Tom Steven, aka Tom on the Internet from tomontheinternet.com joins me to tell the tale of how he went from knowing zero about programming to landing a full-time job as a web developer in two years of self-training. Then he talks about the things that surprised him that he learned as a developer in that […]
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CES 2020: Celestron StarSense Explorer Telescopes
Allison interviews Corey Lee, CEO of Celestron, about their easy-to-use StarSense Explorer Telescopes. This entry line of telescopes uses your smartphone to analyze the night sky and calculate its position in real time. With the night sky displayed on your smartphone and the phone attached to the telescope, you simply point the telescope to the […]
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NC #770 Closed Captions on YouTube, Podfeet DDOS Update, Follow the Money, Top Greener, Shure, Tesla Tech Range Anxiety, iKuddle, Wi-Charge, 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 Sunday, February 9, 2020, and this is show number 770. mp3 download
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Security Bits — 9 February 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🧯Intel have released a fix for yet another named bug in performance-enhancing features of their CPUs. This one is named CacheOut because it involves cache evictions. The key takeaway is that like the other […]
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CCATP #624 — Bart Busschots on PBS 90 of X — JavaScript Wrapper Objects
Hope you enjoyed getting the little extra Tidbits episode this week. In this installment Bart continues our on-going mini-series looking at each of the proverbial hats JavaScript objects wear. Bart explains the concept of JavaScript wrapper objects that allow you to access properties of otherwise property-less primitives. It’s pretty magical and I only got lost […]
Continue readingPBS Tidbit 1 of Y — Display Values are not Data!
This is not a normal episode of Programming By Stealth, it’s what Bart Busschots is calling a PBS Tidbit. Listener @lbutlr pointed out to Bart and me on Twitter that Bart’s math was wrong in his solution to the challenge he posted in PBS 89. The assignment was to produce currency exchange rates for a […]
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CES 2020: Wi-Charge Wireless Power Delivery
Allison interviews Yuval Boger from Wi-Charge about their devices that deliver power over relatively long ranges without wires. Wi-Charge can deliver enough power to charge mobile phones, smart-home IoT devices, AR/VR goggles, and many other devices over-the-air at room-sized distances without losing power. This approach can eliminate the need for batteries and power cords in […]
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CES 2020: iKuddle Smart Home for Cats
Allison interviews Clementine Yang from iKuddle about their smart home system designed for cats. The iKuddle system includes a smart litter box that automatically scoops cat waste from the clean litter and packs the waste into a small bag. It also has an automated deodorizing system which extracts unpleasant odors using a carbon filter. The […]
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Tesla Tech – Range Anxiety is Real
One of the things people talk about with electric vehicles is the concern you might have about whether you’ve got enough battery charge in your car to make it to your destination. They call this range anxiety. With an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle, you usually have lots of options to stop and get gas, […]
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CES 2020: Shure MV88+ Video Kit for Portable Recording
Allison interviews Laura Clapp Davidson from Shure about their MV88+ Video Kit. This kit is designed for portable audio and video recording for podcasting, vlogging, and content creation and is centered around the portable MV88+ stereo condenser microphone. The kit includes a Manfrotto PIXI tripod, mobile phone clamp and mount as well as iOS and […]
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