In this final Chit Chat Across the Pond of the year, Bart Busschots joins us to talk about what verification really means, how you know a website is what it says it is, and how verification is accomplished, and then explains how Twitter and Mastodon do their respective verification. mp3 download Read an unedited, auto-generated […]
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Memory of Honda Bob and The Night Before Christmas
Long-time NosillaCastaways will remember our good friend Honda Bob, especially this time of year. For those of you who don’t know the history, I’d like to relate how we came to know Honda Bob and what he meant to the show and our family. Allison and I first met Honda Bob in 1978 when he […]
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NC #918 Clockwise, TouchRetouch on ScreenCastsOnline, Casey Liss on Chit Chat, XKPasswdJS Project Launch, Blog Posts via Email, Mastodon is fun, 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, December 11, 2022, and this is show number 918. mp3 download Before we get too far into the show, I have a couple of announcements. There will be […]
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Security Bits — 11 December 2022 Deep Dives on Eufy Credibility Problems and Apple New Security Features
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The Twitter Chaos Continues: 🇪🇺 EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has warned Twitter that it needs to bring its moderation practices up to speed before the Digital Services Act (DSA) goes into effect next year […]
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CCATP #755 — Bart Busschots on PBS 142 — The XKPasswdJS Project Kickoff!
In this week’s installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart officially kicks off the XKPasswdJS project. This is what we’ve all been waiting for! As I said to Bart at the end of our recording, we’re no longer fixing to make a plan, we have a plan. The shownotes for this episode point to the README […]
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Come Join the Fun in Mastodon — I Promise, It’s Easy!
Do you remember when you first heard about Twitter? Do you remember thinking it sounded silly and you didn’t think it had any legs? Remember thinking the word “tweet” sounded idiotic? Do you remember finally joining Twitter, but then being baffled by it, wondering why everyone was so excited? And remember wondering, “Who do I […]
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TouchRetouch Tutorial on ScreenCastsOnline
My latest tutorial is up on ScreenCastsOnline, and it’s about a terrific tool called TouchRetouch for iOS/iPadOS and the Mac. TouchRetouch does a fantastic job removing unwanted objects in your images, even with your big fat fingers, and it’s only $4 USD on iOS. I’ve been using TouchRetouch for years and years but I had […]
Continue readingCCATP #754 — Casey Liss on Automations From the Absurd to the Delightful
Casey’s Crazy Garage Door Monitor On this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, we’re joined by developer Casey Liss of the Accidental Tech Podcast and creator of the iOS apps MaskerAid and Peek-a-View. I asked Casey to come on the show to talk about automation. In particular, we talked about Unnecessary or […]
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Cord Cutting Part 2 — Channels DVR
Last week I told you that Steve and I finally cut the cord, replacing Frontier’s TV service with YouTube TV, and how we will be saving $1217/year going forward. After I posted the article about our experience, I got two nearly identical messages explaining one more thing we needed to try. Both Dave Hamilton and […]
Continue readingNC #917 Nic’s HomePod Repair, Cutting the Cord, Transcripts for Podfeet Podcasts, Bear App
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, December 4, 2022, and this is show number 917. mp3 download CCATP #753 — Nic of Nic’s HomePod Repair I’m Still Using It I’ve been getting some amazing […]
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