Allison interviews Laura Ruiz Asenjo from Flic about their small wireless buttons to use for smart home routines and automations. They are easy to get started with and configure, they replace voice commands, and they’re simple to use for everyone since they don’t need a mobile device to operate. Flic offers three control devices: the […]
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CES 2024: Pawport Smart Secure Pet Door
Allison interviews Martin Diamond, CEO of Pawport, about their new smart and secure pet door. Pawport features a patented design that slides onto existing pet doors using the grove on the existing pet door frame. A simple screw locks Pawport into place and cannot be removed from the outside. Pawport opens and closes on demand […]
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CES 2024: MEATER Smart Meat Thermometer
Allison interviews Keye Chen from MEATER about their latest smart meat thermometer called the MEATER 2 Plus. The temperature probe for the 2 Plus is improved over the original MEATER system. The ambient end of the 2 Plus probe end is now stainless steel and can handle higher temperatures, up to 1000 deg F. This […]
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What Would Make an iPhone Answer on Speaker?
A couple of years ago, Steve started having a problem with his iPhone while connected via Bluetooth to his Tesla Model Y’s entertainment system. If while actively playing a podcast, he received a phone call, the iPhone would disconnect from Bluetooth, stopping the podcast, and answer on the phone’s speaker. As annoying as that was, […]
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Sonos Roam SL Bluetooth Shower + Hero Clip — by Bart Busschots
Sonos Roam with Hero Clip In a recent show Allison described her journey to a new Bluetooth shower speaker. Based on the review I don’t think you could do better than follow her advice if you want an affordable Bluetooth speaker, but, what if you want AirPlay 2 in your shower? If you’re an all-Apple […]
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NC #940 18 Years and Still Going Strong, Engagement on Mastodon vs Twitter, Klack, RTINGS, WONDERBOOM 3 Speaker
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, May 14, 2023, and this is show number 940. 18 years ago yesterday, I picked up a microphone and recorded the first episode of the NosillaCast. I’m very […]
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RTINGS Helped Me Find the Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM 3 Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker
A little more than a year ago I told you about Shower Power from Ampere, which is a hydropowered Bluetooth shower speaker. We bought Shower Power through Kickstarter in October 2020 and as often happens with crowd-funded efforts, it took forever to get the device, where forever is a year and a half. I guess […]
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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 […]
Continue readingNC #897 Streaks, Time Out with the Time Out App, Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Headphones, Heart Rate Variability with Training Today, Tiny Tips for Finder
Hi, this is Allister Jenks of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, July 17, 2022, and this is show number 897. mp3 download Allison and Steve are in Iceland — land of volcanoes and glaciers! While they’re off enjoying themselves […]
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Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise Cancelling Headphones by Steven Goetz
I have been promising this review to Allison for 6 months and I don’t think Allison ever thought she’d see it. First, the problem to be solved. I wanted a good, quality set of headphones that I could use for things like watching TV at night while others in my family are sleeping. I also […]
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