This week KD and Knightwise dive into the maddeningly useful and seemingly universal digital communications technology: email. LINKS DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Mix & Production: Keith Murray Related PostsKW1801 – Choosing Your Path in the JungleKW1402 – Fighting Your DistractionsNo excuse: Just do…
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 DISCORD…
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…
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 DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Related PostsKW1608 – Tunneling with TailscaleKW1501 –…
After a summer hiatus Knightwise is back with a bit of a deep dive into creating your own interconnected network with Tailscale. LINKS DISCORD The action is happening over at our Discord server: Join by clicking this link CREDITS Related PostsKW1701 – Morning Geekspresso Episode 1KW1607 – Conquering the Command LineKW1108 Protecting your Privacy at…
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…
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 Related PostsKWTV 002 – Running graphical Linux apps on Windows 11.KWTV 001 – Make Time,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Related PostsThe epiphany of simplicity.KW1701 – Morning Geekspresso Episode 1KW1602 – Retro ComputingKW1501…
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 Related PostsNo excuse: Just do itKW1104 Picard SyndromeKW1005 Knightwise on Podnutz DailyKW1002 Storytimekw407 : Storytime
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 Related PostsKW1802…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Related PostsKW1405…
Something a little different from Knightwise this week with a little soundseeing tour of the Brussels Central train station. Links Brussels Central on Google Maps Credits Episode produced by Keith Murray Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Related PostsKW1305 – A Soundseeing Tour of BrusselsWhat am I reading this summerZen week : Work on your ‘chicken…
This week Knightwise dives back into a topic to help you make better use of hostile foreign computers. With the proliferation of high-speed high-capacity USB thumb drives it’s easier than ever before to carry your computing workload with you and run your life from a stick. Links PortableApps KW602 – Life on a Stick Credits…
Sometimes the way to achieve “less” is to make more use of the things you already have. If the thing you already have is a fairly powerful old laptop, what you may find is that it makes the perfect home server. This week Knightwise tells us all about the laptop with the new lease on…
Less. It’s often been said that less is more. For those of us who lean towards a more technology-inspired lifestyle it can often be challenging not to try out the next new thing. One more app, one more device, one more Linux distro. But maybe, just maybe, sometimes we’re better off seeing what we can…
It’s not a unique concept, and it certainly isn’t something I arrived at first, but over the past year or so I’ve been working on making more out of what I have, and making sure I use things more completely. The phrase I’ve thrown about is one that I have appropriated from CGP Grey and…
