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Whether those on you list have been naughty or nice doesn't matter. They are still expecting to get one and let's face it, tech gifts or even more popular than diamons. TechnoGranny has picked some great gifts to fit everyones pocket book, from the very generous down to Scrooge or just someone with a large list and a budget. Listen in for great tech gift ideas and hey, pass it on to those who have asked you what you want for Christmas. Also if you listen right away and order, most can still arrive for Christmas. But Hurry, you only have 12 more shopping days, 10 if your order online. You just might be able to say at the end of the show "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Instead of "No, No, No! I don't know what to get."

Today the hippie in TechnoGranny is discussing Zentangle with artist and certified Zentangle coach Jan Steinle. Honestly you don't have to be an aging hippie to do Zentangle. You just have to be someone who wants calm and peace in their life through art.|Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. The â??processâ?? is the focus, not the finished piece of art - thatâ??s just a wonderful side benefit.| Listen in live today to this #podcast or archived later to discover if you should add Zentangle to your arsenal for stress reduction.

Don't know about you but the TechnoGranny's grandson with the four great grandchildren sometimes has an emergency and needs some help. Western Union is a pain because he has those four kids and lives in a remote area twenty miles from the nearest WalMart. Enter payment by Facebook Messener. Also this can avoid you looking like a deadbeat when your friend picks up the dinner tab because you forgot your wallet, send the money by Facebook Messenger. Listen in as TechnoGranny's publisher Joyce Faulkner talks about the ways you can use Facebook Messenger and how to use it.| But as with anything else when a new money medium arrives the scammers find ways to get your money so listen in also for what to watcho out for with money requests.

Your old computer has XP but you still love it, unfortunately you are worried about security. Perhaps you are not sure about Microsoft 10. Should you buy a PC or laptop? Robert James owner of IT Directors On Call, Inc. wondered in the mid seventies who would spend $600.00 on a glorified calculator but today he gives you the benefit of over 30 years of IT experience to help you figure out what kind of computer or laptop you need before you make that purchase that you may want to put your shoe through in a couple of weeks if you don't purchase what suites your needs.

Rescheduled due to a TechnoGranny, error. Yes we admit it.| Premiere wig stylist, LaToya Johnson-Rainey , has been creating an experience for buying a wig for clients for over seven years. She is the owner of A Hair Boutique Shadyside. Today she will give you five top secret expert tips for buying your wig. It's not just about style and color. She has also been TechnoGranny's exclusive wig stylist since she was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer and you will be able to see some of these great styles later this week on the TechnoGrannyTalks blog.

Failing to take basic security precautions with website passwords puts your data at risk. The gist that keeps on giving is a hack that is used to acquire your personal information and after they have used all of this up, publishing for selling the passwords. But by then the damage is done. Hear what TechnoGranny has to say about protecting yourself.

Like the song "Cabaret" says, "What good is sitting alone in your room?" Listen in to Chinaza M. Duson, Author, Speaker, Network Marketing Professional, National Diamond, UK Expansion Leader, Performance Coach, HR Executive from the Greater Atlanta Area. Listen in as she and TechnoGranny talk about the tough questions about a home based travel business.| Is it costly to start? | Is it technologically difficult? | Can you really make money at it? | Can you actually enjoy travelling while becoming financially independent and helping others to do the same?| Most importantly is it fun making money travelling?| If you have friends who like to travel, please share this interview.| Also listen in to find out how to hear Chinaza speak in Pittsburgh tonight and if you can't make that how to get additional info on starting your own home based travel business.| TechnoGranny and Chinaza look forward to seeing you soon on the beaches of the world.| But first you have to listen in to this #podcast #Chinazaspeaks.

What to do with those hard to dispose of items and how to get them out of your house and into a safe place for the environment. From Christmas Trees to Household Chemical, expried prescriptions to tvs and computers even tires. The trash man won't take them, find out what to do besides take them to an uncharted dumping site, shame on you!

During the recent Noreastern storm many motorists were stranded on the highway, literally stuck on limited access highways or just off of them. For those who did not have their cell phones with them or no chargers, what were their options. Well before the prevalence of cell phones, one would say "pay phones." Some millenials may not even know what one is however. |Pay phones used to be on nearly every street of every major city, and they were nearly as common in suburbs and small towns as well. As a result of the prevalence of cells phones "Pay Phones" just don't pay anymore in some cases and have becomethey much less common. But what if you need to make a phone call and you simply didn't bring your phone with you at all, cell towers are down or your phone has run out of charge. | The recent Noreastern Storm Jonas inspired the TechnoGranny to investigate how to find a "pay phone." Quarters by the way are not just for parking meters or economy store shopping carts.

it's that time of year when the retails stores lay off their extra help and many people are homebound or jobless. Two reasons that create a boom in the telemarketing business. Those laid off after the post holiday help boom are accepting jobs as telemarketers and often their paycheck is based on what they sell. Now I have done this job for a cultural establilshment in my area and it is thankless and people are often rude, with good cause as they are being disturbed without an invitation.| But as a consumer what can you do about these calls. You have heard about the famous "Do Not Call List" and there are those who will tell you it does not work. Well it does as long as you do what you are supposed to do and you are otherwise vigilant. Listen in as TechnoGranny, Joanne Quinn-Smith goes over some tips right from the FTA, Hear how the National Do Not Call Registry works and how it doesn't. For those who don't want to take the time to listen you can get the same info at donotcall.gov. What you wont get is special insights from the TechnoGranny herself culled from her own experience.

What's new with Christmas, Christmas online. Today four fantastic kid's Christmas sites. Through the wonders of technology, kids can find out if they are naughty or nice, track Santa's holiday meanderings, access Mrs. Claus's recipe book with mom and turn themselves into an elf. Listen in to get inspired with just four of the multiple sites you can find online to amuse your children and get them to spend time with you at Christmas. There are many wonderful sites out there, these are just four that TechnoGranny plans to explore at Christmas with her granddaughter.

When was the last time that the IRS called you? Never unless you call them first! Yet countless Americans are receiving ominous, disconcerting "phone calls" from the Internal Revenue Service, and when you call back, they answer "Internal Revenue Service" They answer, live voice, dead give away for anyone who has dealt with the IRS or any other government agency, pushing phone buttons for various departments after listening to lengthy instructiosn.| Techno Granny's guest today, John Pournaras, Tax Accountant, will enlighten listeners today about the various "popular" scams for 2015 and some that have been around for a while.| While he is on, we may also convince him to give some tips to prepare to file your 2015 taxes.| I know you are saying, "Just let me get through the holidays!" Okay so download this #podcast and save it for after New Year's and by all means pass it on to your friends so they can be wary of the New Dirty Dozen of Tax Scams for this tax year.

The TechnoGranny is betting that the number one most popular phrase uttered by helpful friends and relatives,"I Can Get it For You Wholesale," has been replaced by "There's an App for That." | So today she jumps on the Holiday, Hanuka, Christmas, Kwanza, Divali (sorry if we missed any) bandwagons and is suggesting Nine Apps that May Make Your Holiday Easier. Don't forget to forward this to your busy friends who can listen live or archive for later because it's a #podcast.

Guest Al Levine started out to do community TV just because he loved sports and he loved to talk, that's why he's called "The Talking Machine." Five years later he co-hosts a very successful community TV show in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.| From Meadow's Racetrack and Casino 49th Adios Day to Bocce, Pittsburgh Sports Line ventures into all sports waters with a fun, casual style and does it LIVE in area bars and restaurants.| Hear Al's story and his unique way of creating a team to sustain a very popular community TV show and have fun and make money doing it. | Don't forget to listen in for a delightful conversation between Al Levine, the Talking Machine and the TechnoGranny as she gets ready to celebrate 9 years of podcasting and Al begins his 5 year celebration.

What is this Perisope thing and should you be using it and how? Guest today is how TechnoGranny first heard about Periscope at Podcamp Pittsburgh. Michael is a prolific video and audio podcaster. Michael an established Videographer and Editor in the Pittsburgh area. He currently owns and operates Sorgatron Media, Inc. and its spin¬off, Sidekick Media Services, and is a co �¬organizer of Podcamp Pittsburgh. | No you are not in the dark ages if you don't know that Periscope is a twitter phone app which allows you to have fun and with good tips you can promote your business or organization.| Listen in today for five tips to uncover the mysteries of using Periscope.

Don't we all just love tech gifts? Surveys have shown that women even love tech gifts more than jewelry or furs, however guest host today, JoAnn Forrester, Empress of Biz and Nanno Granny would disagree. Today we have wacky to wonderful, useful to just nice to have, five gifts that we found online. Listen in to hear about virtual keyboards, digital meat thermometer, three D doodler, a great surprise inexpensive tech gift for the football fan in your life and a spy tank, yes a spy tank.

You might think that the practice of Halloween migrated along with Europeans to the United States. But trick or treating did not really emerge as we know it ntil the 1920s and 1930s. It paused for a bit during World War II because of sugar rations, then in the 50's was back in full force. The term â??trick or treatâ?? dates back to 1927.| Baby boomers may remember dressing in mother's clothes or dad's work clothes or a pillow case with holes in it, but Techno Granny has uncovered some trends going back to World WarII and culminating in the 2010's.

Low promotion budget for your event, no problem. Today TechnoGranny will discuss 16 economical ways to promote your events from offline word of mouth to online and print promotion.

For years, kale was just an afterthought decoration on your plate in a restaurant and now it is hailed as the newest superfood. Listen in as we explore the myriad benefits of kale and its versatile and nutritious antioxidant health benefits and capabilites. Listen in as we explore Kale, the New Superfood.

Tired of just storing your photos on Facebook, looking for other options in the cloud? Is your computer telling you, your Factory Image Space is almost used up. That's what happened to TechnoGranny. So she began to research various photo storage/sharing sites. She has also engaged guest, Mary Beth Kratsas of MBK Photography, international photo journalist and award winning photographer to weigh in on the pros and cons of various cloud storage sites for photography. Listen in as she and TechnoGranny review 13 Photo Storage and Sharing Sites.

Cardiologist Santosh Pandit began to have knee pain several years ago which began to interfere with his golf swing which is his downtime therapy for his high stress practice. He sought out an orthopedist who told him that he would have to have a knee replacement that would take him out of his solo practice for two months. So at the behest of his wife, Mrs. Cardiology he has begun on a regime of supplements and is now back to practicing his golf swing. Learn how supplements have helped him to get back on the golf course.

TV was a bit different in the fifties, much of it Black and White and TV Heroes were not what they are today. They ranged from caped crusaders to legends of the old West including women, sterotyped supermoms, cowboys, and comediennes and even animals.| They were very young, some very old. One star of a popular Western was already 70 when the series first aired. They had big noses, thin lips and gimpy legs. But Baby Boomers will recognized these heroes from the Golden Age of Television.| Listen in today as TechnoGranny and her frequent sidekick, NannoGranny, the EmpressofBiz, JoAnn Forrester reminisce about a fun era of TV that for the most part did not give you nightmares at night.| We will also give you some trivia that you yungins might not be aware of about what you call Retro TV.

Today's Guest: David Finsterle-Gawain, D.N.M., Pioneer, Innovator, Doctor of Natural Medicine D.N.M. is the Designation, received in 2004. | Doc David originated the Healing FUSION with Dr. Irina Kossovskaia in 2004. Both have spent the following years perfecting and educating to make it the cohesive program that it is today, helping people many times heal conditions previously thought even impossible. | Doc David Travels worldwide teaching and sharing his love and knowledge. He works with a number of modalities, covering a broad range from the physical through the emotional, so he is able to assist a large audience. David teaches or has taught internationally Specialized Kinesiology, Low Level/Soft Laser Therapy, Dental Proprioception, Family Constellation, Health Coaching, Nutritional Microscopy, Aspects of EFT, and Product Formulation, Better Breathing and Control Pause Expertâ?¦ Has extensive experience teaching Low Level Laser Therapy across North America since 2001, worked closely with Dr. Lytle with Dental Proprioception and the then newly introduced Q1000. Today find out 5 Ways Cold Laser Therapy Helps with Chronic Illness.

Have you ever Googled yourself or a co-worker, a prospective employer, a prospective client. Would it be advantageous to you to find out who is searching you online? Let's talk about it today with TechnoGranny. Can You Really Find Out Who's Searching You Online

If you are under 55, you might bust a gasket trying to figure some of these out. Techno Granny and the hilarious Nanny Granny, aka EmpressofBiz, JoAnn Forrester will talk about what it was like when they were yungins in vivid descriptions of stuff millenials and gen-Xers have probably never seen or heard of. Over 45 products and technologies to make you go, "What the......."" You can find the pictures and blog post at: http://technogrannyshow.blogspot.com/2015/01/technogrannyshow-if-under-55-these.html| But do listen in we are sure it will be much more entertaining live.| Also if you are tired of explaining to your kids or granchildren about the dark ages pass this one on to them and also the blog. BTW, not an original idea, we got most of the ideas from a great blog https://yougottobekidding.wordpress.com

Although the internet or World Wide Web has been around since 1980, it was only used by scientists and those in the academic world. It was between 1996 and 1998 that companies and institutions realized that web presence was no longer optional and the public began to "catch on" to this phenomenon. Before that early adopters were academic institutions and scientific communities. So what happened to all of these old websites? Can you still find them on the web? Chances are you can but only because an organization called Internet Archive, which has the co-founder of Alexa in common, has archived these sites?| From books to music and movies there is much to be found on the Internet Archives and the Wayback Machine from old movies, video clips and books to some of the original websites that early adopters used to browse. | And how about that old software? Won't it be cool when your kids can go online and figure out what all the fuss was about losing Microsoft XP?| Did you ever think that the internet would have a walk down memory lane? Well it does. Listen in today to get an introduction to how to find "really old stuff" on the internet. The archives go back to 1999. That means your 17 year old can find out what you are talking about when you say "When I was growing up?"| and hey, she might not have to read a book to do it. I don't think even Al Gore envisioned that.

Three of the most popular sites on line for discounted products and 3 alternatives. Also several helper sites that help you to compare and make sure that you are getting the right price.