I feel like Steve and I have made fire, but it’s because we’ve done something probably 85% of you have already done. We finally cut the cord and canceled our cable TV service from our ISP Frontier. I want to chat about it because there are a few interesting points I didn’t appreciate before we […]
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NC #916 Smart Albums in Photos by Focal Length, Drobo Last Gift, I’m Still Using It Part 1, 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, November 27, 2022, and this is show number 916. Before I get started, I have to make a correction. Even though I just traveled to Iceland, and the […]
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The Drobo Gives One Last Gift
Drobo Sold on eBay for $660 If you’ve been following along, you might remember that I finally pulled the plug on our Drobo network attached storage (NAS). I replaced it with a second Synology because I worried about depending on such old technology. Drobo filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, and they haven’t had anything […]
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Security Bits — 27 November 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 The long-running case against Google led by most state Attorneys General over its misleading location settings (turning off location tracking didn’t actually stop Google tracking your location!) has resulted in the largest-ever settlement […]
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I’m Still Using It — Part 1 — Mac Iicx, Elago Apple Watch Charger, Airport Extreme, 2011 MacBook Pro
On the NosillaCast we talk often about the new hotness — the phone you won’t be able to live without, the charger that must be in your travel bag, or the newest note-taking app that will finally help you organize your thoughts. But we rarely talk about those tools that we’ve been using for a […]
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CCATP #752 — Bart Busschots on PBS 141 — Generating UML Class Diagrams with Mermaid (Don’t Cuddle the Mermaid)
In the last installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart taught us all about UML class diagrams for documenting the structure of our code. In this installment, Bart teaches us how to use the ASCII diagramming tool Mermaid to make our class diagrams. The advantage of Mermaid over a graphical tool to make our diagrams is […]
Continue readingNC #915 Notion Databases, Velja Browser Picker, How to Add Alt Text for Images
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, November 20, 2022, and this is show number 915. Next week is Thanksgiving and I’ve got a whole slew of wonderful entries for our “I’m still using it”. […]
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Smart Albums in Photos by Focal Length
I’ve been working on smart albums inside Apple Photos and I’ve found some interesting things. Let’s set up a problem to be solved. Let’s say the next iPhone is coming out and you’re trying to decide which model you might need. Perhaps you’ve always gone top-of-the-line because of the cameras, but this year you’re wondering […]
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Notion Databases Solving Real Problems
Notion’s Tagline I often come across a really powerful tool that solves many problems and has in-depth capabilities that are far beyond anything I need to use. And yet that same tool solves a few small problems for me. I hesitate to tell you about it because I know I’m not doing the tool justice, […]
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Velja is More Than a Browser Picker
Velja On a recent episode of the Mac Geek Gab, listener John sent in a suggestion to try an app called Velja from open source developer Sindre Sorhus, which was described as a browser picker. I decided to go check it out and I am pleased to say that this free app solves some real […]
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