$20 Wyze Scale Back in 2017 when Bart gave us an update on how he was dramatically changing his health, he explained that he was using the smart Withings scale to monitor his success. I loved the idea of a connected scale to track my weight and other metrics so I bought one of my […]
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Tiny Tip – Falling Asleep with Overcast and YouTube – by Andrew Darlow
Hello, Allison and the NosillaCastaways! Andrew Darlow here. I was so impressed by the 15 Year Anniversary Show and everyone’s outpouring of love and respect for what you and Steve do every single week. And I’m happy to be able to submit two quick tips. Falling Asleep with Overcast Overcast Sleep Timer The first is […]
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Security Bits — 31 May 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Remain vigilant for pandemic-related scams: COVID-19 tests, PPE and antiviral drugs find a home on the dark web — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Beware of emails with “horrible charts” about Covid-19 — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… 🇺🇸 Scammers target COVID-19 […]
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Fun with Markup on iOS/iPadOS – Long-Form Content, Multiple Screenshots and Tools
Standard Screenshot in Markup on iPadOS I take a lot of screenshots on my Mac, iPhone and iPads. I use it to teach people how to use tools and to show developers where I have a question about their applications. I’ve reviewed a plethora of methods to take screenshots on macOS as a result. I […]
Continue readingDiamond Dog Tempered Glass Screen Protector – I’m a Believer
Allison Interviews Arun Karamcheti from Diamond Dog at CES 2020 At CES in January, I interviewed Arun Karamcheti from Diamond Dog, the company that makes the tempered glass screen protectors with patented DiamondClad™ Diamond-Like Carbon Coating Technology. I challenged Arun to convince me that I would like having any screen protector on my phone. The […]
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When One Keyboard Fails, Visit the Shelf of Abandoned Hardware
Original Magic Keyboard I’ve been having some interesting fun with keyboards for my Mac in the last few weeks. By fun, I mean aggravation, fiddlyness and experimentation. Let’s lay out my use case first so I can explain the problem to be solved. I probably should use a desktop instead of a laptop for my […]
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An $11 12X Zoom, Macro, Fisheye Kit for Mobile Phones Can’t Be Any Good, Can It?
Two weeks ago I told you about a $16 camera kit for mobile phones from a company called Criacr. My title questioned whether that could possibly any good. As I explained the downsides of a cheap kit like this (lens aberration for example) I also explained that I was having a great time with it […]
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15 Year Testimonials, otter.ai, Loopback, Audio Hijack and Mythical Sea Monsters
Last week’s episode of the NosillaCast was pure joy for me because of the wonderful audio recordings sent in by so many NosillaCastaways. You know that I’m committed to giving people the content the way they want it, so I really wanted to be able to provide the messages in these audio recordings to those […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 17 May 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Work continues on Apple & Google’s Exposure Notification API: Apple releases concepts for how exposure notification could look on iOS — www.imore.com/… Apple and Google to ban location tracking in contact tracing apps — […]
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RØDE NT USB Mini Mic – by Terry Austin
RØDE NT Mini Mic Hello there Castaways! Professor Terry Austin here with another problem to be solved that ends in a product review. I was at a meeting over Spring Break – HEY, I still get to have those at my age BECAUSE I’m a professor! Anyway, at this meeting, everyone there sat in front […]
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