Geekiest Show Ever 321 – Slap Happy for Apps

We start out with Mike’s impressions of Apple TV and The Morning Show followed by a discussion of Apple’s services and some possible predictions for the future. From there we talk about some of our apps we use.

Elisa’s Apps

Ibotta 

At Bat

Rakuten/Ebates

Honey

Melissa’s Apps

1Password

Calendars 5

Good Rx

Grocery Gadget

Mike’s Apps

Photomyne

SimpleCommands

Shortcuts

Civilization IV

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Geekiest Show Ever 318 – A is for Apple …Or Amazon

In this episode we start out talking about the newest hardware from Amazon. From some Alex wearables to new or improved Echo hardware there was lots to talk about. From there we moved on to discussing IOS 13/iPadOS. We listed some of the pluses and minuses of the new release along with a little on podcast testing.

Next we move on to our picks. First Melissa is looking for the best iPhone/Apple watch charging stand. She’s not quite sure if this is it yet but it does look good. Speaking of looks Elisa likes the All-new Echo Dot (3rd Gen) with it’s digital read out on the side for time or temp display. Finally Mike is going environmental in his own way with a solar powered phone charger and flashlight

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Geekiest Show Ever 314 – Baby You Can Drive My Car

This week we are going to drive you crazy talking about cars. We discuss how we shop for cars, what we like and the experiences we had car shopping. 

For our picks we shop for our ultimate cars, money is no object. First Elisa wants a Acura MDX for driving around. Melissa went crazy and got a Porsche Cayenne, most importantly in purple. And Mike is going back to his roots with a Jeep Gladiator Pickup.

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Difference between Android Auto vs CarPlay

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com

Geekiest Show Ever 312 – PSA in the USA

This week (after the weather report of course) we start out with a PSA from Elisa about checking your bill and standing your ground when it comes to what you’re being charged for. Then Melissa tells us of her modem woes and what it took to resolve it (kinda). Then Mike tells of his experience of using Car Play in his new Toyota.

For our picks Melissa goes all Fourth of July with Upstone Firework LEDs and FireWorks Director Tee-Shirt. Next Elisa want to learn more about her civic duties by buying the books American Government 101 and The Idiots Guide to U.S. Government and Politics. And Mike can’t help thinking about his new car as he picks Livestream® Ball Head Clamping Phone Mount.

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Geekiest Show Ever 306 – A Podcast About a Podcast

After some discussion of the weather (Mike’s finally happy with his), we talk about Mike’s new podcast. He talks about the creating and submitting his new creation. We also examine using Twisted Wave , Blog Touch Pro , Simplenote, Box.com and Anchor.fm for his tablet only production of his podcast.

Then we look at Apple’s announcement this week. We were not terribly excited about it but, your mileage may vary.

From there we move on to our picks. First Mike, in keeping with his tablet podcast production, wants the iPad Mini. With the hope of spring to come Elisa wants a new grill. And Melissa just wants to sit down on a new loveseat.

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Geekiest Show Ever 305 – But Wait There’s More

After Mike complains about the weather and Melissa and Elisa torture him with theirs we move on to a variety of subjects. First we discuss the upcoming Apple event. Then Elisa tells us about her ongoing saga with Spectrum. From there it morphs to streaming services. We move on to Melissa tells us about her new Apple Watch and has a helpful hint for anyone upgrading to a new watch. Elisa regales us with her weird Do Not Disturb thing. Finally Mike tells about his wife’s new car and trying figure how to make it easy for her to play music.

On to our picks. First Melissa looks for a Thunderbolt Dock. Elisa decides to have 2 picks. First there’s the iPhone XR Smart Battery Case. Second is the Apple Pencil. Last but not least Mike wants to play more games so he wants an external hard drive for his Xbox.

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Geekiest Show Ever 301 – All your M&M belong to Me

This week we are down to just 2 hosts, but they’re the best hosts (just ask us). After moaning about the weather we actually have things to talk about. First Mike and Melissa talk about remembering things and how we cope (hint : Mike wants to be a cyborg). After we discuss a few other subjects we get to our main subject, Geeky Pet Gifts. After that we discuss Netflix’s Black Mirror : Bandersnatch and what devices support it.

Geeky Pet Gifts

Black Mirror : Bandersnatch

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Geekiest Show Ever 300 – How did we get here?

On this noteworthy episode, Tim Robertson, founder of the Stoplight/MyMac networks and creator of Geekiest Show Ever joins to celebrate our 300th episode. We talk about the history of the show and its inspirations and, as always, we do veer off in other directions. Topics discussed are: video, pinball and arcade games, brain farts on other podcasts that we can’t quite remember (Google ain’t it wonderful?), women on the internet, and just some general reminiscing.

Track Talk episode with Tim’s Def Leppard review.

Gottlieb Sinbad Pinball Machine

D & D Pinball

INKS.

Mark Greentree’s Subjective Sounds

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Kevin can be found at http://twitter.com/Big_in_Va or about.me/KevinAllder

Geekiest Show Ever 299 – Facetime the Music

As an experiment we record the podcast in Facetime, let us know what you think. We did have some bandwidth issues so some of the audio is choppy in spots.

Elisa (the last hold out) finally upgrade to Mojave she tells us about her experience, likes and dislikes.

From there we talk about Apple Music coming to the Amazon Echo. This then turns into a discussion of the different music services and which ones we like and why.

For our picks we start with Elissa who wants a Accuvoice AV200 Tv Speaker with hearing aid Technology.   Next Mike wants to listen to music and maybe hear better so he was looking at the HUB: HiFi Wireless Earbuds. Finally Melissa wants to closely inspect things so she picked the AmScope SE400-Z Professional Binocular Stereo Microscope

Practical Board Repair and microsoldering train courses

Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek

Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or http://www.threegeekyladies.com

Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com

Geekiest Show Ever 293 – Where’d We Leave Our Wallets?

GSE293
Melissa, Elisa and Mike get together to discuss the latest Apple Event. We discuss our likes, dislikes and any potential purchases that may be in our futures.

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Mike can be found at http://twitter.com/dscchipman or about.me/mikemcpeek
Elisa can be found at http://twitter.com/senseidai or www.threegeekyladies.com
Melissa can be found at http://twitter.com/themacmommy or www.themacmommy.com
Kevin can be found at http://twitter.com/Big_in_Va or about.me/KevinAllder