We continue our mini-series within a series learning the version control system Git. We learn two methods to enhance our branching strategy. First, we’ll walk through some basic principles on how to number our released versions of our code. From there we’ll explore three types of changes that would cause a change in our release […]
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NC #816 Geofency, iCatcher!, Dark Reader, Affinity for Cross Stitch, Security Bits on ODoH
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 27, 2020, and this is show number 816. I hope you all had a safe, if quiet holiday. Thanks to the kindness of the NosillaCastaways, I was […]
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Security Bits — 27 December 2020 – Oblivious DNS over HTTPS or ODoH
Deep Dive — Cloudflare & Apple add Privacy to Secure DNS with ODoH Cloudflare, Apple, & hosting company Fastly have collaborated to create a new secure and private DNS specification that extends DNS over HTTPS (DoH). They’ve both released the spec, and released sample implementations of the various components in Ruby and Go. The Problem […]
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Using the Serif Affinity Suite for Fun and Profit
Hello NosillaCastaways, it’s Allister Jenks here from New Zealand once again. I recently mentioned in the NosillaCast Slack that I use TextExpander to expand DMC embroidery cotton numbers to the official colour names. Allison asked why I did this and when I explained, she put me on the hook for this contribution. In a nutshell, […]
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iCatcher! – A Podcatcher with More Control by Jill from the Northwoods
iCatcher Player Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. I wanted to do a review for the podcast app that I use to listen to all the podcasts. If you haven’t heard, I’m quite the addict when it comes to podcasts. I subscribed to about 144 podcasts. I keep my eye on another 177 podcasts […]
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Charjen Airfoams Pro Active – by Frank Petrie (aka @Wheels)
Charjen Airfoams Pro Active When I went to film school, it was drilled into your head that the most important component of any film/video project is the audio. I also played in bands for years plus did some composing and recording in local studios. I recorded both songs and soundtracks for industrial videos. Ergo, sound […]
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Geofency – by Lewis aka @lButlr
Geofency is an application that does one thing, but it does it well, reliably, and simply. It is useful for me and probably for others. In short, what it does is lets you create a geofence around any location and name it, then it tracks when you enter or leave that location and how much […]
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Tiny Tip – Get Rid of Glare on Glasses with Dark Reader
Dark Reader Extension in the Mac App Store Before I go on other people’s shows that have video, I take extra care to make sure everything looks good. I launch Photo Booth on my Mac and set the camera to the one I’ll be using. I use a Logitech c920 webcam, but to be honest […]
Continue readingNC #815 Night Before Christmas, Apple Fitness+, Security Bits on SolarWinds and Apple’s Tracking Transparency
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 20, 2020, and this is show number 815. mp3 download For the last month or so, Bart’s RSS feeds for Security Bits have been unusually light and […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 20 December 2020 – SolarWinds, Apple’s Tracking Transparency
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Listener Thomas Cooper Question — Is TikTok a National Security Threat? TL;DR — nope We got some listener feedback asking about the US’s proposed ban on TikTok on national security grounds. This is very […]
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