Roku Streambar: Installation and setup | This Old Nerd S03E13

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In today’s episode, we attach a Roku Streambar to an already-mounted TV. To do this, we needed to add a couple of brackets so the soundbar would look all nice and neat. After all the hardware is attached, we go through the setup to make sure audio is pumping through the new soundbar and NOT the TV speakers.

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Links to the stuff we talked about:
– Roku Streambar: https://amzn.to/3TVV0gB
– Brackets we used: https://amzn.to/3J0ho3h
– VESA Explained: https://www.vesa-standard.com/vesa-standards.html

Update Stadia controller to Bluetooth! | This Old Nerd S03E12

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Stadia was Google’s attempt at streaming video games from the cloud to pretty much any device you wanted! It was a cool idea, but there were so many issues that Google pulled the plug on the service. So what do you do with your Stadia controllers if you still have them? You can update them to Bluetooth and then game with them on other devices!

In this episode, Iyaz finds out how easy it is (or isn’t) to make sure his Stadia controllers don’t turn into e-waste.

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Links to stuff we mentioned in the video:
Rerez’s look at Stadia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KPNQ7sT3E
Google Graveyard: https://killedbygoogle.com/
Stadia controller update site: https://stadia.google.com/controller/index_en_US.html

Meditation Kit: Using tech to tame your brain! | This Old Nerd S03E10

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Iyaz’s brain is noisy at times, so it’s been recommended he meditate (particularly mindfulness meditation). So, he turned to tech. He mainly uses the app Buddhify (available on iOS and Android). But the thing is, sometimes stuff goes wrong. The app doesn’t load on a particular phone. Or the app is fine, but on a device that is dead. So, here comes the meditation kit.

But, of course, Iyaz didn’t stop there. He wanted to get those guided meditations, so he found a way to extract the audio files.

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Apps Iyaz uses:

Timecodes:
00:00 – The project
00:33 – Why meditation?
01:30 – Tech for meditation
02:30 – The meditation kit
03:05 – Origins of the meditation kit
03:53 – The kit explained
04:51 – Best practices for your old phone
05:50 – Not happy. Need to extract the audio.
06:26 – How to get audio from an iPad app
06:55 – Figuring out which audio file is which
08:09 – A snag with the audio files
08:51- Partner acceptance rating (How your tech impacts the people you live with)
10:25 – Support the show!
11:08 – Post-credit scene/Cheddar