In this episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots as usual works through his solution to the challenge from last time, and as usual I learn a lot more about how to use jq to solve problems. He takes a bit of a detour to explain a fun email we got from Jill of Kent […]
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Always Negotiate with Your ISP
A year ago last November, Steve and I finally cut the cord. We gave up our cable TV service and switched everything over to streaming using YouTube TV. That left only two things with our ISP Frontier: our FiOS Internet and our landline phone. We’ve saved a fortune from cutting the cord, and by fortune, […]
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NC #983 Tom Merritt’s Book Synced, Ember Heated Mugs & Baby Bottles, Belkin Qi2 Products, ORORO Heated Clothing, Mind Mapping Replacements for iThoughts
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, March 10, 2024, and this is show number 983. mp3 download Buy Tom Merritt’s New Book “Synced” You know I’m a big fan of Tom Merritt, and I’m […]
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Heated Clothing from ORORO
Red Light Shows Highest Heat Setting I live in Southern California, so we have very temperate weather. It doesn’t get all that cold, nor does it get all that hot since I’m relatively close to the ocean. However, if you’ve ever met someone who has lived here for any length of time, you’ll know that […]
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RIP iThoughts – Choosing a New Mind Mapping Tool
This week I read in the TidBITS newsletter, the awful news that my favorite mind mapping tool, iThoughts from Toketaware was being discontinued. If you’ve had a beloved tool shut down before, you know it’s like losing touch with a dear old friend. The developer, Craig Scott, has been a favorite of mine as well. […]
Continue readingNC #982 Pivotal Electric Aircraft, Project Gutenberg to Kindle, GE Indoor Smoker, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, March 3, 2024, and this is show number 982. mp3 download CCATP #788 — Bart Busschots on PBS 162 of X — jq: Altering Arrays & Dictionaries Articles […]
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Bart Busschots is back to teach us how to alter arrays and dictionaries in JSON files using jq. Bart went through his challenge solution on cleaning up the Nobel Prize database and I learned a lot from it. Maybe he’d already taught all of it to us before but I sure wouldn’t have been able […]
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BG’s Tiny Tip – How to Send Project Gutenberg Books to Kindle
@BG in our Slack posted an interesting question, and with a little help from @GraemeS, he was able to find the solution to his problem. BG is a big fan of Project Gutenberg, which is a resource for downloading public domain (free) ebooks. The flashier titles are the classics, such as Little Women, Frankenstein, and […]
Continue readingNC #981 Y-Brush Electronic Toothbrush, XKPASSWD Beta, Govee Smart Lighting, Apple Vision Pro Boredom & FOMO, INNOPHYS Muscle Suit, ViXion01 Autofocus Glasses
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Tuesday, February 20, 2024, and this is show number 981. As you’ll notice, this episode is coming out super early since we’ll be out of town for the weekend. […]
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New and Improved XKPASSWD — Now in Beta
If you’ve been a NosillaCast listener for any length of time, you’ve heard Bart and me talk about a service he created called XKPASSWD, This service helps you create long, strong, but memorable passwords. He wrote this service a zillion years ago in the Perl language and hosted it at xkpasswd.net. This is such an […]
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