Allister Jenks, Author at Podfeet Podcasts

My Experience with “Vibe Coding”

On episode 1009, Allison spoke about her addiction to AI “vibe coding”. She mentioned many of her friends were also doing the same. I am one of those friends, and this is the story of my experience. First, a little background. I have been a programmer for around 45 years. I have done it for […]

The Scrappy app icon. It has a rich, slightly pinkish-red field with a glassy shape of a cat's face taking up the lower two thirds. The cat's ears, eyes, and nose are visible, and it has three stripes on the top of its head and little tufts of fur inside its ears.

Scrappy – Digital Scrapbook for Ideas, Research, and Fun

I’ve been a user of Reinvented Software’s Keep It for over 7 years. According to the product page, Keep It is used to create and edit notes, rich text, plain text and Markdown files, scan documents, edit PDFs, archive emails, save web links in a variety of formats, preview and search just about any kind […]

Google Earth Pro app icon. It is an orb shape with swirling stripes of pale and mid grey, with a "Pro" tag in white letters on a semi-transparent black 'tag' in front.

Visualising Trails with Google Earth Pro

Important info, before you read on… I wrote this article over a month prior to publication. After finishing the writing, and recording for the podcast, Google announced the Google Earth Pro desktop application was being sunsetted! You can still download the application until June 2027, so I decided to publish anyway. Just know that while it […]

Apple Photos – Making Your Memories Last with an Easy to Access Archive

Over the last Christmas holidays, I saw a Toot on Mastodon from Rui Carmo saying that Apple Photos had dreadful exporting and archiving features. He thought there was a better way and so wrote a Mac command line tool, using Swift, to address what he saw as the shortcomings. Reading the instructions on GitHub, it […]

A photo looking down on an Indigo coloured MacBook Neo. It is open with the screen a little past the vertical and it is sitting bed linen which is beige with maroon line drawings of flowers. On the screen of the laptop is the podfeet.com web site. Of course.

MacBook Neo – Can It Replace an iPad mini?

When rumours began circling about a new low-end MacBook, many commentators pointed back to the unique 12” MacBook from 2015. I owned one of those. It was underpowered and that single USB-C port was frustrating, but the form factor was sublime. At only 992 grams, it was over 20% lighter than today’s lightest Mac — […]

Same solar window but now there is an overlay saying success with a description of the style of wallpaper how many images and file size. there are buttons to save, share and more.

Equinox Wallpaper Generator

May 2, 2026
by Allister Jenks

Free Equinoxin the Mac App Store Greetings NosillaCastaways. It’s Allister here with a review of an app you didn’t know you needed. You know how macOS has Dynamic Wallpapers? Maybe you forgot. When macOS Mojave was released in 2018, the default wallpaper was a photo of a dune but, unlike traditional wallpapers, it changed tone […]

SD Card Speeds — How Fast Are They Really?

Early in 2025, my new DSLR camera arrived. It’s a Pentax K-3 III and it’s outstanding. One of the features it has that improves over my earlier Pentax KP is a UHS-II high speed SDXC memory card slot. Faster sounds better, so I thought I’d buy a faster SD card. Should be easy, right? The […]

Two photos side by side. On the left we see the PlugBug FindMy held in hand. The device is mostly white with red visible on the bottom, where there are four USB-C ports. In the second photo, we see the PlugBug from behind showing the back completely red and the New Zealand pin adapter installed.

Twelve South PlugBug Travel 120W

April 24, 2025
by Allister Jenks

In 2001, I traveled to the United Kingdom for work. I remember taking my SLR camera, and a VHS-C handy-cam. I guess I would have had a cellphone, too, but I don’t recall using it. I know I had a single, bulky power adapter from UK to New Zealand sockets. The next time I left […]

A colorful, flexible LED strip light is arranged in a loop on a plain white background. The strip transitions from purple on the left side to red in the middle, and then to yellow on the right side. The strip is slightly blurred, suggesting motion or a dynamic effect.

Philips Hue Light Strips

April 23, 2025
by Allister Jenks

Back when I was a user of NanoLeaf smart lighting products, I wanted to use one of their LED light strips on the back of my Apple Studio Display as a backlight. The trouble was how to mount the strip effectively. It is designed to curve, but not in the same plane as the lights. […]

A desk setup featuring a white monitor stand with a sleek, modern design. On top of the stand, there are two small crystal blocks, each with an etched design. One of them has "SINGAPORE" written on it with an image of the Merlion. Between the blocks, there are two natural pine cones. Below the stand, there is a black CalDigit docking station with multiple ports, connected to various cables. On either side of the stand, there are two black spherical speakers. The desk surface is wooden, and the background shows part of a computer monitor displaying various logos.

Twelve South Curve Riser

How high should a screen be on your desk? Current ergonomic wisdom says the top of the visible screen should be at your eye level when seated, but I don’t think it’s that simple. One thing seemed certain — my Apple Studio Display should not just sit on my desk. I’ve used a glass riser […]

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