This week KD and Knightwise dive into the maddeningly useful and seemingly universal digital communications technology: email. LINKS Inbox Zero – Merlin Mann Linking Gmail to 3rd Party Accounts DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray...
Knightwise is joined this week by KD to discuss the general ideas around how we can approach technology with a more intentional attitude. With the advent of algorithms and the attention economy it’s more important than ever that we learn how to make technology work for us, instead of the other way around. LINKS WordPress is 43% of the Internet – https://www.wpzoom.com/blog/wordpress-statistics/ Digital Minimalism – https://calnewport.com/on-digital-minimalism/ NoSurf – https://nosurf.net/ KW505 ...
In a refresh of an episode last released in 2018, this is the updated for the 2020s edition of KW’s everyday carry. There’s been some changes since the ‘almost everything Apple’ version of this several years ago, so come along and get nosy as we snoop through Knightwise’s updated EDC. LINKS Minimal Bag – Everyday iPhone 13 Pro Max Onyx Boox – Nova Air Bose QC45 Samsung Galaxy Buds Work Bag – Work days M1 Macbook (not exact model match) Surface Pro X (ARM) iPad Mini (6 gen / 64GB + 4G) Miscellane...
Back for the first episode of 2023, Knightwise is joined by a couple of guest hosts this week to talk technology challenges, and working in a world of ubiquitous data availability. LINKS The Chronicles of Curious Characters Podcast Chocolatey OneDrive Cryptomator DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray...
After a summer hiatus Knightwise is back with a bit of a deep dive into creating your own interconnected network with Tailscale. LINKS TailScale DietPi DietPi on KW 1403 xRDP Keyboard Layouts PuTTY TOR DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Music: Good Day to Die by Möbius Mix & Production: Keith Murray...
A quick mini-podcast this week inspired by the Knightwise.com community and a discussion over on the Discord . LINKS Wijngaardbos Henis Midnight Commander NC Spot Castero NewsBoat RainbowStream IRSSI Libera.Chat Joplin CLI DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Music: Drop it Like It’s Spock by KFaceTV on Youtube Mix & Production: Keith Murray...
A quick mini-podcast this week inspired by the Knightwise.com community and a discussion over on the Discord . LINKS Joplin DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray...
On this week’s walk Knightwise presents some food for thought about how we manage our private information online, and how those managing our social networks manage us as a result. LINKS Its Me App Hot Pink Slippers Flickr 30k Dataset Don’t use ISP DNS DNS DNSSec Firefox Brave Protonmail Joplin NextCloud Belgian Trains DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray Music Credits Anima – Rain Dance [Free Music Archi...
For two decades the era of “Linux on the Desktop” has been just around the corner. This week Knightwise takes us through a discussion of how he’s using Linux to drive some tasks for work, and how the pandemic-driven changes of 2020 might have helped push more Linux to the forefront. LINKS Linux Distros SUSE Linux Ubuntu Linux College Linux ‘s Herenelderen Davinci Resolve Canva Audacity OBS DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Pr...
Podcasting has always been a way for those who don’t otherwise have a platform, to get out and share what’s on their mind, share their knowledge and experiences, and do it without having to buy your own small-town radio station. This week Knightwise takes us on another walk through the Belgian countryside to tell you why you should record your own podcast. LINKS Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code [Wiki] KW Classic Episode – The Fort of Eben Emael [YouTube] The Internet Archive – Podcasts Transmitter...
This week on the podcast Knightwise takes on the topic of retro computing. Whether virtualized or involving the resurrection of old hardware here are some ideas to put some older tech to use for you in 2021. LINKS The Internet Archive – Software Archive Macintosh Garden RetroPie RetroArch DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray Music Credits Ketsa – Retro Metro [Free Music Archive] Zeta – Bird Song [Free Mu...
Welcome to the first episode of Season 16 of the knightwise.com podcast. Picking up where we left off at the end of Season 15 with a show about the iPad Pro and how KW puts that to work on a regular basis. LINKS The iPad (Wikipedia) DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray Music: Tri-Tachyon – Nanophage [SoundCloud]...
After ten years have past since the launch of the famous iPad tablet we take a look back through history and ask ourselves: Is the tablet ready to serve as a replacement for our desktop? We rant about the pro’s and cons of android vs IOS and how Microsoft came close to the holy grail. Topped of with some fancy tunes from ScannTec its another show from the Knightwise.com bunker. LINKS The iPad (Wikipedia) The Surface Go (Wikipedia) The Logitech Folio Touch case DISCORD The action is happening ove...
In the second part of “ Lockdown Lifestyle ” we focus on filtering the information coming your way via Social Media and being aware of the “reality distortion field”. We train you to help tech organize your day and talk about the goals you want to set for yourself. LINKS Bobiverse Series by Dennis E. Taylor [Good Reads] DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Production: Knightwise Music: The Midnight – Prom Night [ Y outube ]...
We are back (from the dead?) with a new show talking about the impact of “working from home” during the lockdown. In part 1 of a two-part episode we talk about how to use technology to enhance your digital (and analogue) lifestyle during the lockdown. How do you use tech to separate Work/Life/Play and stay sane during crazy times. [ Lockdown Lifestyle part 2 ] LINKS Lastpass Blocksite Focuswriter Simplenote DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CR...
The Discord roundtable is back again this week with the perennial discussion among technology and open source enthusiasts – Will we ever see the year of the Linux Desktop? LINKS Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Launch WSL 2.0 CREDITS Mix & Production: Tim King...
Your ears do not deceive you, in this time of social distancing and zoom-based happy hours, the members of the knightwise.com discord bring you a roundtable of geeky goodness. CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray
This week producer KD join’s Knightwise to talk about resolutions (or not), goal setting (or not) and setting up some guiding lights for your year with annual themes. LINKS Cortext Podcast – ep. 20 [YT] KW1402 – Fighting Your Distractions KW – I Forgot How to Nerd CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray...
Welcome to 2020! This week Knightwise takes us through a list of projects to help stretch our geek muscles and maybe try out some new ways to use or think about technology as we slide into the new decade. We’ve got, things to learn, ways to protect your privacy and your data, projects to try and services you might want to support. Links Distrowatch TED Talks Pocket Reader KeePassX LastPass DietPi OpenVPN Google Authenticator for Android or iOS GitHub Debian Bug Report Google Photo Scan Archive.o...
Sliding from operating system to operating system is always cool, but the borders between the different OS’es sometimes make things hard. What if we took those away? We show you how using Virtualbox to merge your machine’s, your applications and your files using Virtualbox. Links Virtualbox Installing Guest Additions Sharing Folders with Guest OS Live Show Telegram Group Download Link...
This week on the podcast Knightwise is back in the car as he dives into the philosophical side of creativity with some thoughts on how to get from wanting to create, to having done some creating. Links iRiver 790 Review [CNET, 2004] Zoom H2 [Wikipedia] Download the mp3 Credits Mix & Production: Keith Murray Music: The Scenic Route – Halt & Catch Fire OST [YT]...
This week we dive into the wonderfull distro called Dietpi. We discover its a great way to turn a single board single purpose computer into a multi-function wonder-device. We take it a step further by showing you what DietPi can do for your Raspberry Pi and your home Linux server. Another raspberry-jam-packed show with hacks tips and tweaks for cross-plaform geeks Links Music: The Midnight “The Comeback kid” [YT] DietPi: https://dietpi.com/#download DietPi Software: https://dietpi.com/dietpi-sof...
On this episode of the Knightwise.com podcast we talk about fighting your online distractions. Besieged by lolcats, social media, popups and the Google quest to find out which starship captain was both in Star Trek and ‘Murder She Wrote’, we look for a way to get fight distractions and things done. Another storytime episode to kick back and relax to. Enjoy! Music: Vangelis, The Tegos Tapes Part 1 [youtube]...
Subscribe to the show to get the audiofile or stream it on Youtube. ER ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and medical doctor Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes spanning over 15 seasons Track: ER theme Sindrilla remix: ER Main Theme (Sindirilla Remix) Battle of the Planets Battle of the Planets is an American adaptation of the Japanese anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman Track (origina...
This week Knightwise talks about cutting the cable and some thoughts about what this could mean for not just your pocketbook, but also your sanity. There are tons of places you can get content that you source and curate yourself. Come join us to hear about a few. Producer’s note: Originally recorded in 2017, but not originally aired in KW Season 12. Links Apple Store at the Guldenvlieslaan Matonge District René Magritte Musee des Instruments Victor Horta Belgian Waffles: 2 kinds He who saves the...
This week Knightwise talks about cutting the cable and some thoughts about what this could mean for not just your pocketbook, but also your sanity. There are tons of places you can get content that you source and curate yourself. Come join us to hear about a few. Producer’s note: Originally recorded in 2017, but not originally aired in KW Season 12. Links Plex Sonarr Knightwise.com Facebook Group Credits Episode produced by Keith Murray Music credit: Dr Who Meets Pink Floyd [YouTube] Image credi...
A little more than a decade after Amazon introduced the Kindle and turned the eReader market on its head, Knightwise reminisces about some of the earlier reading experiences and provides recommendations for a bunch of great reads. What’s in the bag…? Logitech K811 MS Sculpt Macbook Pro + DongleTown iPad Pro + Apple Pencil Ikea USB Charger Quechua Trekking Bags Links Knightwise.com Facebook Group Credits Episode produced by Keith Murray...
A little more than a decade after Amazon introduced the Kindle and turned the eReader market on its head, Knightwise reminisces about some of the earlier reading experiences and provides recommendations for a bunch of great reads. Devices Kindle Voyage Handspring Visor Sony PRS 505 Books A Thousand Suns A mindfulness guide for the Frazzled Dr Who, The Turing Test Talk Like Ted 50 Shades of Linkedin We are anonymous Ghost in the wires On Basilisk Station Catalist The art of human hacking When dig...
There are those times in life when you want to do things because you can… and sometimes you can leverage that in getting done all that you need to do. Links Youtube-DL on GitHub PodGet on GitHub GoodReader for iOS Termius Knightwise.com Facebook Group Code Snippets Download your ‘watch later’ playlist youtube-dl -u <yourGmailAddress> -p <yourPassword> -f mp4 --playlist-start 1 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=WL Download ‘audio only’ youtube-dl -u <yourGmailAddress> -p <...
We’re back and getting ready for another season of geeky goodness on the Knightwise.com podcast. Come check out this latest edition, and find out where to connect with the community as we’ve done a little house cleaning. Links Knightwise.com Facebook Group Credits Episode produced by Keith Murray Image courtesy of TheDigitalArtist on Pixabay...
