NosillaCast Mac Podcast
Allison Sheridan's technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Macintosh bias - reviewing freeware, shareware, open source cross-platform tools, and frequently goofy websites.
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#532 Apple Secures Your Sensitive Data, Teaching a Young Boy About Science, Hackers Getting Hacked, Serenity Caldwell from iMore on Home Automation
Live show will be on Saturday at 3pm Pacific Time ...
Live show will be on Saturday at 3pm Pacific Time on 25 July as I'll be on vacation on Sunday. There will be no live show on Sunday 2 July. I was on the SMR Podcast on Episode #262 entitled Little Community and the Daily Tech News Show Episode 2538 entitled Amazon is Past Its Prime Day this week. Learn how I lost all my Apple Watch activity data but that it was because Apple really does protect our private data. I've started teaching a young boy a bit about electricity and magnetism and it's making a difference to him and his mom. Bart joins us but JUST to talk security. He tells about the hackers getting hacked this week, gives us some Security Lite and Important Security News. Then for Chit Chat Across the Pond we're be joined by Serenity Caldwell from imore.com.
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#531 PopClip, Bookmarklets, Caching Improvements with Firefox, Bienna Bluetooth Headphones, Dr. Garry On Focus and Attention
Claus Wolf from mactopics.de teaches us some cool tricks to ...
Claus Wolf from mactopics.de teaches us some cool tricks to use PopClip by Pilotmoon Software, and a Bookmarklet he made for us to help you to use Amazon Affiliate links. NosillaCast PopClip Extension, Popmaker to make your own extensions, Claus' NosillaCast Bookmarklet at otzberg.net/nca/nca.html. I walk you through how I improved the speed of podfeet.com using the built-in Firefox network diagnostic tools Bart taught us about in Taming the Terminal. I review Bienna's $24 Bluetooth 4.1 Headphones. In Chit Chat Across the Pond We're joined by Dr. Maryanne Garry, Deputy Dean in Graduate Research at Victoria University of Wellington who will explain to us the difference between focus and attention. If you haven't done the homework yet, be sure to watch the videos first from last week!
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#530 Choose Different Friends, littleBits, Putting Music on Apple Watch, TTT Part 35 HTTP Commands
Dr. Garry's homework for you for next week - watch ...
Dr. Garry's homework for you for next week - watch these two videos: Video 1 and Video 2. Don't ignore your tech, consider choosing different friends. More reasons why you might enjoy checking out the NosillaCast community over at podfeet.com/googleplus. Inspire your young ones this summer with littleBits from littlebits.cc. I walk you through the absolute comedy of what you have to do to get music on the Apple Watch - about as complicated as it used to be to use a Blackberry. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart takes us through Taming the Terminal Part 35 of n, HTTP commands.
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#529 Be the Match, Audio Hijack Audio Unit Effects, Spigen Apple Watch Stand, Transcend SSD, XARA Security
In a weak moment I encourage you to send in ...
In a weak moment I encourage you to send in improvement suggestions and even give examples of suggestions I've implemented. Honda Bob needs your help; he needs a bone marrow transplant. You can register by going to https://join.bethematch.org. I learned a ton about Audio Hijack from Dave Hamilton and Don McAllister after I taught a class in it at Macstock and you get to learn what I learn (and maybe the audio is even better on this episode as a result.) Quick review of an elegant and inexpensive Apple Watch stand from Spigen . I run some speed tests on the Transcend Portable SSD and compare to the Envoy Pro Mini. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart takes us through the XARA and other security issues this week.
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#528 Macstock & Midwest Mac BBQ, LastPass Don't Panic, Reminders Nano, iOS Dictation Mic Volume, QFD, Dean Elger Angry Man
Macstock Conference and Expo and the Midwest Mac BBQ in ...
Macstock Conference and Expo and the Midwest Mac BBQ in Chicago was a HUGE hit and will definitely be repeated next year so start making plans now! Bart explains (in my voice) why you shouldn't panic about the LastPass breach. Donald Burr tells us about the 99-cent app Reminders Nano for iPhone and Apple Watch. I renamed the Apple Store the Apple Showcase because they simply have nothing in stock any more. In Dumb Question Corner Steve Davidson asks and answers his own Dumb Question, how to stop the iPad and iPhone from making a noise if you accidentally hit the dictation microphone key on the keyboard. I tell you how the Apple Watch got me to dig up my yard and then how much fun it is to use a QFD for decision making. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Dean Elger plays an Angry Man because of how much money I've cost him over the years in Apple gadgets.
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#527 Rise, Feiyu Steady Gimbal for GoPro, Hot Water Recirculation Pump, Laser Thermometer, WWDC With Patrick Beja
Live show is on Tuesday next week at Noon Pacific ...
Live show is on Tuesday next week at Noon Pacific Time so Europe can come to the show. I got to host the Daily Tech News Show in Tom Merritt's absence. Chris from Michigan tells us about Rise - the Sunrise Sunset Calendar for iOS. Steve Reviews the Feiyu G4 3-Axis Steady Gimbal for GoPro to steady your videos. In an attempt to prove that I can talk about anything I want on the show, I'll tell you about our cool new hot water recirculation pump and how I used a Craftsman Infrared Thermometer to measure the water temperature. In Chit Chat Across the Pond I'm joined by Patrick Beja from FrenchSpin.com to talk WWDC.
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#526 New NosillaCast App, Flash Memory Differences in SSDs, Unified 1Password at NCHQ,Crypt::HSKPasswd
Don't forget to join the NosillaCastaways in the live chatroom ...
Don't forget to join the NosillaCastaways in the live chatroom during WWDC at podfeet.com/live (or if you know how to use an IRC chat client, go to irc.borgchat.net and enter room #nosillacast. Macstock Conference and Expo and the Midwest Mac BBQ are only 2 weeks away! I sure hope to see a lot of you there, Steve and I are really excited! I declare time of death for Fitbit (for me), I've officially converted to the Apple Watch. Donald Burr announces the new and improved for iOS 8 NosillaCast App that lets you join the live show, chat with the NosillaCastaways, listen to recorded shows, read the blog posts and even watch the videos Steve and I post. There's even an Apple Watch version to add to your notifications. OWC got back to me with even more awesome geeky detail on the difference between synchronous and asynchronous flash memory inside SSDs. Link to the free AJA speed test they recommended for compressible data transfer. The NosillaCast Headquarters is now unified on 1Password, no more LastPass in the house. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart's back with the second half of the new XKPasswd Perl Module where I actually get to run it: Getting Started with Crypt::HSKPasswd
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#525 Portable Charging a MacBook, How Photos Optimizes Photo Storage, Peau Productions to Modify Your GoPro, Robb Dunewood
I start off with a rant about a dreadful experience ...
I start off with a rant about a dreadful experience with a Cox tech support guy blaming the Mac for why their email servers weren't working. Steve and I will be in the live chat room at podfeet.com/live during the WWDC keynote at 10am on June 8th, hope you'll join us. I walk through the data I collected to prove that you can charge a 12" MacBook with a phone battery charger. In Dumb Question Corner Rick asks detailed questions on how Photos figures out how to manager the storage when we choose optimize storage. Interview from NAB with Peau Productions about how they can add filters and lenses to your GoPro. I do some speed tests on the OWC Envoy Pro Mini thumb-drive sized SSD. In this week's episode we're joined by Robb Dunewood of the SMR Podcast to talk about living in an agnostic technology world.
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#524 iPhone Screen Replacement, Boinx TV 2, How Hard is Screencasting, Contour RollerMouse Red, What Mac Laptop Should You Get, Crypt::HSXKPasswd
Honda Bob and I replace the screens on two iPhone ...
Honda Bob and I replace the screens on two iPhone 5s, Interview with Boinx Software's Sebastian Wölfe about Boinx TV 2. I answer the question, "How hard can screencasting be?" Interview with Contour Design about their economic input device, Contour RollerMouse Red. I answer the question of what Mac laptop people should get. In the Clarify ad I explain how to restore three finger drag on the new 12" Macbook. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart explains how he's formalizing the code for xkpasswd.net so you can install it on your Mac or PC or Linux box to create secure, memorable passwords locally but to your own specifications. It's a teaser episode, in our next installment we'll actually get to play with it.
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#523 Impossible Tempered Glass, Photos Convinces Me to Buy a 12" Macbook, Why Delete Button is Missing from Image Capture, FxFactory, Apple Watch Accessibility
The Mac Roundtable is back! Check out Episode #226 at ...
The Mac Roundtable is back! Check out Episode #226 at macroundtable.com. I also got to be on the SMR Podcast this week - give a listen to SMR Podcast episode 253 for some more fun. If you buy from Amazon, please do your initial search from the Amazon affiliate search window over at podfeet.com to help fund the podcast. For the first time, I actually like a screen protector, after the Impossible Tempered Glass on my Olympus camera. I explain how Apple's Photos App Convinced Me to Buy a 12" Macbook. I answer the question, why is the delete button missing from Image Capture, and why is that ok? We talk to Joseph Nilo representing FxFactory about their visual effects tools for video editing programs. In Chit Chat Across the Pond we're joined by David Woodbridge, the host of Apple and Other Accessible Technology podcast where he tells about how useful the Apple Watch is for him.
