This week we’ve got a long show but it’s mostly thanks to Allister Jenks and Bart Busschots. We’ve got a review of Pzizz for sleep and focus from Allister, a segment from me on Previous Recipients on Mail.app and then a deluxe installment of Security Bits with Bart. mp3 download
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How to Permanently Get Rid of a Contact’s Email Address on macOS
How many times has someone written to you to tell you that you used their old and busted email address and you should be using their new and shiny email address? It usually happens when someone decides to finally retire their [email protected] address because they realize a grown-up person sounds like an idiot saying that […]
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Pzizz — Sleep and Focus Aid App by Allister Jenks
The date was January 2007. The iPhone was known but not released, the iPod touch was not known. I was a recent convert to a 20” iMac and my only other Apple product was a 5th generation iPod. Little did I know that iPod would fail horribly a couple of months later, but it was […]
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Justifying Purchase of Netgear EX8000 Mesh Extender
Netgear EX8000 Range Extender About a month ago, Dave Hamilton of the Mac Geek Gab and The Mac Observer came on Chit Chat Across the Pond #584 to talk about mesh routers. I learned a ton from him on that episode. One of the biggest things I learned that I thought would help me at […]
Continue readingNC #725 AirPods 2 Just Work, Owl Car Cam, Netgear EX8000 Mesh Extender
Use “podfeet” for $10 off Macstock pricing, TextExpander Evangelist Jeff Gamet joins me on Chit Chat Across the Pond. AirPods 2 “just work” and didn’t give me any good stories to tell. I’ve got a review fo the Owl Car Cam. And finally I’ll talk about my justification to buy a new Netgear EX8000 mesh […]
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Pros and Cons of Owl Car Cam
Owl Car Cam Mounted on Left (Car is in my garage) Steve has had really bad luck in the last six months, getting rear ended not once, but twice. He had a request for a dash cam on his gift list for years, but I never got around to figuring out what to get him. […]
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AirPods 2 – Are You Ever Disappointed When “It Just Works”?
I like to do my product and software reviews as tales of adventure, filled with intrigue and twists and turns as I try to navigate the perils of usage. This is not one of those reviews. I received the new AirPods yesterday afternoon about 10 minutes before I wanted to go for a walk. I […]
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CCATP #588 – Jeff Gamet on TextExpander Evangelism
Jeff Gamet of Smile joins us to talk about the life of an Evangelist for TextExpander. We talk about some of the cool things you can do with TextExpander that you may not know about, how TextExpander works on Windows now, how awesome Jean MacDonald was when she was in this job and even funny […]
Continue readingNC #724 Sonova/Phonak Listening Device, Solo NY Region Backpack, WD Drive with WiFi, 2019 iPad Lineup, Security Bits
I was on the SMR Podcast this week. CSUN interview with Sonova/Phonak about their Assisted Listening Devices. My review of the Solo New York Region Backpack. Allister Jenks explains how well the Western Digital WiFi-enabled hard drive helps him. I try to help you decide which iPad to get with my 2019 iPad lineup comparison […]
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CCATP #587 – Bart Busschots on Programming By Stealth 74 of X
In this week’s Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us the last two concepts in Mustache, one of which is a real head bender and for me at least, the second was almost as hard. The first is how you can add an optional third argument to a Mustache view which is actually a function […]
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