Taco Bell, Taco Bell, product placement with
Taco Bell. Eat chorrito, mucho burrito. Hey man,
what's up? How much are you doing, John? I think
I'm getting a little sick right now. That's never
good. No. Never good. My son was like, uh, dad,
I'm, um, I, my, my, uh, everybody that doesn't
know, um, my 12 year old son. So I've got an
11 year old son, a 12 year old son and a 13 year
old daughter. Um, but my 12 year old son is autistic.
So sometimes like certain things don't. and they
just don't hit him the way everybody so like
my other kids would just come up to me and be
like dad i'm sick and micah's like confused he
comes up to me and he's he's this afternoon and
i was like but are you okay and he says i don't
know and i was like what do you what do you mean
you don't know if you're okay he's like my my
teeth hurt my nose has been running And he said
another symptom. And I was like, yeah, but I
think you're sick. Yeah. And I think maybe you
made me sick. Yeah. But. Well, I've got some
of that. I've definitely got something congestion
going on. Started to get some of the. Teeth ache
from that. What is that? Like, it doesn't happen
all the time. As you can see, my left eye is
a little funky. Yeah. Both of my eyes are, like,
crazy scratchy. Like, they're dry. Okay. But
yet, they're not. Okay. So, I don't know if I've
got something going around or... We got the black
lung over here, guys. Black lung, the new variation
of the COVIDs. Get your booster. Yeah, I don't
know. That's weird. I know there is some COVID
going around, but this doesn't feel like COVID
that I've ever had in the past. I'm not sure
that I've ever. The time that I knew that I had
COVID, COVID, back when we were taking tests
all the time and I hadn't found out that I had
it, it was a strange. circumstance like it it
didn't like my wife is the one who gave it to
me and her like real um whatever you call it
um symptom was her back hurt really bad but she's
real stubborn she won't talk about being sick
like at all um so and then i i don't know i just
felt weird Yeah. I didn't lose my taste or anything.
No, I didn't lose taste or smell. But it was
like a strong cold. Yeah. Or maybe like a weakish
flu when I had it. Yeah. Yeah, so this is definitely,
didn't feel like that. Definitely could be going
around. Right there in the schnoz. Yeah, it's
definitely in my nose. But it's not giving me
that really good radio voice. No. That's what
I want. It's just a shame. Yeah. If I'm going
to be sick, you better give me some low end over
here. We got to do that with the effects. With
the fat bottom? Fat bottom. There you go. Crank
it up. It's so funny that it's called that. That's
what it's called. Anyway, hey, what are we drinking
tonight? Today. Not necessarily new for me. I
think they're both new for you. Okay. My personal
Rochefort favorite. Okay. The number 10. Okay.
I think you will like it. I'm excited about that.
It's a good Trappist. I almost bought that the
other day. Oh, at Fresh? Yeah. Yeah. I really,
really like them. So you're saying I should buy
it. I went to get the Oscar Blues 1050. Okay.
By the time I got there, they were gone. Oh.
But they did have this one. I had this at Bernard's
restaurant. Okay. It is the bourbon barrel. Yeah.
I've had that. You have? Yeah. I really enjoyed
it. Yeah. Kentucky bourbon barrel. Yeah. It's
good. It's a good one. It's good. Yeah. So I
have a bonus. Okay. We may have to split it,
though. We'll see. Because I did a trade for
a Kentucky. Kentucky. The beer is already kicking
in. I haven't drank it yet. I did get a trade
for the 1050. Okay. Well, we'll see. I don't
think that... It's barrel -aged. And in the vein
of what we talked about last week, it's 12 .5%.
Start to show off with a bang. Okay. Why don't
you pour some of that in here, and then I'm going
to go with one of the Trappists, I think. Yeah,
that one is 10. And the Kentucky bourbon is 8
.2. Okay. So. Real short. Isn't that a smelly
kind of a cheese? Yeah. All right. Here we go.
I can get it to open. Get my finger under it.
I got a little spritz. Yeah. That's okay. Tin
50. Made by Oscar Blues, which is, now he's licking
his hand. I'm not going to waste it. I mean.
These are the people that make my favorite dark
ale. Probably should have put that up against
the. Wow, look at that. Old Chub. No, that's
good. There we go. I don't want the whole thing.
That head looks like chocolate milk. It really
does. Wow. I don't think that I would be taken
seriously. Hold on. Don't drink that. You want
to take a picture of that? Yeah. I want people
to see that it really looks like chocolate milk.
That's insane. Not playing around. Where's my
camera? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Chocolate milk. That
is great. Give us the chocolate cake. Yeah. We
can't laugh at that anymore. Well, you can laugh
at the joke, but. Sometimes it feels like you
can't. Okay, take a drink. I want to see what
you think. I want to do my usual. Sniff. Oh,
man, I can tell you. From the smell, this is
going to be good. Yeah, you can get the bourbon.
Definitely getting the sweet of the bourbon.
Yes. My whole face is in this mug right now.
Yeah, it is. Yeah, I take deep breaths of that.
Man. All right, here we go. Cheers, man. Cheers.
Toast. That's very much like chocolate milk.
That's good. I know I say that every time, but.
It's thick. When you get a good one, you get
a good one, yeah. Yeah, it's super dark. It's
got that coffee on the side of the tongue. Yeah,
a little touch of bitter at the end. Yeah, I
got a lot of coffee at the end. Yeah. But like
the beginning is very, very smooth and like,
I mean, I'm trying to convince myself that it
wasn't because we said it looked like chocolate
milk, but it was very like. You know, promised
land, chocolate milk. This is thick. Yeah, that's
good. Yeah, I don't hate that. I guess I'll have
to keep going back and seeing if I can track
some more down. This is a seasonal beer, unfortunately.
That reminds me of something. What does that
remind me of? Once it's gone, it's gone. I feel
like we had a really coffee -ish. Dark ale like
a year ago. That was my nose. Sorry. Yeah, no,
it was really good. That is good. Not like that's
a dessert. That's a dessert beer. I'd have, I'd
eat steak with that. There's no way I could drink
that while I'm eating steak. Oh, bring it. I
drink that with steak. Really? Yeah. I just feel
like the bourbon barrel aged ones are just too
sweet to me for steak. No. Well, I'm not saying
that I'm a connoisseur of these types of things
and know all these pairings. It just seems like
the kind of thing you're going to have with ice
cream. Maybe. I don't know why. Maybe. Oh, turn
it into a 10 -50 flute. Now that I believe. Some
scoops of vanilla. Oh, bro. If you put vanilla
in that, you are in trouble. Oh. That's going
to go down really well. Well, I wouldn't want
to put any chocolate. No. That'd be too much.
No, vanilla I think would be great. But yeah,
you put a couple scoops of vanilla and pour that
over. Mm -hmm. Oh. I think you've got an idea
there. I need to go back to Fat Dogs and see
if they have any. Oh, yeah. I don't think about
going to Fat Dogs. Because that's where this
was at. This was actually Jason Cort. Oh, but
he went to fat dogs, but he went to fat dogs.
Yeah. Unfortunately, by the time I got there,
they were all gone. Probably had sympathy with
the fact that it was a holiday weekend. Yeah.
So, but yeah, I would not mind pouring that over
some vanilla and reporting back on how good it
was. I expect it to be delicious. Oh, I no doubt.
Don't tell me if it's not. It's just so thick.
I'm swirling it around in my mug. I had a chocolate
milkshake for lunch today at Burger Warehouse.
They have good food, man. Burger Warehouse, for
those of you that live in Tyler, you need to
look it up. You're not going to drive by it and
notice it or anything like that. It's kind of
back in the Green Acres shopping center. Behind
everything, though, like way in the corner. It's
by the Sherwin -Williams. It's by the Sherwin
-Williams. If you know where the Sherwin -Williams
is there, that's right next to it, basically.
But they've got a burger called the 5150 that
has bacon in the patty. Yes. And bacon mayonnaise.
And then you just go ahead and tell them to add
bacon on top of it. And it's delicious. But they
also are, I think now, the only place in Tyler
that makes chocolate milkshakes with Blue Bell.
That could be right. I mean, they'll make any
kind of milkshake you want, but I always get
a chocolate milkshake, and they make it with
Blue Bell, and it's delicious. Just the way Gran
used to make them. I'm going to just go to my
happy place here for a minute. Give me a second.
No. No, I don't want to come back. There's some
happiness in this. Yeah. Does it have a thing?
Did you look it up? Oh, Oscar Blues. Imperial
Stout. Aged in bourbon barrels. Yeah, although
that is very obvious from drinking it. No, no,
no blurb on the can. You got a blurb on your
page? Oscar Blues? Seasonal Imperial Stout known
for its rich, viscous... I knew it. What a way
to describe it. Complex flavor profile. It is
brewed by Oscar Blues in Colorado. It's a Russian
Imperial Stout. Brew is packed with flavors of
chocolate -covered caramel coffee. Back that
up. A Russian imperial stout. That's what it
said. What did I say? Because the last two Russian
imperial stouts were brutal. They were terrible.
Yeah. Awful. Awful. So evidently. You got to
come to Colorado to get it made right. So the
Russians don't know how to do it. The Russians
don't know how to do it. Okay. Not surprised
by that. They probably did at one point. But
then, you know. They get rid of the czar and
they lost the knowledge. Socialism. Communism.
Anyway, the brew is packed with flavors of chocolate
-covered caramel coffee and roasted malts. It
also has a balanced bitterness from a generous
dose of hops. Balanced bitterness. I think that's
where the real coffee flavor comes in. There's
a kind of bitter end thing. 1050 is made with
large amounts of two -row malt, chocolate malt.
I didn't know there was chocolate in that. Some
of that chocolate. Roasted barley, flaked oats,
and hops. Yeah, I would say that all of that
seems very, very much real. It's typically available
September through March, which is seasonal -ish.
Ish. That's half the year. They don't make it
all the time. Two of the three. Two of the four
seasons. We really only have three seasons in
Texas. Yeah. But they are winter, spring, and
summer. Fall is kind of a miscalculation. It
looks like we're going to have fall this year.
It feels that way. We may actually see fall before
it turns winter. So where did you see Russian?
In the reading. I googled Oscar Blues 1050. Did
you follow the AI? There's the AI overview for
you. Did you not even learn from our show? I
did learn from our show, but this one didn't
feel like it was. Here's directly from Oscar
Blues. Okay, they're not going to call it Russian.
Barrel -aged 1050. Okay. Oh, that wasn't even
the barrel -aged version. Okay, so they say big,
bad, and barrel aged. This imperial stout camped
out for four seasons in bourbon whiskey oak barrels
before reaching absolute perfection. Aromas of
molasses and vanilla mixed with flavors of dark
chocolate, espresso beans, and roasted barley
to bring you a bold yet smooth finish that leaves
a hint of toasty bourbon goodness. So they do
say imperial style, but they don't say Russian.
See, I would say, though, that the bourbon part
that I'm getting is at the beginning, not the
end. I don't know why. That's fair. And maybe
I'm just wrong about that. Also, I'm a little
bit under the weather, so. Inimitable. Wow. Are
you over 21? Did you see what it says at the
over 21? No, it didn't ask me. It asked me. And
like the negative was like. You don't have enough
gray apparently in your baby. The camera is looking
at me. Like the red, the no was like maybe someday.
And then on the positive side of it, it said
last time I checked. Last time I checked. I'm
just saying. Okay. Well, speaking of... It's
a boundary -stretching beer. Ooh. Oh, but this
is the... Again, that's just 1050. That's not
the 1050. Not the barrel. Barrel. They call it
the BA 1050. I'm just saying I'm a fan of Oscar
Blues. I think they make a good beer. I've even
had Mama's Little Yellow Pills. I mean, it's
okay. It's just like old chub. And 1050, now
this barrel -aged 1050, I'm going to say gets
you something. I would say most of what they
make I probably would be a snob against. Well,
I mean, Dales is, I mean, it's the IPA. Like,
this is the typical Colorado beers up here that
are called Dales. Yeah, the IPA and the Pilsner.
Yeah. Hazy Blues, not touching it. No. The yellow
pills, Mama's Little Yellow Pills, no. Yeah.
Masalima, not touching it. What? Not touching
that. I'm kidding. Salt and lime? I'm drinking
beer. I'm drinking beer. Why is there salt and
lime? Correct. I do need to try the old chub.
I haven't had it. You really haven't? I have
not. And all these, like I've been talking about
it for so long, you've never had it? No, I have
not. All right, well, we'll fix that. You'll
like it. I probably would, being that it's an
ale. It's a scotch ale. Scotch ale, sorry. Correction.
Just saying. So, circling back to the you don't
have enough gray in your beard, apparently I
do. Yeah. And apparently I'm officially old.
Okay. Because I got my first invite to the Old
Guide Saturday breakfast meeting. Who puts this
on? Well, it's a couple of, there's current Pine
Cove guys and former Pine Cove guys, apparently,
in this group. You just got to be real old? Or
at least look old enough. Just saying. So Joe
walked in and he's like, how old are you? I'm
like, I'm 48, about to be 49. He's like, you're
not 50 yet? I'm like, no, but I kind of look
it in the, in the beard. And he's like, maybe
that's why I thought you were 50. I'm like, okay.
And he's like, well, there's a group of guys
that get together on Saturdays. Do you want an
invite? Sure. Sounds like they're not getting
together to play paintball. No, no, no, no, no.
So I'll report back on that with this upcoming
Saturday. That would be great. Unless it's like
Fight Club and you can't talk about it. Yes.
The first rule about Old Guys Club is you can't
talk about it. You can't talk about Old Guys
Club. So I'm already breaking the rules. Well,
I don't know. They haven't told you the rules
yet. Yeah. It could just be that you have to
have gray in your beard. I wasn't quite ready
for the Old Guy group invite. Nope. But it sounds
like I'll be the youngest guy in the group. I
do have some gray in this long beard. You had
a lot of comments this past week about how long
it was. That's when you got to start deciding
if it's worth keeping it long. You have to decide
whether or not it's worth the comments that you're
going to get from now on. You know what I mean?
It's just going to get worse. It's all gone.
Very sad over there. There was a look of longing
that was happening at the can. This is like the
Triple Mash. That was such an amazing beer. And
to be as high a content as it was, and they masked
it so well. And then you get done and you're
like, Oh, I didn't want to share that bottle
after all. Yeah. I've told you my favorite. I
think my favorite. I drink wine. Yes. We've talked
about this, I think. Which always makes me feel
really frou -frou. But you look at the wines
that I drink, and it feels less frou -frou to
me. I like Keepersall because it's from here.
Sure. And they have a red wine that's pretty
dry called a Mingzell that I really like. Mingzell.
It's M -E -N -G -S -E -L. Okay. So I like that.
Okay. I hear you say Mingzell, and what comes
to mind is everybody in the movie saying El Ming.
You remember that horrible movies movie. But
the other, like what this beer is reminding me
of the whole reason for bringing this up, what
this beer is reminding me of a lot. And it's
just a way that it's the way that you can taste
the bourbon in it is there's a, there's a wine.
called uh cooper and thief and i was first drawn
to it i'm i i will admit i get drawn into certain
wine purchases because of labels okay fair um
i it happens the same with with liquor too like
the label or the bottle shape or whatever kind
of gets me interested and i'll read i won't just
like purchase everything that looks interesting
to me not quite that Over the top, but or I guess
wealthy. That's probably what it is. But Cooper
and Thief got me because they have their wine
bottle is like squatty. It looks like it should
be on a pirate ship. Oh, OK. So it's like it's
not it's not undersized. It's just like it's
got the. neck of the bottle is straight and then
it kind of is it's not the same shape as other
wine bottles it's a little bit squattier okay
best way i can describe it um but then i read
the thing and the one that we have around here
um in tyler mostly um that i've seen is the cooper
and thief uh red wine blend But I think all of
them are aged in bourbon, maybe just whiskey.
Oh, they've got one that's aged in a brandy barrel.
So they take bourbon barrels, or I guess in that
one case a brandy barrel, and they age their
wine for three years. Or three months, not three
years, sorry. Three months in that at the very,
I guess, end of the process. And like that red
wine blend is like, hey, wine. Oh my gosh, there's
bourbon. Okay. So it's not like, you know, I
have a friend who was around here somewhere who
does not do mixed drinks. He just doesn't. Okay.
No, you're messing it up if you're mixing it
with something. Okay. And he goes so far as to
say like ice mixed drink. So that's just his
personal druthers. But Cooper and Thief, it's
like the closest thing that I've been comfortable
to with. I mean, I like bourbon and I like wine.
And you put your hands together and you get this
wine. It's a neat little thought experiment,
if nothing else. If any of y 'all have wine inclinations
or whatever, you might look for Cooper and Thief
and see if you can find one. I would say if you
like these beers that have barrel aged or whatever
with them and you have liked a wine before. Maybe
in youthful indiscretion that you had at some
point. Yeah, go check it out. Because it's definitely
one of mine. I mean, I'd say a favorite. It's
a go -to for sure. Like if I'm looking around
and I can't really find something new that I
really want to try, it's like I'll just get a
Cooper and Thief because they're really good.
I was looking at this. Wine for the whiskey lover.
Yeah, this Ming Cell. um on their on their site
and it's not bad it's 33 keepers all 33 a bottle
that's not too bad uh usually you can get it
for like 21 okay well on their site they say
33 yep so this is for the the 2022 okay vintage
but i love the very first part of what it says
ming cell is the red blend wine for wine nerds
i guess i'm a nerd I just really like it. Like,
Lori doesn't like it as much. I think when I
started really liking to drink red wine, she
went kind of scuttling back to white wine. And,
you know, I'm a very lucky man. My wife, more
than anything else, she's going to choose bourbon,
just straight bourbon. Nice. So, you know. Can't
complain over here, but it was kind of funny.
I was like, you want some wine? She's like, yeah,
I'll take like a Pinot Grigio or a Riesling,
you know, super, super sweet wine. And I was
like, I was thinking more like red and dry, but
okay, here we go. Can't read it on the same page.
I've just never been able to do wine. Well, I
mean, it's a thing for sure. I'd be interested
what you would think about the Cooper and Thief
because I think you really can taste the bourbon.
All right. All right, Rochefort. Rochefort Trappist,
number 10. It's a Belgian ale. Everybody knows
what I'm referencing, right? If they've been
following along on this show, they should. Okay.
You're welcome to explain it. Three Musketeers
from back in the day. Yes. Oh my gosh. With Charlie
Sheen and is it, what's that guy's, the young,
the young guy's Chris. Yeah. From the Batman.
From the, he was Robin. He played Robin. He played
Robin. Yeah. It's terrible. And. And. He was
from Scent of a Woman. Yes, he was from Scent
of a Woman. Oh, my gosh. Kiefer Sutherland. I
can see him. Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland,
and Oliver. Chris O'Donnell. Yeah, so Chris O'Donnell
is the young one. Oliver. What is it? What's
the third? Porthos. Anyway, the old, the funny.
The 1993 version? The 1993 Three Musketeers.
It's hilarious. Oliver Platt. Oliver Platt. I
was like, I think it's Oliver. Oliver Platt at
one point is insulting the Cardinals hitman guy,
and he's like, real short. Isn't that a smelly
sort of a cheese? Yes. I love that it's a Three
Musketeers, but yet there's four of them. Yeah,
I mean, that's kind of one of the, my son picked
up on that. He was like, so which one are the
three? And I was like, not D 'Artagnan, the other
three. I did make a Mighty Man, a David's Mighty
Man reference at that point. I was like, it's
like the three, but you know, there's also Benaiah.
Yeah. And a few others. And a few others. They
were really important, but they're not the three.
Cheers. Cheers, man. We love Trappists. I'm not
going to pour that in there. Yeah, you don't
want to mix in the, yeah. Didn't you learn anything
from the Old Testament? Don't mix. Don't mix.
The new wine and the old wineskins. Yes. Oh,
that was all head. That was just a bunch of foam.
Give me a second. Help me. Do over. Did not see
that coming. Drag it. Okay. Okay. This is very
different. Yes. From the one we just had. Yes.
Not nearly as sweet. Not nearly as sweet. But
I mean, not. Yeah. But this obviously is not
barrel aged. I think because. Because it's not
sweet at all and because it's a little on the
warm side, there's like all of that bubble is
like right on your tongue. And what's crazy,
you're saying it. I agree with you that it is
coming across almost warm. Yeah. But this has
been in the refrigerator for a week. Yeah. I
mean, the bottle is obviously cold. Yeah. But.
It's like there's a lot of, it's like if you
get a, if your Dr. Pepper has too much carbonation
mix in it. Yeah, there's a little bit of maybe
acidic. Just bubbly. Very bubbly. This one has
a blurb that says, according to the Surgeon General,
women should not drink alcoholic beverages. During
pregnancy. Oh, no, that's not what we're talking
about. Yeah. Produced by Abby N .D. DeSant Remy
Rochefort, Belgium. Yes. Yeah, 11 .3 alcohol
by volume. Wow. Of the... Trappists that we have,
this is definitely in my top five. Yeah? Yeah,
I think the... I really think if it was colder,
it would be like almost refreshing. You know
what I mean? It would be interesting to put it
in the freezer and really let it get down and
see what happens. Yeah. I mean, it is... Yeah,
I'm liking it more the more I drink it. I think
that that's a part of it for sure. So it's a
Belgian ale, but also a Trappist. And you know
how we feel. Those of you that are longtime listeners
know how we feel about Trappists. Just go ahead
and take my money. Yes. It's dark reddish brown,
which you can't tell through the bottle. It looks
very dark through the bottle. The bouquet is
of port wine, leather. This is the Ron Burgundy
of Trappist. Apricots, spices, and a touch of
bittersweet chocolate. I don't really taste the
bittersweet chocolate. I guess maybe like...
I don't know that with bittersweet that I would
say chocolate, but there may be something smooth
about it that I'm just not picking up on. Its
complex dark fruit flavors are balanced by some
bitterness and a firm malt backbone. One of the
world's most intriguing beverages. It ages well
and can be cellared for at least five years while
maintaining quality. Yeah, that feels a little
bit like an IPA. You're going to be like, no,
don't do that to me. World Beer Championship
2004 -2006. I do like it. Yeah, it's good. You
can see the coloring more in this picture on
whatever website this is. I'm a fan. Good job.
Good job, Monk. We appreciate you. Absolutely.
Okay. So, hey, we talked for a good long time
about beer. We did. Good job. We did, yes. Partially
because you brought multiples. And not just saying
it tastes good. No, not just saying, hey, this
one tastes good. Yeah. So, you know. You have
a story to tell us. So one of the things we wanted
to talk about is I've been messing with, again,
if you listen to us a lot, you know we talk about
Ubiquity, Unify products, and one of their, I
mean, how do you even, like, inside of their.
ecosystem of suite of applications suite of applications
thank you that's perfect that's exactly what
i should have said you have network which is
the one that most everybody knows unify for because
that's what their hardware is mostly dedicated
to you have protect which is kind of their next
branch off of that where they started looking
at like cameras and then you have i'm going to
go ahead and jump to access which Beside the
cameras was one of those like, hey, this kind
of makes sense. If we're going to do cameras,
we might want to let people into doors. They've
extended that now to include things like access
to EV chargers at businesses. We don't live in
California, really, so that's not really that
big of a deal here. um in east texas but uh they
also have talk which was again i think right
on the heels of protect yes um was right there
in that first uh wave of additions that they
made were hey if you're going to use this for
all of this um network gear why don't you also
use this for voip um all of your voice over ip
solutions and stuff like that one of the later
things that they added to their suite was something
called Connect. And Connect has the flavor of
Internet of Things. Yes. It would be in the IoT
realm of things. And honestly, most of what I'm
thinking about most of the time, dealing with...
the church life in east texas internet of things
is not like the top of my list it's not really
what i'm worried about too much it's becoming
more of what i'm worried about yes that's not
worried about but thinking about on a regular
basis um trying to look at the solutions that
maybe you can bring to uh i don't even know how
to say it the the what would be considered like
home automation but on a yeah um more of a hospitality
side of things like if i'm trying to make a room
available to somebody is there a button that
i can push that then makes it easy for them to
have access to everything that they need it doesn't
just turn on the lights it actually turns on
the sound system it may even turn on music like
all of these different automations that can happen
to make it easier to say yes to people who want
to use a space without having to have somebody
there to run it. So that's kind of where we live.
But the first step into this in my mind was looking
at their digital signage because we use digital
signage a lot and we're moving into using it
even more on our campus. And so I had a, preacher
not preacher I had one of our pastors come up
to me and ask me about vertical displays and
at first I was thinking like oh you want me to
buy you an external display for your laptop that
you can use vertically and I don't know you like
surfing the web that way having a big long Code
review. Yeah, see, if we were doing any code
review, I would say yes to that, but that's not
what's happening over here in this realm of things.
It's just, oh, yeah, you'd like to look at your
Facebook that way. That's not what he was talking
about. One of our other pastors had gone to another
church and seen some digital signage that was
in a vertically. situated tv in the in the portrait
mode if you will yes uh for this tv and he was
like it looks like a movie poster but it's like
all of their announcements are like that and
i was like yeah i mean that's it's been possible
for a while and this uh guy was like i think
that's only possible on certain like only certain
uh tvs or displays can do that i was like no
there's There's a lot of ways to accomplish this
and whatever. And as we started like going through,
okay, if we were to proof of concept this and
how we could use it and what it would be useful
for, for our church, I started looking at the
digital signage offering for ubiquity because
I'm always trying to make it where I don't actually
have to go like. plug in a usb somewhere correct
with new slides on it yep like kill me so they
have this this option um on connect which i'm
loving um i didn't know if i was gonna like it
i didn't know if it was gonna be useful turns
out it's useful right now i think it's only gonna
get more useful the more we use it but if you
look in your turn in your hymn books to page
connect on your SSBC or whatever, your UDM of
choice set of products. Anyway, if you go to
Connect, basically there are simple setup options.
So you have devices. Or displays, I think is
what they call them. You have automations and
you have media. Super simple, right? You can
do playlists of media, which is what I use most
of the time. Or you can do layouts where you
actually present a whole bunch of different media.
Kind of in a grid pattern of some kind. And then
you can do automations where you like play certain
things at certain times. auto schedule turning
off and on or whatever the thing is and then
in the display section that's when you actually
like when you adopt a display into your system
you it's listed there or you can group them together
where you have a group of devices that are playing
the same thing i haven't used that a whole lot
because we've only got two displays using this
system right now one of them is a vertical um
or a portrait mounted uh tv and the other one
is just a huge enormous tv that's doing digital
signage for us um funnily funnily i hate that
word enough um they're both in the same lobby
so that's kind of funny um but uh It's been really
nice because basically I just load the content
that I want, put it on a playlist, and then tell
the TV to play that playlist, and it just takes
it from there. No big deal. There was a little
bit of a setup confusion. Okay. I got a Samsung
display that is one of their professional display
models. that I was going to use for the movie
poster display. And usually those are very simple.
I don't really like buying smart TVs for display
stuff because then if somebody gets a hold of
a remote, then all of a sudden they're watching
YouTube on these displays and you're like, what
are you doing? And you're looking at the adults
like, why did you let the child have the remote?
But regardless, irregardless. So most of the
time, the displays that I've bought are a little
bit dumber, a little featureless inside of it.
And that's been really nice. These new Samsung.
display tvs are really smart and in fact as soon
as i turned this thing on its side it was like
oh i'm in portrait mode nice and was like like
did all of its stuff to like show you all the
menus in portrait and all the whatever in portrait
and it's going to display whatever you're trying
to display in portrait that made it a little
bit difficult okay because then also on the um
Unify devices, they have the ability to display
whatever they're displaying in portrait or landscape.
Sure. They want to be the ones to turn that sideways
or not. And so basically what was happening was
I had to kind of shut down both of them in terms
of auto -configuring or doing any kind of whatever
and just say like, ah, no. this is just put it
in landscape. You put it in landscape. I'm going
to lay this graphic on its side. Like y 'all
can't figure out who's the boss. Yeah. Cause
it was like shrinking things or then it was like
only displaying them in partial. And it was,
it was just a mess. So there's probably some
like back and forth that I could have figured
out how to do it with one of them. being more
of the boss but i just decided to take over sure
because i'd rather it work than have any of that
automated so anyway um so that's kind of a fun
um side of this uh the other tv that i ended
up using is in landscape mode and it was just
this enormous sony tv that was donated to us
um that somebody who wanted a big TV in this
foyer that we have called dibs on. So all that
to say, the other piece of this that we haven't
talked about really at all is I actually bought
the two different kinds of what they, what ubiquity
calls the UC cast. They've got the UC cast light
and the UC cast pro. The other offering that
they have is the UC cast. delay or not cast i
think it's just the uc display whatever the one
is that like is it's got the screen attached
to it okay but the light and the pro are basically
the same form factor as each other but one of
them has a an ethernet cable port sorry not cable
ethernet port and the other one does not I believe.
I think you're right, yeah. They both are powered
over USB -C, so you have to figure out a USB
-C power situation. That wasn't tough in either
one of these situations. I just kind of plugged
them into the same plug as the TV. It's probably
possible on some of the TVs that have USB outs
on them or a USB. A, whatever. Those may have
power delivery in them as well. And I didn't
get the specs on how much power is required because
I just used a regular, you know, tiny guy charging
brick. But they're really handy because they're
small. three and a half, four inches maybe, by
two inches wide, and only like an inch, inch
and a half thick. Kind of a smooth, rounded look
to them. Right now they're just made in black.
I don't think that they have them in white. The
white may come just because a lot of times when
they make these things, sometimes they like to
have... uh a white version in case somebody's
fully white behind their tv or something like
that but most of the time they're mounted right
behind the tv they come with a cool little um
mounting system which is very easy to either
um uh drill into the wall or not drill in the
wall but like screw into the wall real quick
i wouldn't even mess with the i would just get
drywall screws and put it in the wall it it's
there's no weight on it it's not that kind of
thing but they do provide anchor drywall anchors
for you to be able to put them in more securely
i actually ended up because they also give you
two zip ties with each setup and i ended up zip
tying it to a place on the wall mount for the
tv it was just easy to kind of get it up and
out of the way yeah it's always connected to
the tv so the hdmi wasn't getting pulled or anything
like that but it connects over hdmi to the tv
it connects over usbc to the power and then it
can either both of them are able to wirelessly
connect to your ap but the Pro is actually also
able to be hardwired in. Yeah, PoE. And it's
PoE. So if you don't want to use the USB -C,
you can just plug into your network switch that
has PoE and you're good to go. And you also have
the reliability then of the hardwired Ethernet
cable. I really liked it. I wasn't actually expecting
a whole lot there. I expected it to work, don't
get me wrong. And I wasn't disappointed in that.
But I don't think that I expected to enjoy the
interface of it as much as I do. The UI is very
basic. It's not something that you're going to
write home about or tell somebody else that they
need to adopt this type of... gooey or anything
like that but just to be able to take care of
it in the same place and as we're trying to in
our realm of solutions trying to look at making
certain things not having as many things that
people are logging into if we look at the like
I'm going to be able to give permissions as soon
as we really where our active directory replacement
is going to live. I'm going to be able to assign
users to this solution, and I don't have to give
them permissions on any other of the Ubiquiti
offerings inside of the suite, but that's going
to be where we give people Wi -Fi. That's where
we give people VPN credentials. If we were using
it for door access, that's how they would get
access to door, which I'm hoping one of these
days we'll be able to move our cameras and door
locks over to that. But that's a ways off. But
then to be able to say like, hey, you're going
to be in charge of making sure that this TV or
this group of TVs or this building and all of
its TVs. that they have everything that they
need, I think this is going to be a good solution.
And it looks like it's flexible enough to really
make that a possibility and not have to be, I
don't know, I'm not going to have to spend a
whole lot of time training on this. Anyway, that's
what I wanted to talk about with that. If any
of y 'all have... are using Ubiquiti solutions
and are using Connect, I'd love to hear how you're
able to do it. Yeah. Especially if any of y 'all
have messed with the amp at all, because that
sounds like a lot of fun. It does. Yeah, so it
looks like the, just looking at the power you
were talking about, the light is five volts at
one amp, so you're only talking five watts. Okay.
So that's not too much. And then the Pro is the
PoE that we talked about. It's just original
PoE. So you're talking 15 watts. Wow, that's...
So not too much there. Just sucking the power,
huh? Yeah, that's not bad at all. Not bad at
all. Seems like you can get away with a lot there.
And more than likely, if you do have some sort
of TV, USB... Power delivery, which I've used
before for other smaller pieces of equipment,
like an IR reader and things like that. You can
probably get away with it. I would think so,
yeah. On the light with the 5 watts, I think
that would work. The first generation Chromecast,
when they came out, you could get enough power
out of the USB port on your TV. But as they've
gotten a little more power hungry, you've had
to go to the wall ward, unfortunately. Well,
there you go. Nice. I like it. Do you want to
talk about your... Sorry, folks. Yeah, we're
both like sniffling over here now. It's getting
worse. Yeah. Yeah. This is where I need to steal
the jingle from my favorite podcast for now entering
second half of show. Yeah. We kind of talked
about the idea that... First part of the show
is beer and introduction and whatever main topic
we want to talk about. And then the second half
of show would be boost when we get them back.
Jason and I are working on that. I think we've
got a solution we'll know after this show. And
then bring in a security topic for the show.
Security topic. Yeah. Woo. So we'd like, yes,
we should have like the strong, bad, like a car
alarm. Yes. Anyway, you, you say that we, you,
we, you, and it makes me think from the movie
Kung Pao and the fist. I assume you've probably
never seen it or have you? Yes. So you remember
the lady? Yeah. That's what that made me think
of. I'm glad to know you've seen the movie. So
did you see the, I'm curious, did you see the
movie of your own choice or were you forced into
it? I was suggested into it. I wasn't forced
into it. Do I know who suggested it to you? No,
it was my cousin. So I find it intriguing that
it came as a suggestion. Yeah. It was like, Hey,
I, I watched this movie and it's hilarious and
you need to watch it with me. I love that movie.
That's, that's why I'm, why I'm asking. I absolutely
love it. Well, you're not the only one. No, no,
no, no, no. I've drug a few people into making
them watch it, and they laughed their butt off.
And then, of course, at the end, they're like,
yeah, I'll never watch that again. But you enjoyed
yourself. That's right. Yes, but I will never
watch it again. And it's like, okay, fair enough.
Yeah. Your clothes are now red. Your clothes
are now black. Sorry for those of you that don't
get it. Just go watch the movie. Yes. We'll have
a look at your show notes, and it'll be right
there. You'll have to find the link. If nothing
else, there's some really good collection of
clips on YouTube. Is it something that you can
stream now, or are we going to purchase? Hold
on. I bet it costs. I'm going to let you look
it up. Yeah, I bet so too. This is not the kind
of thing that somebody's going to have just lying
around. No. Unless you're like me and own the
DVD. Yeah. This is where I need to be able to
jack directly into the roadcaster for this. Exactly.
You will all refer to me by the name Betty. I
mean, if you really want me to, Chris, but...
And I love the - Feels a little bit weird to
call you Betty. Master Tang. Master Tang. Yeah.
And he's walking in, Taco Bell, Taco Bell, product
placement with Taco Bell. Eat your rito, mucho
burrito. Master Tang, why are you here? I have
come to kick butt. To kick butt. But he - drops
the word yeah it's a different different word
there yeah i'll i'll um how did he say it uh
i'll shake your bouncy booty oh my gosh i don't
think i even realized that's what he said that's
what he said yeah that's what uh the betty character
says i'll shake your bouncy booty hit it and
then the guy's got the big boom box yeah then
you can't touch this oh yeah i will at least
maybe try to find a youtube video to point some
people to so they know we're not just Gone mentally
insane. I mean, that doesn't have anything to
do with it. I blame the beer. I don't. It's a
delicious beer. It is. You can't be blamed for
anything. Yeah, in fact, I'm almost ready to
rip in the number three. So, talking security.
Yep. You mentioned IoT, so thank you for the
segue here. Yeah. Now, those who know me are
probably going to say I chose this one on purpose.
But this is talking about an IoT vulnerability.
Okay. And that there are 17 vulnerabilities.
Now, I do believe that these have all been patched.
Okay. So they're not. We're not giving up a vulnerability.
No. You're up to date. Yes. Now, if you're one
of those people who never updates, you might
have a problem. There's probably a few things
that you're vulnerable to. So this collection
of vulnerabilities is called Airborne. Well,
that's just mean. Airborne. B -O -R -N -E. Like
Jason Bourne? Well, like airborne the... Isn't
there an airborne medicine? It's not really medicine.
Like vitamins? Yeah. I guess it is called airborne.
Anyway, go ahead. Sorry. These are vulnerabilities
in... Wait for it. Airplay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I know what you're thinking. I know what you're
thinking. But Chris, Apple devices don't get...
Vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities. I was going
to say viruses, but vulnerabilities. Sure they
don't. So all of this really just kind of comes
back to what John was saying. Security on your
network with IoT is absolutely critical. These
things should be isolated on their own VLAN.
Put any additional controls that you can with
your access control lists to ensure that these
devices don't talk into the rest of your network.
Because with this, they were leveraging quite
a few vulnerabilities, and they had a couple
of different ways that they were able to go about
this. Some of these were man -in -the -middle
attacks. You have even some denial of service
that they could do with this. They could pick
up some sensitive information that you may or
may not be transferring. And then there's even
remote code execution that did not require the
user to interact to execute the code. I hear
you over there, goldfishies. So, makes me think
of... Do I sound nervous? Because I'm nervous.
No, that makes me... You're doing it as I'm speaking
and only when I'm speaking and I think of the...
videos of people making the licking sound when
their cats are licking themselves and the cats
stop and look at them like what what's wrong
with you so um but yeah so this is a this is
a great example of you can't just think of these
things it's just something that i just plug into
my network and i'm and i'm good uh all's right
with the world you know they're unfortunately
the there for a little while it was a little
bit of a security by obscurity yes but it didn't
take long no Anything that you're connecting.
Oh yeah. Anything that is made by man is flawed,
especially technology and technology. As soon
as you connect it to a wider, you've got me thinking
about Microsoft and them claiming that they had
a security. But then when you looked into it,
it was because of the device was not connected
to a network. Well, yeah, that's a certain kind
of security air gap. AirGap security. It's like,
well, yeah, everybody has AirGap security. We
live on an island. Yes. No bridges. No bridges.
But all that to say, it doesn't matter who makes
your device. If it's Apple, if it's Microsoft,
if it's Google, it doesn't matter. It all has
issues. And so we all really do need to take
IoT devices seriously in terms of security. Some
of them are wired. It's easy to put them on a
VLAN. What you have at your home, and you're
putting them on Wi -Fi, it is ideal to make sure
that that Wi -Fi network is a part of your IoT
VLAN. Again, so you're keeping these things isolated
in sandbox as much as you can. And so obviously
you're going to allow one -way communication.
You're going to allow your device to send to
it, but you're not allowing that device to communicate
back. Yeah, that's a bad idea. Yes. Which is
just one of those things that you didn't used
to have to worry about, but now you do. Unfortunately,
yeah, now you do. And so if you've just got the
typical network equipment at home, you may or
may not be able to isolate these depending upon
the feature set of the vendor that you're using.
If you've just got a simple El Cheapo router
from Walmart or Best Buy. Ubiquity has this,
though. Ubiquity does have it. And you can get
it reasonably priced. But yeah, if you've just
got just a simple D -Link or Netgear, there's
probably not a whole lot that you can do. You
get into some of their upper tier devices, they
do tend to give a little more control. You can
probably do a little bit with it, but probably
not as much. If you're really serious about security,
it won't do it. But also, I think if you're serious
about security, you're probably not running D
-Link and Netgear. And the price isn't really
going to be a problem. Correct. Correct. So it's
intriguing that somebody could leverage your
Apple TV to attack your network. Yep. It's not
something that you normally think about. No.
And just kind of like when I hear these stories
of, well, this copier was on the network, it
had a vulnerability, and they leveraged it, and
it's like, wait, the copier? And then you started
thinking it through and you're like, well, there's
a hard drive in that copier most likely. So they
could drop on there whatever they wanted. There's
a small computer in there. Depending on the compute,
probably didn't take much to process what they
need to do. And then depending on how you've
configured the network portion, it might be able
to do a fair amount of damage. Well, I mean,
as soon as all they need is that backdoor into
your, Correct. Computer. Yeah, once they're on
the inside, it's game over. Which all of these
devices give. Yes, they do. Unless they're separated.
They do. That they do. But yeah, really, it's
intriguing to think that it's that easy. And
so I'm kind of looking through this real quick,
and they're even talking about CarPlay. Really?
Vulnerabilities that involve CarPlay. So that
gets even crazier in that, okay, so now even
my car can be compromised. Now, they're probably
going to be, depending on how your system is
set up, they're probably isolated, depending
on how the manufacturer of your automobile put
this together. I'd like to think it is. But if
you've got a car that, you know, it's just a
bunch of engineers, they're not going to be security
experts necessarily. So the idea that somebody
could take over elements of your car via car
play, that's just insane. Let's see. So this
says the researchers. And I'm not just talking
about your seat here. No, no, no, no. This says
researchers explored and tested out several attack
scenarios on a car infotainment unit. through
CarPlay. Again, they were able to achieve arbitrary
code execution without the car owner doing anything.
This type of attack could be used to track someone's
movements or eavesdrop on conversations inside
the car. That is just nuts. Definitely, I see
the eavesdropping over. Oh, absolutely. All kinds
of microphones going on. Yeah, and you're trying
to get information on somebody that works for
a big corporation. Your car is probably going
to have car play. Did we talk about person of
interest? I don't think so. I ended up watching
the whole series. I think it's only got like
five seasons or something like that. Is that
Jim Caviezel? Yep. And there was a lot of things
like that. I think one of the tools that they
use the most in order to get information about
whether or not somebody was... The whole premise
is they get a number, but they don't know if
that number is... Not the whole premise, but
the basic premise is that they get a number.
They don't know if that number is the perpetrator
or the victim, but they know that there's a crime
that's premeditated that is going to happen within
the next four days or so. One of the ways that
they spy on people is to use their Bluetooth
to jack into listening to everything that they,
they can hear on their phone. Okay. But there
was also one episode where the, where there's
a, you know, billionaire or something like that,
that's being targeted. And they, uh, realize
cause he's driving crazy that, he's not driving
somebody has hacked into his car and he's controlling
his car whoa now this was back in like 2011 to
20 maybe 2010 to 2014 15 something like that
okay so 10 years ago minimum yeah but that's
the kind of thing that they were talking about
then too so Now it really is like, oh, no, that's
real. Oh, yeah. That's a thing. A lot of stuff
to think about there and just up your awareness
inside of it. I'm going to start the third. I'm
going in. Okay. Do we have any boosts? No, unfortunately.
That's something Jason and I are working on.
I think we've got. A potential solution. Okay.
So I would like to think that we will have a
boost for next show. And I show no blurb on the
label. But it is interesting that it says. The
Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale. It says handmade.
Okay. That's what it says. I don't know what
that means. If they're putting it out there,
I'm going to take them at face value. Okay. So
they put their hands in the beer? Perhaps. In
the computer? Well, the alcohol would kill off
anything that they would leave behind, so I'm
not going to worry. It's fine. Let's not get
crazy here. It's fine. It's fine. So this document
that I've been reading off of is from April,
so a little bit of older information in terms
of the technology world, but still relevant.
So, of course, their recommendations is update
to your latest version of iOS, macOS, iPadOS,
tvOS, and, shockingly enough, VisionOS. How about
that? They can take over your VR. I mean, I guess
if somebody wanted to. Correct. And so if you
find yourself in a position where you can't...
because you're maybe running a really truly old
device, then their recommendations is that you
can manually turn the AirPlay receiver off and
on. Okay. And then on your Mac laptop, because
again, it's vulnerable, you can try to limit
it to only the current user so that it's not
allowing all potential users. That would make
sense. So there are some things that you can
do there to try to protect yourself if you are
running some older equipment that doesn't necessarily
get updates. So all that to say, IoT is a big
deal. It's not going away. It's only going to
grow. It's only going to become a bigger part
of your network. And so you need to be taking
the precautions now to prepare yourself for the
security reality. It is going to be IoT into
the future. It's coming. All right, before we
get your thoughts on the bourbon barrel ale,
this blurb from Lexington Brewing and Distilling
Company. Yes. Our Kentucky Irish red ale is aged
for at least six weeks in freshly decanted bourbon
barrels. So six weeks is a long time, actually.
Yeah. From some of Kentucky's finest distilleries.
Subtle yet familiar flavors of vanilla and oak
are imparted to this special ale as it rests
in the charred barrels. Pleasantly smooth and
robust, Kentucky bourbon ale may also be served
as a what? Appetizer? Nope, aperitif. Ooh. For
after dinner drink. So for those of you that
just made fun of me because I didn't know what
that word was, seriously, who you, like what,
what it, I was, this website is from Kentucky.
I wasn't expecting a hard word. It was grown.
It has grown to become the flagship beer of the
premier name of the premier name in barrel age
beers, Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company.
So they said after. Yeah. Intriguing because
when you look up the definition of aperitif,
it says an alcoholic drink taken before a meal
to stimulate the appetite. Served as an aperitif
or after dinner drink. So they're saying before
or after, not during. So this is an appetizer,
folks. That's what they're saying. It's a fancy
word that says appetizer. All right. Tell me
what you think. I like the idea of beer as an
appetizer. It's won a lot of awards. Okay. Ooh,
they say that you should pair it with like barbecue.
Hmm. Well, I will tell you this. It pairs very
well with Bernard's New York strip with the peppercorn
sauce. There you go. Hard to argue with that.
It's good? It's just good, man. I mean, I hate
that that's the word, but it's good. I think
he likes it. I do. I do. You get the bourbon.
It's not bitter at all. I mean, the bitter is
like almost non -existent. It's not too sweet,
but you definitely get that bourbon. And it's
just kind of like this is a good, smooth drinking
beer. There you go. Nailed it. Absolutely. Thank
you to Bernard for introducing me to that beer.
Yeah, some of us don't get introduced by Bernard
himself, but you know, whatever. No. So I guess
another food recommendation. Yeah. If you're
in Tyler. If you have an anniversary coming up
for your marriage. Yes. Or even if you've been
dating. You know, when you're coming up on a
one -year anniversary, two -year anniversary,
whatever, you got to go to Bernard's. All right.
If you're dating and you've been dating for two
years, just go ahead, man. Yeah, go. You can't
go wrong. Just make a choice. Be prepared that
it's going to take a chunk out of your wallet.
Yeah. But it is worth every single penny that
you're going to spend. So good. The food is top
-notch. Yep. Some of the best in town. I admit
my bias. Bernard is essentially my... My adopted
big brother. There you go. Because when we first
moved here, he lived across the street in the
apartment complex. And he would come over and
play G .I. Joe with me and have dinner with us
when he was in college. Tag him right. So, but
yeah, the food is. So good. It's worth it. Absolutely.
In my opinion, again, bias, but it's the best
food in town. By far. Yeah. By far. We'll take
it. So, but that's what I've got on Airborne.
So for the next show, we'll bring in some new
vulnerability, try to keep this, keep this going,
bring in different types of security issues that
are out there just to kind of bring something
to y 'all's attention, especially things that
you would potentially run into, not just if you're
an IT professional, but things that you could
potentially run into at home. Hooray. It's just
because you're at home doesn't mean you're safe.
Yeah. And I would say that's actually, more vulnerable
most of the time absolutely yeah because when
you when you are at home you're naturally just
going to feel safe and comfortable nobody's paying
attention to this so so there you go airborne
all right thanks man enjoyed it man appreciate
your time always absolutely see you everybody
see you I don't believe this. They're lying on
the news.