Allison and Steve bump into their long-time friend, Jason Howell, on the Pepcom show floor. He describes the video recording setup he put together for tech conferences. Jason uses the same camera as Steve, the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 camera, to record video at CES. However, since his recordings are often solo, he has adapted […]
Continue readingCategory: Blog Posts
Learning About Auphonic Cuts and Noise Suppression
A few years ago, I wrote a fairly lengthy explanation of how I use the awesome web service called Auphonic to sweeten the audio for the podcast. Everything you hear has gone through Auphonic. I put a link in the show notes to the article where I explained how Auphonic levels the audio between speakers, […]
Continue reading
CES 2026: Eufy Smart Locks, Video Doorbells, and Security Cameras
Allison interviews Brett White, Eufy Security’s Global PR Lead, about their latest smart lock, video doorbell, security camera, and smart track card. Brett starts by showing Eufy’s E40 Smart Lock, their first with facial recognition. It has a dual power source with a primary and backup battery. It has a 2K camera, 2-way audio, and […]
Continue reading
TORRAS O3 Air — An iPhone Case with Airbags, a Ring Stand and Wicked Cool Gradient Colors
At CES in 2025, Steve and I interviewed JW Huang, designer of iPhone (and Android) cases at TORRAS. You would think that everything that could be said about an iPhone case has already been said, but I was really impressed by JW’s description of how they build their cases for maximum protection while still being […]
Continue reading
CES 2026: Freestyle Libre Continuous Glucose Monitor
Allison interviews Dr. Charles Wang, MD, from Abbott about their Freestyle Libre continuous glucose monitor system. It is composed of a small bio wearable device that you place on the back of your upper arm, and it communicates with the Libre mobile app. Together, they continuously measure and record your blood glucose levels, day and […]
Continue readingAudiobook Audio (V3) Part 2: The V3 Chain — by Eddie Tonkoi
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 […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading