In the olden days, it used to be really hard to add descriptions to images when posting to social media. You probably know that without an image description, people with visual impairments who use screen readers get zero values out of your posts. But it was so hard that a lot of people didn’t bother […]
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George from Tulsa on Display Settings and Why He Went With a 45″ Curved LG Display
iBook Snow on Wikipedia Hi, I’m George from Tulsa and I started this piece thinking it would be a simple report about my new monitor and how it answers Allison’s great framing question, “What’s the problem to be solved?” Answering that required context – I could have begun with the 5″ screen in my first […]
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CES 2024: Exobrew Smart Home Brewing
Allison interviews Bart van de Kooij, Founder and CEO of Exobrew. His company has developed the Exobrew CRAFT compact home brewing machine. Designed for the brewing enthusiast, CRAFT can brew craft beer, kombucha, and cider in batches of 1.6 gallons in 3 – 30 days depending on the recipe. The device has a temperature-controlled keg […]
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CES 2024: Whispp Real-Time Assistive Voice Technology
Allison interviews Joris Castermans, Founder and CEO of Whispp. His company has developed an app that uses assistive voice technology to convert impaired speech to a clear and natural voice in real time. Whispp works for all kinds of voice disabilities ranging from soft whispers to rough esophageal speech to stuttering. By providing recordings to […]
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CES 2024: SLIMDESIGN AI-Powered Compact Body Camera
Allison interviews Wouter Konings from SLIMDESIGN about their AI-powered compact body camera called the Phonecam. The Phonecam is an affordable camera worn on the body and is aimed at offering added safety in the workplace, at home, or while out and about. Since Phonecam connects wirelessly to your mobile device for video storage, it is […]
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NC #978 Cricut Smart Cutting Machines, Tailwind HomeKit Garage Controller, Skwheel Electric Ski, 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, February 4, 2024, and this is show number 978. mp3 download Chit Chat Across the Pond CCATP #785 — Helma van der Linden on Porting XKPASSWD from Perl […]
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CCATP #786 — Bart Busschots on PBS 160 of X — jq as a Programming Language
In this week’s installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us how to use jq as a programming language. Before we get into the new stuff, Bart takes us through his solution to the challenge, and I have to say I was pretty chuffed when he said my solution to the extra credit portion […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Magnetic vs. MagSafe vs. Qi2
Chelsea Cook wrote in a great question: Do you happen to have any recommendations for MagSafe stands? I am very late to the MagSafe party, having upgraded from an SE 2020 to an iPhone 15 Pro. I’d like one that could ideally charge all the things, but I’d like to know what my options are […]
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Security Bits — 4 February 2024
<li>## Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Apple have released iOS 17.3, which includes the new Stolen Device Protection mode designed to thwart the recent spike in iPhone thefts by thieves who have observed or socially engineered passcodes allowing them […]
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CCATP #785 — Helma van der Linden on Porting XKPASSWD from Perl to JavaScript
Helma Visiting Steve & Me from The Netherlands This week’s Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite is a stretch to the word “Lite”. I’d call it a crossover episode of Lite and Programming By Stealth. Helma van der Linden joins me to tell the story of how she has successfully started the new version of […]
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