Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. It’s not just in Google Search Results that malicious ads are getting through ATM: Facebook ads push new Ov3r_Stealer password-stealing malware — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (The lure is different though, job ads with malicious PDF downloads, […]
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CCATP #787 — Bart Busschots on PBS 161 — jq: Maths, Assignment & String Manipulation
In this week’s episode of Programming By Stealth, Bart continues to expand our knowledge on how to use jq to query and manipulate JSON files. We learn how to use mathematical operators on data in our JSON files along with fun functions like floor and absolute value. I even contributed some to the learning by […]
Continue readingCES 2024: Y-Brush Electronic Toothbrush
Allison Sheridan interviews Jad Sassine from Y-Brush about their innovative Y-Brush Electronic Toothbrush. Y-Brush has a handle that connects to a tray of 35,000 nylon bristles that form around your teeth to simultaneously brush them all, upper and then lower. To brush your teeth, you simply place the tray on your upper teeth, activate Y-Brush’s […]
Continue readingRICOH OLED Portable Displays are Gorgeous AND Have a Kickstand
A Little Back Story I started using portable USB-C displays when on travel about 4 years ago, starting with the tiny 12″ Eyoyo 2K display. When that one died, I upgraded in 2021 to the Cocopar 15.6″ 1080P display. I missed the higher resolution of the smaller display, but the Cocopar was good enough that […]
Continue readingCES 2024: Govee Smart Lighting for the Home
Allison interviews Matthew Ungar from Govee about their range of smart lighting products designed for the home. Matthew first shows Govee’s home theater lights which include the DreamView lighting system which reacts to images on the TV and changes the color and intensity of lighting in the room to create a fully immersive experience. All […]
Continue readingNC #979 Qi2 Charging, Eye Disease Simulator, Exobrew Home Brewing, George from Tulsa on Displays You Can See, Whispp
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, February 11, 2024, and this is show number 979. mp3 download Articles Image Descriptions for Social Media – ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial Dumb Question Corner – Magnetic vs. MagSafe vs. […]
Continue readingImage Descriptions for Social Media – ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial
In the olden days, it used to be really hard to add descriptions to images when posting to social media. You probably know that without an image description, people with visual impairments who use screen readers get zero values out of your posts. But it was so hard that a lot of people didn’t bother […]
Continue readingGeorge from Tulsa on Display Settings and Why He Went With a 45″ Curved LG Display
iBook Snow on Wikipedia Hi, I’m George from Tulsa and I started this piece thinking it would be a simple report about my new monitor and how it answers Allison’s great framing question, “What’s the problem to be solved?” Answering that required context – I could have begun with the 5″ screen in my first […]
Continue readingCES 2024: Exobrew Smart Home Brewing
Allison interviews Bart van de Kooij, Founder and CEO of Exobrew. His company has developed the Exobrew CRAFT compact home brewing machine. Designed for the brewing enthusiast, CRAFT can brew craft beer, kombucha, and cider in batches of 1.6 gallons in 3 – 30 days depending on the recipe. The device has a temperature-controlled keg […]
Continue readingCES 2024: Whispp Real-Time Assistive Voice Technology
Allison interviews Joris Castermans, Founder and CEO of Whispp. His company has developed an app that uses assistive voice technology to convert impaired speech to a clear and natural voice in real time. Whispp works for all kinds of voice disabilities ranging from soft whispers to rough esophageal speech to stuttering. By providing recordings to […]
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