In this ~lite episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots explains why it’s a good idea to have an email address on your own domain. Then he digs deep into all of the different technologies involved in owning a domain, forwarding email, explains MX and NS records, and how to make sure you’re […]
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Is Apple’s Trade-In Program Program Any Good?
How Much are My Devices Worth? Apple Trade In Site If you’ve bought an Apple product in the past couple of years, you’ve probably noticed that they have the option to trade in an old device to offset the cost of your new machine. I had noticed it when it was first introduced as an […]
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Why is Apple Card so Cool?
I was listening to Clockwise where the question passed around the four folks was whether they had an Apple Card. All of them were big ol’ Apple fans, but only one of the four had an Apple Card. As they walked through their reasons why they didn’t have one, it was apparent that they didn’t […]
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NC #885 Why Siri Might Not Be Working, EquatIO from Texthelp, CleanShot X
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, April 24, 2022, and this is show number 885. This week was Steve’s birthday and I just want to give him a little shout-out. He said he didn’t […]
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Dumb Question + Tiny Tip – Mike Price on Why “Hey Lady” May Not Be Working
Mike Price here with a combo Dumb Question Corner/Tiny Tip because apparently, that’s a thing now! Question: How come “Hey ” refuses to work on my iPhone !!?? Background: For the past week or so, I re-realized that “Hey ” on my iPhone12 ProMAX would not work no matter what I tried. It would work […]
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CleanShot X Might Be the Best Screenshot & Annotation Tool I’ve Ever Used
I’m Addicted to Screenshot Apps Hi, my name is Allison, and I’m addicted to screenshot apps. I’ve reviewed more of them than I can count over the years. A new one will come into my life and then eventually fade from my favor. I keep falling back to the tried and true, if limited built-in […]
Continue readingCCATP #725 – Erin Carson on Ear Worms and TikTok
This week our guest is Erin Carson, Senior Writer at CNET. She came on the show to talk to me about ear worms and the effect that TikTok is having on their prevalence. We go over the research she studied on earworms, finding out how long we’ve known about them, what goes on in our […]
Continue readingNC #884 Mac Power Users, Two Chit Chats, Shower Power, American Thermoform, Tiny Tip on File Paths, Taptilo Braille
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, April 17, 2022, and this is show number 884. mp3 download Mac Power Users 635 – Workflows with Allison Sheridan I was thrilled last week to be the subject […]
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CCATP #724 – Bart Busschots on PBS 137 of X — Bundling a Library with Webpack
We have one more thing to learn as we gear up to actually start writing modern code for Bart’s HSXKPasswd tool. The last piece of our tool kit is a bundler. In this installment, Bart teaches what problems bundlers solve, and he explains why he chose the bundler Webpack for our project. After learning about […]
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Security Bits — 17 April 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine continues to affect IT: 🇷🇺 Twitter have made two policy changes: (www.imore.com/…) In line with international law, government accounts won’t be allowed to post images of POWs Twitter’s […]
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