Last week you hopefully heard or saw our interview with Manu Menon from Axis about their Gear smart shade motorized controller. Steve was so intrigued by this device that he ordered one for us. Now we can give you a hands-on review.
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CCATP #582 – Donald Burr on 3D Printers
Monoprice MB Select Mini 3D Printer After a hiatus that was far too long, we’re joined this week on Chit Chat Across the Pond by Donald Burr. Even if you don’t think you’d ever want a 3D printer, I guarantee that you’ll enjoy hearing Donald explain the different models of 3D printers, how you can […]
Continue readingNC #718 Ring of Security, EyeQue, Votion, Axis Gear, GUNNAR Optiks, Security Bits
In this week’s show I’ll start out with the tale of how I got instantly improved vision by cataract surgery. Then we’ll get into more tradition tech with a CES interview of EyeQue, an in-home vision testing system that is supposed to get your prescription and your pupillary distance, eliminating the need to have a […]
Continue readingCCATP #581 – Bart Busschots on PBS 71 of X – Bootstrap Spinners
In this week’s installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots spends most of the time walking us carefully through each of the methods he used to solve the challenge from last time. He does a great job of reminding us of things we’ve learned, in some cases more than a year ago, and showing how […]
Continue readingNC #717 Ohmnilabs, iPad Pro First Impressions, Solo New York, Bootstrap, ALOGIC, B-Secur, PAIBots, Blue Ember
We have a lot of CES interviews interspersed with reviews and stories from me, Kevin and Bart. We start with Ohmnilabs affordable robots and their hope to help those with disabilities. Kevin Allder gives us his first impressions of the 12.9″ iPad Pro weighing its strengths and weaknesses. I interview Solo New York about their […]
Continue readingJump Desktop Video Tutorial on ScreenCasts Online
My video tutorial was just published on ScreenCasts Online for the awesome remote desktop app, Jump Desktop. Jump Desktop is available in the Mac App Store and the iOS App Store AND in SetApp. It runs on the Mac, iOS, Windows, and Android and lets you control devices across the Internet without having to do […]
Continue readingI Hand Coded a Responsive Web Page All by Myself with Bootstrap
When I retired, I decided that one of my goals was to learn to program. I took Basic in college in 1976, and later Fortran IV with WAT5. when I was in grad school. In 1982, in my Master’s Project in Mechanical Engineering I actually used Fortran. (“The Development of Clearances in a Spacial Revolute […]
Continue readingDo You Need a “Ring of Security”?
Home Automation is kind of like a sickness. First, you get a couple of light bulbs and you do party tricks like changing them from blue to green and then you realize that doesn’t solve a problem. But in the back of your brain, that little virus starts to fester and you realize that maybe […]
Continue readingCCATP #580 – Bart Busschots on PBS 70 – Bootstrap Modals & Toasts
In this week’s Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots is back with another installment of Programming By Stealth. We’ll shift gears a bit away from web pages to web apps as we explore the usage and code behind Bootstrap Modals and Toasts. It’s a combination of HTML, Bootstrap for styling and JavaScript for actions […]
Continue reading12.9″ iPad Pro First Impressions – by Kevin Allder
Kevin with his Official Steve Wingman Plaque Hello Allison, Wingman Steve, Sandy and all my fellow Nosillacastaways. Kevin here with my initial impressions and review of my new 12.9” iPad Pro which my amazing wife was kind enough to give me for Christmas. I got the 512 GB space grey WiFi only model. Local storage […]
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