From loud alarms to sneaky wallet blockers, here’s how to outsmart the bad guys and ring in the New Year like a pro.
Kim Komando Daily Tech Update
New Year’s Eve: Party hard, stay safe
Post digital life hack, we're going to be giving you a can't miss call from the Kim commando show that just lit up our weekends. It's farewell to 2024. Yes, it's time to go out and celebrate. Unfortunately, New Year's Eve is a big night for crime too. I'm Kim Commando for Oracle. You can cut your current cloud bill in half if you move to Oracle cloud infrastructure. See if your company qualifies at oracle.com/Kim. If you go out alone, keep a personal safety alarm on hand. I like the one called Birdie. You just pull the top off this keychain device, a loud alarm sounds off, and a strobe light flashes. Next up, protect your money. These don't even have to pick pocket anymore. They use RFID scanners for your precious info. So keep an RFID blocking sleeve in your wallet to stop your debit, credit card, or license from being scanned. And don't forget, your smartphone is good for more than just selfies and texts. On an iPhone, hit the side button five times to alert the police. Android users, you've got it even quicker, just three taps. Stay safe, and from all of us at the Kim Commando Show and the current newsletter, happy New Year! Hello everyone, I'm Greg and welcome to the channel for today's video. I'm going to talk about the video. I'm going to talk about the video, and I'll talk about the video. I'm going to talk about the video. I'm going to talk about the video, and I'll talk about the video. I'm going to talk about the video, and I'll talk about the video. I'll talk about the video. I'm going to talk about the video, and I'll talk about the video. I'll talk about the video. How dangerous is it to unwrap a burger at 40 miles per hour? More so than you think. In a little over two seconds, your car can travel slightly more than 117 feet, which is the same length as 20 bicycles. Anything that distracts you while driving is dangerous. That's why driving while texting can be deadly, too. So heads up, phones down. It's the law, and you can be fined. 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And when you're there, be sure to hit that subscribe button. That's youtube.com/Kim Commando with a K, of course, and I'll see you on the video. Okay, as promised, here's a standout call for my show. Sharon in Salem, Oregon. Hi there, Sharon. Hi, Tim. Welcome. Well, thank you. It's really great to be talking with you. Well, what's going on? Well, I've got this grandson. His name is Dietrich. He's nine years old. He's a good student, great reader, very creative and funny. And he loves some very popular graphic novels like Captain Underpants and Dogman. I always thought that was so funny. Captain Underpants. You know, it's I know, I know, it's very clever. And inside each novel, they have flip pages where you can flip a couple of pages and they make the figures change and move. And he started making his own little flip books. Oh, how awesome. And he follows a couple of little animators on youtube that basically do stick figures and so forth. And he's really interested in advancing beyond a flip book, if possible. I said, well, I'm going to contact. I know a person I can contact. Her name is Kim Commando. And she has an app that would be good for someone who's just learning how to do computer animation. And that led to my email to you. Well, and I read it and thank you for that. I do read every single email that folks send me. I'm going to I'm going to just going to tell you about a few and you don't need to write anything down. Okay. Because Amber, who's so great at screening calls, she's going to go ahead and give you some links to all of these. Okay. Oh, excellent. Thank you. The first one is free. And we always like free, especially when kids are concerned because, you know, they can like one thing one day and then they don't like it two days later. So, it's called pencil 2D. It's really a great starting point for beginning animators. Then there's also something called tune boom harmony. And it's really more of a professional grade. So after you said his name is Dietrich, after Dietrich kind of goes through pencil 2D and he's going to come to you and say, you know, this is great granny, but I want something a little bit better. Actually, there's another one. There's something called Tiosu sketches. It's a drawing tool. It also has time lapse. So it can give him just a different perspective. So, between these three, I think you're probably going to find the best solution for Dietrich and you know, kind of expand the skill set and what he's really thinking about what he wants to do right now. Again, it's called pencil 2D. That's the one to start. Tiosu sketches is number two on my list and tune boom harmonies number three. So I know you're like, I didn't get any of those. Well, if you need any of those, make sure that you sign up for our free newsletters because we're going to go ahead and post that over at GetKim.com. Once again, that's GetKim.com. Sharon, thank you so much for your call today. Hey, thanks for listening. Now, if you have a tech hiccup that you want me to solve, your path is clear, head over to commando.com and click that email Kim link. I go through every single note. I read every single one, I promise. Now, don't be the last to know. Get the tech edge that you need in today's life. Get my free daily newsletter or over at getkim.com, that's getkim.com.