Hi, this is George from Tulsa sending some virtual help to Steve and Allison as they move Steve’s parents. I’m sure they’d rather I flew to California and helped Steve carry the Steinway, but what they get is this small part of a podcast Allison doesn’t have to build herself. Find yourself the geek for […]
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The Night Before Christmas
Since it’s only a week until Christmas Eve, I thought now would be a good time to resurrect the poem that has become a holiday tradition on the NosillaCast. So grab a hot beverage and some cookies, sit back, relax and enjoy a slightly modified version of The Night Before Christmas. The Night Before Christmas […]
Continue readingNC #658 Chromebook Pixel, Japanese Translation on iPhone, High Sierra on Old Macs, Patreon Apologizes, Overcast, Night Before Christmas
With a lot of help from the NosillaCastaways we have a great show. George from Tulsa brings us a review of the Chromebook Pixel, Helma from the Netherlands tells us how she translates Japanese using her iPhone, Knightwise from Belgium explains how he hacked High Sierra onto a Mac that Apple says is too old […]
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Why Not Overcast?
I knew this would happen. As soon as I started answering Rush’s Dumb Question last week about why I was using Downcast when I said I used Pocket Casts as my podcatcher of choice, I knew someone would come back with, “but what about Overcast?” What I didn’t foresee though was how many of you […]
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CCATP #515 – Allison Hartley on Trials & Tribulations of a New iPhone
This week our guest is Allison Hartley. Allison is the Manager of the Napa Branch of the California department of Rehabilitation, and a podcaster. She co-hosts both the Tech Doctor Podcast with Dr. Robert Carter (dr-carter.com/…) and That Blind Tech Show (blindabilities.com/…). Allison joins us to talk about the less than smooth experience she had […]
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CCATP #514 – Bart Busschots on PBS 45 – ES6 Arrays & Strings
In this week’s Programming By Stealth, Bart starts by actually giving me credit for leading him to rethink his strategy on the use of const and let. He was nudged along in the strategy by the most awesome Jill. Then Bart goes on to reveal even more of the joy that is JavaScript ES6. He […]
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Tiny Tip – Translating Japanese on Your iPhone – by Helma
As an enthusiastic origami folder, I often buy Japanese books with diagrams. Usually, it’s enough to look at the diagrams to figure what I need to do, but often I wonder if there is an additional explanation in the text. I cannot read or understand Japanese and I don’t know how to produce the characters […]
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NC #657 Making Holiday Labels, Pocket Casts vs Downcast, Patreon Changes, Security Bits
Tom Merritt was on Chit Chat Across the Pond to talk net neutrality. I confess that after all my “I have made fire” talk about writing a script for chapter marks, it didn’t actually work. Learn how to make Holiday Card Address Labels using plain old Apple Contacts. Rush Sherman asks our first ever video […]
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Security Bits – 08 December 2017 – macOS Root Bug, HomeKit Bug, iOS Backup Encryption
Security Medium 1 — macOS High Sierra Root Bug A nasty bug was found in macOS 10.13 High Sierra — it was possible to cause the root account to become enabled, and to do so with a blank password. To trigger this bug all you had to do was go into the control panel, click […]
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Pocket Casts vs Downcast
Rush Sherman sent in our very first video dumb question: Using a Screen Reader? click here I love this question because of how Rush feels betrayed because I had moved on. But even better, I love this question because I have wondered myself why I use Downcast when I said to use Pocket Casts.
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