The V3 Chain and The Few Decisions I Refuse to Wing It’s not long ago I wrote a piece describing my older process—one that was ingenious, thought-through, bullet-proof, and, it turns out, flawed. It’s not that the old process was bad. It’s just that it turned out to be less efficient than I’d thought, and […]
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Security Bits — 24 March 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 We’ve known, unofficially, that the US government uses commercial data brokers to by-pass the 4th amendment and get geolocation data on US citizens for some time, but now it’s on the record: FBI […]
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CES 2026: Cosmo JrTrack 5 Smart Watch for Kids
Allison interviews Marisa Lapointe from Cosmo about their JrTrack 5 Smart Watch, specifically designed for kids. The JrTrack 5 is an all-in-one smart watch that supports phone calls, messaging, music playback, and real-time active tracking. It has a 2MP front-facing camera and supports True Texting, including text, pics, audio, and video messaging. The watch is […]
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CES 2026: Levoit Air Purifiers and Cordless Vacuums
Allison interviews Jeannie Horner from VeSync, parent company of Levoit, about a range of Levoit air purifiers and cordless vacuums. Jeannie first shows Levoit’s 300S-P and 200S-P air purifiers. Both are smart air purifiers that connect to the VeSync app for convenient functions and voice control. Both operate quietly and have a sleep mode that […]
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Hip Update and a Tiny Bit of “Tech”
I thought I’d give you a little bit of an update on how I’m doing after the big hip surgery of 2026. The good news is that every single day I find something I can do that I couldn’t do right after the surgery or even just a few days before. Just being able to […]
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Dictate with Wispr Flow by Scott Willsey
This must be the season of injuries, because you’ve all heard about Allison’s horrible, horrible injury that she suffered recently. And while I’m not going to try to compete with that, I have an injury of my own that has forced me to look into alternative ways to use my Mac. My name is Scott […]
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CES 2026: Magician Jonathan Molo, The Man in the Purple Suit
Magician Jonathan Molo catches Allison’s attention as she walks the Pepcom Digital Experience show floor looking for interviews. Jonathan displays his magic prowess by taking Allison’s diamond ring and making it disappear and reappear twice in two unexpected places. He is humorous, charming, and quite a character. Jonathan has performed at the California Magic Club, […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 15 March 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. A timely reminder to keep your routers patched and to bin un-supported models via listener BG in the Podfeet Slack: 14,000 routers are infected by malware that’s highly resistant to takedowns — arstechnica.com/… (ASUS […]
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How Much Did All That Hardware Weigh That They Put In Me?
I’m not sure why, but I have always weighed myself every single day. Weighing yourself doesn’t help you lose weight. I can prove that because I tried weighing myself twice a day, and it still didn’t help, and yet I still weigh myself every day. As a result when I went into the emergency room […]
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Strapsicle Testimonial
Hopefully, you just heard, watched, or read our interview with Lou from the company Strapsicle, but I want to add Steve and my 2¢ to this, so I guess you’re getting 4¢. When we got home from CES, I went straight to Amazon to buy one for Steve and one for me. Spoiler, we love […]
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