Steve Looking Cool in Front of Chevy Bolt One of the problems with jumping straight from an internal combustion engine (aka ICE vehicle) to a Tesla is that Steve and I have no perspective at all on what normal EVs are like to drive or to charge. On our recent trip to Houston to visit […]
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Easel Charging Stands are No More with iPhone 14 Pro
Qi Easel Chargers Were Great Like most people, Steve and I sprinkle charging options for our iPhones around the house. While Qi charging seems easier than plugging in a Lightning cable, we found that setting a phone down exactly right on a flat charger mat didn’t work that well. It was too easy to miss […]
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CCATP #739 – Bodie Grimm Interviews Orange Charger
A few years ago, when the SMR podcast hosts took over the NosillaCast while I was on vacation, Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show called it “The Crossover Event of the Summer.” Since then, the SMR hosts Rod, Chris, and Robb have all been on DTNS. Then Tom had Bodie Grimm of the […]
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Simple Camping (with Tech) — by Jill from the North Woods
Hello, everyone. This is Jill from the Northwoods. Being from the Midwest and being a simple Midwest girl who loves to camp, I find it difficult to watch people who love to glamp, which is like glamorous camping, or people who like RVs. I’m a tent camper, and I love the simple life. So I […]
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Time to Charge an EV vs. Fill an ICE Car with Gas
How Far I Walk to Charge My Car One of the questions electric vehicle drivers get asked the most often is, “How long does it take to charge?” I answered this question back in May of 2019 shortly after I first got my electric vehicle. As I explained, “it depends”. I went into great detail […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Is it Better to Charge Your EV at Night or During the Day if You have Solar?
This week’s Dumb Question comes from my long-time friend Mark. I’ve known Mark since I was in high school so we go way back. He got solar for his house right around the same time as us and got an electric vehicle. He asked me this question. Hope y’all are doing well. Had a solar/EV […]
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NC #859 HDMI and Fast Charging, What if Your Stove had Dedicated Burners, New Mac Decision Tree, 11-Year Old Perspective on New Macs
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, October 24, 2021, and this is show number 859. This is going to be a long show, and because of the way things worked out, it will be […]
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This week we have a very different episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite. On the awesome Kilowatt podcast (a show all about electric vehicles), host Bodie Grimm asked me and my husband Steve to be his guests on the show. You really shouldn’t be listening to it here, you should go subscribe to […]
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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, January 24, 2021, and this is show number 820. This week Steve and I started doing a few interviews from CES. Of course the event wasn’t quite like […]
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MagSafe Duo Charger – It’s Cool But You Need an Electrical Engineering Degree to Use It
MagSafe Duo Charger I obviously don’t do much traveling right now, but when Steve and I do travel, about 1/3 to 1/2 of what we pack is electronics, cables and chargers. I don’t even go to dinner at our son Kyle’s house without a backpack containing a laptop, iPad and all the chargers and cables. […]
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