Back in August of 2019, Bart Busschots told us about how someday in the future, we would be able to be living a passwordless future because of something called FIDO, AKA Fast ID Online. Back then it was really only helping corporations but this week the FIDO Alliance made an announcement that shows real promise […]
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Tiny Tip – Find vs. Search in 1Password 8
Find vs Search Explained I’ve been enjoying the new 1Password 8 for its speed and ease of use, but I ran into an oddity that caused me to write to the folks at 1Password for an explanation. I have an entry for a toll service called FastTrack. Annoyingly, the website for FastTrack doesn’t have that […]
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Audio Hijack 4 – Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline
You know I’m a huge fan of all products from Rogue Amoeba, and couldn’t do any of the podcast work I do without Audio Hijack. In my blog post entitled Audio Hijack 4 – So Much More than Just a New Coat of Paint, I sang the virtues of the newly redesigned Audio Hijack 4. […]
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One of my pet peeves is podcasters who air reruns. Today I am that podcaster but I think I can justify what I’m doing so bear with me here. On June 1st, 2014, Dr. Maryanne Garry made her debut appearance on Chit Chat Across the Pond. In this terrific interview, she explains her research and […]
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NC #887 Airalo eSim, PlexiCam Webcam Mount, FreeCAD, Todoist
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, May 8, 2022, and this is show number 887. Is there any gift anyone can give you that’s better than the gift of time? When I put the […]
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FreeCAD Review – by Kurt Liebezeit
Old-fashioned Hand pump When I was a kid my grandpa used to take my sisters and me to a certain park in the Chicago Park District to perform a ritual on Sundays after church. We didn’t go there to play on the swings, or throw a ball for a dog; we went there to fill […]
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Todoist Saved My Productivity – by Jill from the Northwoods
This is Jill from the Northwoods. I’ve looked for a task manager for a long time. I have tried everything: pen and paper, the Franklin Planner, and all the different ways that you can keep track of tasks. I’ve tried the apps offered by Microsoft and some other apps out there. Nothing quite did it […]
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Podfeet Home Page Redesign – You Didn’t Even Notice!
Buttons Cut Off on iPhone 11 Pro Back in March, alert reader Anthony Walla noticed something annoying about the Podfeet home page when viewing it from his iPhone 11 Pro. You know how I have a graphic of a MacBook with big red buttons for the various categories of content on podfeet.com? When I first […]
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PlexiCam: The Webcam Mount You Didn’t Know You Need for Your Display – by Jeff Gamet
PlexiCam Centered on Widescreen Display Let’s set the scene: It’s time for another web meeting, so you launch Zoom or Skype or Teams and sigh because, once again, you’re bending your neck at an unnatural angle to look into your webcam. Or maybe you aren’t even bothering, and instead, giving everyone a view of your […]
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TAKMLY Digital Microscope – Fun and Educational
TAKMLY Digital Microscrope I bought myself a toy that I’ve been wanting for a long time: a digital microscope. My idea was that it would be fun for me to explore the microscopic world with my future scientist buddy, my grandson Forbes. I wasn’t sure how they worked or how much they cost, but I […]
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