After our annual break from Programming By Stealth that happens at an unknown time for an unknown length every single year, Bart and I are back with a new episode of Programming By Stealth. Bart introduces us to a language called jq and a terminal command called jq which together are used to help query […]
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AirTable to Replace Pedias and Other Inventory Needs
Last week I told you how DVDpedia, the DVD cataloguing database, was being sunset by the developer at bruji.com. I explained how I exported all of my data in a CSV file plus the images, and then imported them into Under My Roof from Binary Formations, the app I use to catalog everything in my […]
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NC #966 DVDpedia Migration to Under My Roof, Focus Modes for Emergencies with Jill from the Northwoods, Security Bits by 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, November 12, 2023, and this is show number 966. mp3 download Cordkillers 478 – Intermi-should (w/ Allison Sheridan) Last week I forgot to tell you that I was […]
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Security Bits — 12 November 2023
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Attackers continue to succeed in getting Google to host their malicious ads: Google ads push malicious CPU-Z app from fake Windows news site — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… A final twist in the SolarWinds mega-hack saga: SEC […]
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Migrating from DVDpedia to Under My Roof
In 2009 on episode #195 of the NosillaCast, listener Scott Patz suggested I take a look at an app called DVDpedia from Bruji to catalog and organize my DVD library. I tested it out and reviewed it for the show and loved it. I’ve been using it for the past 14 years. You may wonder […]
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CCATP #777 Angela Preston on Creating an Open Source Knitting Font
One of the great joys of Mastodon is that I’m meeting new people with a cross-section of interests that overlap with my own. By following hashtags like #programming and #technology and #knitting and #crocheting, I can find fellow nerds who are also into the crafts I enjoy. I discovered this week’s guest, Angela Preston through […]
Continue readingMore TagNC #965 Passkeys Email, iPad and Pencil Diagram, Keyboard Viewer and Punctuation Tricks, Bartender 5
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 5, 2023, and this is show number 965. mp3 download CCATP #776 Adam Engst on iPhone Recommendations for Senior Citizens Articles Passkeys Email to Friends and Family […]
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Passkeys Email to Friends and Family
I’ve written an email to send to my friends and family trying to give them a heads-up about passkeys. My goal is to tell them not to be afraid of the concept because it really does sound too good to be true. I’m not going to explain to them the details of how passkeys work, […]
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Bartender 5 is a Major Upgrade in Style and Features
I think the first time I talked about the wonderful menu bar app organizer, Bartender, was in January of 2014. When I do my annual nuke and pave, Bartender is in the top list of critical apps I install first. It also has a warm place in my heart because it reminds me of the […]
Continue readingMore TagCCATP #776 Adam Engst on iPhone Recommendations for Senior Citizens
After a long hiatus for which I have no excuse, Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite is back with a fabulous interview with Adam Engst, publisher of the long-running Internet-based email newsletter, TidBITS. Adam’s been on the show a few times and he’s always a delight. This episode focussed on an article he published in […]
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