If you’ve been a NosillaCast listener for any length of time, you’ve heard Bart and me talk about a service he created called XKPASSWD, This service helps you create long, strong, but memorable passwords. He wrote this service a zillion years ago in the Perl language and hosted it at xkpasswd.net. This is such an […]
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Are You Bored Hearing about Apple Vision Pro AND Have FOMO at the Same Time?
Are you getting really tired of hearing about Apple Vision Pro? Yeah, me too. I’m not sure why really because I’m sure it’s an awesome device. I have no doubt that the people who have them are delighted with them. I definitely feel FOMO – fear of missing out – because everyone is so excited […]
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NC #980 Free Tutorial on Image Descriptions, SLIMDESIGN Body Cam, RICOH OLED Portable Displays, 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, February 18, 2024, and this is show number 980. Before we get into the show I want to announce that there will be NO LIVE SHOW NEXT WEEK. […]
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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 […]
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RICOH 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 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. […]
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Image 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 […]
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George 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 readingNC #978 Cricut Smart Cutting Machines, Tailwind HomeKit Garage Controller, Skwheel Electric Ski, 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, February 4, 2024, and this is show number 978. mp3 download Chit Chat Across the Pond CCATP #785 — Helma van der Linden on Porting XKPASSWD from Perl […]
Continue readingCCATP #786 — Bart Busschots on PBS 160 of X — jq as a Programming Language
In this week’s installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots teaches us how to use jq as a programming language. Before we get into the new stuff, Bart takes us through his solution to the challenge, and I have to say I was pretty chuffed when he said my solution to the extra credit portion […]
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