Chelsea Cook wrote: Hi Allison, I hope you don’t mind this dumb question coming in written form. I want to know: What do people do with these crazy high amounts of RAM? Yes, that includes you with your shiny new MacBook Pro. I remember when I was a kid and still using Windows, when my […]
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Tiny Tip – Fixed: Update Problem with 1Password 7
I wouldn’t normally post a tip about a specific problem with a specific piece of software, but when my father-in-law ran into the exact same problem updating 1Password, I figured maybe it’s a widespread problem and I know we have a lot of 1Password-loving friends in the NosillaCastaway community. There appears to be a problem […]
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Security Bits – 17 November 2019
Followup 🇺🇸 Mozilla refute the very misleading (factually incorrect) presentation American ISPs gave to congress urging them to take action against encrypted DNS (DoH) — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… Microsoft have issued yet another warning about the patch they released a few months ago for older versions of Windows to remove the so-called BlueKeep vulnerability. Attacks have now […]
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We Got a Tour of SpaceX!
Standing Outside in front of Falcon 9 This week Steve and I had an extraordinary experience. Pat Dengler sent me an invite to an event hosted by Women Who Code, and it was hosted at SpaceX. And get this, they said we’d get to go on a tour of SpaceX before the event! They said […]
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Switching to Carbon Copy Cloner from SuperDuper! for Local Backups
I was watching the news last week during the awful California fires, and they interviewed a guy who only had time to grab his family and run out of their home before it was engulfed in flames. He told the reporter that he didn’t have time to get his laptop which had his children’s baby […]
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Geek Adventure Time – Fixing Bart’s Audio Player
Pretty Audio Player As you know, Bart Busschots and I do a podcast together called Programming By Stealth which is a subset of the Chit Chat Across the Pond podcast. I know, I should have just made it its own show from the beginning, having it exist is in two ways is confusing, blah blah […]
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I Moved Podfeet and You Didn’t Even Notice – Bluehost → DigitalOcean
Problem to be Solved I have done something very drastic under the hood on podfeet.com and you haven’t even noticed! In a way, that’s a very good thing. I actually changed hosting companies for podfeet.com from Bluehost to DigitalOcean. Before we get into some nuts and bolts about that, let’s talk about the problem to […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits – 1 Nov 2019
Security Bits – 1 Nov 2019 Notable Security Updates Apple updates just about everything: Everything you need to know about iOS and iPadOS 13.2 — arstechnica.com/… Some users experiencing bricked HomePod after updating to iOS 13.2 [Update: pulled] — 9to5mac.com/… Related: Apple resumes human reviews of Siri audio with iPhone update — apnews.com/… Related: iOS […]
Continue readingAirPods Pro – Worthy Upgrade from AirPods 2?
AirPods 2 on the left, AirPods Pro on the right I was a big fan of the original AirPods and I moved up to AirPods 2 when they were available too. There wasn’t much of a difference between the two models, but I was super excited about having wireless charging on the AirPods case. You […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Do I Need Homebrew?
Ryan Winkler wrote in: I’ve heard you mention Homebrew on the show and I’m not sure if I need it. What is it and do I need it? This is a great question. The answer, in short, is, maybe, maybe not. Let’s walk through what Homebrew is, and what kinds of fun things you can […]
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