John, AKA NASAnut in the live chatroom sends a spectacular gift to us. We’ll talk about a free Mac utility called Typeeto that lets you use your Mac as a Bluetooth keyboard for your iOS devices and AppleTV. Joe LaGreca gives us a review of the secure messaging service, Wire, with full instructions on how […]
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Use Your Mac as a Bluetooth Keyboard for iOS and AppleTV with Typeeto
I’ve got a cool little utility that may or may not solve a problem for you. Typeeto from mac.eltima.com/… lets you use a Mac as a Bluetooth keyboard for your iOS devices, including the AppleTV. Before I walk you through it, let’s set up a couple of problems it might solve. The AppleTV is the […]
Continue readingCCATP #453 Programming By Stealth – 20 of x JavaScript in the Browser
In this installment of Programming By Stealth with Bart Busschots, we finally break out of the sandbox and learn how to use the console in a web browser to start taking control of web browsers. Bart’s full tutorial is available at pbs.bartificer.net/… mp3 download
Continue readingDropShadow App Made With Automator and ImageMagick
The final form of these instructions was updated in 2025 – scroll to the “2025 Update to DropShadow App” heading to learn more Have you ever had a favorite piece of software be abandoned by the developer? I’m not even talking about Apple or Google here, but maybe some nifty little utility that does exactly […]
Continue readingNC #590 AmazonBasics Tripod, Liberate Your Activity Data, Bandwidth Tests, Emojify your Contacts, Metal vs Glass Prints
Update your iOS devices to 9.3.5 without delay to protect yourself from a really nasty exploit in the wild. Steven Goetz does a guest review of the AmazonBasics 62” Aluminum Ball Head Tripod. I’ll walk you through how to liberate your Activity data so that you can see it in other apps like Activity++ and […]
Continue readingMetal vs. Glass Prints
Before I met Mark Pouley, I was content with taking photos, editing them on the computer and displaying them online. But Mark started encouraging me to get some of them printed in large format. He’s trying to drag me into his madness (his house is FULL of large prints of his photos). It did sound […]
Continue readingLiven Up Your Contacts Just for Fun
We’ve been doing some good work here on the NosillaCast, learning about vulnerabilities and the importance of doing updates, exercising to get those little rings to go round and round, diagramming workflows, and testing bandwidth to compare routers. I thought it would be good to take a break from all this seriousness for somethings silly. […]
Continue readingReal World Bandwidth Test: Netgear Nighthawk X8 vs Airport Extreme
Back in April I told you about the new router I bought, the Nighthawk X8 from Netgear. I bought this router for two reasons. I already had an Airport Extreme 802.11ac router with beam forming antennas, but after talking to Bart about how insecure the Internet of Things devices are, I wanted to run two […]
Continue readingCCATP #452 Dr. Garry Asks “Compared to What?”
Dr. Maryanne Garry, Professor of Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington joins us again, this time to talk about how to interpret studies you hear about in the “news”. Flossing is bad for you! Hormone Replacement Therapy causes cancer! Mediterranean diet lowers cholesterol! Dr. Garry explains how to research these claims and what to look […]
Continue readingDon’t Let Your Activity Data Be Held Hostage
I think that Apple has done a terrific job of getting us healthier with the Apple Watch and the iPhone but it’s a miracle that any of us have figured any of it out. Just to start a workout is often six separate steps of tapping and swiping and scrolling. But that’s not the hard […]
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