Allister Jenks joins us to talk about how he uses programming as a hobby and as a tool for solving problems. In his always delightful way, he talks about early experiences programming and how they sparked such joy in him. We’re talking a TRS-80 clone here and a programmable calculator! He tells the story of […]
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Go Caseless on Your Phone with egrips
You know that feeling when you first get a new iPhone? When you pull it out of the box, and it feels so sleek and shiny? You carefully cradle it in your hand and feel great joy. But then something changes. The joy turns to fear when you realize you’re standing over a hard floor. […]
Continue readingNC #595 Two-Factor Authentication with Apple Watch and Apple TV, Android Apps on Chrome OS, Security Bits
This week starts with a rant about how “interesting” it was to try to set up the Apple Watch to unlock a Mac, otherwise known as an adventure in changing two-step verification into two-factor authentication. Then we take a break and listen to George from Tulsa tell us about how ChromeOS now supports Android apps […]
Continue readingWill Android Apps on ChromeOS be a Game Changer?
Guest Post by George from Tulsa In November, 2015 I reported about my new Asus Chromebook Flip and 2015 Toshiba Chromebook 2 with Intel i3. Text of that review is in Nosillacast 551. Nearly a year later, I’m very pleased with both. The 2015 i3 Toshiba Chromebook remains on Amazon for $476 even though Toshiba […]
Continue readingYou May Not Want to Turn on Two-Factor Authentication If You Have an Apple TV 2 or 3
This post has been dramatically edited (and improved) since it’s first publish date, thanks to alert readers Mike C and Giles Croft. Spoiler alert – you CAN use two-factor authentication on an Apple TV 2 or 3! If you’ve already read this post, jump down to the heading “Breaking News”. A little while ago I […]
Continue readingCCATP #457 Bart Busschots Programming By Stealth 22 – jQuery Events
Bart Busschots joins us again for his continuing series called Programming By Stealth. In this episode Bart explains how to embed JavaScript into a webpage, how to control when JavaScript executes and then teaches us about the browser event model. Using this model he teaches us how we can change things on a web page […]
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