Author: podfeet

Three sources to help you understand why the Higgs Boson confirmation is interesting in a practical sense: very short interview with Cox on bbc.co.uk, a cartoon explanation, Hawking loses $100 bet about the Higgs. I bought a Circular Polarizing filter on Bart and Victor’s advice. Jim Sewell explains how he feels about having his apps […]

Why I broke down and bought the Google Nexus 7 – my first Android device! Won’t get it till mid-July though so stay tuned. I presented Blindfolded to the South Bay Apple Mac User Group (SBAMUG) and this time it went flowlessly! Link to the video + slideshow. WillP (aka @beiju) came back after a […]

Bart’s newly revamped scripts to watermark images are now available at bartb.ie under the FreeBSD license, my thoughts on the two new Microsoft Surface tablets. In Dumb Question Corner, Alison from Scotland asks whether Apple is just being a big meanie discontinuing support for some older devices. Honda Bob comes back for a cameo appearance […]

Bart answers Steve’s question about why the cosmos forms in a disk before spinning. I review Verizon’s latest Mifi offering, the new Jetpack 4G. I review the Address book alternative Cobooks from cobookapp.com. In Security Lite Bart explains the importance of the Flame virus, and then in Chit Chat Across the Pond he talks through […]

Closure on the Bluetooth driver issue with Windows 7 and the Logitech Mini Boombox, George from Tulsa describes a near miss when he almost met tragedy using USBmate. In Dumb Question Corner we have two questions. First Professor Albert asks how to disable two fingered swipe to change pages, and then Steve answers Allister Jenks […]

Knightwise from knightwise.com teases us about how to run Linux on a PowerPC Mac, in Dumb Question Corner John Haller asks how to turn off GPS on his iPhone to save the battery. Review of the Logitech Mini Boombox and a compare to the Jawbone Jambox including an audio demonstration by Steve. In Chit Chat […]

Steve and I work together to get one good shot of the eclipse, George from Tulsa reviews the Samsung Galaxy Note. Steve and I do some good experimentation with Google Hangouts On Air which allowed us to wear funny hats, broadcast live on Google+ and store the video publicly on Youtube. Greg Devore of Bluemango […]

Reviews by me of the GRID-IT cable/gadget organizer from Cocoon Innovations, The MeshWe Bluefin holder for Apple Bluetooth extended keyboard and trackpad, and the Innergie 2.1Amp Pocket Cell Portable Pocket Rechargeable Battery and Charger. George from Tulsa talks about Disk Drill and Data Rescue as well as the free application GNU ddrescue and TestDisk all […]

7 year anniversary of the NosillaCast (listen to the first show here). Leon Walsh (aka @leonwalsh) reviews the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive. I review the free and Open Source Seashore Photo Editor from seashore.sourceforge.net. Bluemango Learning hosts a free webinar on Evernote + Clarify on May 16th at 12pm PST at bluemangolearning.com/clarify-and-evernote/. In Dumb […]

Wifi problems on the new 27″ iMac – using iStumbler from istumbler.net helped us analyze the problem (and buy a new simultaneous Airport Extreme). Disk Inventory X from derlien.com helped find a crazy disk space problem on my neighbors computer. Caleb Fong, aka Geekosupremo gives us a rundown on a wild process he follows to […]