I was watching the news last week during the awful California fires, and they interviewed a guy who only had time to grab his family and run out of their home before it was engulfed in flames. He told the reporter that he didn’t have time to get his laptop which had his children’s baby […]
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Geek Adventure Time – Fixing Bart’s Audio Player
Pretty Audio Player As you know, Bart Busschots and I do a podcast together called Programming By Stealth which is a subset of the Chit Chat Across the Pond podcast. I know, I should have just made it its own show from the beginning, having it exist is in two ways is confusing, blah blah […]
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Update, Break, Repeat – DTNS 3655
I had the great pleasure of being a guest on the Daily Tech News Show again this week. Tom, Sarah, Roger and I talked about the day’s tech news, followed by the main discussion which was about whether we really need to have a new shiny operating system every year. We didn’t pick on macOS, […]
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CCATP #614 – Ken Case of Omni Group on His Computing Life Story
Ken with the original box for OMNIWEB This week’s Chit Chat Across the Pond is really special. It’s an interview with Ken Case, the CEO of Omnigroup. We don’t actually talk much about his current work, but rather start back with how he went to college when he was only 13 years old at the […]
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NC #756 Do I Need Homebrew, Airpods Pro, Security Bits
This week I’ll try to answer a dumb question from Ryan Winkler about what Homebrew is and whether he needs it. Then I’ll give you my take on the new AirPods Pro, and whether they fit in Steve’s wrong earholes. Then we’ve got a nice meaty Security Bits even though there were no Security Mediums […]
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I Moved Podfeet and You Didn’t Even Notice – Bluehost → DigitalOcean
Problem to be Solved I have done something very drastic under the hood on podfeet.com and you haven’t even noticed! In a way, that’s a very good thing. I actually changed hosting companies for podfeet.com from Bluehost to DigitalOcean. Before we get into some nuts and bolts about that, let’s talk about the problem to […]
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CCATP #613 – Bart Busschots on PBS 85 of X — Objects as Arrays in JavaScript (Redux & Update)
Bart continues his redux and new information by circling back through Objects as Arrays in JavaScript. I don’t know about you, but I get a lot out of the redux episodes because it cements in place concepts that were a bit wiggly before he goes through it again. The one new concept he goes through […]
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Security Bits – 1 Nov 2019
Security Bits – 1 Nov 2019 Notable Security Updates Apple updates just about everything: Everything you need to know about iOS and iPadOS 13.2 — arstechnica.com/… Some users experiencing bricked HomePod after updating to iOS 13.2 [Update: pulled] — 9to5mac.com/… Related: Apple resumes human reviews of Siri audio with iPhone update — apnews.com/… Related: iOS […]
Continue readingAirPods Pro – Worthy Upgrade from AirPods 2?
AirPods 2 on the left, AirPods Pro on the right I was a big fan of the original AirPods and I moved up to AirPods 2 when they were available too. There wasn’t much of a difference between the two models, but I was super excited about having wireless charging on the AirPods case. You […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Do I Need Homebrew?
Ryan Winkler wrote in: I’ve heard you mention Homebrew on the show and I’m not sure if I need it. What is it and do I need it? This is a great question. The answer, in short, is, maybe, maybe not. Let’s walk through what Homebrew is, and what kinds of fun things you can […]
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