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7 year anniversary of the NosillaCast (listen to the first show here). Leon Walsh (aka @leonwalsh) reviews the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive. I review the free and Open Source Seashore Photo Editor from seashore.sourceforge.net. Bluemango Learning hosts a free webinar on Evernote + Clarify on May 16th at 12pm PST at bluemangolearning.com/clarify-and-evernote/. In Dumb Question Corner Katie floyd asks for a way to have real time notes taken during her user group meetings. Donald Burr of Otaku no Podcast from otakunopodcast.com reviews the Dry Case Water-proof Case for Tablets. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Don McAllister of Screencasts Online tells us about all the new cool stuff he’s doing with the show, developing apps for his tutorials and more.
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Wifi problems on the new 27″ iMac – using iStumbler from istumbler.net helped us analyze the problem (and buy a new simultaneous Airport Extreme). Disk Inventory X from derlien.com helped find a crazy disk space problem on my neighbors computer. Caleb Fong, aka Geekosupremo gives us a rundown on a wild process he follows to edit video. Summer72H tells us about a free iOS app called Alarmed from yoctoville.com. Ken Wolfe of the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City gives a review of an iOS productivity app Clear by RealMac Software. Rod Simmons from the Simple Mobile Review Podcast reviews the Shure SE535 noise isolation headset. George from Tulsa tells us the end of his saga to save money on his T-Mobile bill. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart explains the schizophrenia that is Apple’s approach to security. Recording from a hotel with the Samsung Meteor Mic, and a lot of help from the NosillaCastaways! Rod Simmons of the Simple Mobile Review Podcast gives us some iOS tips. Ken Wolfe of the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City reviews the free NoMenuBar from jeb.com.fr/en/nomenubar.shtml. Professor Albert reviews Akinator from Elokence.com. Mike McPeek reviews the iOS app Snapguide in the iTunes Store. Kirschen Seah FreeRangeCoder.com reviews the iLuv Inline Remote and the CableJive dockStubz. Kim Landwehr reviews Songza from songza.com. Timothy Gregoire reviews SiderOak from Spideroak.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Donald Burr of Otaku No Podcast teaches us how to code accessible iOS apps – it’s not that hard! This week’s live show was described by the NosillaCastaways as “The Epic Fail Whale Sausage Show”. Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong, but we managed to persevere and get the show out against those odds. Review of iExplorer from macroplant.com – a free app unless you want to use most of the features then it’s $50. In Dumb Question Corner, Caleb aka Geekosupremo on Twitter asks why his new Lion machine lets TextEdit quits when he swaps away from the application and whether he should consider re-buying all his apps in the Mac App Store or just upgrade with his existing licenses. Shai Yammanee reviews Prosoft’s Data Rescue from prosofteng.com for recovering data from failed drives and other media. George from Tulsa explains how he got whacked from the $5.99 unlimited data family plan on on T-Mobile and how he plans to move forward with a $100 prepaid phone-only plan to save $1000 for his family. Links from his discussion: Lily Tomlin at BrainyQuote.com, Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the Operator (YouTube), T-Mobile Prepaid, Engadget: Unlock your iPhone, Top Ten Signs of Cell Phone Addiction, Are you a “Smartphone” Addict ?. Clarify from Bluemango Learning on sale for 25% off at MacUpdate. Knightwise from knightwise.com tells us about the open source media center software called XBMC from xbmc.org. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart and Steve (Sheridan) discuss Final Cut Pro X. Dexter set tour with Producer Robert Lloyd Lewis and a video interview with him about his iOS Game Vowel Movement. in Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart gives us an overview of the update Apple pushed out support.apple.com/kb/HT5244 that not only patches Java to protect us from Flashback but that will also remove the malware if you’ve got it. He also highlights a critical Windows update that affects all versions of Windows. In Dumb Question Corner Bart explains to Dorothy how she could have the Java Preference file and yet not have Java installed, and explains how to check to see if you have Java installed. In the fun part of Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart teaches us about Depth of Field in photography. We reference : Mark Pouley’s HyperFocal Distance shot on Flickr and DOFMaster in iTunes. Insightful update on color calibration from the blind. Verizon Wireless comes out with an update to fix the Novatel Mifi that kept it from being able to charge and function at the same time. MyScript Memo brings really good handwriting recognition to iOS. Alinof Timer from alinofsoftware.ch brings a timer to OSX that we have in iOS. 5-0 Radio from Soft 32 allows you to listen to police scanner radios so you can’t sleep. On a happier note, check out National Geographic Today, a free iPad app from National Geographic. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart explains exactly what happened with the Flashback Trojan and explains that it was Apple’s fault they didn’t patch Java like Microsoft and Linux. He gives us a script to figure out if you’re infected at bartb.ie/flashback. We learn about TravelEyes, a unique travel agency that pairs up sighted and blind travelers in group tours, giving the blind access to travel and the sighted a discount on amazing vacations from traveleyes-international.com. Trunk Notes from Apps on the Move to take type written notes on the iPad using wiki technology and using the Markdown language. The best note taking app on the iPad for handwriting I’ve used to date is Notability from Ginger Labs. Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer joins us in Chit Chat Across the Pond to try and teach me the value of color calibration. Verizon LTE rocks but I can’t use it. Thoughts on how school districts could evaluate the idea of iPads for books in our schools. Professor Albert reviews Lumin from iTunes. Lens cap holders and more from >photojojo.com. Art Text 2 review from Belight Software and in the Mac App Store. Todd McCann asks in Dumb Question Corner whether iLife ’11 actually comes with Lion or not. Another interview from CSUN Persons With Disabilities Expo – LookTell Recognizer in the iTunes store for $9.99. in Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart reviews the Twitter client Osfoora in the Mac App Store. Rant about how hard it was for me to receive the new iPad (and a few comments about how awesome it is). @SwitcherMark gives us a Draw Something from OMGPop. Beautiful Skim PDF annotation tool – free and open source from skim-app.sourceforge.net. Hugo complains that Professor Albert does not have an active license for his Bad German Accent. Allison Hilliker from the blindaccessjournal.comgives us a video demonstration of the APH Refreshabraille display from tech.aph.org. Origin Instruments video demonstration by Cathy Kingeter of a Switch Access device working with VoiceOver on an iPad for the mobility impaired. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Kevin Chao, Accessibility and QC specialist at Georgia Tech – twitter.com/kevinchao89 joins us to talk about the BrailleTouch application for iOS and android in development at at Georgia Tech. We had a kernel panic during the live show last week, and four tech mavens helped me figure out what caused it, George from Tulsa tells us about the new Quicken for Lion: Lion Compatible Quicken FAQ, Import Quicken Essentials Data into Quicken, Buy Lion Compatible Quicken from Intuit for $14.99. Two more reviews from the CSUN Persons With Disabilities Expo, My Talk Tools from mytalktools.com and Charm Tech Capti for a more accessible and enjoyable access to Firefox. Professor asks if there isn’t some way to protect his PowerPC Macs. FlyGrip iPhone and Android accessory from flygrip.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart goes on a rant about 3rd party cookies, and then gives us the higher division course on home networking, and the advantages of building your own network router. |
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