I was listening to TWiT this week and Georgia Dow was pleading with people to put down their tech and engage with each other. Becky Worley responded by talking about what the implications are when you look at your watch because you received a notification. Iain Thomson suggested that especially on a date you should […]
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Transcend 128GB Portable SSD for $83
George from Tulsa is a generous man and frequently will shoot Steve and me an email entitled “Brown Truck Arriving Soon”. By this he means that some gift is coming our way. One time it was peanuts, once it was a thing that plugged into power giving us USB ports and more 110V ports, and […]
Continue readingElegant and Inexpensive Apple Watch Stand from Spigen
The Apple Watch is an elegant piece of kit, but the charger that Apple sells you with the watch has a 6 meter, rather stiff cable going to the little magnetic puck. Since the cable is stiff, the puck kept flipping upside down so the magnet wasn’t face up. The puck is also white on […]
Continue readingKeep Sending In Improvement Suggestions
It occurred to me that many of you might not know that I’m open to improvement ideas for the podcast and website. I get suggestions from time to time and quite often implement them. My favorite emails and tweets are telling me about typos. I can see a typo on someone ELSE’S writing from across […]
Continue readingEnhanced Sound with Audio Hijack’s Built-In Effects
One of the great things about teaching classes at conferences and user groups is how much YOU learn. Last week at Macstock, I did a demo of the new Audio Hijack and I’ve learned SO much more about the tool because of it. Before I explain what I learned, let me back up and explain […]
Continue readingHow the Apple Watch Got Me to Dig Up My Yard
I’m afraid Fitbit is dead to me. I called time of death on the 6th of June at 10pm. This was a sad day for me because I’ve loved the motivation I got over the years from tracking my steps, making harder and harder goals for myself and competing with my friends and family in […]
Continue readingThe LastPass Breach – Don’t Panic!
When I do Security Lite with Allison as part of our Chit Chat Across the Pond segment I often tell people that there is no need to set your hair on fire. This is one of those times. Before I explain what happened and why it’s not a catastrophe, I want to start with a […]
Continue readingSteady Your GoPro Videos with the Feiyu G4 3-Axis Steady Gimbal
Guest blogger Steve Sheridan The gadget I’m reviewing today is the G4 Handheld Steady Gimbal made by Feiyu Tech. This cool piece of kit is designed to steady a GoPro Hero camera while taking handheld video. Let’s start with the problem to be solved. Say you’re on vacation and decide to take some video with […]
Continue readingFun With Dongles or…The Apple “Showcase”
The new 12″ MacBook has been mocked by many for it’s paltry connectivity options, or should I say option. No MagSafe connector, no Thunderbolt, no HDMI, no SD card slot, heck it doesn’t even have a standard USB port. It only has a single USB-C port and a headphone jack. The good news is that […]
Continue readingAll Flash Memory Is Not the Same – Synchronous vs Asynchronous SSDs
Last week on the show I told you about a thumb-drive sized external SSD called the Envoy Pro Mini from OWC, In the review I talked about the speeds I was able to measure which weren’t as high using Blackmagic Speediest as what OWC had in its specs. They explained to me that Blackmagic uses […]
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