This week I taught myself a new tool and I’m very excited about it. Let’s start with the problem to be solved, shall we? As you may already know, the Programming By Stealth community is working on porting Bart Busschots’s XKPasswd secure, memorable password generation service to modern web tools. Bart created the original service […]
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Siena’s First Tiny Tip – How to Quick Unmute a Video on iOS
Siena Schools Me on How to Unmute You know how when you’re flipping through photos on your iPhone or iPad and you come to a video and it starts to play but it’s muted? I think we’d all agree that it’s a good thing that it defaults to muted. When this happens to me, I […]
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CSUN 2024: Silktide Website Accessibility & Content Checker
Allison interviews Oliver Emberton, Founder and CEO of Silktide, about their free website accessibility and content checker. Silktide allows web managers to find and fix accessibility, content, and user experience problems automatically. Available as a free download on the Chrome Store, Silktide operates as a Chrome extension. It works on any Chromium-based browser such as […]
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CES 2024: Aqara Smart Home Devices
Allison interviews Jennifer-Biana Gilman from Aqara about their extensive line of smart home devices which includes cameras, locks, controllers, lighting, sensors, hubs, and curtain controllers. Aqara is known for providing affordable products that support automations through their mobile app and are compatible with HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home, and IFTTT. For example, Aqara’s Camera Hub G3 […]
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CSUN Assistive Tech Conference 2024
This week Steve and I had great fun attending the CSUN Assistive Tech Conference in Anaheim, California. I’ve been going for well over a decade, originally introduced to it by the awesome Donald Burr. This conference is dedicated to technological advances in support of living a great life with visual, audio, mobility, and cognitive challenges. […]
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How to Enable Emergency Bypass on iOS — and Why
Last November, Jill from the Northwoods joined me in a discussion of how she uses Apple’s Focus Modes for emergencies. The conversation starts just around 15 minutes into NosillaCast #966. We set this up more as a “problem to be solved” conversation rather than a tutorial. She described how the elderly parents of a friend […]
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CSUN 2024: Strap Tech Ara Wearable Mobility Device for the Blind
Allison interviews Javier De Leon from Strap Tech about Ara, their wearable smart device developed for the blind and visually impaired to move faster and safer in everyday life. Ara is worn on the chest facing outward and has straps around the waist and over the shoulders to keep it in place. About the size […]
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Tempest Condenser Mic from 512 Audio is On Sale – Is It a Good Deal?
Around 12 years ago, Steve surprised me with an extravagant gift. He bought me a Heil PR-40 microphone. This mic is still one of the gold standards, running $350-400 to this day. I thought it was too expensive, but Steve has always been super supportive of the work I do for the podcast and bought […]
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CES 2024: Goal Zero Portable Power and Outdoor Appliances
Allison interviews Chris Allen, Director of Brand and Product Marketing at Goal Zero, about their range of products from portable power solutions to outdoor appliances. Chris shows the Yeti PRO 4000 Power Station with 4,000 Wh of energy storage. The unit is rated at 4,000+ power cycles and has wheels and a handle so it’s […]
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Security Bits — 17 March 2024 ☘️
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Ransomeware-related developments: The apparent return of the BlackCat ransomeware gang after their recent law enforcement take-down appears to have been short-lived, with the group collapsing with an apparent exit scam: BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes […]
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