Logitech Crayon, $70 on Amazon When the original iPads Pro came out, I bought the original Apple Pencil. I didn’t have any great excuses to get one. I’m not an artist and I don’t even doodle for enjoyment. I bought one anyway because it seemed cool and I thought maybe I’d find a use for […]
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CCATP #590 – Bart Busschots on PBS 76 of X – AJAX with jQuery
In this week’s episode, we have another in our series Programming By Stealth with Bart Busschots. We’ll spend the majority of our time talking about Bart’s solution to last week’s challenge. It’s a great refresher on the methods he’s taught us in the past, all rolled together with our newfound skills with Mustaches and templating. […]
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Time to Sign Up for Macstock Expo — With a Discount Code!
NosillaCastaways at Macstock Expo 2018 There’s only 3 months left till Macstock Conference and Expo in Woodstock, Illinois (right outside of Chicago) so it’s time to make plans! Macstock is one of the big highlights of my year. It’s a gathering of Apple fans from literally around the world who get together for 48 hours […]
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I’m in Love With My Vacuum
Dyson V7 Motorhead Vacuum Every once in a while I like to go completely off the rails and review something that barely (if at all) overlaps into the technology world. This is one of those times. For Christmas I asked Steve for the Dyson V7 Motorhead cordless vacuum cleaner … in the color fuchsia. I […]
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NC #728 Macstock Discount Code, Dyson V7 Motorhead Vacuum, Tiny Tip, Security Bits
This week I’ll explain to you why you really should go to Macstock in July — among the other reasons is because I have a discount code for you! Then I’ll tell you how I’m in love with my vacuum, a Dyson V7 Motorhead. I’ll give you a Tiny Tip on how to reliably text […]
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Tiny Tip – How to Text to Android Phones from Your Mac
Two responses from Mac to Android — One succeeds, one fails We all know the struggle of the blue-bubble people vs. the green-bubble people in Messages. You love your Android friends, and they may even be family. There’s all the stress of how threads get splintered and people get left out because of the blue/green […]
Continue readingNC #727 Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones, iPad mini, 1Password
This week we’ve got a review of a cool pair of Bluetooth, noise-cancelling headphones by Allister Jenks, I’ll try to answer the question of whether iPad mini can fit into your digital life and then I’ll tell a tale about 1Password and how it all worked out in the end. mp3 download
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How 1Password’s Family Plan Saved the Day
A few years back, AgileBits decided to change the business model for 1Password from a standalone, one-time purchase to a subscription service at 1Password.com. With 1Password.com, AgileBits took over syncing of our vaults, gave us a web interface, and with the subscription service they’ve been able to build in more enhancements than ever before. I […]
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Does the New iPad mini Have a Place in Your Digital Life?
In 2010 when Steve Jobs announced the iPad, he posed a really interesting question. He asked: …is there room for a third category of device in the middle, something that’s between a laptop and a smart phone? I think most of us would agree that there was room for the iPad. I thought about this […]
Continue readingCCATP #589 – Bart Busschots on PBS 75 of X – AJAX Intro
In this episode of Programming By Stealth we get the foundation to start learning about AJAX. Bart gives us an overview of HTTP that is really interesting. I learned so much that I didn’t know about what you can see in a URL. I know this sounds super nerdy but I loved learning about query […]
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