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Episode 206 – Dog days

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Tony and Patrick are back again! Here we talk video games, new dogs, passwords and how not to get your school smacked down by copyright claims. Check out the show notes below and as always please subscribe to us with your favorite podcasting app.

  1. What am I drinking?
    1. Bell’s Bright White – http://www.bellsbeer.com/beer/seasonal/bright-white-ale 
    2. Liquid Death – Water. Just water.
  2. Oregon Trail game on Archive.org
    1. https://itbabble.com/2022/02/23/oregon-trail/
    2. https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990 
  3. Huggy Wuggy? This is stupid
    1. https://www.parents.com/news/what-parents-need-to-know-about-huggy-wuggy-and-the-poppy-playtime-game-taking-over-elementary-schools/ 
    2. (But it looks like the Shining)
  4. Slenderman hysteria in 2014 – https://www.parents.com/health/parents-news-now/slenderman-stabbing-a-worrying-tale-for-parents/ 
  5. Weekly CISSP- Passwords, fun facts
    1. No need to change every year or every three months
    2. Password length – 8-10 characters, capital, special character and a number
    3. Multi Factor authentication for people who need it
  6. The Streaming party is over (Fake ID story) 
    1. https://www.kanopy.com/

Episode 205 – Butterdish Crumblescone

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Original photo by Gene Skidmore – https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/28570188272

Tony and Patrick are back with another great episode. Learn the many names of Bumpercar Crumplezone amongst some other fantastic info as we talk and rant (a little about technology.

  1. Benedict Cumberbatch
    1. https://www.wattpad.com/622757598-the-many-names-of-benedict-cumberbatch
  2. What am I drinking?
    1. Tin Roof Blonde – https://www.tinroofbeer.com/brew/blond-ale/ 
    2. Big Lug Goat Ranch – https://sahmsalehouse.com/nora/ 
  3. Google Flex OS (Wasn’t this already made and then removed, and now it is back?)
    1. https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/chrome-enterprise/chrome-os-flex 
    2. Tony signed up for a trial
    3. Chrome OS is a Linux derivative 
    4. Can it dual boot?
  4. CISSP – Tony’s dream and nightmare has come true
    1. Tony passed his test!
    2. Must do continuing education units (CEU) every year
    3. Bollards – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard 
  5. Tech Support is becoming somewhat impossible- no one understands the cloud …
    1. We cannot control cloud outages
    2.  Cloud folder syncs suck!
    3. Go to the website

Episode 204 – Snowplosion

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Tony and Patrick are back for another great show. We talk about snow, printers, and a bunch more. Check out the talking show notes below and as always, you can subscribe to us with your favorite podcasting app.

  1. Snow everywhere
    1. Snowdays vs eLearning days
    2. Winter Olympics – Are you watching? Is anyone?
      1. Anal swabs for Covid 19
      2. Government approved hotels
  2. What am I drinking?
    1. https://www.metazoabrewing.com/ – Crocodilian American Pale Ale
    2. Kirkland Sparkling Water – So Adult
  3. Google Forms – Choice Removal and Choice Eliminator 2 Add-ons
    1. https://wp.me/pYzzW-29w
    2. Really popular post last week
    3. Choice Eliminator 2 Google Form Add-on is gone 😦
  4. Printer H#LL – DoS – Windows 11, Next Moves, I miss the Image Runner
    1. Two printers in library
    2. Wireshark
    3. Student had a print job going to an older printer
    4. Problems with WIndows 11 because Papercut hasn’t updated its services
    5. Canon Imagerunner
      1. WiFi enabled printers

Episode 203 – I quit

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  1. Bengals in the Super Bowl!
  2. What am I drinking?
    1. Bells Kalamzoo Stout – http://www.bellsbeer.com/beer/year-round/bells-kalamazoo-stout 
    2. Sapporo Steel Can Tall Boy – https://sapporobeer.com/our-beers/sapporo-premium-beer/ 
  3. Revising Chatterbox
    1. Video coming soon
    2. Not as bad as first time
    3. Still don’t recommend it
  4. Weekly CISSP- Mandatory Vacations
    1. https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/CISSP 
    2. Minimum 1 week with no contact
  5. LinkedIn Trends: People recruiting teachers into other industries
    1. https://personalexcellence.co/blog/talent-stack/
    2. https://www.ixl.com/company/careers

Tony and Patrick are back to celebrate the Bengal’s win and talk about the education job market and much more. As always you can subscribe to us using your favorite podcasting app.

Episode 202 – Vintage Tech

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Tony and Patrick are back for another fantastic episode. So sit back, hit the play button and enjoy sometime with us! We have good drinks and better opinions. As always you can subscribe to us using favorite podcasting app.
  1. What am I drinking?
    1. Great Lakes – Conway’s Irish Ale – https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/conways-irish-ale 
    2. Samuel Adams – Cold Snap White Ale – https://www.samueladams.com/our-beers/limited-release/white-ale/cold-snap 
  2. Legacy Technology – could be costing you a fortune. Tony’ story about a lost telephone line 
    1. https://c.tenor.com/H56jRVjI7bkAAAAd/airplane-ii-comedy.gif
  3. Chatterbox – skip it
    1. https://hellochatterbox.com/
    2. Costs too much
  4. Surface Laptop SE – repairability
    1. https://itbabble.com/2022/01/14/surface-se-repairability/ 
    2. Cost and availability of parts?
    3. Bundled parts like screen/keyboard assembly
  5. What’s a Freak’N BI; Do you use Canvas? Because I have a gift for you. 
    1. Microsoft – https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/
    2. Google’s version – https://datastudio.google.com/
    3. Tableau – https://www.tableau.com/resource/business-intelligence 
    4. Amazon’s version – https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/ 
    5. info@tonydeprato.com for more information
  6. Windows 10 on an SD card
    1. Tony did it!

Episode 201-Omar’s FJ

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No Omar this week, sadly, but Tony and Patrick soldier on! We have a great discussion about beer, watches, Omar and oh yeah – some good ed tech stuff. Check it out on your favorite podcasting app or listen down below.

  1. What am I drinking?
    1. https://www.lindemans.be/en_US/beer/Framboise 
    2. Belgium Beer Cafe Dubai – https://belgianbeercafejumeirah.com/ 
    3. Modelo – https://www.modelousa.com/en-US/product/especial 
  2. Comfy headphones & Omar’s FJ Cruiser 
    1. Avid – https://avidproducts.com/product-solutions/learning/
    2. JLab – https://www.jlab.com/collections/on-ear-headphones/products/neon-bluetooth-wireless-on-ear-headphones 
  3. Finalsite Ransomware
    1. https://www.finalsite.com/ 
    2. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/finalsite-ransomware-attack-shuts-down-thousands-of-school-websites/ 
  4. I’m replacing my smartwatch
    1. Withings Steel HR- https://www.withings.com/us/en/steel-hr 
    2. https://www.casio.com/products/watches/databank 
    3. https://www.bulova.com/us/en/product/96C139.html 
    4. https://www.nixon.com/us/en/dork-too/A1266-000-00.html 
  5. Full story coming next episode – Legacy Technology – could be costing you a fortune. Tony’ story about a lost telephone line https://c.tenor.com/H56jRVjI7bkAAAAd/airplane-ii-comedy.gif

    “Clean closets – ask questions” ~ Old Geezer Wisdom

Episode 200 – Mining at School

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Tony, Patrick and . . . OMAR are back! This is our 200th episode! Who could of thought that we would make it this far but here we are! There are plenty of stories and good topics to be had so check it out. As always you can subscribe to the IT Babble podcast using your favorite podcasting app.

  1. 200!
  2. Welcome back Omar!!
    1. What’s been going on with you and Dubai?
    2. Do you have long Covid?
  3. Patrick’s new recording set up
    1. Shure MV7 – https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/mv7 
    2. Rode PSA1 – https://www.rode.com/accessories/stands/psa1
  4. Y2K22 & Microsoft Exchange Servers – uh-oh
    1. https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-working-to-fix-microsoft-exchange-bug 
    2. Thunderbird – https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/
    3. SquirrelMail – https://squirrelmail.org/ 
  5. Amazon Alexa tells child to touch penny to live electrical plug
    1. https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/amazons-alexa-reportedly-suggested-10-year-old-stick-a-penny-near-an-outlet/
    2. https://nypost.com/2020/01/23/ridiculous-tiktok-penny-challenge-is-a-huge-fire-hazard/
    3. Timer test:
      https://www.google.com/search?q=30+minute+timer&oq=30+minute+timer&aqs=chrome..69i57.3155j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
    4. https://hellochatterbox.com/ – A more educational focus for AI
    5. Buddha Box – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Box 
    6. Should teachers use these assistants in their classrooms?
  6. Omar’s new elective
    1. Blockchain and Cryptocurrency elective
    2. Lots of real world topics
      1. Decentralized vs. Centralized currency for example
      2. What is Blockchain
      3. Running miners for Crypto at school – be careful (lots of logistics)
        1. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gridseed-mini-asic-miner-review-and-giveaway/ 
        2. Not going to get rich here folks!
  7. Tony’s new network design (No More Server Room or Person Living in the Server Room)
    1. https://www.fortinet.com/

Episode 199 – Google is Santa?

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Tony and Patrick are back for episode 199 (can you believe it?). It is a good one, so be sure to subscribe to IT Babble on your favorite podcasting app!

  1. One week till Winter vacation
    1. Plans?
  2. What am I drinking?
    1. Shiner Holiday Cheer – https://shiner.com/beer/holiday-cheer 
    2. Ghost River Gold – https://www.ghostriverbrewing.com/beer-overview 
  3. Google Workspace & Microsoft Office 365 in schools 
    1. Google – Free version stripped down 
    2. Microsoft Office 365 – Need to buy a license for more features (Intune) 
  4. Salesforce SIS? Too good to be true?

You can download the episode here

Episode 198 – What’s on TV?

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Tony and Patrick have a short but sweet episode this week. Be sure to subscribe to us with your favorite podcasting app and check out the talking points below!

  1. What’s on TV?
  2. What am I drinking?
    1. Kirin Ichiban – http://www.kirinichiban.com/ 
  3. Laptop recommendations – Don’t completely trust a blog
    1. https://itbabble.com/2021/12/03/laptop-recommendations-check-with-your-school-not-a-blog/
  4. Notion.so – A review
    1. https://itbabble.com/2021/12/01/notion-so-a-review/
  5. Finding a STEM and Robotics teacher
    1. Where do these people hangout online (professionally)?
    2. 4 sections
      1. STEM
      2. Robotics
      3. Topic 3?
      4. Topic 4?
    3. Make it its own department

You can download the episode here

Episode 197 – Winter movie suggestions

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Tony and Patrick are back from the Thanksgiving holiday to talk about STEM, ed tech and much, much more. Be sure to subscribe to us with your favorite podcasting app.

  1. How was Thanksgiving?
  2. What are you drinking?
    1. Spaten Premium Lager
  3. STEM – needs a non-traditional space
    1. Space that holds 40 students
    2. Natural supervision
    3. Plentiful electricity
    4. Fab truck – https://www.fablabs.io/labs/fablabtruck
  4. Favorite winter movies to show students?
  5. Tony’s news – It’s Time to Stop Telling Children to Google it.
    1. https://edco-isn-staging.edcowebsites.co.uk/articles/open/it-is-time-to-stop-telling-children-to-google-it/

Download it here