Episode 025 - A Festivus for the Rest of SurfaceNation

Published: Dec. 23, 2015, 11:09 p.m.

Basic show notes for now.  Complete Show notes coming before the New Year

  1. Intro
    1. Tech Podcast Network
    2. Ask Colin about Aluminum Pole
  2. Festivus - December 23rd - We have the rights to use the song https://youtu.be/6nAaYubpBgI
    1. Airing of Grievances
      1. Skylake Shortage
      2. MS Apology http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-a8pologies-to-surface-owners-2015-12
      3. OneDrive Reversal
      4. Peter Henry Lumia
    2. Feats of Strength
      1. Dell Latitude Tough
      2. Urban armour gear rogue
    3. Festivus Miracle
      1. MS Sales Revenue October outpaced iPad  http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-makes-progress-against-ipad-2015-12
  3. Crossover - 12 Surface Tips for the 12 days of Christmas
    1. Swipe from the left to list open applications
    2. Train your surface to recognize your handwriting better
    3. Win+P for Presentation mode - PH
    4. How Do I use CTRL+Fn keys like I do on a normal keyboard?  Press the Fn key at the same time as the function keys to have them act as normal function keys. You can also toggle them between special/normal by pressing Fn and CapsLock.
    5. Enable Double touch and drag on touchpad - Open 'Settings > Devices > Mouse & Touchpad': Allow double-tap and drag.
    6. Make a recovery disk
    7. Launch Recovery menu by holding CTRL while restarting Surface
    8. Pair your phone with Bluetooth and your surface can enable your hotspot - works with Win10 Phone
    9. SP3 supports the new pen with the eraser.  Just replace your Pen with a SP4 pen
    10. Get a bluetooth mouse
    11. If you don't have a Hello compatible device try a PIN or a Picture password
    12. Use sleep study to understand what is consuming your battery and adjust
  1. Stocking stuffers
    1. Run the Get Started App to learn more about Windows 10
    2. Run the Surface App to learn more about the surface

A Christmas Barrel - A Holiday Radio Drama

Show theme by Rob from the Failed Musicians Podcast

 Special thanks to Tea with WarriorsAshley Paramore and Rishi Srivastava  for musical contributions.  I'm sorry I couldn't give you all shoutouts during the episode but we recorded before we had permission to use your music and we added it in post production.  Shoutouts next episode for sure.