Deep Dive — Critical Android Base-Band Vulnerabilities❗ TL;DR: this is bad — remote code execution without user interaction over the cellular network, combined with the usual level of security confusion that goes with Android’s model. Unless your Android device is on the list of known-patched devices, or unless your vendor has explicitly announced that they […]
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CCATP #762 — Bart Busschots on PBS #147 – Bash Arrays
In this week’s episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart walks us through how to create, add to, and extract from arrays using Bash. It’s a very light episode, which I manage to drag out longer by making him slow down and dig into the syntax used for arrays. It’s not just me being dense (this […]
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CSUN ATC 2023: GoodMaps Indoor Navigation Aid
Allison interviews Mike May from GoodMaps about their service that provides navigation aids for people with vision impairments. GoodMaps apps help the user, such as a person who is blind or with low vision or a first responder, easily navigate their way within a building. GoodMaps requires no infrastructure or Bluetooth beacons to be installed […]
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How to Have a Long (but Numeric) Passcode on iPhone/iPad
There has been a lot of (justified) kerfuffle about a recent article by Joanna Stern in the Wall Street Journal regarding a relatively easy method for someone to “shoulder surf” to see your four-digit passcode and from there be able to steal your entire Apple ID. Android users have the same problem — with the […]
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Adding Keyboard Maestro Macros to Quick Actions in Finder
A few weeks ago, Bob Cassidy taught us some tips about how to get Keyboard Maestro to do our bidding. He was helping me with a specific macro that needed to be triggered on a Finder item. At the end of his explanation, he wrote: I think the ideal way to trigger this macro would […]
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NC #931 Keyboard Maestro Tips from Bob, Live Show Gear, Arc Web Browser from Tom, Git Version Control with Keyboard Maestro
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, March 12, 2023, and this is show number 931. mp3 download ScreenCastsOnline Tutorial: Create Projects with Apple Photos Articles Keyboard Maestro Tips from Bob Cassidy All the Gear […]
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ScreenCastsOnline Tutorial: Create Projects with Apple Photos
I had so much fun creating my latest ScreenCastsOnline tutorial video. It’s all about how to create projects with Apple Photos. I thought I knew a lot about the options because I’ve been making a physical calendar with Apple Photos’ Mimeo Photos plugin for years. But as I explored a bit more, I learned how […]
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A New Take on Web Browsers with Arc from The Browser Company – by Tom from Ontario
Hello Allison & fellow Castaways! It’s Tom from Ontario. I have to admit that this review will break the prime directive of not starting with a problem to be solved. However, I found, after installing the product, that it did actually solve a problem I had not expected it to. More on that later. The […]
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Version Control with Git for Your Keyboard Maestro Macros
I’ve talked quite a bit lately about learning to automate things on the Mac using the fabulous tool Keyboard Maestro. Keyboard Maestro is essentially like a little programming language with a graphical user interface, but it’s missing an essential part of any document creation tool – there’s no way to save versions of what you […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #930 Filter Contact Fields by Donna, Syncthing by Bill Reveal, Security Bits with Bart Busschots
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, March 5, 2023, and this is show number 762. mp3 download Next weekend is our FORTIETH wedding anniversary, so we’re sneaking off for a weekend of wine tasting […]
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