Allison interviews David Przygoda from Komutr about their wireless earbuds that come in a MagSafe charging case. Only 1/2” thick, the Komutr charging case magnetically attaches to the back of your iPhone with MagSafe or to other Qi-2 enabled mounts. With a flip-out lid, the case can also serve as a built-in kickstand for your […]
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Audiobook Audio (V3) Part 1: Capture Right, Stay Boring, Sound Human
Forty Hours Later: Why I Restarted the Edit This new series, Audiobook Audio (V3), exists because I made a mistake. Not a particularly dramatic one and certainly not a catastrophic one, just the sort of mistake that only reveals itself once you’re already committed—the kind that costs time, not money. In my case, it cost […]
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Security Bits — 1 March 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (Following the embarrassing compromise of their update infrastructure that required all users to do a manual upgrade late last year) 🇬🇧 A little movement on […]
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It’s Still a Slider — The Broken Femur Edition
It’s a SLIDER, not a button! You may remember last June when I published a PSA entitled, “PSA — SOS Button for Apple Watch Fall Detection is a SLIDER!” I posted that after I had a hard fall while walking Kepler, which caused me to break my nose. After years of looking at the SOS […]
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CES 2026: Rescue Retriever Smoke Detector to Save Pets
Allison interviews Ryan Tussing, Creator and Co-founder of Rescue Retriever, about their device that helps firefighters save dogs and cats when they are trapped in a burning building. It is a paw-shaped pet smoke detector designed to direct first responders to the location of your pet in a smoke-filled room. When smoke is detected, Rescue […]
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Tech on Travel — Finland Edition
Whenever Steve and I go on our more interesting extended vacations, I like to take note of what technology challenges or cool things we discover on the trip. Steve and I just got back from 10 days in Finland and Estonia, and I have just a few things I wanted to tell you about. eSIM […]
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AstroAI S8 Ultra – The Jump Starter That Delivers
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been having a cold winter. It’s been brutal up here in the North Woods. Well, one of the days I got up and it had been minus 17 outside, and my poor old 2008 Element was sitting there in the driveway. I had to go somewhere. I had an […]
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From Plain Text to Linked Ideas: Why Obsidian Shines — by Ed Tobias
Intro Hello fellow NosillaCastaways, this is Ed Tobias, also known as Mr. Ed, and I’m here with another app review. This time, I want to talk to you about an application called Obsidian. But as usual, before I talk about the app itself, let’s start with the problem to be solved. I take a lot […]
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CES 2026: Hoto Compact Toolsets for Home Use
Allison interviews Rocky Reynolds from Hoto about their line of cool and compact tool sets designed for home use. Hoto’s tool design is sleek and minimalist, resulting in tools that look good and feel good in the hand. Hoto offers several toolbox sets aimed at different uses. Their toolbox cases are made of heavy-duty ABS […]
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CES 2026: WheelMove Makes Wheelchair Mobility Effortless
Allison interviews Aumaury Dupas and Kevin Surbled, CEO and COO of WheelMove, respectively, about their powered wheel system that attaches to manual wheelchairs, making them easier to push and maneuver. It integrates with many standard wheelchair frames to provide additional propulsion assistance without replacing the entire chair. The device aims to reduce the physical effort […]
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