Adam Engst, veteran author of TidBITS for the last 29 years, inventor of Internet advertising and someone who dresses appropriately for the weather joins us for this episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond. Adam explains the fascinating results that IBM has reported since they first decided to give their employees the choice of whether […]
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Manage Your Apps and Save Battery with App Tamer
One of the coolest things about being a Mac owner is how long your computer will remain useful. I hear stories about people using Core 2 Duo machines that are 12 years old! I’m not a big fan of recommending letting a Mac that’s not able to run a currently supported operating system get on […]
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Tesla Tech – Parts Electric Vehicles Simply Don’t Have
No Engine Under the Hood Shortly after I got my electric vehicle, I was driving past the gas station near my house and I realized, I will never go there again. I know it’s obvious that I don’t need to put gas in my car, but it was still a shock to the system to […]
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NC #760 Tesla Tech Nomad Qi Charger, Quest to Leave Wunderlist, Frank’s Pledge Break, 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, December 1, 2019, and this is show number 760. We’ve got a great show for you this week with some Tesla Tech, my quest to leave Wunderlist and […]
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Security Bits – 1 December 2019
Followups: DNS over HTTPS: DNS-over-HTTPS is coming to Windows 10 — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Related: 🎧 Steve Gibson reports the Windows 10 story, and uses it as a transition into a deep-dive into some of the exceptionally cool possible improvements HTTPS + HTTP2 & HTTP3 could bring to DNS — Security Now Episode 742: Pushing “DoH” — […]
Continue readingMy Quest to Leave Wunderlist
My Beloved Wunderlist You know I’m not a luddite and that I like new applications better than just about anybody. I may have illogical loyalty to an app here and there (like how long I stayed with SuperDuper! when I should have switched to Carbon Copy Cloner) but by and large I move on with […]
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CCATP #617 – Bart Busschots on PBS 87 of X — JavaScript Iterators Objects & Generator Functions
I’m not going to lie, this episode of Programming By Stealth with Bart Busschots was a bit head bendy. Bart explains JavaScript Iterator Objects and Generator functions but without his excellent examples I’m certain I would never have been able to get the concepts to even slightly congeal in my brain. Iterator Objects and Generator […]
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Tesla Tech – Nomad Qi Charger
NOMAD Qi Charger in Tesla Model 3 Imagine a car where when you set your phone down on the console, it was magically charging. Well, the Tesla can’t do that. Well, without a little help. One of the great advances in-car technology has been the ability to charge your cell phone in the car. Am […]
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NC #759 Dumb Question on RAM, Backblaze as a Dropbox Replacement, Unique View on the 2019 16″ MacBook Pro
We’ve got a fabulous Dumb Question from Chelsea that I really enjoyed answering. Did you know you could use Backblaze to share files with people? Then I’ll give you what I promise is a unique perspective on the new 2019 16″ MacBook Pro. mp3 download
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Backblaze as a Dropbox Replacement
While we were off on vacation this summer, evidently Dropbox changed their client and it caused all kinds of problems for people. Earlier in the year, they changed their policies on the free accounts which caused people to lose their ever-loving minds. I know it’s disappointing when something free starts to cost money, but the […]
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