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 Monday, August 27, 2023, and this is show number 955. The trips we’re taking this summer just keep on coming. We ended up cancelling our trip to Houston (I […]
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Balanced Audio by Andy from New Hampshire
Bart’s Audio Dropoff in Last Week’s Show A few weeks ago when Bart and I did our test recording for Security Bits, his audio levels were super slow. He adjusted all of the appropriate software settings and nothing changed. But then he touched his mic and its cable and the problem went away. We thought […]
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Callsheet Finds Actors, Crew, Movies, and TV Without Ads
I distinctly remember the day my brother showed me this really cool new website called the Internet Movie Database at imdb.com. It was amazing. You could look up any movie or TV show or actor and find out everything about it or them. I loved using it for a long time, and while I never […]
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Bicycling with Wahoo Tickr Fit Heart Rate Monitor
The Problem to be Solved In theory, when everything is working well, when you use the Apple Watch to track a workout it will take regular heart rate readings, display them, and use them to calculate your calorie burn accurately. But to balance battery life and accuracy, the frequency of the checks is tuned for […]
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Whisper Transcription for macOS — by Jill from the Northwoods
Hi, this is Jill from the Northwoods. I told you recently how I was using AI to help me make podcasts show notes better. Again, I’m not using it to write my content. I really want to do that myself. But instead, I was using AI to get good show notes and get some good […]
Continue readingNC #954 PETLIBRO Smart Cat Feeder, Google Forms, 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, August 20, 2023, and this is show number 954. We’ve gotten a lot of very nice messages from people asking whether we’re ok because of Hurricane Hilary. It […]
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Create Surveys, Feedback Forms, Organize Events, and More with the Free Google Forms
Back in 2009, Steve and I hosted a party for the NosillaCastaways during Macworld at a local bar. It was a great success, and everyone had a great time. The following year, we did it again but something awful happened. Someone who publishes a list of parties during Macworld included our party and we had […]
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Will the PETLIBRO Smart Cat Feeder Keep My Cat from Overeating?
Ruben-esque Ada with Trim Grace You may have noticed that Steve and I spend a fair bit of time away from home. Tesla requires a great deal of playtime and attention, so she either goes to doggie camp, or if it’s a longer trip she either goes to Camp Nancy (a very dear friend of […]
Continue readingNC #953 Burn with Burn, CalDigit Thunderbolt 4 Element Hub, Anker Speakerphone, Insta360 X3, The Motion Books
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, August 13, 2023, and this is show number 953. NOTICE: There will NOT be a live show on Sunday the 20th, because the show is going to come […]
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Security Bits — 13 August 2023
Deep Dive — Have-I-Been-Pwnd Domain Search Revamped This is very much glass-half-empty-glass-half-full news. On the one hand, domain searches and domain monitoring have gotten way easier (you had to re-validate your domain for each search before), on the other hand, it’s now a subscription service, but with a generous free tier. What this feature has […]
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