If you’ve been on the Internet in the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard about a wonderful new word game called Wordle. Just in case you haven’t heard of it, or if you’re confused at all about it, let me give you a quick intro before I give you a way to help you play […]
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Moment Tripod Mount for MagSafe® – A Better Way to Hold Your Phone
Assortment of Small Device Tripods Like any good iPhone camera fanatic, I have a plethora of tiny tripods on which I can mount my iPhone. From the Jellyfish tripods I reviewed back in 2014, to the classic Joby tripods that can wrap around anything to the Joby Griptight ONE Micro Stand that Pat Dengler told […]
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ergotron LX Monitor Arm – Inexpensive Solution to an Annoying Problem (for Women)
You may remember that a year ago Steve, in a moment of lunacy, bought me a Pro Display XDR. Not only that, he sprung for the extra $1000 for Apple’s stand. When I talked about it last year, I mentioned that the stand left me kind of disappointed. I promise this article won’t just be […]
Continue readingThe 36,000 Word Bulleted List – by Allister Jenks
In April 2019, my wife and I embarked on our first overseas trip together in 21 years, to celebrate my 50th birthday. We spent a week in Singapore followed by a few days in Melbourne, Australia on the way home. One evening, a few days into the trip, I started to realise I was already […]
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Security Bits — 9 January 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Log4Shell (Log4J): Log4Shell-like security hole found in popular Java SQL database engine H2 — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… 🇺🇸 FTC threatens “legal action” over unpatched Log4j and other vulns — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… 🇬🇧 Meta (né Facebook) have decided […]
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Replaced AirPods Pro with Beats Fit Pro
Beats Fit Pro in Stone Purple When the first generation AirPods came out, I loved them. They fit my ears and then sounded just fine for podcast listening, which is my main use for them. But after a while my first pair started having problems with charging. I always charge the case while on my […]
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40 Tools in Parallels Toolbox : ScreenCastsOnline Tutorial
I’ve talked about Parallels Toolbox many times on the NosillaCast, but it was high time to do a full video tutorial on it for ScreenCastsOnline. If you haven’t heard of Parallels Toolbox before, it’s a suite of small utility apps that are all available from a single menu bar app. Most of the tools aren’t […]
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The Wonder of Thunderbolt Hubbing with the OWC Thunderbolt Hub
OWC Thunderbolt Hub One of the great joys of the USB-C life has been the proliferation of USB-C docks that are cross platform for Mac and PC. Over the years I’ve tested a lot of them, settling on the CalDigit TS3+ dock as my favorite. I did a full review of the CalDigit TS3+ three […]
Continue readingŌura Ring (Generation 3) Review – by Ron Burch
Ōura Ring in Gold Ōura Health Limited is a health technology consumer electronics company based in Oulu, Finland, founded in 2013. Their most popular product is the Ōura Ring, a wearable now in its third generation. The second generation product was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Best Inventions for 2020. The Ōura Ring (3rd […]
Continue readingLet’s Get Small – by Frank Petrie
Recently, I purchased some new Apple gear. This was initiated from a concept born over a year ago. I wanted to see if I could create a quality-looking video with entry-level hardware. I kicked off this experiment with the iPhone SE 2020. It had only one lens, but it had a sizable amount of the […]
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