Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Last time Bart & Allison waxed lyrical about the DART mission, but we didn’t know yet if it had worked, now we do, it did 😀 — www.nasa.gov/… The Matter home automation standard has […]
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Scan Your World in 3D with Scaniverse
The hallmark of a good NosillaCast review is that we must start with the problem to be solved. There’s one exception to this hard and fast rule. Sometimes there’s something that’s just cool and doesn’t solve any problems at all. The other day I was listening to a podcast where they were droning on and […]
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The Day the Drobo Died … Again
A Walk Down Memory Lane Over the years I’ve regaled you with tales of our various network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Steve and I use our NAS for storing sensitive financial data that we don’t want to be stored in the cloud, along with hosting our PLEX video library Steve has ripped from our DVD/Blu-Ray collection […]
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CCATP #746 – Antonio Rosario on iPhone 14 Pro Max From a Different Angle
Antonio Rosario bills himself as a full-time unemployed photographer, part-time semi-employed videographer and photography instructor, and a volunteer bimonthly podcaster. He sent out a tweet in which he said, “Dear podcasters: Will someone PLEASE interview me about the #iPhone 14 ProMax?!” I expected that Antonio wanted to come on and have a discussion about the […]
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I’m Still Using It
I’ve got an idea for a new segment for the show that I think might be really fun, and it’s an audience participation game. The segment is called “I’m Still Using It”. Here’s my idea. If you’ve got a gadget or a piece of software that you’ve been using for a long time, write a […]
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NC #909 Tiny Mac Tips Part 5, No More Easel Charging Stands, Phishing the Elderly
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 9, 2022, and this is show number 909. mp3 download Tiny Mac Tips (Part One) on ScreenCastsOnline CCATP #745 – Bart Busschots on Zero Trust Articles Tiny Mac […]
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Real-Life Story of Phishing the Elderly – by Ed Tobias
This week on the NosillaCast you’re going to hear regular contributor (and good friend) Ed Tobias tell us the story of how an elderly relative of his was snared in a phishing scam. It’s a horror story but there are a few heroes in the plot as well. Below are the rough notes we used […]
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Tiny Mac Tips (Part One) on ScreenCastsOnline
I’m up to Part 5 of my Tiny Mac Tips series as written articles, and you’ll hear Part 5 in this week’s podcast. But if you’d like to actually see these tips in action, ScreenCastsOnline has just released my latest video tutorial demonstrating 15 of my favorites. I’ve also finished production of “More Tiny Mac […]
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Easel Charging Stands are No More with iPhone 14 Pro
Qi Easel Chargers Were Great Like most people, Steve and I sprinkle charging options for our iPhones around the house. While Qi charging seems easier than plugging in a Lightning cable, we found that setting a phone down exactly right on a flat charger mat didn’t work that well. It was too easy to miss […]
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In this “Lite” episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots teaches us about a relatively new concept in IT security called Zero Trust. He explains how the old ways of simply securing the perimeter of your organization are no longer enough. You simply can’t trust that inside your network you’re safe from bad […]
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