Two responses from Mac to Android — One succeeds, one fails We all know the struggle of the blue-bubble people vs. the green-bubble people in Messages. You love your Android friends, and they may even be family. There’s all the stress of how threads get splintered and people get left out because of the blue/green […]
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NC #727 Sony WH-1000XM3 Headphones, iPad mini, 1Password
This week we’ve got a review of a cool pair of Bluetooth, noise-cancelling headphones by Allister Jenks, I’ll try to answer the question of whether iPad mini can fit into your digital life and then I’ll tell a tale about 1Password and how it all worked out in the end. mp3 download
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How 1Password’s Family Plan Saved the Day
A few years back, AgileBits decided to change the business model for 1Password from a standalone, one-time purchase to a subscription service at 1Password.com. With 1Password.com, AgileBits took over syncing of our vaults, gave us a web interface, and with the subscription service they’ve been able to build in more enhancements than ever before. I […]
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Does the New iPad mini Have a Place in Your Digital Life?
In 2010 when Steve Jobs announced the iPad, he posed a really interesting question. He asked: …is there room for a third category of device in the middle, something that’s between a laptop and a smart phone? I think most of us would agree that there was room for the iPad. I thought about this […]
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Sony WH-1000XM3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones — by Allister Jenks
It’s not often I buy something “high end” on impulse, but circumstances conspired against me. A colleague at work was raving about the headphones he had been given for Christmas. Worse, he brought them over and told me to put them on. Now, I have no trouble mentally tuning out the industrial noises of our […]
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CCATP #589 – Bart Busschots on PBS 75 of X – AJAX Intro
In this episode of Programming By Stealth we get the foundation to start learning about AJAX. Bart gives us an overview of HTTP that is really interesting. I learned so much that I didn’t know about what you can see in a URL. I know this sounds super nerdy but I loved learning about query […]
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Security Bits – 5 April 2019
Followups 🇦🇺 Australia’s controversial anti-encryption law has been referred for independent review to check whether it adequately safeguards citizens rights — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… 🇪🇺 The EU Copyright Directive passed the EU parliament with the two controversial articles intact (the so-called link tax and upload filter) — tidbits.com/… Security Medium 1 — Android Security at Age 10 […]
Continue readingNC #726 Pzizz Sleep and Focus, Previous Recipients in Apple Mail, Security Bits
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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