Next week’s show for August 4th will come out a bit early because we’re going to see Lindsay for her birthday, so that means the live show will be early as well. I plan to record the live show at 11am Pacific time on Sunday August 4th. Of course if you subscribe to the NosillaCast News you’ll get a notification or if you follow me on twitter @podfeet you’ll also get multiple warnings. I know that Peter Benz from Germany will be happy because for once it will be at a much more reasonable time. Hope he can come! Btw if this showtime will allow you to come for the first time, it’s a really good idea to go to https:\/\/podfeet.com\/live<\/a> and read the instructions way before showtime because it’s a tad tricky if you want to really participate. for example there are third party clients that make it way more fun.<\/p>\n This I received a lovely audio recording from Leon Sargent that I’d like to play for you first.<\/p>\n For the people who read only, in Leon’s recording he explained how much Tim Verpoorten meant to him. He was the first podcast Leon listened to, from there he found the NosillaCast, from the NosillaCast he found Bart, and then the Mac Observer and now his entire podcast feed list is filled with podcasts he found through Tim’s show.<\/p>\n I’m really touched Leon, and so happy that Tim was as important to you as to many of us, and that you found me and Bart through his work. If you have a podcaster who has made a difference to you – do take the time to write\/record something to them. We do this work for the fun of helping others, and a very small percentage of the people ever give us feedback, so each one is precious to us. thank you again Leon.<\/p>\n I promise there was no collusion here, but George from Tulsa also sent over a recording about Tim Verpoorten amongst other things:<\/p>\n I miss Tim Verpoorten. I learned a lot from his Podcast and especially valued his emphasis on freeware and shareware. I can\u2019t look at the Menu Bar on my Mac without thinking of Tim, because there\u2019s a collection of valuable Apps up there I learned of from him. Maybe you heard Allison talking recently how Tim\u2019s computer gear ended up shipped to her, and how she\u2019s selling it to send money back to Tim\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n I\u2019m overloaded with computer gear and not in the market for more. But I\u2019m sending a check to Allison to include with the money she raises from the sale. Buy or donate, let\u2019s help Allison help Tim\u2019s wife. Tim\u2019s death sparked a Mac Roundtable discussion on how to prepare for disaster. Be it death, disease, tornado or earthquake. Worth a listen: http:\/\/www.macroundtable.com\/?p=726<\/a>.<\/p>\n No connection with Tim or the Roundtable, but the Fickle Finger of Fate reached out and thwaped me in May. If you listen regularly, you\u2019ve heard Allison mention the banners and posters I\u2019ve sent her. They\u2019ve all been made on a Windows computer necessary because the high-end printers we bought years ago have no Mac drivers. But the Win computer was so often shut down by malware, I bought a duplicate to switch out while making repairs. A good idea, but not when the Fickle Finger of Fate Flicks me out of town long enough for both to go down.<\/p>\n![\"itunes\"](\"https:\/\/podfeet.com\/NosillaCast\/artwork\/itunes_subscribe_button.png\")
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\nHi this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Mac Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Macintosh bias. Today is Sunday July 28, 2013 and this is show number 429. Steve and I had a terrific vacation with his family this week and it was made possible by so many of you sending in terrific contributions to the show. In fact, I got so many recordings that I think I’ll be able to save some for next week so I can just be lazy. This was probably the most relaxing vacation I’ve ever had. We drove about an hour south of LA to Capistrano Beach which is actually in Dana Point. We rented 3 houses, and we sat on the beach pretty much all day every day. We alternated between sitting on the beach, playing frisbee and football, short jaunts into the ocean (which was FREEZING) and back to sitting on the beach again. It was pretty much awesome. Enough about our vacation, let’s get back to some tech.<\/p>\nLeon and How Tim Verpoorten Changed his Life<\/h3>\n
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Back at work in June, I\u2019d had enough. We could either get out of the sign business, or junk Windows and buy new Mac compatible printers. It was a painful decision because while Windows is broken, the printers aren\u2019t. You\u2019ll find a pic of the new printers in Allison\u2019s shownotes. What you won\u2019t see is the 16GB Quad Core i7 Mini with 256 GB SSD I transferred to our graphic artist because I expect new, and better, Apple computers soon, and didn\u2019t want to buy something that would be \u201cold news\u201d in a few weeks.<\/p>\n