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, October 30, 2022, and this is show number 912. mp3 download CCATP #749 Bart Busschots on Understanding the Cybersecurity Threat Landscape Articles More USB-C Charging Ports with Satechi […]
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Security Bits — 30 October 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. It’s official: Elon musk now owns Twitter, and he’s already cleaned house and fired top executives — appleinsider.com/… Related Opinion: His letter to advertisers is surprisingly sensible — daringfireball.net/… 🇫🇷 Clearview AI image-scraping face […]
Continue readingCCATP #749 Bart Busschots on Understanding the Cybersecurity Threat Landscape
This week our guest on Chit Chat Across the Pond is Bart Busschots with a talk that’s part Security Bits, part Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite. Bart has been asked to speak at a Mac User’s Group on the subject of security and he worked up a presentation on the subject. His goal in […]
Continue readingMore USB-C Charging Ports with Satechi GaN Charger
I bought my first USB-C Mac in 2015 when the MacBook Adorable first came out. That was seven years ago and I’ve been a huge advocate of USB-C ever since. I’ve gotten into flame wars on the topic as recently as this week from people clinging to the old and undeniably irritating USB-A connector. These […]
Continue readingCCATP #748 – Darcy Hegarty on His Unusual Screencasting Process
This week I’m pleased to introduce you to Darcy Hegarty on Chit Chat Across the Pond. Darcy is a fellow screencaster for Don McAllister’s ScreenCastsOnline and I’m really impressed with the videos he creates. They’re tight, they tell a coherent story, and he even starts with the problem to be solved! I started chatting with […]
Continue readingProwlithin USB Vacuum Solves My Cat Problem
Grace Uses My Stream Deck as a Headrest I don’t know what it is about a computer desk, but cats simply love them. Even cats that are normally standoffish will leap onto your desk and try to lie on your keyboard, and helpfully drape their tails across your trackpad. Our cat Grace, named after computer […]
Continue readingNC #911 Inverse Parental Controls, Automating PNG Conversion, Scan Your World in 3D with Scaniverse, iPhone 14 Pro Cameras Explained
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, October 23, 2022, and this is show number 911. mp3 download I’m Still Using It Last week I told you about a fun new audience participation game I’m […]
Continue readingAutomating Conversion of Transparent PNGs to Opaque
Last month I told you about a really cool service called the Noun Project, which for a small fee gives you access to thousands of really nice line art icons. I’ve been enjoying jazzing up blog posts with Noun Project icons when I don’t have a suitable screenshot to keep readers from getting bored. When […]
Continue readingCCATP #747 – Dan Moren on Baby Tech
This week our guest is Dan Moren (https://dmoren.com/). Dan is the author of the Galactic Cold War series of sci-fi espionage capers, a former senior editor at Macworld, a writer for Six Colors and TidBITS amongst other publications, and a prolific podcaster as co-host of Clockwise and The Rebound. But I did not have him […]
Continue readingNC #910 I’m Still Using It, Drobo Died Again, Octogenarian Talks 1Password, Security Bits
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, October 16, 2022, and this is show number 910. mp3 download If you’re hearing this before 5 PM Pacific Time on Sunday, then you’ll hopefully realize that there’s […]
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