• Apple Cider is like Helium – October 2 2015

    [powerpress] Join us for the latest #FridayNighthangout  session! SHOW TOPICS What we are drinking tonight Kim Davis and The Pope http://flip.it/Wd95G http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/us/kim-davis-pope/index.html Selfie Deaths http://mashable.com/2015/09/21/selfie-deaths/#RRyg7hH25kq7 Nobody wants to pay for news http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/375848/paying-for-news-is-not-a-popular-option-for-millennials/ Jays clinch AL East http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-orioles-recap-mlb-1.3251143. Nova Star Ferry – AGAIN http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1314521-nova-star-passenger-numbers-down-from-last-september  

  • How To Get Weather Forecast Using Iridium GO!

    We can download the weather forecast using the Iridium GO! and the Iridium Mail smartphone app by selecting your current location or nearest airport weather station. First we get our Iridium GO! outside and with a clear view of the sky. We can start an internet call by pressing on the device INTERNET | YES.

  • Back in School – September 18 2015

    [powerpress]   We are back from our summer holiday and ready to resume our weekly schedule. The panel is back and ready to talk about the latest news topics that caught our eye and a round of +1’s – stuff that we discovered while browsing. University professor refuses to wear a FM transmitter for hearing…

  • Sentinel Mountain – Baxter State Park

    We spent three nights at Baxter State Park, once again camping at the cabins at Daicey Pond. Since this year, we shedded a lot of dead weight this year, so we decided to attack  the nearest summit from camp – Sentinel Mountain. We opted to park at the day-use lot at Kidney Pond, signed in…

  • August 28 2015 – Halifax Can’t Mow Grass

    [powerpress] Welcome to Avoiding Chores’ Friday Night Hangout, our weekly maritime kitchen party on google+ hangouts and our best-of podcast. Check back later today as the show topics are being set. The fun starts at 9:30pm AST

  • Solar Kit For Your Day Pack

    We will take a look at a solar EDC kit good for outdoors, urban & travel situations. Now I’m sure lots of you have solar panels and battery packs, but we don’t talk about the system around them often. If we do, it’s within an emergency context.

  • August 14 2015 – Hey Summer is Almost Over

    [powerpress] Welcome to Avoiding Chores’ Friday Night Hangout, our weekly maritime kitchen party on google+ hangouts and our best-of podcast. OK, lets start with our Halifax story for this week. Dalhousie can’t stop spending money [panel discussion] NEXT! our Maritime story for this week. Harper’s secret meeting in Cumberland-Colchester, will you get in? [panel discussion]…

  • Iridium GO! – How to Update Firmware

    Updating the firmware on your Iridium GO! is fairly easy and similar to how you update the firmware on your home wireless router.

  • Friday Night Hangout – July 31 2015

    [powerpress] SHOW TOPICS What we are drinking tonight Exhibition Park to close in Halifax this fall. What is the best bar to have a beer in Halifax? Man found safe after 5 days in woods Brampton Batman’s Batmobile Trouble Halts Traffic On Ontario’s Highway 401 internet mob justice is out of control

  • Ladies Night Hangout – July 17 2015

    [powerpress] Join us for a special Friday Night Hangout where the all-female panel takes over and riffs over the latest news topics while enjoying some adult beverages. SHOW TOPICS Introductions What we’re drinking tonight Topic 1: Music festivals and drugs: win the battle, lose the war? http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/1428729/young-man-dies-in-halifax-hospital-after-attending-evolve-music-festival-police-investigating/ Topic 2: Halifax v Dartmouth branding war Topic 3:…