Peter and Adam invite Ken Scott to speak about Ubuntu and how he has converted his whole family to the alternative OS lifestyle.  Warning to the technically challenged:  There is a lot of technobabble in this episode, but the guys have a great time.

Ubuntu Distribution

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Mint Distribution

https://www.linuxmint.com/

As Peter is leveling up to Beer Meister, he and Adam discuss his progress.  Adam has been watching too many episodes of the Xfiles and has a conspiracy theory of his own.

Regarding the lightbulb, Thomas Edison is paraphrased as saying, “I have not failed.  I have simply found 10,000 possibilities that do not work”.  Peter and Adam share in ways that they have failed in business, but not quit.

Halloween is right around the corner.  Peter and Adam share horror stories from the IT front.  The Nifty of the week is the Kanex keyboard.

Kanex Keyboards

https://www.kanex.com/category/keyboards

Peter and Adam talk about Insomnia which leads to Fitness Trackers and how life is now quantified by the number of steps taken.

Microsoft Band

https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-band/en-us

Fit Bit Charge HR

https://www.fitbit.com/chargehr

Peter and Adam sit and quarterback from the IT Armchairs regarding Delta Airlines data center fire.  They also discuss that the Amazon Kindle Unlimited and Dash services are quite nifty.

Delta Data Center Fire:

Kindle Website

http://www.kindle.com

Peter and Adam join Tim Richter in a roundtable discussion concerning ransomware.  The guys discuss how business owners should be protecting their computer infrastructure. This a collaborative follow up to Peter’s white paper 10 Critical Steps to Survive a Ransomware attack.  Not a bad webinar considering that the rest of the time Tim and Peter do not talk to each other.

Video Webinar Recording

https://youtu.be/ZnIHOCiEWgY

In this episode Adam and Peter shed light on the elusive IT Services billing.

In this episode Adam and Peter are not trying dissuade you from your favorite operating system.  They discuss the pros and cons of both the Windows and Apple platforms.

In this episode Adam and Peter discuss how the internet is shrinking the world and that it is now possible to work from anywhere.