Steve’s parents are VERY security conscious and like all of us struggle with multiple passwords. Ken and I have spent a great deal of time discussing what makes a good password, and he trusts my advice on how to strengthen his own. I’ve showed him Steve Gibson’s Password Haystack where you can learn what the […]
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Can OneNote from Microsoft Replace Evernote?
I’ve been experimenting around with something that might shock you – OneNote from Microsoft. You might think that’s crazy, but hey, it’s free, it runs on all of my iOS and Mac devices, so why not give it a try and see if it solves some problems, right? If you love Evernote and every time […]
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Steve and I are both runners, and we love listening to podcasts while we run. We both used to use the little square iPod Nanos (loved them) but when Apple got rid of the clip version we knew it was time to start finally using our iPhones. We weren’t totally against the idea of switching, […]
Continue reading#469 Nite Ize Handleband, Kingston MobileLite, Instruments from Xcode, Tom Merritt on Net Neutrality and the FCC
My debut in Screencasts Online Monthly Magazine as a screencaster (only $4.99 for the issue!) Nite Ize Handleband iPhone Holder for your Bicycle. I’ve decided to give away a six month subscription to Cloak from getcloak.com – listen to the show to find out how to enter to win (or read on). George from Tulsa […]
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This story starts as a tale about a failing iPhone battery but it turns into an awesome new tool to allow you to use Activity Monitor on your iPhone. But since I get to tell the story you’re going to hear about my iPhone battery first! A few weeks ago, a gentleman named Scotty Loveless […]
Continue readingBack Up Your Phone or Tablet Using the Kingston MobileLite
Listener review from the inimitable George from Tulsa Ever been on a cruise? Out at sea you may be able to pick up some text emails in the ship’s computer center, but you can forget the kind of automatic backup of photos to iCloud, Dropbox, or Google Plus you’ve come to rely on when there’s […]
Continue readingEasily Mount Your Phone to Your Bike with Handleband from Nite Ize
My birthday was last week so I asked Steve to get me something to mount my iPhone to the bike so I could use some of those cool apps Kirschen talked about last week. That did, of course, mean it was time to drag my bike out of the shed and dust it off from […]
Continue reading#468 Dave Hamilton Rocks, Stopping Safari Popups, Wil Wheaton on Nerds, MagCozy, Square JellyFish, Tappd, Resistorvision, Taming the Terminal Part 17
Big changes to podfeet.com – breaking the giant blog post of doom into little chunks throughout the week. I got to be a guest screencaster for Don McAllister’s Screencasts Online doing a show about iThoughtsX for the Mac and iThoughtsHD for the iPad. Should be available soon in the next episode of the SCO Magazine […]
Continue readingDumb Question Corner – How to Stop Safari from Offering Push Notifications
David Bogdan sent in our Dumb Question for this week. He wrote: Hello Bart and Allison, Hello from Japan. It’s been awhile, though I’ve been listening to you on podcasts and it sounds like the two of you are doing well. I wanted to ask another dumb question regarding security. Recently, I’ve been getting occasional […]
Continue readingWhy Dave Hamilton Rocks
I was really conflicted this week thinking back on how I slammed the Transporter Sync. I mentioned that I was influenced by the podcasters who advertise for Drobo, and I feel badly about it because all of them are friends of mine. I was trying to think about what to say on the show to […]
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