Join Dr. Bill as he examines the wild and wacky world of the web, computers, and all things geeky! Hot Tech Tips, Tech News, and Geek Culture are examined… with plenty of good humor as well!
Category: Dr. Bill Video Netcasts
Our “Dr. Bill – The Computer Curmudgeon” Video Netcasts!
Dr. Bill introduces his new Elgato Facecam for comment, do you like it? Linode is purchased by Akamai, FuboTV goes to a quarterly subscription, then drops back to monthly! (Feb 16, 2022)
Tablo releases a brand new Quad Tuner NextGenTV (ATSC 3.0) DVR/receiver at CES 2022! The new Open Source “fork” of the original Audacity, called Tenacity! GSotW: Macrium Reflect Free Edition! 1990’s “Oddware,” a hand waving mouse/keyboard combo… weird! (Jan 09, 2022) (Jan 09, 2022)
My experience adding Antennas Direct Clearstream 4Max reflectors to my antennas; we do an ISP comparison: T-Mobile, Spectrum, Northstate. I discuss Supergirl ‘Wokeness’, consider the ‘Linus Tech Tips’ Linux Challenge, and talk about the ‘Great Server Crash of 2021’, GSotW: Signal for Linux Secure SMS Client (Nov 17, 2021)
On the 500th Episode of the Dr. Bill.TV Show, Dr. Bill and his son, the GameMaster, discuss popular TV, Movies, Anime, and other entertainment of the day, as tradition dictates! (Every 100 episodes the GameMaster puts in an appearance!) (Oct 01, 2021)
Dr. Bill shows us a ‘how to’ on cord cutting for someone living in a condominium that wants to watch OTA (‘Over the Air’) TV! He shows us two methods, one totally INSIDE the condo, and one actually OUTSIDE the condo! (Sep 15, 2021)
Dr. Bill shares with us the issues involved in the Locast shutting down court case, and whether there are any chances for a similar broadcast-to-Internet service to emerge. (Sep 03, 2021)
Don’t want to be ‘stuck’ when Windows 11 comes out? What if you have perfectly good, but ‘older’ hardware? Here are some alternative operating systems you may want to consider! (Aug 28, 2021)
The 2021 Blackmagic Design Event rollout of new tech, new 4K Studio Cameras, and more! Meanwhile old tech is dying! 1st Gen Kindles will be bricked by year’s end, and what ‘old tech’ is being removed from Windows 11? (Jul 29, 2021)
00:00 Intro
04:50 Older Kindles will soon be bricked, no more ‘Whispernet’
06:44 The Blackmagic Design Live New Tech Event
12:16 The ‘old tech’ that is being removed from Windows for Windows 11
16:12 Sign-off
The 2021 Elgato Streaming Event, new Amazon FireTV interface, Pi-Hole DNS re-direct for security, the WPAD vulnerability, GSotW: Signal Secure SMS Client, Microsoft Windows 365 Desktop-in-the-Cloud, plus the usual silliness! (Jul 17, 2021)
00:00 Intro
04:22 The 2021 Elgato Streaming Device Showcase Event
07:14 Amazon FireTV new interface
07:44 Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud-PC
09:34 Implementing Pi-Hole and finding several surprises!
25:49 Geek Software of the Week: Signal Secure Encrypted SMS Client
29:38 Sign-off
Dr. Bill discusses what has happened to the Open Source ‘Audacity’ project recently and the Open Source community’s reaction to that fiasco, and his opinion on how Microsoft may NOT necessarily hate us lowly individual users, but they definitely don’t respect us! Also: Charlotte gets NextGenTV! (Jul 12, 2021)