Allison interviews Angela Maeng from Another Day about their B.fter Aroma Art designed specifically for visually impaired people. B.fter is a paint kit designed to help the user distinguish colors by having a unique nature-oriented scent assigned to each color. Examples of the many scent/color combinations include lemon for yellow, cherry for red, and lavender […]
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NC #993 Car Thief and Tech, Belkin Auto-tracking Stand by Tom from New Hampshire, Learn Braille with Annie, Tesla Wall Charger
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Wednesday, May 15, 2024, and this is show number 993. You can tell by the day and date that the podcast is quite a bit early this week because […]
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CES 2024: j5create Docks for Mobile Phones
Allison interviews Calies Van Philips from j5create about their extensive range of docks designed for mobile phones. The first dock Calies describes has a MagSafe connector so it works well with MagSafe iPhones and Qi2-compatible phones that support wireless charging. It connects to the phone via USB-C and provides two additional USB-C ports for additional […]
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A Car Thief, a Purse, a Backpack, Google Assistant, and Security Cameras
The Subject of This Story Last week I was on one of my dog walks and as I got close to home, I noticed a backpack on the median in front of the sidewalk across from my house. In our neighborhood, anything sitting on that little strip of grass on the outside of the sidewalk […]
Continue readingNC #992 19th Anniversary, 1000th Episode Request from Steve, Find Any File on ScreenCastsONLINE, An Unhappy Network Story, Yubikey, Security Bits
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, May 12, 2024, and this is show number 992. mp3 download Before we dig into the show, I have a couple of announcements. First, I want to warn […]
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Eero, MoCA, ONT ā Not a Happy Networking Story
Eero 6E You know what’s a super fun way to spend Mother’s Day? Diagnosing network problems! Let’s back up and I’ll tell you a story that might give you some insight into your own networking problems someday. A few weeks ago our network started to get dodgy. While all network speed tests showed everything was […]
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Security Bits ā 12 May 2024
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. šŖšŗ Quick Digital Markets Act update: The first 3rd-party iOS app store in the EU has gone live ā AltStore PAL by Riley Testut ā rileytestut.com/ā¦ EU Labels iPadOS as a Gatekeeper and Orders […]
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CCATP #793 ā Bart Busschots on PBS 165 of X ā jq: Variables
In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart explains why jq is uniquely designed not to need variables (most of the time) and then explains how to use them in the few instances when there’s no other way. It’s really a fairly straightforward lesson as Bart sets up some clear examples and solves them with […]
Continue readingRequest for Your Input to Commemorate Allison’s 1000th NosillaCast Episode
Hello NosillaCastaways, Allison is coming up on her 1000th NosillaCast episode in July this year! She began this journey over 19 years ago when she first picked up a microphone and decided to start recording. Since then, she has produced a NosillaCast podcast episode every week without missing a beat. To commemorate this milestone, Iām […]
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Find Any File ā ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial
In December, Christian from Germany sent in a review of an app called Find Any File. He explained that when he deletes an app, he uses Find Any File to hunt down all of the remnants of the app so he’s sure his system stays clean. I downloaded Find Any File from findanyfile.app and gave […]
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