Tech, Travel, AI, & Audio Cool Stuff Found

This week on Mac Geek Gab, hosts Pilot Pete and Dave Hamilton delve into a plethora of Cool Stuff Found. There are too many to list, but they include a new listener find, YouGetSignal, an open port check tool crucial for maintaining seamless connectivity by revealing blocked and open ports in user networks. The discussion then transitions to the controversial tool, watermarkremover.io, which removes watermarks from photos. Despite its impressiveness, it elicits ethical questions about intellectual property theft. Drawing parallels with Napster’s decline and Apple Music’s affordable, legal alternative, they underline the importance of accessible legal choices over morally questionable methods. With the show’s ethos in mind, “Don’t Get Caught” using such tools without considering their implications.

The conversation later veers towards technicalities and challenges in the digital age. They clarify a detail about the Eve weather device, explaining its connection via matter and thread instead of Wi-Fi, and express their plan to further explore this topic in future episodes. They also introduce SMTP2go.com, a free service acting as an SMTP server, ideal for sending emails from custom domains. A lighthearted discussion ensues about the comical possibility of massive email volumes due to increasing listener counts.

As they wrap up, your two favorite geeks emphasize nurturing the geek culture, fostering a community bound by common interests. Pilot Pete exemplifies this by blossoming into a geek, courtesy of the show, reminding listeners of the transformative power of shared knowledge.

Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:

• 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 992 for Monday, July 24th, 2023
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  • 00:21:37 David-CSF-988-There IS a Qi Mouse: Corsair Dark Core
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  • 00:24:40 Matt-CSF-Espanso, a free, github-hosted Text Expansion tool
  • 00:26:22 Donna-CSF-Aldi’s Wood Grain Wireless Charging Clock
  • 00:27:53 CSF – Outdoor Movie Screen
  • 00:29:18 CSF-JBL Flip 6 Portable Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker
  • 00:31:38 Greg-CSF-MakePass to Convert Barcodes into Apple Wallet
    • Genius Scan
  • 00:34:13 Blake-CSF-SpaceReclaimer to Free Up Storage on Apple TV (and only Apple TV)
• AI CSF
  • 00:37:02 Tony-CSF-Use Siri and ChatGPT with S-GPT
  • 00:40:32 CSF-Opera Generative AI Browser
  • 00:41:19 Robert-All AI Tools and ChatGPT Prompts in 1 Article
    • Also, from Ral605-CSF-How to use AI to do Practical Things
  • 00:42:54 Ral605-CSF-Automate OpenAI with Zapier
  • 00:45:05 Ari-Using ChatGPT to Write Blog Posts
• Travel CSF
  • 00:51:00 Jamie Hotel Thermostat Travel Hack – $
    • Honeywell/Incomm Hotel Room Hack – VIP Mode/Override
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• MOAR CSF
  • 00:58:13 Rob-CSF-Shortery to Automate Shortcuts on the Mac
    • Keyboard Maestro
  • 00:59:33 Tony-CSF-Apple Launching a Monitor that Turns into a Smart Home Display
  • 01:01:39 CSFR-Snap 3 Pro MagSafe compatible iPhone grip
  • 01:04:24 SteveHammond-CSF-YouGetSignal’s Open Port Check Tool
    • ShieldsUP!
  • 01:05:50 CSF – Watermarkremover.io
  • 01:11:16 Eve Weather isn’t Wi-Fi, it’s Matter (and Thread)
  • 01:12:16 Rod L-CSF-SMTP2Go for FREE Email delivery (up to 1K/month)
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