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This week on Battle Born Tech, our callers’ computers. Robin’s iPhone is so bright she has to wear sunglasses at night. We spelunk in accessibility settings for a solution. We ask for a better one from listeners or from Apple.
Ron rescues his dongleless mouse from the ecycle bin by discovering a Unifying product line from Logitech. Bluetooth is even more universal but more expensive.
Robin comes out of the closet with her husband’s old All-in-One Mac. We suggest web applications but the browser’s old TLS definitions probably stop that use. Applications already Aon it will work, but new ones cannot be added.
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“I would pay money if my phone didn’t tell me what’s happening in the world.”
“Get into your dark place and give us a call.”
“Unless you want the FBI knocking at your door.”
“Boy those were crazy years.”
“I’m so glad you are taking questions now.”
“I’m on team husband right now.”
“Might be a gotcha somewhere.”
“That would be a very battle born techy thing to do.”
“Dance with the one who brought you.”
BATTLE PLANS
Cap’n Crunch Whistle
In the mid-1960s the prize in Cap’n Crunch cereal boxes produced at 2600 Hz tone that was used to take over phone switching systems.
TLS
Stands for “Transport Layer Security.” TLS is a data encryption technology that provides secure data transfers from websites to users. Older computers with older browsers cannot access current websites since TLS has been updated.
Color Warmth/Temperature
Warmth is how light feels while Color Temperature is a technical measurement in Kelvin of light, 6500K is daylight bulb (outside is 10,000K) and crisp and blue, while 2700K is amber looking candlelight bulb.
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