The Internet with a Screen Reader Descriptive Text Even Shows on Hover in Mastonaut Mastodon App The Internet can be a very rich experience for those with visual impairments, but all of us can help make the experience even better for them with very little effort. If a person with vision impairments is using a […]
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NC #914 Satechi USB-C Hub, Save Battery Life with Always On iPhones, Scoot Force 1 Drone, Ringke Styling, 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 13, 2022, and this is show number 914. Last week I gave you three articles, two of which were long and very chewy. This week I thought […]
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Security Bits — 13 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 expected OpenSSL emergency patch was released shortly after we last recorded as expected, but it was downgraded from critical to important before release (required validly signed malicious certs to trigger, and only affected […]
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CCATP #751 — Bart Busschots on PBS 140 of X — UML Class Diagrams
Bart and I are back from summer vacation to kick back into gear on Programming By Stealth. As you may remember, we’ve been learning all of the tools we’ll need to rewrite, test, and document Bart’s password generation library xkpasswd from perl to JavaScript. In order to start the rewrite, we need to understand the […]
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Tiny Tip — Save Battery with Always On iPhones 14 Pro/Pro Max
This really is more of a nano tip than a tiny tip, but I think it’s a super useful one. The new iPhones 14 Pro and Pro Max have an Always On feature. With Always On enabled, when your phone is left unattended for a while or you lock it when you set it down, […]
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Satechi Provides More USB-C Ports When Traveling
Satechi 4-Port USB-C Hub A few weeks ago, I told you about how I added more USB-C charging ports to my desk setup with the 4-port Satechi GaN charger. When I need to do the live show away from home, I need 4 USB-C ports. I need to be able to plug in my Logitech […]
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Why You Need a Scoot Force 1 (Indoor) Drone
Ada is Not Impressed with the Scoot Drone The reviews and explanations I’ve been doing lately have been pretty meaty so it’s time for me to give you something frivolous. I think you need a Scoot Drone to play with inside your house. The Scoot isn’t the only drone like this available on the market, […]
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Protect Your Devices and Make Them Feel New with Ringke
One of the great joys of doing this podcast is the friends I’ve made all over the world. One of the great friends I’ve made from the podcast is Helma in the Netherlands. She’s the mastermind behind the creation of the Taming the Terminal book. She’s the one who helps me when I’m stuck programming. […]
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CCATP #750 Dave Hamilton on WiFi 6E Backhaul and Why You Might Care
WiFi Generations In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, I asked Dave Hamilton of the Mac Geek Gab to come on to talk to us about mesh routers and why we might care about WiFi 6E. In order to get to that though, I asked him to lay out some groundwork. […]
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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 6, 2022, and this is show number 913. Welcome to the podcast where we’re not going to talk about a billionaire making everyone angry, we’re never going […]
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