Fujinon Techno-Stabi Many years ago, I bought a compact pair of binoculars from Qualide with a 10×25 magnification and a 5.5° field of view. I liked them because they were very light and small, but with small binoculars, you also get a very narrow field of view. They were easy to carry when hiking but […]
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Use Flume to Monitor Your Water Usage – by Bodie Grimm
Flume Water Sensor and Bridge I live in a 34-year-old house and we’ve had plumbing issues since the day we moved in, 4 years ago. So far they’ve been minor but it hasn’t been without a ton of stress and a few unscrupulous plumbers who’ll find that when they die, they’ve had their spot in […]
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Security Bits — 3 August 2022
❗ Action Alerts Calls to action, if any stories in this section are relevant to you there is some action you should take. SAMBA have patched a critical bug in their open source implementation of Microsoft’s Active Directory, if you use SAMBA, patch ASAP! — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… The commonly used open source crypto library GnuTLS has […]
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LVFAN Portable Wireless Charger for Apple Watch – by Sandy Foster
LVFAN Watch Charger Charges Watch and Phone at the Same Time Hello everyone. This is Sandy Foster. Recently, I was preparing for a long flight to Europe, and past experience told me that I’d need to charge my Apple Watch while en route if I didn’t want it to die shortly after arriving at our […]
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CatEye Sync Bike Lights
CatEyeSync iOS App When it comes to cycling safely, I don’t think it’s possible to underestimate the importance of lights. I think everyone knows how important it is to see where you’re going if you’re riding on dark roads, but what a lot of people overlook is the importance of being seen lights at all […]
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Tech on Travel on a Ship in Iceland
Before we leave on a vacation, we pack way more tech than normal people, but probably about average for NosillaCastaways. Of course, we both brought our iPhones, and I brought my iPad Pro. But we both need laptops on our vacations. Yes, need not want. Laptops Steve and I both bought M1 14” MacBooks Pro […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 24 July 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇷🇺 Russia’s hostility towards western companies continues as it adds Apple to the list of companies it’s fining for not storing Russian citizens data in Russia (Twitch, Pinterest, Airbnb, UPS & Google had already […]
Continue readingSome Podcast Recommendations from Bart
Back before COVID when I regularly guest-hosted the NosillaCast I had a tradition of doing a segment with podcast recommendations. I spent a lot of time listening to podcasts back then, and I have a broad taste, so I always had some shows to share. Did the pandemic reduce my podcast consumption? Heck no! So […]
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A Tiny Tip Collection — macOS Control Centre
When macOS Big Sur broke cover, we got a first look at the Control Centre as imagined for the Mac. While it’s cousin, the new Notification Centre, has been much maligned, I feel like Control Centre flies under the radar. Maybe that’s because everyone is just getting on and using it, but I wonder whether […]
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How I Fell in Love with Photography
I’ve been an enthusiast photographer since December 1986. Mum, Dad, my brother and I were on our way to the UK for a holiday when it happened, in a camera shop in Lucky Plaza, on Singapore’s Orchard Road. Lest you think I was buying, I wasn’t. My brother was, and as he was choosing his […]
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