Internet Advisor

By Internet Advisor

Basic Tech Help for Computer Users. Arm listeners with confidence to take on the challenges of the ever changing technologies that will threaten them so that they can boldly face the world that challe... more

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April 08, 2016 1614 The Pope’s Astronomer and the Farmer and His Dell
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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”3″][vc_single_image image=”12207″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Brother Bruce Consolmagno SJ is a Detroiter who was named director of the Vatican Observatory (pictured above) in 2015. Consolmagno is a planetary scientist who has studied meteorites and asteroids as an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory since 1993. He had been serving as president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, coordinator of public relations and curator of the Vatican meteorite collection in Castelo Gandolfo, one of the largest in the world.
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Resources Mentioned:
Astronomy Picture of the Day
The Catholic Astronomer
Br. Bruce will visit Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Berkely, MI on Monday, April 11. In the morning he will talk with the students in the same classrooms where he attended grade school in the early ’60s. Later that night at 7:30 he will speak with the parents in an gathering …
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April 05, 2016 Podcast 1648 When Pigs Fly at Netflix and Learning to Give Well
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Josh Rosenberg,is a senior research analyst at GiveWell. He will explain how giving can be a sadly disappointing experience if we do not take the time to check out the groups to whom we are giving.
Here are some of the tips that Give Well offers to make sure that our charity gets to the people.

Give Well wants you to think before giving: Click Here.
GuideStar is another organization that helps with Giving Wisely. Click Here
Top 10 Best Practices of Savvy Donors:
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Charlie Hopper stopped by to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first pasty deliveries online. The joy is tempered by the loss, this spring, of his wonderful wife Edie. She was a life …
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April 02, 2016 1613 Happy 40th Birthday Apple!
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Dr. Dean Krauskopf, host of the WJR Gardening Show visited the program to kick off spring/summer 2016 on Saturday afternoons. The weather may not have seemed like it but we are all now on our regular Saturday afternoon expert schedules. Start with Dr. Dean from 3-4 PM and then stick around for the Internet Advisor from 4-6 PM each week.
Visit Dr. Dean’s Gardening website for more information and to ask your specific gardening questions.
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Terry White is the founding member of Mac Group Detroit and currently is Principal Worldwide Design & Photography Evangelist for Adobe Systems, Inc.. Along with Cal Carson, our resident Apple expert, we talk about the history of Apple, how they got involved with the company from Cupertino and where they see the most successful business in …
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March 26, 2016 1612 Virtual Reality and Hacking Fingerprints
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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Steven Fox, is a Senior Cyber Security Officer, US Dept. of Treasury outlined changes that have occurred in exchanging security information with Europe since the Edward Snowden revelations. Safe Harbor originally allowed very liberal boundaries for exchanging data but the new regulations under Privacy Shield provide for very serious penalties for data breaches. Basically the Europeans don’t trust us any more.
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Rick also had valuable comments to make about using VPN (Virtual Private Network) software to protect our data while surfing away from home or office.
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March 19, 2016 1611 LTU Summer Camps, Windows 10 forced upgrades and the Nain Rouge
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[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”12139″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]Call Carson speculates what Apple will reveal Mach 21 during its latest round of devices and upgrades. One of the main questions is whether the Cupertino crowd will say anything about its recent battle with the FBI.

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What in the world is going on? Is Microsoft really forcing Windows 7 users to switch to Windows 10? We let our listeners call in to tell us about their experiences and got some confirmations. We also received information from one of our listeners on how to avoid the forced upgrade completely. Shane Hamelin shared his insights from a call to Microsoft’s info line.
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Lisa Kujawa, the Assistant Provost at Lawrence Technological University, …
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March 12, 2016 1610 Mr. Fix It Tim Fisher and Meet Up.com
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”12088″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Tim Fisher is one of the many experts who are part of About.com the most helpful site on the Internet (IMHO) For 10 years he has been handing out excellent advice about computers for ordinary folks including one article that became the focus of the discussion 13 Ways You’re Screwing Up Your Computer
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Catch Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on their new podcast: M2 TechCast, live, Mondays at 3PM on PodcastDetroit Network[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12081″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Meetup.com is the world’s largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to …
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March 05, 2016 1609 Earables and Scamming the Dark Web
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12057″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Richard Stiennon, chief Analyst at IT-Harvest and an internationally recognized security expert joined us to give his feedback on the RSA conference just concluded in San Francisco.
Richard also shared his analysis of Project Cumulus, a “honey pot” developed by security firm Bitglass to attract hackers in the deep web to steal tainted data and then follow them to see where they went.
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February 27, 2016 1608 Choosing Your Next Laptop
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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”3″][vc_column_text]On this show we tackle one of our most frequently asked questions: What do you recommend we buy for our next laptop? Each member of our team chimed in with helpful tips about everything from CPU speed to display size.
To make the discussion a little more practical, we chose a recent laptop sold on Amazon and displayed above. We don’t want everyone to run out and buy this Lenovo laptop but we do want you to see that there are some very capable laptop computers for under $400, depending on your computing needs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”12036″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Click Here to Listen to Computer Tips
CPU (dual core, i3, AMD)
Screen Size (13″ vs 15 or 17 “)
To touch or not to Touch Screen
Hard Drive : SATA (mechanical), SSD (Solid State Drive), Hybrid (combination of SSD and SATA gives speed and max storage for less $)
RAM (4 GB base but 8GB preferred. May be added later.
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February 19, 2016 1607 Job Hunting, Macprofessionals and The Nain Rouge
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This week’s program is a three hour special featuring
important insights about getting a job during Hour 1
a vigorous debate in Hour 2 about Apple giving the FBI what it wants
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Hour 1: The Job Search Process and the Nain Rouge
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Todd Palmer author of Job Search Process is a renowned thought leader and top staffing and recruiting executive who is committed to improving lives. Todd is founder and President of Diversified Industrial Staffing, and has helped over 4,300 people get jobs, bettering their lives and the lives of their families.
In his new book, The Job Search Process, Palmer provides a practical, targeted guide to landing a new job in only 30 days. His latest work has already been nominated for both the Axiom …
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February 12, 2016 1606 18th Anniversary Special
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”10824″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Yan Ness is the CEO of Online Technologies, a company with long connection to Gary Baker and the Internet Advisor. Once upon a time, Online Tech was the ISP that Gary Baker ran and was the way that he and Foster Braun met. Foster called to get help with his connection to the then fledgling Internet and Gary was happy to pitch in. The rest, as they say, is history.
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The Disabled Traveler is Ron and Kay’s personal crusade to help people facing disabilities and/or age related challenges to enjoy America’s …
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