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 […]
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Security 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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Why You Might Need a Great USB Cable Tester and Multimeter
As you know, I’m a mechanical engineer, not an electrical engineer, but I keep one on staff here at Casa Sheridan. I call him “Steve”. We both have our strengths in the two different fields, and we both enjoy figuring things out, and we enjoy gadgets and technology. Two distinctly different problems need to be […]
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Exploring Markdown Export from Notes
I’m a big fan of Markdown, the markup language invented by John Gruber. If you’re not familiar with it, the idea of Markdown is that you can write in plain text, but still produce a nicely formatted document. Instead of using clumsy menu pics to format your text, you use this little markup language. It’s […]
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The Kindle Nothing is My (New) Kindle of Choice
I’m a pretty avid reader. I don’t read quickly, but there’s never a gap between one book and the next. I’ve been a fan of reading on Kindle since 2010. While I do absolutely miss going to bookstores and literally judging a book by its cover, I still prefer Kindle. I also miss trading books […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 28 September 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The industry is fighting back against the recent spike in supply-chain attacks targeting shared library platforms like NPM, PyPi, etc.: GitHub tightens npm security with mandatory 2FA, access tokens — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… 🇺🇸 Details are […]
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iOS 26 – Maybe a Little Too Early to Update?
This week, a woman on a user group message board I contribute to asked whether it was ok to update to iOS 26, or whether they should just apply the iOS 18.7 update and wait for a little longer for 26. I advised her to wait and applauded her for noticing that there was a […]
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Maybe 4 Times a Charm — Replacing Beats Fit Pro with AirPods Pro 3
In December 2016, when the very first AirPods came out, Steve bought me a pair as a surprise. They worked great, and I documented my excitement with an article entitled Apple AirPods – Bluetooth With Less Fiddling?. In March 2019, I bought the 2nd gen AirPods because, why not? Just a few months later, in […]
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How Does the iPhone 17 Pro Have 3 Cameras but 8 Focal Lengths?
The iPhone 16 Pro cameras and lenses kind of baffled me, and with the iPhone 17 Pro camera array, I am even more confused. The introduction of the “fusion camera system” is the main thing that makes me tilt my head and say, “Huh?” I asked Bart to come on the show to explain it […]
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