I’m still basking in the glory that is my Mind Map of Doom (™️Donald Burr) of every single dang setting in macOS 26. In my how and why I did such a crazy thing post, I told you that Brett Terpstra was instrumental in making the mind map actually useful to present on the web, […]
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Security Bits — 9 November 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. More evidence of the dangers of Agentic Browsers: ChatGPT Atlas Browser Can Be Tricked by Fake URLs into Executing Hidden Commands — thehackernews.com/… Related Article: Be Cautious with Agentic Web Browsers — tidbits.com/… (by […]
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Creating a Book Website with Static Site Generator Hugo — by Eddie Tonkoi
Hugo – Static webpage framework This is Eddie Tonkoi back to tell you about a new project, this time an element of our burgeoning publishing empire. My wife, Jern Tonkoi, has fallen in love with, and dedicated herself towards, writing creative fiction. She is passionate about it and loves writing, bringing characters to life, and […]
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How I Mind Mapped All of macOS 26 System Settings
In the words sung by that amazing philosopher, Britney Spears, “Oops, I did it again.” I have descended into madness for the second time in my 20 years of Apple podcasting. I have mind-mapped all of System Settings in macOS 26.1 (Tahoe). In this article, I’m going to walk you through how I did it […]
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Slickwraps — No for AirPods Pro, Yes on MacBook Air
When I explained my journey trying to get AirPods to work for me and how the AirPods Pro 3 finally stay in my ears, I bemoaned one thing. The Beats Fit Pro came in a lovely Stone Purple (think lavender), but the AirPods Pro 3 only came in white. White is fine but it’s boring. […]
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Shure MV7+ Microphone — by Eddie Tonkoi
Hello. This is Eddie Tonkoi, with an article about a rather neat microphone, the Shure MV7+, which you are listening to right now. You may remember an article about the Mackie EM-98MS shotgun microphone back in December of 2024. Well, that was me, but under a different pseudonym. This is the first of what I […]
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Rounded Screenshots Part 2 — Rolling my Own and Shottr Update
Two weeks ago, I wrote an extensive article on the trials and tribulations of taking screenshots with macOS Tahoe and its fancy, rounded windows. The two problems to be solved were that some screenshot methods didn’t capture transparent corners for the rounded windows, and the windows in macOS don’t have borders on them, so they […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 26 October 2025
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 US Court Blocks Spyware Vendor NSO Group from Targeting WhatsApp Users — cyberinsider.com/… (Maybe their recent change to US ownership will give this injunction more teeth!) Update on the Tea app which suffered […]
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Learn Markdown — ScreenCastsONLINE Video Tutorial
A few weeks ago, I taught you some of the basics of Markdown in a written article, but if you learn better from a video tutorial, I have just the thing for you. My tutorial for ScreenCastsONLINE was just published, and it’s all about Markdown. I teach you the basics of Markdown syntax while demonstrating […]
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Make Site-Specific Browsers with Unite
You may remember way back in 2008, when Bart Busschots taught us about site-specific browsers. A site-specific browser is kind of what it says on the tin: it’s a browser designed to go to one specific site. We’ll go through how site-specific browsers can be created, and I’ll explain what problems can be solved along […]
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