Hi. This is Jill from the Northwoods. So, there I was, in the midst of a pandemic hoping that I would not resort to sitting on a couch for the next six months. I exercise but some days it can be like pulling teeth. It’s even worse in the winters where there are cold days […]
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NC #800 Amazon Echo Buds, Zenni Optical, Meross Smart Garage Door Opener, Homebridge on Raspberry Pi
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, September 6, 2020, and this is show number 800. This weekend Steve and I escaped the blistering Los Angeles heat (~97°F at our house) to go to San […]
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Homebridge on Raspberry Pi with Wyze Cams on HomeKit – by Ed Tobias
Homebridge UI In episode 799 Allison told us how to install HOOBS (Homebridge Out-Of-the Box) onto a Synology. HOOBS was the Homebridge interface that allows non-HomeKit compatible IOT devices to show up in your Home app via this interface. She also mentioned that it could be done on a Raspberry pi and worked with Pat […]
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Meross MSG100 Smart Garage Door Opener Remote – by Jill from the North Woods
Meross Smart Garage Door Opener Remote Hi! This is Jill from the Northwoods. About two years ago I went to work with my garage door wide open. I came home and was panicked. Crime isn’t too bad near my house but there are a ton of crimes of opportunities here. I have a decent bike […]
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Amazon Echo Buds – by Marty Jencius
The Problem to be Solved I enjoy being one of those early adopters. It has provided me with boxes full of tech that I have tried and then never use again. It’s a bad habit, but one of a few that I still indulge in so cut me some slack. I did a lot of […]
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Zenni Optical – Can Online Glasses Be Any Good?
Red Glasses from Zenni The last thing I would ever do is give any kind of medical advice on the podcast. I am going to talk about a way to buy eyeglasses without going to an optometrist, but I am not saying you shouldn’t go to the eye doctor for annual exams. I have been […]
Continue readingNC #799 Universal Audio Apollo Solo Interface, HomeKit Ring on Synology, Security Bits
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 Friday, August 28, 2020, and this is show number 799. mp3 download
Continue readingHomeKit-enabled Ring using HOOBS in a Docker Container on Synology
When it came time to replace our aged Drobo 5N, I chose to go with Synology because of the vibrant ecosystem of things you could install on their network attached storage devices (NAS). I didn’t have a specific problem to be solved other than needed a massive amount of disk that was raided together in […]
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Security Bits — 30 August 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania has announced plans to release an Apple/Google-based COVID app in September — www.imore.com/… Which U.S. states are using Apple’s Exposure Notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing? 9to5mac.com/… 🇦🇺 Australia’s non-Google/Apple COVID app […]
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CCATP #651 – Bart Busschots on PBS 100 of X — Time Sharing Challenge Solution
In this positively delightful episode, Bart and I celebrate 100 episodes of Programming By Stealth. When we hit 99 installments, Bart declared that for 100, there should be cake! So I got Bart’s darling beloved to deliver him a piece of cake right as we started, and Steve delivered one to me. To say that […]
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