UH Maui is having a little astronomy event on-campus in Kahului! Join Dr. Armstrong, Dr. She, and Tag from the Kihei Charter School Astronomy Club for this fun time! UH Maui Astronomy! Join us Thursday, November 14th 2019, 6pm til 9pm! For more information email: [email protected] [email protected]

Facial recognition is a common technology and its making is way all over the place, like it or not. So, what’s going on with it outside the realm of the possibility and entering reality? What’s In a Face? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/aclu-sues-feds-to-get-information-about-facial-recognition-programs/ https://www.foia.gov/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/facebook-35-billion-lawsuit/

Con artists and scammers will never admit they’re bad guys. So will stores and sales people for that matter! Don’t Get Fooled! https://ideas.ted.com/dont-get-fooled-or-conned-again-here-are-the-5-tactics-to-look-out-for/ https://www.managementstudyguide.com/advertising-techniques.htm

Alert Internet Surfer Ben Howard guests, talking about the basics of content creation online.  What kind of content can be made?  Just about any! And it’s cheaper than you think… What IS Content Creation? It’s something you can do yourself.  What footprint do YOU want to leave on the Web?

This hour we covered some of the nitty gritty of Content Creation, but it really does come down to what content you want to provide. What’s YOUR content? What’s it for?  What kind of stuff interests you?  What are other people doing? Have a listen!

Paul, President and CEO of Sun King Inc, here on Maui is joining us today to talk about solar power! Its a great and growing place in the economy both here and world-wide. Hawai’i is great for solar, and we are very excited about it! All Things Solar – Part 1 Solar water heating, solar electric, solar air condition, and more! Sun King Hawai’i is online! https://www.sunkinghawaii.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SunKingInc/ https://www.yelp.com/biz/sun-king-kahului Unhappy with the tax credits going away? https://www.seia.org/defend-solar-itc Green energy! Its big business without oil’s BIGGER subsidies! https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/us-green-economys-growth-dwarfs-the-fossil-fuel-industrys/

Tax credits, MECO programs, how to start the process to get solar, and more! All Things Solar – Part 2 Sun King Hawai’i is online! https://www.sunkinghawaii.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SunKingInc/ https://www.yelp.com/biz/sun-king-kahului Unhappy with the tax credits going away? https://www.seia.org/defend-solar-itc Green energy! Its big business without oil’s BIGGER subsidies! https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/us-green-economys-growth-dwarfs-the-fossil-fuel-industrys/

The humble web browser is probably one of the most commonly used pieces of software out there. It works hard running web apps, playing videos, music,  and just getting stuff done. But, did you know you can make it better? Browser Extensions Jonathan, LD, and Sam talk about web browser extensions: what they like, and more! Now, where do you get them? The browser’s OFFICIAL STORE. Its much safer than downloading from random websites! NoScript blocks scripts, only allowing what you want! Lightbeam shows you where your internet cookies are going for any given website. Where is your data going? AdBlocker+ helps keep obtrusive (and sometimes dangerous) ads from driving you crazy! NewsGuard is Sam’s favorite and only extension which helps him get initial gauging of websites. Flash is one of those most popular plugins, but its dying! We mention this so you know. Password managers abound, but get one from a reputable service. The Mercury Reader is a Chrome extension that will let you have a “Reader Mode” for websites! Adobe Reader for PDFs! Privacy Badger helps keep trackers from tracking you! It tells them “stop!” and if they don’t? It’ll block them!

We always advise patching. Patch, patch, patch. Patch Gone Wrong While its generally good in principle there are times when patches go bad. A recent Windows update came down the pipe and had a BIG problem with a particular line of HP printers. https://www.pcmag.com/article/362284/how-to-delay-major-windows-10-updates https://www.howtogeek.com/206271/how-to-roll-back-or-uninstall-a-problematic-windows-update/ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12415/windows-10-recovery-options Of course, if you can’t do it yourself (it happens!), call Q&A at (808) 243-7600 from Monday through Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm!

Its nice to be remembered. Except when its not. Right to Be Forgotten The EU’s Court of Justice has decided that Google and other search engines should comply with some requests by citizens “to be forgotten.” But, what does that mean? And why? And what could possibly go wrong? https://www.npr.org/2019/09/24/763857307/right-to-be-forgotten-only-applies-inside-eu-european-court-says Additionally, Tracy the Librarian joins us for the show!