I think I’ve been going about this Everything is Fiddly thing all wrong. I should have created a segment about what’s not fiddly. That would have created unique and unusual stories. With Everything is Fiddly, there’s just too darn much material to work with. TextExpander Let’s start with the name Everything is Fiddly. I knew […]
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Logitech 4K Pro Magnetic Webcam
My Trusty Logitech C920 is Still Great After Seven Years In January of 2014, I reviewed my fancy new webcam, the Logitech C920 that Steve got for me for Christmas to replace the built-in iSight camera on my Mac. Back then the C920 ran $64 and it was a fantastic upgrade. Not only was that […]
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Synology QuickConnect + Drive for Work from Home – by George from Tulsa
On March 24, 2020 Tulsa issued a COVID stay at home order. As I locked our office door that night, I had no idea when I’d be back. My real concern wasn’t work-related, it was the April 19 due date of my daughter’s second child, exactly on what was predicted would be the very worst […]
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I Thought Regular Expressions Were the Answer
In the Programming by Stealth podcast I do with Bart Busschots, we had an assignment a while back to create a web app that would show the time in two different cities of their choice. I took the assignment up a notch and added a little slider you could drag to change the time in […]
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Security Bits — 18 April 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇬🇧 (🏴 & 🏴) Both Apple & Google have stopped the NHS from publishing an update to their COVID app to insert location tracking. This is expressly forbidden in their COVID exposure notification API […]
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Am I the Only One Who Calls AppleCare?
Mac App Store Unable to Download App In macOS Big Sur lately, there’s a problem that has been plaguing most of my nerd friends, and it’s the Mac App Store failing to download updates. It starts with a notification that there are updates. Click on the notification to launch the Mac App Store. At this […]
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Synology Storage Part II – OWC RAID Enclosure
OWC RAID Enclosure Next to Synology & Drobo I recently walked you through the process Steve and I went through to deal with a Synology Disk Station that was running out of space. I ended the story by explaining that I pulled two of the 4TB drives, replaced them with 8TB drives, which gained me […]
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Researching the Best Way to Gain Storage on Our Synology NAS
Synology RAID Calculator Demonstrates 4TB in 5 Slots Gets 16TB of Available Space About 9 months ago I bought a Synology Disk Station which is a network attached storage device, also known as a NAS. I bought the DS1019+, which is a 5-bay unit, and populated it with five 4TB Western Digital drives. 20TB […]
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Fun Automation Project – Moving Blog Post Links to the Podcast Feed
NosillaCast Links Visible in Downcast Have you ever noticed that when you’re listening to the NosillaCast in your podcatcher of choice that you also get a list of the links to each blog post article that’s in the show? You can simply tap those links to get right to the content, see the images, and […]
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Apple Beats Flex Wireless Bluetooth Earphones, by Kurt Liebezit
Review of the Apple Beats Flex Wireless Bluetooth Earphones, by Kurt Liebezit, also known as PDX_Kurt in the live chat room. Apple Beats Flex in Flame Blue This is a review of the Apple Beats Flex wireless Bluetooth earphones. As you might guess, I’m a fan of podcasts. For quite some time I’ve used an […]
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