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 2, 2021, and this is show number 834. mp3 download This week we have not one but TWO Chit Chat Across the Pond episodes. CCATP #683 – […]
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Accidentally Outsmarting an AirTag
Weak AirTag Signal Everyone and their sister has been reviewing AirTags this week with various opinions on whether they’re awesome or not. I’m not going to do a full review of AirTags but I do have a funny story to tell. The review I was originally going to write was going to be entitled something […]
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Security Bits — 2 May 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Apple are letting Parler back into the iOS AppStore, they have apparently sufficiently reformed their moderation practices — www.imore.com/… SolarWinds are changing their name to N-able! — www.n-able.com/… Deep Dive(s) ❗ Action Alerts Calls […]
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Logitech Zone Wireless Plus headset – by Bruce aka @UseTheData
This is Bruce from Tennessee, with a review of the Logitech Zone Wireless Plus headset. First, what’s the problem to be solved? Logitech Zone Wireless Plus headset I’ve been on distributed teams and doing phone conferences and web meetings for decades, and I’ve historically used a wired USB headset with a boom mike. I preferred […]
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CCATP #684 – Bart Busschots on PBS #115 of X – The Push & Pull of Git
When Bart started this mini-series within a series on using Git for version control, he explained that our journey would be in three Phases. Phase 1 was the section where we learned about local repositories, and Phase two was dedicated to learning how to have multiple repositories just for ourselves. In this lesson, we finish […]
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Is There Anything That’s NOT Fiddly?
I think I’ve been going about this Everything is Fiddly thing all wrong. I should have created a segment about what’s not fiddly. That would have created unique and unusual stories. With Everything is Fiddly, there’s just too darn much material to work with. TextExpander Let’s start with the name Everything is Fiddly. I knew […]
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Logitech 4K Pro Magnetic Webcam
My Trusty Logitech C920 is Still Great After Seven Years In January of 2014, I reviewed my fancy new webcam, the Logitech C920 that Steve got for me for Christmas to replace the built-in iSight camera on my Mac. Back then the C920 ran $64 and it was a fantastic upgrade. Not only was that […]
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CCATP #683 – Christophe Zajac-Denek is Kind of a Big Deal
This week’s guest is Christophe Zajac-Denek. Christophe worked as a TV producer while touring in a rock band, he’s a drummer, an actor and stuntman, a surfer, a journalist, a podcaster, and public speaker. He’s also 4’4” tall and has a rare form of dwarfism. Christophe hosts an amazing podcast entitled “I’m Kind of a […]
Continue readingNC #833 OWC RAID & Synology Cleanup, Regular Expression Were Not the Answer, Synology QuickConnect + Drive for Work from Home
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, April 25, 2021, and this is show number 833. This weekend, Steve and I went to see our kids for our birthdays (they’re fully vaccinated and we’ve had […]
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Synology QuickConnect + Drive for Work from Home – by George from Tulsa
On March 24, 2020 Tulsa issued a COVID stay at home order. As I locked our office door that night, I had no idea when I’d be back. My real concern wasn’t work-related, it was the April 19 due date of my daughter’s second child, exactly on what was predicted would be the very worst […]
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