Hour 2 Answering Listener Questions
Segment 1:
Guest experts Pepijn and Anne Bruienne share the story of an international romance on an IRC channel that led to their marriage. Their son Jack (9) reveals his precocious passion for Minecraft and programming languages.
Segment 2:
Paul Sr.’s DVD/CD drive kept disappearing from his Vista computer every time that he would plug a USB thumb drive in. Pepijn found the solution on a Microsoft Mr. Fixit solution at KB 314060.
Segment 3:
A listener from Inkster wanted to know where to recycle old computer equipment. This led to a full discussion about the steps needed to do that and two recommendations for places that you can go to recycle:
- Global Electric Electronic Processing Website about recycling in Michigan
- Global Tech Ministries: Charitable organization that takes used computers, refurbishes them for schools and missions in the US and overseas.
Segment 4:
A listener wanted to know if a 9 year old Gateway computer running XP SP2 could get a boost from putting a new SSD (Solid State Drive) in it. Could a 15 year old Tempest handle a new 12 cylinder V8?
Pepijn Bruienne is a certified Mac Developer as well as a skilled Apple administrator for the University of Michigan. He gave us some of his perspectives on the Sept. 10 Apple launch event and the devices that would be coming from it.
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