Jeff Gamet’s Playful View of the Story Hello fellow Castaways! Professor Terry Austin here. A few days ago I received a text message from Allison with a link to the original Washington Post story about smartphones causing users to grow horns. She simply asked – IS THIS REAL? This question is not unprecedented. I’ve gotten […]
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CCATP #599 — Dr. Devon Polaschek on Psychopaths
This week we’re joined by Dr. Devon Polaschek. Dr. Polaschek is the Joint Director of the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato. I will further embarrass her by mentioning that she was recently awarded with a Queen’s Birthday honour (as in Queen Elizabeth). Dr. Polaschek has has been […]
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Zoom H4n Pro as a Portable Recorder and Interface
Zoom H4n Pro $220 on Amazon I’ve been wanting a better way to make audio recordings on the road for a long time. When I’ve needed to record when away from home, I have been using an ATR 2100 USB/XLR mic hooked up to my MacBook Pro, but that’s not truly portable. As I mentioned […]
Continue readingCCATP #598 — Oleksandr Kosovan of MacPaw on Setapp
Oleksandr Kosovan CEO of Macpaw While we were at the Alt Conf in San Jose (WWDC-adjacent) I had the opportunity to interview Oleksandr Kosovan, CEO of MacPaw, creators of Setapp and Clean My Mac. Setapp is a subscription service that gets you unlimited access to around 150 different high-quality apps for $10/month. While I was […]
Continue readingNC #736 Soulver, Fitbit vs. Apple Watch for Wheelchair Users, Security Bits
I had the great pleasure of being on the actual radio with Rich Stroffolino. We’re off to a Chilean total eclipse of the sun so we need you to help out Allister Jenks and Bart Busschots with audio recordings. I review Soulver as a very inventive way to take notes with math in them. Tom […]
Continue readingIs the Zoom iQ7 a Good Add-On Mic for Interviews?
Zoom iQ7 $100 on Amazon You may have heard Dr. Maryanne Garry on Chit Chat Across the Pond a few times. She’s a professor of false memories who likes to call herself the Crusher of Dreams. She told me she would like to be able to do interviews while at conferences, and asked if I […]
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Security Bits – 15 June 2019
Followups 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 Thanks to a letter sent to Facebook by US Senator Richard Blumenthal we now know that Facebook’s controversial VPN tracking app collected data on 187K users, and that 31K of those were in the US, and 4.3K of those were teens. The remaining users were in India — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Security Medium — […]
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CCATP $#597 — Bart Busschots on PBS 80 of X — JavaScript Promise Chains
Bart Busschots (successfully) explains the concept of JavaScript promise chains. It’s a rough ride because of the subject itself, but he gets us there through his care and detail in explaining the concepts and of course his great examples. When he’s done, you’ll know how to chain promises together, you’ll understand what data is passed […]
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Will Soulver Solve a Problem for You?
I’m starting to feel like applications for the Mac never surprise me anymore. It seems that in a few minutes you can figure them out because they all work pretty much the same. Once in a blue moon, you find an app that has a completely new approach and a unique interface that is delightful. […]
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NC #735 Tesla Repair, Why AltConf, WWDC Keynote, WWDC State of the Union
This is an action-packed show. I’m going to start with a story I totally forgot to include in the podcast last week, and that was my promised, “How to Get Your Tesla Repaired After an Accident”. I had it in the shownotes last week and an alert listener (I’m bummed I can’t remember who) told […]
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