When I explained my journey trying to get AirPods to work for me and how the AirPods Pro 3 finally stay in my ears, I bemoaned one thing. The Beats Fit Pro came in a lovely Stone Purple (think lavender), but the AirPods Pro 3 only came in white. White is fine but it’s boring. […]
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Shure MV7+ Microphone — by Eddie Tonkoi
Hello. This is Eddie Tonkoi, with an article about a rather neat microphone, the Shure MV7+, which you are listening to right now. You may remember an article about the Mackie EM-98MS shotgun microphone back in December of 2024. Well, that was me, but under a different pseudonym. This is the first of what I […]
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Rounded Screenshots Part 2 — Rolling my Own and Shottr Update
Two weeks ago, I wrote an extensive article on the trials and tribulations of taking screenshots with macOS Tahoe and its fancy, rounded windows. The two problems to be solved were that some screenshot methods didn’t capture transparent corners for the rounded windows, and the windows in macOS don’t have borders on them, so they […]
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Security Bits — 26 October 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 US Court Blocks Spyware Vendor NSO Group from Targeting WhatsApp Users — cyberinsider.com/… (Maybe their recent change to US ownership will give this injunction more teeth!) Update on the Tea app which suffered […]
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Learn Markdown — ScreenCastsONLINE Video Tutorial
A few weeks ago, I taught you some of the basics of Markdown in a written article, but if you learn better from a video tutorial, I have just the thing for you. My tutorial for ScreenCastsONLINE was just published, and it’s all about Markdown. I teach you the basics of Markdown syntax while demonstrating […]
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Make Site-Specific Browsers with Unite
You may remember way back in 2008, when Bart Busschots taught us about site-specific browsers. A site-specific browser is kind of what it says on the tin: it’s a browser designed to go to one specific site. We’ll go through how site-specific browsers can be created, and I’ll explain what problems can be solved along […]
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Adventures in OS 26 Screenshots
How Windows Changed in iPadOS & macOS 26 I recently wrote an article entitled Exploring Markdown Export from Notes. As I often do, I included lots of screenshots in the article to illustrate what I was describing. But there were some problems with several of my screenshots, and they were caused by changes in macOS […]
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PowerPhotos — ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial
Over the last decade, I’ve heard people sing the praises of the app PowerPhotos from FatCat Software. I’d take a look at it, but find the vast capabilities somewhat intimidating. When J.F. Brissette suggested I consider making a ScreenCastsONLINE video tutorial on PowerPhotos, I figured this was the best way to learn the tool once […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 12 October 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Another interesting twist in the NSO Group Saga: Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors — techcrunch.com/… (via Allison) ❗ Action Alerts Calls to action, if any stories in this section are […]
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Demon Bots, I Rebuke Thee!
Podfeet.com is on a virtual server hosted by DigitalOcean. Bart and I have both been enjoying their services for quite a few years. A few years back, Bart convinced me to rent a second server to host the WordPress database. This setup has been working great. But then a few months ago, I noticed in […]
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