WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:06.799 Is Michael Garfi. 2 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:07.759 Michael Garfield. 3 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:09.240 Michael Garfield's joining. 4 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.080 In the high Tech Texan. Michael Garfield is here with 5 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:13.400 a high Tech Texans. 6 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:16.519 Its to make life easier, new. 7 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:19.359 Technology, and Michael Garfield has something you might like. 8 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.640 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans three decades helping 9 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:37.280 you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the 10 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:42.479 iHeartRadio add now you're high Tech Texan Michael Garfield. 11 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:51.920 Wherever you are listening, you for spinning an hour or two, 12 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:54.359 even if you spend five and a half minutes. Actually, 13 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:57.159 I think we want you for fifteen minutes because according 14 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.000 to our personal people meeting with Nielsen's, I think that's 15 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:02.560 how we get counted for ratings. So hang in there 16 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:05.480 for a few more minutes. People, we can use all 17 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:09.159 the ratings help we can get. It is Michael Michael Garfield. 18 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:12.159 It's called the High Tech Textan Show. I swear this 19 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:16.040 is so much more than just technology. I do not 20 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:20.879 geek out. Nope, we make technologies sexy along with so 21 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:24.319 many other consumer products. It is an interactive show. It 22 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:28.840 is a call in show three four six twenty nine Texan. 23 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.959 You can give us a call callum read may be happy, 24 00:01:33.079 --> 00:01:35.439 maybe not be yet. Maybe I don't know you cranky callum, 25 00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:37.560 drink some coffee. He may pick up the phone, he 26 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:41.480 may not feel free to interact. Also online high tech 27 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:45.359 text and Hi g h T E h T e 28 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:49.439 x A N on the Instagram, on x slash, Twitter, Facebook, 29 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:51.840 you could even find me and email me man. I 30 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:55.200 never thought email would be low tech, but high tech 31 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.719 Textan dot com Michael at high tech Texan dot com. 32 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:01.159 It's one of the as many ways that you can 33 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:05.400 reach out. It's kind of the middle. I guess it's 34 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:08.879 the end of winter doldrum. We've been through the Consumer 35 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.639 electronics show in early January. Covered a lot of the products. 36 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:16.840 There nothing certainly back to school that doesn't happen until 37 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:21.000 late summer early fall. Not a ton of products are 38 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:23.520 being released. We did get some news last week about 39 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:26.719 the new low cost and I'm using air quotes Apple 40 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.360 sixteen E. It's not that low cost, but it's the 41 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:33.360 lower level version that's coming out. Got some news from Amazon. 42 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:36.840 Amazon is upgrading after all these years, they're alexa. I 43 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:39.080 will tell you about that in case you still have 44 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.319 the old school like Echo dot like I still do. 45 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:46.840 Finally getting a little Ai Alexa AI having a little merger, 46 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:51.280 which is about time too, along with some other goings on. 47 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:53.599 It may not be busy in the tech tech world, 48 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.080 but we're going to entertain you. But there's a lot 49 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:59.159 of stuff happening in the local regional entertainment world for 50 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:02.319 all of those listeners living in and around the Houston 51 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:05.759 Dalveston area. We have got the kickoff the opening this 52 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:11.599 weekend of the World Championship Barbecue Contest. I go every 53 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:14.520 single year. I am I'm actually, I'm honored. Is that 54 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:17.599 the word? I want? Honored? To be a judge, I 55 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:22.080 judge to judge the best barbecue. And I got on 56 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:26.000 this judging circuit, this particular one, eight to ten years ago, 57 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.039 and this is the one you don't want to get off. 58 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:30.759 And I don't even drink, I don't even eat a 59 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:33.639 lot of red meat. But this is the one you 60 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:35.599 want to be on because people fight tooth and nail 61 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.159 to get on this thing. And so that will happen 62 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.800 late Saturday afternoon when we get off doing the show 63 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:48.199 live plausibly live. Yesterday I judged some junior steak thirteen 64 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:50.919 year old kids. The rodeo was kind enough. They do 65 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:53.560 this every year. They give them little tiny Weber grills 66 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.360 and the kids by themselves, they file ay a piece 67 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:58.639 of steak. And I was one of the celebrity judges there. 68 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:02.159 And if that's not your cup of tea, Marty Gras 69 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:05.280 is going on, and yes, we have a lot of 70 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:10.159 New Orleans and Louisiana listeners have fun. I've never been 71 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:14.039 to the real the wal Marty Gras parades in New Orleans. 72 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:16.120 I have been to the ones in Galveston, though, And 73 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.079 this is the second and final weekend of the Galveston 74 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:21.439 Marty Gras. Last night was a parade, and there is 75 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:24.800 I think Saturday is the final parade. And it does 76 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.439 get fit. The weather should be decent. If you've never been, 77 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.720 go down. It's in the Strand, which is kind of 78 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:32.839 the downtown area. You buy a ticket to get to 79 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:35.199 the Prairie parade route. You can get up to the 80 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.920 balconies if you know someone. But that's a blast and 81 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.120 a ball. We gave away some tickets last week to 82 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:43.000 the Marty Gras, so if you didn't win, sucks for you. 83 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:46.319 But you can still go down there for Marty Graus. Galveston, 84 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.480 so lots of things happening in the world of having 85 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:54.199 fun as we I guess ring in springtime almost past 86 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:56.680 week or two across Texas. It with a little chili. 87 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:00.319 Now we're just eating chili and drinking a a lot 88 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:02.079 of brown water and a lot of beer, because that's 89 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:04.600 what happens this time of year. You know how to 90 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:07.000 get a hold of us and we have an other 91 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:08.959 Do we have anything to give away? Don't have anything 92 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:10.600 to give away? Oh, by the way, what I do 93 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:14.360 want to mention this if for some reason today, well Saturday, 94 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.480 and if you're in Houston, and if you want to 95 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:20.480 celebrate Marti Gras and you don't want to hit Marty 96 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:24.240 gra Galveston, there is a big Marti Gras part hey, 97 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:30.360 and I'm talking big stuff and it is crawfish, potato, sausage, corn, 98 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:33.639 perfect for the season in the weather. It's a big 99 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:37.079 family affair. It's at Patterson Park. Patterson Park. It is 100 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:40.759 a it's an indoor outdoor massive bar, and I don't 101 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:42.399 want to call it a sports bar, even though they 102 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:45.199 have like forty plus TVs. I hung out there a 103 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.160 lot in December to watch a lot of the foot 104 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.800 college football games and the bowls, the UT games, starting 105 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:54.720 at twelve o'clock. Spicy crawfish nine dollars a pound. That's 106 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:57.519 pretty good. And you got you know, as I said, potatoes, 107 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:00.639 sausage and corn, big music, Bring the kids. They have 108 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:04.519 complimentary face painting from two to four pm in the afternoon, 109 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:07.319 and you can you know they're gonna paint the character 110 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:10.639 favorite Marty GK characters. And there's just a fun atmosphere too. 111 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:13.879 There's a lot of traditional New Orleans drinks, the Hurricane, 112 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:18.560 the Dakri, the sazaraq Go Celebrate twenty two oh five 113 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:22.639 Patterson Avenue. So it's on it ten, not far from 114 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:26.079 downtown the Heights area, just near Shepherd if you know 115 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:28.439 where that is, it's a Patterson It's just just north 116 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:30.439 of By ten. And so Lonnie Schiller and the team 117 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.319 do a just they do a great job. So happy 118 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:37.240 Marty Grass from Patterson Park. But I actually may run 119 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.639 by there. I won't get there at twelve, but I may. 120 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.439 I may buy there, but run by there. I'm gonna 121 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:44.160 do a two for I may do a drive by 122 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.560 at Patterson Park Marti Gras party, and then I'm gonna 123 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:50.120 go on site to NRG Center for the World Championship 124 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:53.279 Barbecue Cookoff contest. This is just not it's not a 125 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.000 local week people. It's fun, it's all get out, man, 126 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:57.920 but it's just it's just not a low cow week. 127 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:02.800 Favorite barbecue restaurants, favorite barbecue recipes. Let's talk about it. 128 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:04.439 I told you this isn't just about a tech show. 129 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:09.199 His a lifestyle show. Three four six two nine T 130 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:13.000 E X A N. No matter where you are, you 131 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:16.600 can get to us. I will say this. I this 132 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:19.079 past week has been kind of sad. Some sad news. 133 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:23.560 We've I heard that the Pope is not doing well, 134 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:27.800 has some some sort of a respiratory respiratory illness. He 135 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.040 was on a he was you know, helped being you know, 136 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.519 on a brief breathalyzer breathalyzer, but anyway, it was a 137 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:37.279 breathing apparatus. So the Pope, we hope he does well. 138 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:38.839 The Pope is kind of down for the count for 139 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:42.360 a bit, as so as pop And I'm talking about 140 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:47.480 Greg Popovich, the San Antonio Spurs legendary basketball coach. He's 141 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:49.279 not coach for the rest of a season because he's 142 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:52.639 not doing well. But the worst of the news that 143 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:57.000 I heard Hooters may file for bankruptcy, and folks, I 144 00:07:57.040 --> 00:07:59.439 am beyond myself. I'm just it's I can't even take it. 145 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:02.000 So we've got the Pope, we've got pop, and we've 146 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:06.800 got puffers all in the Newspeople. Yeah, I was telling me, 147 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:10.720 I listen, I like Hooters easily, some of the better 148 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:12.279 wings I've ever had. And I am you know what, 149 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:15.240 this is not a dude saying this. I don't care 150 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.639 if the male general This is not an endorsement. By 151 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:20.600 the way, it's that Hooters does not pay me. And 152 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:22.839 I have not been to Hooters in a while, but 153 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:24.560 back in the day when I used to take my 154 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.199 three boys there for their birthdays. I am not kidding him. 155 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:29.959 I love their wings. I don't care if the male 156 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.480 general manager, who is a dude, I don't care if 157 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:34.200 he served me wings. I didn't need any. But you know, 158 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:37.159 females in the short dolphin shorts, this is no sexist thing. 159 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:39.919 Whenever they had some dang good wings, they had the 160 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.039 Bentley wings in fear that that was the hot wings. 161 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.919 I love this stuff. Man. How was the place to be? 162 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:47.320 How are they bankruptcy? I told my kids because they 163 00:08:47.320 --> 00:08:49.919 all sent me links. Oh my godness, remember we went 164 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:53.120 here for our birthdays. They're frolling for bankruptcyes. A bankruptcy 165 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:58.600 doesn't necessarily mean they're going to shut down. They can reorganize. Actually, 166 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:02.039 I guess it's kind of a boot lift, is reorganizing. 167 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:04.840 We've got to keep this show clean, very clean. People. 168 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:07.600 You know the number. When we come back, I'm got 169 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:08.759 to tell you. I saw I'm going to tell you 170 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:11.720 about the new Alexa update. If you do have an 171 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:13.879 Alexa and you use it, and I'm just probably setting 172 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.279 off every single one of your Alexa machines in your 173 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:19.080 house right now, I apologize. If you do have that 174 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:24.559 virtual assistant, I will tell you what Amazon to just 175 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:27.919 update it. There is a cost, but there is a 176 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:30.960 free way to get these upgrades. But there's also some 177 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:32.960 whole devices that are not going to get this upgrade. 178 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.720 Plus the NFL getting ready to get into my technology world. 179 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:40.320 The NFL just announce they're using some new tech next season. 180 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:42.480 Can't wait to tell you about that. And I just 181 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:44.799 hope it helps the cowboys. That's all I really care about. 182 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.080 Michael Garfield, Welcome to the High Tech Text and Show. 183 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:17.519 If you were watching the Oscars this Sunday night, I've 184 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.399 long watched the Oscars, not nearly as much as I 185 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:23.200 did when I used to go to the movies when 186 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:24.720 I was growing up so much. I mean, I've watched 187 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:27.480 it because the problem is, I of all the Oscar 188 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:31.120 movies that are nominated for Best Pick, they may not 189 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:32.919 have seen one of them. I don't think I didn't 190 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:34.879 see a wicked I didn't see any of this stuff. Nope, 191 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:35.600 I haven't done all. 192 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:35.720 I know. 193 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:40.759 I had Sunday Night Conan O'Brien, pretty funny. It's hosting 194 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:44.679 the Oscars, and listen, I love him saying and hosting. 195 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:47.279 I do that. It's a big part of what I do. 196 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.320 Good business model for me. I travel the country, give 197 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:53.679 me a microphone, put me on camera, whatever it is. 198 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:57.399 My job is to fire people up, keep things on time, 199 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:00.639 stretch when I need to stretch. I don't know if 200 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.960 I do the Oscars, because that's like a no win situation. 201 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:08.519 I mean, other than the fact that maybe in our life, 202 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:12.200 in my life, well it's my life's I'm Billy Crystal Long. 203 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:13.879 I mean, he killed it back in the day and 204 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:15.159 he said, you know what, I don't want to do 205 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:18.039 it anymore. Bob Hope, I believe is the longest. He's 206 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.200 done it more than anybody else. Billy Crystal did it well, 207 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:22.799 but they keep rotating. I mean, I like Jimmy Kimmel, 208 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:25.080 but I mean I'm a Conan fan, so I'll probably 209 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:27.200 tune in for at least a monologue to see what's up. 210 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:29.679 But I guess what I'll, you know, go online on 211 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:31.720 my Instagram and I'll see the highlights later. Which is 212 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.399 how more and more that we are consuming. I saw 213 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:41.639 this list every Oscar Best Picture winner ranked. I'm just 214 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:44.200 gonna spend a minute of this. There have been ninety 215 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:48.200 six Oscar Best Picture winners. Obviously this is I guess 216 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:52.240 this is the ninety seventh Oscar, right ninety seven. I'm 217 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:55.519 perusing this list, and I'm gonna give you the top ten, 218 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:58.200 and I want to see how many of the top 219 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:01.080 ten of the I don't even know voter. The best 220 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:06.159 overall Best Picture winner is number ten. One Flew Over 221 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:10.360 the Cuckoo's Nest, Never seen it? Number nine Godfather Part Two, 222 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.679 Never seen it. Eight Silence of the Lambs. I actually 223 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:16.759 did see Silence of Lambs, don't remember it too much. 224 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:22.799 Seven French Connection. Interestingly enough, Rest in peace, Gene Hackman Popeye, 225 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.519 Doe passed away this week, horrible story, French Connection. Number seven. 226 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:30.159 Number six rock Me Amadaeis. Never saw that was nineteen 227 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:32.039 eighty four. I was in high school then I didn't. 228 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:33.840 Actually I was in college. I didn't understand it, didn't 229 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:36.559 want to see it. Number five a nineteen fifty movie 230 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:39.720 All about Eve. Nope, don't dig Black and White. Number 231 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:44.360 four on the water Front, also nineteen fifty four. Marlon Brando, Nope, 232 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:48.720 never seen it. Three Here we Go, Shindler's List saw it. 233 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:56.080 Sad Spielberg won the Oscar Good Friend two Casablanca. I 234 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:59.440 saw it because I had to when I was studying radio, 235 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:03.720 TV and film in my communications graduate program at the 236 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:05.879 University of Texas. Had to see it. And number one, 237 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:10.960 the number one most the best ever of all ninety 238 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:15.679 six previous Best Picture winners, The Godfather and Folks. If 239 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:19.960 you're a longtime listener, I've never seen it. Do not call, 240 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.360 do not yell, Do not at me. I've just never 241 00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:29.559 seen The Godfather. I just I've never was a a mafia, gangster, 242 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.120 shoot them up type of dude. Never seen it. All right, 243 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:37.960 I just lost some listeners. We move on to the 244 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.879 high tech textan show I am going to ask my 245 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:48.080 Amazon Echo to count down. I can't c is it 246 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.120 a her? I guess Alex is or her her favorite 247 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:54.559 top ten movies this year? Because Alexa has a new update. 248 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.080 I don't talk about Amazon a lot, and I don't 249 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:00.480 talk about Amazon Alexa. What is your favorite virtually assistant? 250 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:05.159 Because there's Apple has SERI, Samsung has big Speed. You 251 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.120 know Google's got Google Mast And I just set off 252 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:10.480 my Google by saying that Amazon's got Alexa. I mean, 253 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:14.639 it just goes on and on it does. Alexa was 254 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:17.600 one of the if not even the the big, the big, 255 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:21.000 first to market once and Alexa has been around. Well, 256 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:25.200 guess what Amazon They finally rolled out and upgrade is 257 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:28.279 a new generation. They had a big event which Amazon 258 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.799 did not invite me to. It's a next generation of 259 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.320 the assistants and it's powered by guess what, generative AI, 260 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:41.320 and the company's promising a smarter, more conversational, and approachable 261 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:45.559 virtual assistant. I don't know how a virtual assistant could 262 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:50.159 be approachable. I don't know. It's the new generation. It's 263 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:53.840 called Alexa Plus. And and again I'm reading this in 264 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:56.000 a press release since I haven't I didn't go into 265 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:59.559 the New York press conference. Apparently you can book dinner reservations, 266 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.919 you could say, reminders on your calendar. You can order 267 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:04.519 and send gifts to people. You can learn your routine 268 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:07.879 likes and dislikes over time to better serve you and 269 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:13.200 everybody else in your household. Makes sense? I mean, I 270 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:17.200 guess it's an upgrade because everybody needs to hop on 271 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:23.360 the AI bandwagon. But hasn't. Hasn't this Alexa help set 272 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:28.840 reminders on your calendar? I mean maybe they haven't done 273 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:32.000 dinner reservations. They can have, you know, nearby restaurants, So 274 00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:33.639 I mean, I guess there's an upgrade. I haven't tried 275 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:36.960 it yet, but apparently can also control your smart home. 276 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:40.240 It could monitor your security cams. It could dim your lights, 277 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:42.720 turn them on and turn it off again. I'm reading 278 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.919 from a press release. Haven't tried it, so I cannot 279 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:47.759 review it, and I can't promote it, and I can't 280 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:52.080 pimp it. But Alexa plus. Oh, by the way, everybody 281 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:55.240 wants to make some money twenty dollars a month? Would 282 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:58.720 you pay for this upgrade? Twenty bucks a month to 283 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:03.279 do that? But breaking news if you're a prime Amazon 284 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.679 prime member, and I'm taking a guess you are. It's free. 285 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:13.960 It's gonna start to roll out next month. And the 286 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:20.159 other thing is it doesn't it doesn't work with older devices. 287 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:25.679 I have one two. I think I have two Amazon devices. 288 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:28.799 I have a very relatively old and I say relatively 289 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:30.639 it's not very old. I mean it hasn't been out 290 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:35.200 that long, a relatively old Amazon Echo Dot. It's the 291 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:37.879 size of hockey puck. Thing was like twenty five bones. 292 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.799 That was the thing to do. Thing to get it was. 293 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.840 It was relative, it was very and it's inexpensive back 294 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:45.320 in the day, and I think that was my first 295 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.720 virtual assistant. It's sitting in my living room and I 296 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:49.480 just don't use it because I also have a Google 297 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.799 Nest sitting on my kitchen counter and I use that 298 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:54.559 not only daily, several times a day. I mean I 299 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:56.320 use it as a clock. I play music, and I 300 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.039 get my recipes and everything with it. But it but 301 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:03.559 it's not going to work with the first generation Echo 302 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:08.480 Echo Dot at Go Plus at Go Tap, Echo Spot 303 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:13.039 or the Echo Show. Oh guess what. The second generation 304 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:17.279 Echo Show won't support it either. Now there still are 305 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:19.039 many Echo devices that apparently are going to work with 306 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:22.759 this new exo. Plus there's something new called the echo flex. 307 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:24.680 No clue what that is. But if you got this 308 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:27.279 stuff at some point, start looking for this thing. And 309 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:29.799 if you do use it, I'd love to hear from 310 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:32.799 you because it is. Yes, I host this radio show, 311 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:35.039 and I do my TV segments, and I write columns, 312 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:38.680 and you know, I recommend products and services that are 313 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:43.599 supposed to help our lives. Does AI help your lives? 314 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.359 Have you used it before? I'm slowly using it a 315 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:48.920 little bit more. I mean I've had some fun with it. 316 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.559 It's like, hey, can you know you give me an 317 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:53.440 image of Darth Vader holding a hanukah menora. I mean, 318 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:57.039 just you know, crazy stuff like that. I don't really 319 00:17:57.319 --> 00:18:01.000 use it of writing presentations or you know, doing calendar 320 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:04.359 invites or things. But give me a shout here three 321 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:08.240 four six two nine Texan t X and Michael Garfield's 322 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:10.160 a name, Calum Reid. May pick up the phone, may 323 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:13.119 not if he doesn't leave a voicemail. We do have 324 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:14.720 the right to play your voicemail if you do leave 325 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:17.160 a voicemail to answer your questions. But there's a lot 326 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:21.559 of these and uh, personally and again not a paid endorsement. 327 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:24.640 I'm more of a Google guy, a big Android fan, 328 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:30.039 as you know, and I have one too. I mean, 329 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:31.960 I've got the doorbell, I've got the Google Nest doorbell. 330 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:34.079 I've got the Google list of my kitchen. I've got 331 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.799 the Google little play speaker next to my bed. I 332 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:40.240 just I've got a little tiny hockey puck type of 333 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:43.000 Google whatever they think call it in my office. I 334 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:45.839 just that's what I use more often. I don't know, 335 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:49.359 maybe I'm brand loyal, but you use what you want 336 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:51.400 to use. I'm just telling you what is out there 337 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:53.680 and what is an upgrade, because that's what I do 338 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:57.039 here on the H T T Show. All right, good 339 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:02.200 do that now when we come back. Who missus football season? Man? 340 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.079 These these six months, man, like mid February till like 341 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:10.440 mid to late August. This is not my wheelhouse. I mean, 342 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:12.400 I just it's it's kind of like you know winter. 343 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:17.200 Everbody gets depressed sometimes when there is no football college professional, 344 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:20.279 and you know, listen, yay XFL USFL whatever it's called. 345 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:22.559 It's you know, I'm not there yet, nothing's happening, so 346 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:24.960 the countdown is on. But yeah, I know, we've got 347 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:27.440 the combine and we've got the draft coming up. But 348 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:31.599 the NFL just launched some news that actually they should 349 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:33.799 had me up with Roger Goodell to roll it out 350 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:37.160 because the NFL is using some new technology next season. 351 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:39.359 Watch a lot of you when you hear a Ye're 352 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:43.440 gonna go finally, it's just opray help us. My Dallas 353 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:45.799 commedis that Texan show bought up the hour. 354 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.200 Couple that. 355 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:13.359 And now I already said earlier this show that this 356 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:17.599 is a not a lo cow week, at least for me. 357 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:22.119 This past Sunday, I was at the kickoff for Rodeo Houston. 358 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:25.480 Probably what my nineteenth twentieth year. I was one of 359 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:30.119 the media celebrity judges in the Rodeo uncorked Best Bites. 360 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:33.519 That's a big one people. There were six thousand people. 361 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.960 It wasn't It wasn't a cheap ticket, but if they're 362 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:38.400 going to invite me to judge, I'm taking it. One 363 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:40.960 hundred local Houston restaurants and about four hundred and fifty 364 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:44.000 or five hundred different wines award winning wines. I don't 365 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:46.000 drink wine, so that wasn't a big deal, but it 366 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:48.720 was it was nice snacking on about I probably sampled 367 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:53.519 thirty five different appetizers andres and desserts. Really cool winners. 368 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:57.240 That was fun. Yesterday, Friday of this week, I was 369 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:01.000 a judge at the Rodeo Houston Junior cook Off, a 370 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:04.000 little you know, twelve thirteen year old kids. They were 371 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:07.799 cooking filets and steaks. Today after the show, I will 372 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:10.839 be judging the official barbecue as I got. But on 373 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:12.759 top of that, I'm still going to talk about food. 374 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:15.480 If you are hungry, my friends, I will tell you 375 00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:18.160 where I eat easily over under two and a half 376 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:22.160 times per week, per week. Cabo Bob's Easy and Easy Out. 377 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:27.160 Four locations in Houston, mini in Austin, one in San Antonio, Dallas. 378 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:30.720 I know you're listening in Dallas on eleven ninety talk radio. 379 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:32.599 Sucks for you because you don't have any yet, But 380 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:36.079 it's great. Arnold Lori I know them. They run the 381 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:38.480 entire division here in Houston. They are so good. You 382 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:40.079 go through the line and you can tell them what 383 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:45.279 you want to make your own tacos, burrito bowls, casadillas. 384 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:47.480 I had a can of chicken casadea I've made. Oh, 385 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:49.759 they're so good. Thing I love about is they're tortillas. 386 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:52.000 It's not like you know you go to these restaurants. Oh, 387 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.839 here's one flavor of tortilla. You got five choices, everything 388 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:59.880 from the tomatillo to the buttermilk flour. Tell them what 389 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:02.079 you want and you will watch them press the tortilla 390 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:04.759 and heat the tortilla and you just load it up. 391 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:07.640 Uh checked that out. And by the way, why don't 392 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:09.480 I'll tell you what. Call it number ten right now 393 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:14.079 seven one three, two one two five nine five Oho 394 00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:15.799 caller ten. I'm gonna give you a twenty five dollars 395 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.359 gift card. You are welcome people, and if you don't win, 396 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:21.640 sucks for you. Go buy your own because it is good. 397 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:25.119 It's not that expensive either. Lunchtime, man, they get crowded. 398 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:26.920 I've been to all for the locations here in the 399 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:30.160 Houston area. They are just it is just smoking awesome, 400 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:33.119 good Cobo Bob's twenty five dollars gift card. Eat is 401 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:35.119