David Bogdan sent in our Dumb Question for this week. He wrote: Hello Bart and Allison, Hello from Japan. It’s been awhile, though I’ve been listening to you on podcasts and it sounds like the two of you are doing well. I wanted to ask another dumb question regarding security. Recently, I’ve been getting occasional […]
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Why Dave Hamilton Rocks
I was really conflicted this week thinking back on how I slammed the Transporter Sync. I mentioned that I was influenced by the podcasters who advertise for Drobo, and I feel badly about it because all of them are friends of mine. I was trying to think about what to say on the show to […]
Continue readingShared Photo Streams May be Eating Up Your Disk Space
Photo Streams are an awesome feature of OSX via iPhoto or Aperture and through iOS. With “regular” Photo Stream, the last 1000 photos you’ve taken on your iOS device are pushed up to the cloud as a short term backup (take photo 1001 and the first photo vanishes). If you turn on Photo Stream in […]
Continue readingTiny Portable Tripods for Your Smartphone or Tablet from Square Jellyfish
So you’ve got your iPhone with you at dinner with Grandma and she starts telling one of her best stories and you’d like to record it. You can sit there with your phone or tablet in your hands for the length of the story while you record her, but that’s annoying. You try to prop […]
Continue readingBIG Changes to Podfeet.com
I have something really wild and crazy change to announce about Podfeet.com. I have been inching up on this idea, and I finally started executing it. Ok, problem to be solved first, right? For coming up on 9 years next month I’ve done a GIANT blog post every week, usually on the order of 5000 […]
Continue readingStore and Secure Your MagSafe 2 Adapter with MagCozy
Remember what Tim Verpoorten used to say, that he liked little apps that did one thing and did them well? I’ve got a piece of hardware that does one thing and does it well. It might be a misnomer to call it hardware though, since it’s soft and squishy. But wait, what’s the problem to […]
Continue readingThe Night Before Christmas – With an Ever So Slight Macintosh Bias
I know it’s after Christmas but at least it’s before New Years! I wanted to share with you the video version of Steve’s “enhanced” version of The Night Before Christmas. Using a Screen Reader? click here
Continue readingHas Nokia Lost Their Collective Minds?
I have been reasonably vocal about how bad I think the Microsoft marketing strategy has been, but Nokia, soon to be acquired by Microsoft has pulled into the front runner position for worst ad ever. If you aren’t summarily creeped out by this video put out by Nokia, then you must get your hair cut […]
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