Manly Hanley Podcast

Randy talks about some the rip-offs that are seemingly becoming the norm, and also why your mobile phone is never as secure as you may think. YouTube TV Cuts Price this time, only ecause they have to.          -   YouTube failed to reach a deal with Disney (ABC News Live, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Freeform, FX, FXX, FXM, National Ge...

Randy talks about a Google Pixel repair nightmare and also about the negatives of Amazon's continuing world domination. This News Edition Episode was recorded on Sunday, December 5th, 2021 Meta, The train wreck formerly known as Facebook isn't happy about having to undo a deal and sell off the $400 million dollar Giphy that they paid for, 19 months later. Meta’s failed Giphy deal could end Big Tec...

Randy's first "News" Episode discussing Italian guy with the fake vaccine arm Man wearing fake arm for the wrong reason. -   A man in Italy put on a fake arm and got the vaccine. I mean, religious exemption bro? That's taking it a bit far, wouldn't you say?          -   He paid 100's of euros for the silicone prosthetic.   &nbsp...

Intro  When it comes to the internet, Randy describes areas of security and privacy that you need to know about. -  Privacy and Security on the Internet - What's the Difference?          - Security - Think of it as keeping your data safe.         In IT, there are many different areas of security such as Newtw...

Facebook will fail. You Meta belive it Facebook has an absolutely pathetic past with respect to data and privacy. Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal - Wikipedia Facebook apologises for psychological experiments on users | Facebook | The Guardian I keep seeing things online about the "Meta-Verse" and "Seeing your world in the meta-verse". I can't see myself ever "seeing my world through" a c...

Intro Randy talks about how he is dropping his life-long habit of inhaling abnormal amounts of caffeine. Why I drink so much caffeine: - It's a stimulant and feels very good to help focus while in front of a computer, for often 12 hours a day. The problem with the caffeine amount that I drink is that coffee is often 3 x's the amount found in a soda. For example: an 8-ouce cup of coffee has between...

Intro Randy recommends software that doesn't lock you in. Software That you can install and feel that you somewhat have control over. not babysitting you. If you've listened to this podcast for the last year or so, you'll probably know by now that I'm not a fan of software with a shut-off switch: e.g., All Adobe Software, Windows (yeah, you can enter your product key, but it always wants to speak...

Randy explains why your smartphone is not smart Think of what your smartphone can do when you remove it's connection to the internet. -   Not much. Were made to rely on cloud services. This puts the real power in big businesses' hands. I believe a smartphone could be renamed to something like "Only-as-smart as the internet Phone". - When's the last time you remember downloading your actu...

Intro Randy weighs the options of starting your own social network, vs joining a paid operation that guarantees your privacy. The main Social Media Sites (Facebook, Twitter, TikTok) are garbage - Dumpster fires for Privacy. My solution that has worked well is to not use them, while experimenting with my own! You don't necessarily have to have a home server setup like I do Find a super-affordable w...

Hello everyone and welcome to the Manly Hanley Podcast. This is the Podcast with no limits on what we'll cover. I'm your host, Randy. Have a snack, sit back, and relax. This Episode was recorded on Monday, September 6th, 2021 Reasons you need to ditch Google Chrome now. It is a privacy nightmare. "52 companies in the world have access to up to 91% of the average user's web traffic. That's an absol...

Intro Randy talks about how one video game forever changed his computing journey. This Episode was recorded on Sunday, August 22nd, 2021. Why I named this episode around Quake It's an important video game to me. It's really one of main reason I started learning about computers. A team of 4 people started a Software company called id Software - John Romero is a designer and and created development...

Intro Randy discusses proprietary things that he will be cutting out of his life in order to save a few extra bucks. I'm your host, Randy. Have a snack, sit back, and relax. This Episode was recorded on Sunday, August 8th, 2021 Cord-Cutting Anything Proprietary That I Can -   Adobe -   Credit Cards      -   Operating System -   Try Linux!...

Intro Randy mentions how it feels like 2006 all over again in the tech world, when it comes to Linux. Is it 2006 all over again? I’ve been hearing this for close to 15 years My first time diving into Linux was probably around 2006 when I witnessed how terribly Microsoft handled Windows Vista. It felt like a bloated carcass on top of most computer hardware. It has so many hardware incompatibilities...

Randy shares some of his most-favorite tech Vloggers / content creators! Tech Vloggers I follow Naomi Brockwell She is a machine of putting useful information on blast. I check into her channel every couple of weeks, and I’m always learning something new, particularly her coverage on Bitcoin. I am not a person to give any recommendations on cryptocurrency, but I would say that she’s highly qualifi...

Intro We discuss the importance of off-site backups.doIntro Privacy segment-   Awesome Extension for Chromium-based browsers and Firefox called “ Watch on Odysee ”. If you’re on YouTube, it looks to see if that YouTube has uploaded the same video to Odysee. This is much better for your privacy, and can help support the creator on a site that is much more respectful of its users than Google is...

Intro A few privacy-focused news articles, some opinions on censorship, and celebrities opening their mouths. Surveillance has been spreading since the coronavirus pandemic Apple and Google contact tracing Since April 2020 Pointed out by Fee.org: Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution - right to “be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.”...

Intro Here are some things that Randy has learned over the last couple of years since starting his podcast. Learn from these experiences to save yourself time and money. What are some things people may look over when starting their podcast? Use tools that are easily transferable . Record in WAV or any uncompressed audio format in general. This will serve as your source file that you’ll archive and...

Intro Throughout my IT career, I’ve seen many thousands of technology challenges. I would estimate that most of those challenges are more common than not. Today we’ll talk about some of those challenges. Announcements Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers. Tech challenges that trick smart people Allowing a browser notification that ended up being from an untrustworthy site, later getting virus notific...

Intro Hello everyone and welcome to the Manly Hanley Podcast. This is the Podcast with no limits on what we'll cover. I'm your host, Randy. Have a snack, sit back, and relax. This Episode was recorded on Sunday, April 25th, 2021 Announcements Things I returned to using because they work Beer. Fine, this one doesn’t count. But, beer. Tiny Tiny RSS . (Went  to Fresh RSS, but I realized I don’t...

Intro Randy discusses how you can host up to 100 websites under one account, easily and affordably! This is a test post to try it with no Post-production compression. No theme song this time. Follow our Podcast If you're a new listener to the Manly Hanley Podcast, we would love to hear from you. Visit our website and leave a comment. Feel free to send me an email to randy@randyhanley.com. Follow R...

Intro Randy discusses how things can be so much easier when down-sizing. Announcements Moved everything back over to one desk. This is mostly the setup from Season 1, and worked the best for the show. Switching to mounted arms for the monitors. Desk is big enough to now hold the mixer, which is great for having guests and quick control over audio levels. Different computer - purchased a Xeon works...

Randy talks about why RSS is one of his necessities. RSS Can Mean More Freedom from Google and Facebook Stop getting your news from Google and Facebook. The hate you and they hate themselves while trying take over the world. RSS App / Server Combination Fluent Reader If you’re downloading it for Windows, be sure to get it from their GitHub page and not from the Windows Store, as they charge $4.99...

Intro Randy will tell you why you need to get a NAS right now! Reasons you need to buy a NAS right now one Very easy to setup. I’m definitely biased toward Synology NAS’s, but there other great brands out there such as Qnap and ASUSTOR. Supporting Data/Reference Case Study/Example/ Anecdote Conclusion Someone else isn’t holding all of your personal data. You are. Back up your computers and smartph...

8 Reasons to Drop Windows or MacOS for Linux Linux was created “to create a new free operating system kernel. The resulting Linux kernel has been marked by constant growth throughout its history.” - Wiki link. It doesn’t cost anything. Being that it’s open source, if you wanted to do the work, you could find out how all of the mechanics of it work, down to the kernel. Think of the kernel as the ce...

Intro Randy talks about a balance of open source vs paid software Announcements - Website has been migrated. I fired Bluehost. How much of your tech capabilities do you own? Do you rent or own? Examples of renting vs owning would be having a server in your basement, running Ubuntu, hosting your own web server, or something along those lines - that is owning. Renting would be having a web host such...