Allison interviews Frank Polidoro from Lockly about their new smart safes with PIN Genie code access and their app-free digital locks that provide remote access control for buildings and rooms. Frank showed Lockly’s Smart Safe, which is WiFi-enabled and can be opened via three secure methods: code entry, biometric fingerprint, or smartphone access. Lockly’s PIN […]
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My Experience with Claude Code: AI-Assisted Development in Practice — Bruce from Tennessee
This is Bruce from Tennessee with a summary of my experience working with Claude Code over the past several weeks. Claude Code, from Anthropic, is one of several AI tools that can be used to create software, as I’ll discuss in this post. The show notes contain a link to an overview of Claude Code […]
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CES 2026: Strapsicle Straps to Comfortably Hold Your E-Reader
Allison interviews Lou Rice, CEO of Strapsicle, about their straps that allow you to comfortably hold e-readers and tablets with one hand. Strapsicle is a strap that easily attaches to the diagonal corners of your device, leaving a space on the device’s backside through which you slide your open hand. The straps are made from […]
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Hospital Tech
I thought it might be interesting to talk a little bit about tech in the hospital, since that’s where my most recent experience lies. To give a little context, I spent three nights in the proper hospital, and then I was transferred to a rehab hospital where I spent another six nights. WiFi The first […]
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VS Code for Agentic Editing with Codex — by Eddie Tonkoi
Intro Hi, Eddie here with a mini review of my favourite tool of 2026, so far, and what I use it for. It’s VS Code, a Microsoft product that I stumbled upon when deciding to creating our website at jerntonkoi.com using Hugo, as told previously, and I have fallen for it head-over-heels. The problem that […]
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CES 2026: ViewSonic Foldable and 4K/5K Monitors
Allison interviews Alex Lane from ViewSonic about their latest line of foldable and 4K/5K displays. Alex first showed ViewSonic’s portable monitor, which should be released in Q2 of 2026 for $350. It has two 1080p displays connected by a hinge that allows them to be folded to form a tent-like arrangement. This allows two people […]
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CES 2026: Komutr MagSafe Earbuds
Allison interviews David Przygoda from Komutr about their wireless earbuds that come in a MagSafe charging case. Only 1/2” thick, the Komutr charging case magnetically attaches to the back of your iPhone with MagSafe or to other Qi-2 enabled mounts. With a flip-out lid, the case can also serve as a built-in kickstand for your […]
Continue readingAudiobook Audio (V3) Part 1: Capture Right, Stay Boring, Sound Human
Forty Hours Later: Why I Restarted the Edit This new series, Audiobook Audio (V3), exists because I made a mistake. Not a particularly dramatic one and certainly not a catastrophic one, just the sort of mistake that only reveals itself once you’re already committed—the kind that costs time, not money. In my case, it cost […]
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Security Bits — 1 March 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Notepad++ boosts update security with ‘double-lock’ mechanism — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (Following the embarrassing compromise of their update infrastructure that required all users to do a manual upgrade late last year) 🇬🇧 A little movement on […]
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It’s Still a Slider — The Broken Femur Edition
It’s a SLIDER, not a button! You may remember last June when I published a PSA entitled, “PSA — SOS Button for Apple Watch Fall Detection is a SLIDER!” I posted that after I had a hard fall while walking Kepler, which caused me to break my nose. After years of looking at the SOS […]
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