As is so often the case, I wish to blame Allison for what I’m about to tell you. I’ve had a project on the boil for a while now which had me seriously considering buying an Elgato Stream Deck. It is entirely Allison’s fault, however, that I actually bought one. I bought the Stream Deck […]
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I’m Still Using It — Allister on the AKG D88S Dynamic Microphone
The date was 1st August, 2006. I walked into The Rockshop in Wellington and said to one of the staff “I want a microphone to record my voice to a computer, for a podcast.” That staff member didn’t skip a beat; I had thought the word “podcast” might be a sticking point, but no. I […]
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Synology Offsite Backup Using rsync Over Tailscale
Back in November I wrote an article entitled The Great Synology Migration of 2022. It was the story of how I’d bought a second Synology to replace the finally end-of-life Drobo 5N2. In the article, I explained how I used the tried and true rsync protocol to create a backup of each Shared Folder from […]
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Photo Calendars with Mimeo Photos Web App
Every year I make a calendar for my family that includes the very best photos of the year. I’ve been doing it every year since my own kids were little. Everyone loves it, including me. When I started doing it, it was only Steve and me and the two kids, but now our family has […]
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Under My Roof ScreenCastsOnline Tutorial
My favorite tutorials to do for ScreenCastsOnline are the ones for software that I have been using for a long time that solve real problems for me. This week my tutorial on the awesome tool Under My Roof was published on ScreenCastsOnline. Under My Roof is available from Binary Formations. Teaser Video for Under My […]
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Security Bits — 8 January 2023
Deep Dive 1 — Rethinking the Last Pass Breach (It’s Worse 🙁) Two weeks ago the latest details on the Last Pass breach were much fresher, and since then two things have happened: More facts have come to my attention More well-reasoned opinions have been expressed In terms of new information we have the following: […]
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Tiny Tip — Firefox Developer Edition for Testing Responsive Design (and Regular Firefox and Safari)
A few times over the past couple of years I’ve mentioned an app called Sizzy that Helma from the Netherlands recommended to me. Sizzy is a very slick tool for people who are developing websites and web apps. The main problem it solved for Helma and me is that it shows you what your web […]
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Home Automation by Jill from the Northwoods — HomeKit and Schlage Without Third-Party Services
Home Automation Jill Treats Her Bird Right! I’ve been interested in home automation for a long time. When I was a kid, my dad and I used to talk about it all the time. He was very interested in setting up this X-10, old-school home automation, but he knew that would cost a lot of […]
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Photo Workflow by Graeme Sheppard
A few months back I reviewed PhotoReviewer, a superb app for triaging photos, and teased that I might just talk about where it fits in my workflow in more depth. So, right now I’m going to try to explain my workflow clearly, with some extra detail on the RAW processing with DxO software. To be […]
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I’m Still Using It — Part 4 — Michael on Ingress, Stephen on 2013 MacBook Pro, Rose on TypeStyler, Tom K120 Keyboard
For now, this is the last installment of the I’m Still Using It series. We’ll start with a contribution from Michael Westbay: Michael Westbay on Ingress I’m still using Ingress. (Playing Ingress?) Hi there Nosilla Castaways. Michael from Yokohama here. It all started around the end of 2013. I was thinking about what my goals would […]
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