Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Show your independent streak — Vote for The Computer Guys ticket. It’s the first Tuesday of the month and Election Day, and — Tom & John are back to answer your questions.
Guests
- John Gilroy WAMU Resident Computer Guy; and Director of Business Development at SolutionsDevelopers
- Tom Piwowar TJP&A, Piwowar and Associates, the Mac Guy
Poll results for November 2004
A Halloween themed poll – What scares you the most?
(15%) A. Spyware invades my computer stealing my identity and all my credit card numbers.
(1%) B. My computer gets turned into a spam-spewing zombie causing all the real email I send to get blacklisted and blocked.
(14%) C. All my data on CDs, which I carefully labeled with a Sharpie, is now slowly disintegrating and there is nothing I can do about it.
(20%) D. New Intellectual Property laws passed by Congress will turn all future computers into vending machines for the RIAA and MPAA. Computing as we know it ceases to exist.
(50%) E. Microsoft expands its monopoly to cell phones, telephones, entertainment media, and automobiles. Then one day in 2025 everything simultaneously stops working.
Program Notes for November 2, 2004
Holiday Shopping
Who would buy that?
ipod Photo ($499 – $599)
USB pocket drive – Seaggate ST650211
iMac G5 ($1299 – $1899)
Flash drive 128 MB ($20) – 512 MB ($90)
iTunes Gift Certificate
Secure Your Mac
National Security Agency PDF (3 MB)
Ditch Internet Explorer
Firefox browser
Fix It Yourself Computer
fix-it-yourself Mac
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