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PETLIBRO looking down at two bowls with meal splitter

Will the PETLIBRO Smart Cat Feeder Keep My Cat from Overeating?

Ruben-esque Ada with Trim Grace You may have noticed that Steve and I spend a fair bit of time away from home. Tesla requires a great deal of playtime and attention, so she either goes to doggie camp, or if it’s a longer trip she either goes to Camp Nancy (a very dear friend of […]

Loogs for HomeKit, Homebridge, and Shortcuts with a plam tree and a rum drink signifying vacation. All will be revealed in the blog post how all these things work together.

How to Control Multiple HomeKit Automations from One Switch

Steve and I use HomeKit to control our smart devices. While we can do a lot of what we want, it’s often clumsy, and we get tangled in the terminology. The solution to this problem is obvious. Add more automation. Let’s set up the problem Steve and I were trying to solve, and as I […]

NC #867 Beryl Travel Router, PowerPic, TruPhone, Tiny Tip URLs, Chamberlain Smart Garage Door

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 19, 2021, and this is show number 867. I want to thank the NosillaCastaways for coming through on listener reviews. We’ve got a full-length show lined up […]

Meross – Inexpensive HomeKit-Compatible Smart Plug

Meross Smart Plug Mini 2 Pack You know how when you buy a piece of Home Automation, you know you have to set aside 4-6 hours to getting it working? You’re guaranteed endless hours of entertainment when you first start working on it and, with any luck, again in the future if you ever even […]

NC #847 – 3 iPad Stands, Princess Medallion, Home Assistant, AirPlay 2 with Sonos, Random Passwords in Your Head

August 1, 2021
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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, August 1, 2021, and this is show number 847. This week Steve and I had a lovely week-long vacation with our daughter Lindsay, her husband Nolan, and our […]

Home Assistant – by Ed Tobias

Hello fellow NosillaCastaways this is Ed Tobias, also known as Mr. Ed in the chats. I’m here to bring you another review of an app called Home Assistant, but in typical NosillaCast fashion, first the problem to be solved. I love IoT devices. The only thing I don’t love about them is they’re very fiddly […]

NC #741 Capturing Total Eclipse, Wyze Bulbs, Affinity Publisher

Steve and I are off to MacStock and then a week in Canada with the kids, and that means I really need your help to provide some listener recordings! In this week’s show we’ve got Steve Sheridan explaining how he capture the total eclipse in Chile in some amazing video segments. Then I’ll tell you […]

Wyze Just Keeps Getting Better – Smart Bulbs

If you’ve been listening to the show for a long time, you know I’m a huge fan of the company Wyze, makers of a delightful and inexpensive security camera called Wyze Cam. Wyze branched out a while ago to add the Wzye Motion sensor and proximity sensors called Wyze Sense (think door/window open/close sensing). The […]

Hands On with Gear Axis Smart Shade Controller

Last week you hopefully heard or saw our interview with Manu Menon from Axis about their Gear smart shade motorized controller. Steve was so intrigued by this device that he ordered one for us. Now we can give you a hands-on review.

CES 2019: Axis Gear Smart Shade Controller

Allison interviews Manu Menon, COO at Axis, about their new Gear smart shade controller. Gear is custom-engineered hardware that will automatically or on command lift and lower your existing window shades. Gear works with any shade with a beaded chain or cord loop. If you pull your shades with one hand, Gear will work as […]

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