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061 - Taming WiFi with Bradley Chambers
NASA Bradley Chambers drops by to help Gabe and Erik understand how to make WiFi work in the home. Along the way they talk about the way wireless signals propagate and interfere, how to select the best...
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062 - Drunk With Power
Library of Congress Struggling with unreliable power at home and on the road, Gabe and Erik talk about how they make sure their gadgets stay running. On the Unreliability of Home Electricity in the...
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063 - Intro to Responsive Web Design
Het Nieuwe Instituut This week's topic is responsive web design, both what it is, and how it's done. Erik steers clear of the controversies surrounding the issue and talks about what it actually takes...
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064 - Finding Your Way
Nationaal Archief This week's topic is navigation apps. From Gabe and Erik's earliest dedicated GPS devices to today's location-enabled everything, they break down the good and the not-so-good in...
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065 - Stupid Clipboard Tricks
SMU Central University Clipboards and Pasteboards are the topic of the week, as Gabe breaks down the tools and utilities he uses to get through the day on his Mac. How did you just do that? Listen to...
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066 - Files in the Cloud
Mennonite Church USA Gabe and Erik take a look at a number of different online sync and storage options for moving your files to the cloud. Gabe’s Latest Crazy Online File Syncing Scheme Listen to this...
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067 - Authoring iBooks with David Sparks
University of Washington David Sparks joins Gabe and Erik to talk about why he switched from writing paper books to writing iBooks. Along the way they touch on ideas, tools, inspiration, collaboration,...
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068 - Microphones and Headphones
Jewish Women's Archive Commons Microphones and headphones are the topic of the day, as Gabe and Erik talk about the ones they like and the ones they don't really like, but own anyway. Along the way,...
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069 - Writing Workflows
National Library of Scotland Gabe takes time from his high-volume blogging schedule to join Erik for a chat about writing tools and workflows. Along the way, they touch on the apps and devices they use...
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070 - Using Slack
US National Archives The topic for this week is the new collaboration service Slack – what is it, what can you do with it, and why is it useful? The Most Difficult Problem Listen to this section on...
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071 - Reading
Florida Memory How do you read these days? Gabe and Erik talk about the devices and apps they use for casual and serious reading. You Do Much Reading? Listen to this section on SoundCloud: 0:00 While...
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072 - Passwords
SMU Have you ever had to reset a password? Have you ever forgotten the new password after you reset it? Gabe and Erik share their password struggles and talk about how they're trying to solve them,...
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073 - Bringing Stories to Life with Helene Wecker
US National Archives We're thrilled to welcome Helene Wecker to the show this week. Helene recently published her debut novel The Golem and the Jinni. On the show, Helene discusses how she got started...
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074 - Home Automation with Bob VanderClay
Glucksman Library Bob VanderClay returns to discuss the ultimate topic for Technical Difficulties: Home Automation. We touch on several popular tools, including Hue, SmartThings, WeMo, and Nest. The...
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075 - Plex and Roku
Het Nieuwe Institut Fed up with their Apple TV, Gabe and Erik talk about Plex and the Roku Media Player. They cover what Plex is, how it works, and the advantages and disadvantages of pairing Plex with...
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076 - What's Living in Gabe's Closet?
Library of Congress Intrigued by Gabe's frequent mentions of his Network Closet, Erik asks some tough questions. Why put the closet in the basement? Why all the extra ventilation? What happens when you...
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077 - Learning Vim with Potatowire
US National Archives Potatowire finally leaves the crib, joining Gabe and Erik to discuss command-line text editing with vim. We learn how he started, why he uses a forty-year old text editor, and some...
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078 - The Pen is Mightier
Foster, Milburn, & Co. Gabe and Erik are joined by friend-of-the-show and new audio producer Bob VanderClay to discuss pens, paper, notebooks and why we can't seem to transition to an all-digital...
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079 - Exploring FastMail
Internet Archive This week, we take a detailed look at why Gabe switched to and continues to use FastMail. We introduce the webapps, basic searching and filtering, and discuss some of the service's...
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064 - Finding Your Way
Nationaal Archief This week's topic is navigation apps. From Gabe and Erik's earliest dedicated GPS devices to today's location-enabled everything, they break down the good and the not-so-good in...
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