,205 my necessity for lightning adapters at this point in time. 663 00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:08,285 'cause the big one I would maybe use it for is the phone. 664 00:29:08,645 --> 00:29:11,805 I still have a couple like gen two AirPods 665 00:29:11,955 --> 00:29:13,125 that I need lightning for. 666 00:29:13,645 --> 00:29:15,845 I do have a magic keyboard that I use lightning for, 667 00:29:16,265 --> 00:29:20,845 but I got a couple of these nice little dongles, 668 00:29:20,955 --> 00:29:24,005 they're like, you can see it on the video, it's A-U-S-B-C 669 00:29:24,005 --> 00:29:25,965 to lightning charging adapter. 670 00:29:26,185 --> 00:29:29,365 So I actually am like getting rid of all my lightning cables 671 00:29:29,665 --> 00:29:31,685 and if I have to charge one of those things, 672 00:29:31,965 --> 00:29:33,525 'cause I frankly I don't even care about data 673 00:29:33,925 --> 00:29:35,005 transfer at this point in time. 674 00:29:35,115 --> 00:29:36,165 It's just charging. 675 00:29:36,805 --> 00:29:38,405 I got, there were like five bucks 676 00:29:38,825 --> 00:29:41,285 and now I just have a couple USBC 677 00:29:41,285 --> 00:29:43,885 to lightning adapters scattered around that. 678 00:29:43,985 --> 00:29:46,845 If I need to charge one of those rare lightning devices 679 00:29:46,995 --> 00:29:48,085 that aren't wireless 680 00:29:48,665 --> 00:29:51,805 and are no longer USBC, I can use one of those little guys. 681 00:29:52,145 --> 00:29:54,885 - So those are great to keep around. 682 00:29:54,885 --> 00:29:57,485 Like this was actually something that was on my list 683 00:29:57,505 --> 00:30:01,845 and not specifically USBC to lightning 684 00:30:02,465 --> 00:30:06,765 but the, just having I, I mean I do the same thing, right? 685 00:30:06,765 --> 00:30:09,085 If I open the drawer on my desk down here, 686 00:30:09,235 --> 00:30:10,805 I've got a whole little thing. 687 00:30:10,915 --> 00:30:14,125 I've got USBC to USBA ones hanging out. Okay. 688 00:30:14,325 --> 00:30:16,005 'cause I'm always, I'm using those all the time. 689 00:30:16,765 --> 00:30:17,965 S same kind of thing. 690 00:30:18,015 --> 00:30:20,885 Thankfully all my lightning devices charge wirelessly 691 00:30:21,105 --> 00:30:23,525 so those just pop down on my desk mat, 692 00:30:23,525 --> 00:30:25,525 which has a wireless charger built into it. 693 00:30:25,755 --> 00:30:28,045 Just get a wireless charger built into your desk mat 694 00:30:28,105 --> 00:30:29,245 or get one of the ones 695 00:30:29,245 --> 00:30:30,725 that you can like drill into your desk 696 00:30:30,785 --> 00:30:31,805 and just have it right there. 697 00:30:32,355 --> 00:30:33,365 Life changer. See 698 00:30:33,445 --> 00:30:34,445 - I thought about that. 699 00:30:34,445 --> 00:30:37,365 I have a little stand on my desk 700 00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:39,165 that has the MagSafe for the phone. 701 00:30:39,515 --> 00:30:41,565 This was not this year's gadget but we can do it. 702 00:30:41,595 --> 00:30:42,765 It's MagSafe for the phone 703 00:30:42,945 --> 00:30:45,085 and then the base of it has a wireless charger 704 00:30:45,105 --> 00:30:48,205 for the AirPods because yes, I think I have two 705 00:30:48,205 --> 00:30:50,925 or three different sets of AirPods floating around 706 00:30:50,955 --> 00:30:53,245 because , inevitably I lose one 707 00:30:53,385 --> 00:30:54,605 and then I have to go buy 'em 708 00:30:54,685 --> 00:30:56,445 'cause I can't live a day without 'em. 709 00:30:56,545 --> 00:30:58,045 And then I find them like a week later. 710 00:30:58,045 --> 00:31:02,805 So then I have two sets but I use that to charge the AirPods 711 00:31:03,025 --> 00:31:05,445 and then I like the magnetic stand for the phone 712 00:31:05,515 --> 00:31:08,805 because of all the off prompts that come in. 713 00:31:09,005 --> 00:31:10,925 I don't want my phone sitting down on my desk. 714 00:31:11,085 --> 00:31:13,685 I like it sitting kind of up at an angle in front of me 715 00:31:13,985 --> 00:31:16,325 so I can just quick tap it and look at it 716 00:31:16,345 --> 00:31:18,925 and click approve for all my MFA prompts 717 00:31:19,045 --> 00:31:21,325 - I do the same but like my desk mat is just 718 00:31:21,435 --> 00:31:22,605 flat in front of me. 719 00:31:23,225 --> 00:31:26,725 So the one that I have is from a company called, 720 00:31:27,235 --> 00:31:31,925 they're called Journey and it's the, what is it? 721 00:31:32,035 --> 00:31:34,525 It's the Alti wireless desk charging map. 722 00:31:34,985 --> 00:31:38,085 So it's a traditional just leather desk map 723 00:31:38,085 --> 00:31:40,085 that you can get in, you know, medium large 724 00:31:40,545 --> 00:31:42,245 and they might have a small size of it 725 00:31:42,745 --> 00:31:46,365 but then it has a little magnetic connector on the side. 726 00:31:46,365 --> 00:31:48,525 Like it has a magnetic rail that you can put on the left 727 00:31:48,525 --> 00:31:51,565 or right side depending on how you orient the, the desk mat. 728 00:31:51,625 --> 00:31:55,565 And then it has a wireless a a flat wireless charging 729 00:31:55,565 --> 00:31:58,605 surface with a MagSafe wireless charger. 730 00:31:58,865 --> 00:32:00,645 And then just an area for charging 731 00:32:01,195 --> 00:32:04,245 like a regular chi charger, which is great for 732 00:32:04,795 --> 00:32:06,245 AirPods and things like that. 733 00:32:06,665 --> 00:32:08,005 So when I'm sitting here at the desk, 734 00:32:08,075 --> 00:32:09,805 like my phone, same thing. 735 00:32:09,835 --> 00:32:11,085 It's just over on the side. 736 00:32:11,585 --> 00:32:13,365 And then because I really don't need face, I need 737 00:32:13,365 --> 00:32:15,525 to unlock too much 'cause I've, I've got the watch 738 00:32:15,585 --> 00:32:18,725 and that handles a lot of it, you know, that brings things 739 00:32:18,725 --> 00:32:19,965 through to where they need to be. 740 00:32:20,185 --> 00:32:22,285 But it is a good little quality of life improvement 741 00:32:22,285 --> 00:32:24,405 to have a charger right at the desk. I 742 00:32:24,405 --> 00:32:26,085 - Flipped so I don't know what you do. 743 00:32:26,245 --> 00:32:30,325 I used to charge my phone at night by my bed 744 00:32:30,585 --> 00:32:32,445 and then I'd let it drain all day. 745 00:32:32,805 --> 00:32:35,165 I have flipped now and I use the wireless charger 746 00:32:35,345 --> 00:32:36,485 at the desk for my phone. 747 00:32:36,745 --> 00:32:38,605 And then usually when I leave the desk 748 00:32:38,605 --> 00:32:40,485 for the day my phone's fully charged 749 00:32:40,505 --> 00:32:42,965 and I just set it next to the bed, all of that, 750 00:32:43,225 --> 00:32:46,165 let it drain at least somewhat overnight. 751 00:32:46,385 --> 00:32:47,445 And then at some point in time 752 00:32:47,445 --> 00:32:49,005 during the day I'll throw it back in the charger 753 00:32:49,065 --> 00:32:50,085 and charge it at my desk. 754 00:32:50,325 --> 00:32:52,525 - I picked up a mag safe charger, like kind 755 00:32:52,525 --> 00:32:55,045 of like a stand like you have for by my bed 756 00:32:55,045 --> 00:32:59,405 because iOS 15 I think does the standby thing 757 00:32:59,615 --> 00:33:01,765 where you turn it on its side and you get your calendar 758 00:33:01,785 --> 00:33:03,565 and a clock and and all that kind of stuff. 759 00:33:03,665 --> 00:33:05,205 And and and the widgets and all that. 760 00:33:05,275 --> 00:33:07,365 - Yeah. You get calendar and clock and all that. Yeah, 761 00:33:07,395 --> 00:33:08,395 - Yeah. 762 00:33:08,395 --> 00:33:09,645 Wireless all the things that you can, 763 00:33:09,895 --> 00:33:11,205 - Who's turn is it for a gadget? 764 00:33:11,205 --> 00:33:12,445 I've lost track. There's 765 00:33:12,445 --> 00:33:14,365 - Just so much stuff. 766 00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:15,805 - I have another cheap one. I'm curious. 767 00:33:16,235 --> 00:33:17,765 Okay, here's another one. This is not 768 00:33:17,765 --> 00:33:19,165 necessarily computer related. 769 00:33:19,745 --> 00:33:21,325 Do you, when you travel, 770 00:33:21,905 --> 00:33:26,165 do you use just the 12 volt adapters for all your charging 771 00:33:26,305 --> 00:33:30,325 or do you use like a regular power inverter amplifier 772 00:33:30,325 --> 00:33:31,725 that you plug into the 12 volt 773 00:33:31,945 --> 00:33:35,325 and use normal one 20 for charging? 774 00:33:35,555 --> 00:33:37,485 - When I travel internationally or when I 775 00:33:37,485 --> 00:33:38,485 - Travel? 776 00:33:38,485 --> 00:33:39,925 Like in the car? No like when you're going on a road trip 777 00:33:39,925 --> 00:33:41,685 or somewhere driving in the car, kids 778 00:33:42,285 --> 00:33:44,045 charging your phone, all of that. 779 00:33:44,635 --> 00:33:47,085 - I've put wireless chargers in all the cars. so 780 00:33:47,345 --> 00:33:47,965 - You do that. Okay. 781 00:33:47,965 --> 00:33:49,365 - They all have mag safe chargers 782 00:33:49,465 --> 00:33:52,285 or like in, in my wife's Jeep, 783 00:33:52,785 --> 00:33:55,285 you know the console in the Jeep was a really good place 784 00:33:55,285 --> 00:33:57,125 to put a flat wireless charging mat. 785 00:33:57,505 --> 00:34:00,045 So you just lift a console up and flat wireless charging 786 00:34:00,065 --> 00:34:01,065 - Mat. 787 00:34:01,065 --> 00:34:01,525 So you did that? Yep. Okay. 788 00:34:01,905 --> 00:34:04,725 So one of our cars has 789 00:34:05,405 --> 00:34:07,925 USBA couple USB ports built into it. 790 00:34:08,345 --> 00:34:10,605 The van that we typically go to as a family 791 00:34:10,985 --> 00:34:12,605 or with a family just has like, 792 00:34:12,885 --> 00:34:14,565 I mean I call 'em the cigarette lighters 793 00:34:14,685 --> 00:34:15,805 'cause that's what they used to be. 794 00:34:15,925 --> 00:34:17,005 I don't think they're technically 795 00:34:17,005 --> 00:34:18,125 cigarette lighters anymore. 796 00:34:18,225 --> 00:34:20,645 Now they're just 12 volt power adapters. Yeah. 797 00:34:20,645 --> 00:34:22,565 - 12 volt DC throw an inverter on. 798 00:34:22,565 --> 00:34:23,685 Exactly. And have fun. Yeah. 799 00:34:23,865 --> 00:34:25,285 - So that's what I got this year. 800 00:34:25,625 --> 00:34:28,085 We had one a long time ago. The fans started going out. 801 00:34:28,165 --> 00:34:32,125 I got a new one, I got a trip light 375 watt car power 802 00:34:32,125 --> 00:34:34,765 inverter and it actually has two outlets on it. 803 00:34:35,065 --> 00:34:36,525 But I was looking 804 00:34:37,025 --> 00:34:39,485 and you can get these now with like one outlet 805 00:34:39,585 --> 00:34:42,165 and A-U-S-B-A port and A-U-S-B-C port. 806 00:34:42,475 --> 00:34:44,165 There's a lot of different options out 807 00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:45,205 here for power inverters. 808 00:34:45,485 --> 00:34:47,645 I thought about getting all the different ones. 809 00:34:47,645 --> 00:34:51,205 Like trip light has a hundred watt with like two 810 00:34:51,205 --> 00:34:52,525 or three USB ports. 811 00:34:52,635 --> 00:34:56,525 They have a 200 watt with a USB port and a cup holder. 812 00:34:57,145 --> 00:34:58,765 But I got one with two outlets 813 00:34:58,765 --> 00:35:03,365 because my theory is, is sometimes it's nice for 814 00:35:03,915 --> 00:35:05,165 like we can use it for the phones, 815 00:35:05,225 --> 00:35:08,485 we can just take our normal chargers for phones 816 00:35:08,865 --> 00:35:10,445 but we also go camping sometimes 817 00:35:10,445 --> 00:35:11,845 and then we wanna blow up like an air 818 00:35:11,845 --> 00:35:12,925 bed or an air mattress. 819 00:35:12,925 --> 00:35:14,085 Mm-Hmm for the tent. 820 00:35:14,565 --> 00:35:18,085 I can throw this in the truck and then I can charge a 821 00:35:18,145 --> 00:35:20,885 or if there's no electricity handy I can use it 822 00:35:20,885 --> 00:35:22,165 for blowing up air mattresses. 823 00:35:22,535 --> 00:35:25,205 There are times when we've gone on trips where I've had 824 00:35:25,205 --> 00:35:28,405 to get a little work done and maybe my laptop dies 825 00:35:28,405 --> 00:35:29,485 a little quicker than I want to. 826 00:35:29,665 --> 00:35:31,325 Having this along with us. 827 00:35:31,485 --> 00:35:32,525 I can quickly pull it out, 828 00:35:33,005 --> 00:35:35,045 actually plug in my laptop while I'm working in the car 829 00:35:35,045 --> 00:35:37,845 because I have absolutely done that on occasion 830 00:35:38,065 --> 00:35:40,485 or my battery is way more dead than I thought it was. 831 00:35:40,905 --> 00:35:44,325 But these are kind of nice little gadgets to have 832 00:35:44,325 --> 00:35:47,085 around is we don't always have it plugged in. 833 00:35:47,125 --> 00:35:48,845 A lot of times it's stored in the glove box 834 00:35:48,905 --> 00:35:51,125 or under a seat in the truck or something like that. 835 00:35:51,385 --> 00:35:56,125 But just having that mobile one 20 around 836 00:35:56,545 --> 00:35:58,005 and I know some cars I think are starting 837 00:35:58,005 --> 00:36:00,525 to have one 20 just built right into 'em instead 838 00:36:00,525 --> 00:36:01,645 of maybe the 12 volts 839 00:36:01,705 --> 00:36:03,605 - My wife's Jeep has has has both. 840 00:36:03,835 --> 00:36:05,845 Okay. So the thing to do here is 841 00:36:06,185 --> 00:36:07,525 decide how much power you need. 842 00:36:07,765 --> 00:36:09,325 'cause these come in various wattages 843 00:36:09,345 --> 00:36:10,525 so you can do like Yep. 844 00:36:10,685 --> 00:36:11,765 I think the smallest I would go, 845 00:36:11,765 --> 00:36:14,165 if you wanna plug legal a laptop burn or something like that 846 00:36:14,225 --> 00:36:17,325 and and recharge it's like 1 25, 1 50 847 00:36:17,985 --> 00:36:20,525 and then yeah I get up into like the three hundreds if you 848 00:36:20,525 --> 00:36:21,685 think you need something to be fewer. 849 00:36:21,705 --> 00:36:23,045 So I'll, I'll put a couple links in the 850 00:36:23,045 --> 00:36:24,125 show notes to a couple variants. 851 00:36:24,585 --> 00:36:28,525 So the, we keep a hundred fifty one, a hundred fifty watt 852 00:36:28,525 --> 00:36:30,205 one in all of our cars and 853 00:36:30,205 --> 00:36:33,125 where it sits is we just put it in the wheel well 854 00:36:33,315 --> 00:36:34,925 with the uh, spare tire. 855 00:36:35,185 --> 00:36:37,885 And that way if we ever have like a breakdown or something 856 00:36:37,985 --> 00:36:40,525 or you're sitting there like you've still got the inverter 857 00:36:40,525 --> 00:36:42,685 and you can pull it out and do what you need to do with it. 858 00:36:43,085 --> 00:36:45,165 I, I like to have one that has at least one plug 859 00:36:45,385 --> 00:36:47,805 and at least a couple USB plugs just 860 00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:49,645 because you know, you might not always have 861 00:36:49,645 --> 00:36:53,205 to power plug the, the power plug with you or in like, 862 00:36:53,205 --> 00:36:57,245 or in like my case, you know I travel with like A USB squid, 863 00:36:57,245 --> 00:36:59,645 like the GaN charges have been getting smaller and smaller. 864 00:36:59,985 --> 00:37:01,965 So like I have a flat anchor one 865 00:37:02,545 --> 00:37:04,965 and you know that has two outlets of its own on it 866 00:37:04,985 --> 00:37:08,685 and then it has four USB ports, two USBC and two USBA. 867 00:37:09,345 --> 00:37:11,685 So I can just take that, plug it into the inverter 868 00:37:11,685 --> 00:37:15,085 and then I still get two outlets plus all the USB 869 00:37:15,085 --> 00:37:17,565 and things on it, you know, as long as you're not driving it 870 00:37:17,565 --> 00:37:19,365 to the point where you're tipping it over the edge. 871 00:37:19,725 --> 00:37:21,925 - I did read that and it's interesting 872 00:37:22,035 --> 00:37:24,365 because I did read some reviews on the power inverter. 873 00:37:24,365 --> 00:37:26,845 Like mine has a 40 watt amp in it 874 00:37:27,185 --> 00:37:30,165 or not a 40 wat a 40 amp fuse in it, 875 00:37:30,255 --> 00:37:32,525 which is way higher than the fuse 876 00:37:32,525 --> 00:37:34,725 that's on the vehicle itself. 877 00:37:35,205 --> 00:37:38,765 . Yep. So in theory like it's kind of pointless 878 00:37:38,765 --> 00:37:40,885 because hopefully it trips the car fuse 879 00:37:40,885 --> 00:37:43,885 and blows the car fuse before it blows the inverter fuse. 880 00:37:43,905 --> 00:37:47,365 But yeah, interesting. Kind of handy to have around. 881 00:37:47,675 --> 00:37:48,845 Okay there's my next one, 882 00:37:48,905 --> 00:37:49,905 - The other place. 883 00:37:49,905 --> 00:37:51,645 The inverters are helpful depending on 884 00:37:51,645 --> 00:37:52,685 part of the country you live in. 885 00:37:53,305 --> 00:37:55,485 So we do like a, a boat club here 886 00:37:56,065 --> 00:38:00,045 and like going out on like just a, a power boat for the day. 887 00:38:00,515 --> 00:38:01,445 Same kind of thing. We'll bring 888 00:38:01,445 --> 00:38:02,885 the inverter with us for that. Yes, 889 00:38:03,275 --> 00:38:04,275 - Very handy. 890 00:38:04,275 --> 00:38:06,165 I already talked about that gadget in another episode. 891 00:38:06,275 --> 00:38:07,445 What other gadget do you have? 892 00:38:07,545 --> 00:38:09,525 One more and then we should probably wrap it up 893 00:38:09,525 --> 00:38:11,605 because I apparently now have a meeting 894 00:38:12,225 --> 00:38:14,605 and we have been going for a little while. 895 00:38:14,755 --> 00:38:16,045 - I'll give you one more 896 00:38:16,045 --> 00:38:17,845 and this is totally not a tech thing 897 00:38:17,945 --> 00:38:21,325 but this is absolutely a delight thing. 898 00:38:22,105 --> 00:38:25,885 So you and I are of a certain age 899 00:38:26,135 --> 00:38:30,445 where when we grew up we had restaurants like Chuck E. 900 00:38:30,445 --> 00:38:32,125 Cheese, do you you remember Chuck E Cheese? 901 00:38:32,305 --> 00:38:33,965 - You mean we're old is what you're saying? 902 00:38:34,035 --> 00:38:35,805 - Yeah, we're we're old or it doesn't matter. 903 00:38:35,965 --> 00:38:36,845 you went to like the, the 904 00:38:36,845 --> 00:38:37,925 pizza shop, things like that. 905 00:38:37,945 --> 00:38:39,885 You still might go to restaurants today. Yep. 906 00:38:39,945 --> 00:38:41,205 - We had like the fun factory. 907 00:38:41,475 --> 00:38:43,965 - Yeah. Do you remember the plastic cups? 908 00:38:43,965 --> 00:38:46,005 They had the molded plastic cups 909 00:38:46,005 --> 00:38:47,725 that like could not be destroyed. 910 00:38:47,725 --> 00:38:49,925 They were textured on the outside. Oh. 911 00:38:50,065 --> 00:38:51,245 - Oh - I'll put a link here. 912 00:38:51,375 --> 00:38:54,845 - Pizza Hutt. Yeah, did Pizza Hut have 'em like those? Okay, 913 00:38:54,995 --> 00:38:57,085 - I'll put a link in the chat here just so you can see it 914 00:38:57,085 --> 00:38:58,165 and I'll include it in the show notes. 915 00:38:58,745 --> 00:39:01,565 You can go buy these things today still. 916 00:39:02,425 --> 00:39:05,725 So go out and buy a couple of these cups 917 00:39:05,725 --> 00:39:06,965 and they come in various sizes. 918 00:39:07,325 --> 00:39:09,445 I highly recommend like, it sounds kind of crazy, 919 00:39:09,865 --> 00:39:12,565 but do a couple of the 32 ounce tumblers. 920 00:39:13,055 --> 00:39:16,085 These things are indestructible 921 00:39:16,425 --> 00:39:19,605 so it's like $22 for a 12 pack 922 00:39:20,105 --> 00:39:23,085 and I firmly believe just like the cuffs from the eighties 923 00:39:23,085 --> 00:39:25,325 that are still around, like these things will still be 924 00:39:25,325 --> 00:39:28,565 around in like 10, 20 years sitting in my kitchen cupboards 925 00:39:28,835 --> 00:39:31,765 because we haven't been able to destroy them yet. 926 00:39:31,825 --> 00:39:34,685 And my kids destroy things like all the cups in this house 927 00:39:34,745 --> 00:39:36,765 are chipped, broken, cracked. 928 00:39:36,765 --> 00:39:39,045 Like if it's made out of plastic it's probably been like 929 00:39:39,045 --> 00:39:41,405 squeezed or crushed or thrown around so many times. 930 00:39:41,585 --> 00:39:43,125 Yep. And these are delightful 931 00:39:43,125 --> 00:39:44,605 and they make you feel like a little kid 932 00:39:44,605 --> 00:39:46,525 again too, which is kind of nice. And they totally 933 00:39:46,675 --> 00:39:49,765 - Have the red pi, like pizza Hutt was always red. 934 00:39:49,875 --> 00:39:51,725 They have the red pizza Hutt ones 935 00:39:51,825 --> 00:39:55,565 and they have, I can't remember like the brown tanish ones. 936 00:39:55,925 --> 00:39:57,285 I don't remember where those were, 937 00:39:57,505 --> 00:40:00,125 but they very much bring back a memory 938 00:40:00,145 --> 00:40:01,245 of having those somewhere. 939 00:40:01,305 --> 00:40:03,645 Yep. Maybe even like grandma's house 940 00:40:03,955 --> 00:40:07,485 - Just heavy heavy duty restaurant tumblers. 941 00:40:07,485 --> 00:40:08,565 Yeah, like these are great 942 00:40:08,565 --> 00:40:09,685 and they come in all sorts of size. 943 00:40:09,805 --> 00:40:11,645 I mean you get 'em in like 16 ounce and, 944 00:40:11,705 --> 00:40:13,085 and you know, you get tall boys 945 00:40:13,085 --> 00:40:15,165 with 30 twos like all those kinds of things. 946 00:40:15,225 --> 00:40:18,645 But like these are absolutely delightful. 947 00:40:18,715 --> 00:40:20,685 Wonderful, great, all all the things 948 00:40:20,965 --> 00:40:21,965 - I need to get. 949 00:40:21,965 --> 00:40:23,245 Some of these small ones, they have like a five ounce one. 950 00:40:23,265 --> 00:40:26,885 My kids like having a cup in the bathroom for getting drinks 951 00:40:26,885 --> 00:40:28,365 after they brush their teeth and stuff. 952 00:40:28,585 --> 00:40:30,405 Get some of these small ones gonna get me 953 00:40:30,405 --> 00:40:31,525 to go order a bunch of these now. 954 00:40:31,525 --> 00:40:32,525 Scott , 955 00:40:33,585 --> 00:40:36,005 - You know, that's, that's what we're, we're here for. 956 00:40:36,285 --> 00:40:37,805 - I had a couple more gadgets I bought 957 00:40:38,025 --> 00:40:39,605 but those are few 958 00:40:39,605 --> 00:40:41,085 of my other gadgets are a little bit more 959 00:40:41,555 --> 00:40:43,365 specialized for like the podcast. 960 00:40:43,625 --> 00:40:44,805 We could talk about 'em later, 961 00:40:44,905 --> 00:40:48,245 but I think those are kind of my bigger generic gadgets that 962 00:40:48,765 --> 00:40:49,805 I have enjoyed this year. 963 00:40:50,145 --> 00:40:51,605 The camera, like I really 964 00:40:51,625 --> 00:40:52,805 did, I looked through all my orders. 965 00:40:53,025 --> 00:40:55,285 The camera was my big gadget this year, 966 00:40:55,745 --> 00:40:56,965 unless you count the computer. 967 00:40:57,285 --> 00:40:58,445 I bought a computer and I bought an 968 00:40:58,445 --> 00:40:59,685 iPhone. I guess those count too. 969 00:41:00,425 --> 00:41:02,085 - My big one was a new camera lens, 970 00:41:02,435 --> 00:41:05,205 like a a a new fancy camera lens 971 00:41:05,265 --> 00:41:07,685 for the photography hobby on the weekends. Yeah, 972 00:41:07,985 --> 00:41:10,525 - My Max studio technically fell in this year. 973 00:41:10,525 --> 00:41:12,045 That was right till like March, 974 00:41:12,525 --> 00:41:13,565 February, March of this year. 975 00:41:13,745 --> 00:41:16,685 And then the phone, but All right, well thanks Scott. 976 00:41:16,825 --> 00:41:18,925 Now we gave hopefully listeners a good way 977 00:41:18,925 --> 00:41:21,125 to go spend all their Christmas money we have or gift cards. 978 00:41:21,425 --> 00:41:23,685 - Run the gamut here. So buy a gift 979 00:41:23,685 --> 00:41:24,685 for a loved one in your life. 980 00:41:24,825 --> 00:41:27,405 Get your techie something like get some kitchen 981 00:41:27,515 --> 00:41:28,845 gadgets, whatever it happens to be. 982 00:41:28,945 --> 00:41:30,525 - And then donate to Girls Who Code 983 00:41:30,665 --> 00:41:31,765 Donate to Girls Who Code. 984 00:41:31,815 --> 00:41:33,365 Don't forget that one. Yep. This 985 00:41:33,365 --> 00:41:35,885 - This'll be the the last shot to donate 986 00:41:35,905 --> 00:41:39,085 to Girls Free Girls Who Code Girls Who Code this year. 987 00:41:39,305 --> 00:41:41,885 And then we'll come wrap back around to it again, I'm sure. 988 00:41:42,065 --> 00:41:44,565 - Yes. So we'll get the show notes, the link down there 989 00:41:44,705 --> 00:41:46,365 to drop in your donation. 990 00:41:46,365 --> 00:41:48,725 We'll be down there. And with that Scott, 991 00:41:48,905 --> 00:41:50,725 we will wrap it up for the day. All right, 992 00:41:50,725 --> 00:41:51,725 - Thanks Ben. 993 00:41:51,725 --> 00:41:52,445 - Alright, thanks Scott. 994 00:41:54,665 --> 00:41:55,805 If you enjoyed the podcast, 995 00:41:56,345 --> 00:41:58,405 go leave us a five star rating in iTunes. 996 00:41:58,585 --> 00:41:59,925 It helps to get the word out 997 00:41:59,945 --> 00:42:03,445 so more IT Pros can learn about Office 365 and Azure. 998 00:42:04,185 --> 00:42:06,525 If you have any questions you want us to address on the show 999 00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:09,245 or feed feedback about the show, feel free 1000 00:42:09,265 --> 00:42:12,485 to reach out via our website, Twitter, or Facebook. 1001 00:42:12,745 --> 00:42:14,845 Thanks again for listening and have a great day.