Steve Ewell will be joining me on the NosillaCast in a discussion of how he went about the process of choosing an environmentally sound vehicle and how he ended up with the Kia Sportage X-Line Prestige Plugin Hybrid. Enjoy his written writeup along with a link to download his crazy huge spreadsheet that helped him […]
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Getting Your Feet Wet with TrueNAS — by PDXKurt
Hi, this is PDXKurt, bringing you an introduction to the open source operating system for network-attached storage systems called TrueNAS, maintained by the company iXSystems. TrueNAS manages disks, runs network applications, and offers volumes over the network to client computers. It is thus similar in function to the operating system that runs on products that […]
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Tiny Tips on iOS 17 But Not From Me
When the new OSes come out, like everyone else I struggle to learn all of the new features on my Mac, iPad, and iPhone. I start by reviewing my notes of what I was all excited about in WWDC, but I realize that my notes weren’t all that good and they don’t actually tell me […]
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Get Organized with Notion — by Jill from the Northwoods
Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. You know how much I love getting organized. But I had a problem on my hands. I was a OneNote user and a couple of things going on there. I’m hoping to get away from using Office 365. Yes, I hear all the anti-Windows people cheering out there. […]
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Security Bits — 17 September 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. UK backs down from nonsensical law after threats from Apple, WhatsApp — appleinsider.com/… (in a dishonest way, but better than nothing) Deep Dive — LastPass Vaults are Being Cracked (Follow the Money!) It was […]
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Why It Took Me Over Two Hours to Write a 623-Word Blog Post About watchOS Workouts
These Fancy Screenshots Are Why I’m pretty sure I wrote an article a while ago about why it sometimes takes me so long to write the blog posts that serve as companion content to the NosillaCast podcast. I’ve got another great example to tell you about. This week wrote a tiny tip about my discovery […]
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Object-Aware Image Fixing with TouchRetouch
Back in 2018, I told you about a tool called TouchRetouch for iOS from ADVA Soft. The problem to be solved is that you’ve taken a great photo, but there are things in the photo you’d like to remove. In the last five years, it’s come a very long way. Late last year I created […]
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Audio Workouts Rudely at the Top In 2021, Apple added a feature called “Time to Walk” in the Apple Watch. The idea is that while you walk (or run) you listen to someone famous telling stories. I’ve listened to a few, including Dolly Parton and Hannah Waddingham. They were both lovely experiences. Hannah walked in […]
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Tiny Tip — Do Not Disturb is Right at Your Fingertips
Focus in Control Center Back in 2021, Apple introduced a new feature called Focus Modes. Basically, it’s Do Not Disturb on steroids. I know it’s really capable and lets you do all kinds of fancy tailoring of who can disturb you under which modes so you can focus better on the task at hand, but […]
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A Tale of Three Microphones — by Jill from the Northwoods
Hello, this is Jill from the North Woods. When I got started in podcasting, Allison was so great and helped me in so many ways and gave me advice on things I knew nothing about, including microphones. The first microphone I owned came as a recommendation. It was the ATR-2100. This microphone, as she told […]
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