Since it’s only a week until Christmas, I thought now would be a good time to resurrect the poem that has become a holiday tradition on the NosillaCast. So grab a hot beverage and some cookies, sit back, relax and enjoy a slightly modified version of The Night Before Christmas.
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Security Bits – 14 December 2018
Followup Bloomberg’s controversial The Big Hack story SuperMicro released the results of an independent audit which found no evidence of hardware or software tampering on its motherboards — www.reuters.com/… & arstechnica.com/… The Marriott Breach Marriott Data Breach Is Traced to Chinese Hackers as U.S. Readies Crackdown on Beijing — www.nytimes.com/… An interesting related opinion piece […]
Continue readingHow to Enable Apple Music on Amazon Echo
On 14 December, Amazon began rolling out Apple Music on its Amazon Echo devices. This quick tutorial will walk you through how to enable it and if you want, to make Apple Music your default music library and station. Home Screen From the home screen, click the little lines in the upper left. Choose Things […]
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The Power of AirPlay 2
You guys know that I’m not a huge listener of music, and to be honest, Steve doesn’t play music really often either. There are times that we like it though, like during the holiday season. Steve loves to play the Charlie Brown Christmas music and other classics. (Dorothy, I know you think anything after the […]
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Hydra HDR App for macOS
Hydra HDR Have you ever noticed that when you look at a beautiful scene, and then take a photograph of that same scene only to find there are dark shadows with no detail, or those puffy white clouds are all one continuous blob of white? That’s because our eyes can perceive a high dynamic range […]
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CalDigit TS3+ Thunderbolt 3 Dock – More Ports, More Money, More Better
Just two months ago I told you about the Accell Thunderbolt 3 dock I was testing to provide added functionality to my Thunderbolt 3 equipped MacBook Pro. I had a Belkin Thunderbolt 3 dock to which I compared it. I really liked the Accell, especially for the price of $250, which was $50 less than […]
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Podcast Chapter Marks using Rogue Amoeba’s Fission
There’s a tool I’ve used for a long time but never mentioned before. It’s called Fission from Rogue Amoeba. You know I’m a huge fan of Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba and that I couldn’t do the podcast nearly as well without it. Fission has been a minor player in my workflow, but I just […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits – 30 November 2018
Followups After it emerges that implementing one of Intel’s Spectre mitigations in the Linux kernel will incur as much as a 50% performance hit, Linus Torvalds has proposed disabling the mitigation by default, but allowing those who want it to enable it — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/…
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A Lot to Like About the Epson ES-300W Document Scanner
If you ever hear someone tell you that they love their scanner, you know they’re lying to you. If they also tell you they can wirelessly scan, then you know they’re delusional. Over the years I’ve heard people moaning and groaning when their scanners are no longer supported. I’ve always scoffed at them because they […]
Continue readingSmart Folio Keyboard Makes New 12.9″ iPad Pro Amazing
Pencil is Way Less Stupid Than Before I was pretty excited to order the new iPad Pro when it was announced. I’ve mentioned a few times that I have the 12.9″ and the 9.7″ and I was curious what they would do with the form factors and what model I would choose. When they made […]
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