In a weak moment, Tom Merritt let me host the Daily Tech News Show while he’s off on special assignment. I’m joined by the always delightful and sarcastic Todd Whitehead of alphageekradio.com. Using a Screen Reader? click here
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Steady 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 QFDs!
I have been fixing to make a plan to do screencasting on podfeet.com for years and I finally started! If you’ve ever had trouble making a decision, you’ll enjoy this short video explaining how a QFD (Quality Function Deployment) can help you decide. Delivered in Allison’s “unique” style, all you spreadsheet nerds are going to […]
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 reading#526 New NosillaCast App, Flash Memory Differences in SSDs, Unified 1Password at NCHQ, Crypt::HSKPasswd
Don’t forget to join the NosillaCastaways in the live chatroom during WWDC at podfeet.com/live (or if you know how to use an IRC chat client, go to irc.borgchat.net and enter room #nosillacast. Macstock Conference and Expo and the Midwest Mac BBQ are only 2 weeks away! I sure hope to see a lot of you […]
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 […]
Continue readingSaving Water in California with a Hot Water Recirculation Pump
You MIGHT have heard that California is having a wee bit of a drought while many other places in the world are suffering with record rainfall. Until we figure out how to level things out across the globe (which will end up causing some other natural disasters I’m sure), we in California are looking for […]
Continue reading1Password Across NosillaCast HQ
Steve and I have been living in a split household for the last year. It’s been a trying time, and finally we have unity in the NosillaCast Headquarters. I’ve been using 1Password from agilebits.com as my password manager while Steve’s been using LastPass. You might remember from an article I wrote last October that LastPass […]
Continue reading#525 Portable Charging a MacBook, How Photos Optimizes Photo Storage, Peau Productions to Modify Your GoPro, Robb Dunewood
I start off with a rant about a dreadful experience with a Cox tech support guy blaming the Mac for why their email servers weren’t working. Steve and I will be in the live chat room at podfeet.com/live during the WWDC keynote at 10am on June 8th, hope you’ll join us. I walk through the […]
Continue readingYou NEED the new DJI Phantom 3 Quadcopter
Allison interviews Michael Perry from DJI about their latest quadcopter, the Phantom 3. The Advanced Phantom 3 includes a 3-axis stabilized 1080p camera that streams 720p video to your smart device. The Professional model includes a 4K video camera. Flight time of the Phantom 3 has been extended to 23 minutes under ideal conditions. The […]
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