The notes below formed the launchpad for a discussion I had on the NosillaCast #1015 with Bart Busschots. In the first part of our discussion, we talked about whether Bart was disappointed in me when I used ChatGPT 4o to write some JavaScript for me to embed in TextExpander instead of writing it myself. In […]
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ScreenCastsONLINE Tutorial – Overcast
In July, I wrote an extensive article walking you through the complete redesign of the podcatcher Overcast. If you like learning from text and screenshots, then you’re in luck. But if you prefer to learn through videos to actually see the app in action, you’re also in luck. We’ve just published my latest tutorial on […]
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Voice Synthesis – the 2024 Edition with Play.ht and Resemble AI
Last week, as you may remember, I lost my voice (yet again) and produced one segment of the show with an AI-generated voice. I promised to tell you how I did it this week. Ask ChatGPT In 2023 I used ElevenLabs.io to produce my voice, but I thought I’d ask ChatGPT what all the cool […]
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Quick Use of ChatGPT to Write JavaScript for TextExpander Snippet
When I add images to podfeet.com for blog posts, I use my blogging software of choice, MarsEdit. I just drag an image into the text of a post, and MarsEdit does all the formatting automatically, and uploads it to my server and links it up. On occasion I want to upload a different kind of […]
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Security Bits — 13 October 2024
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 More consequences for past misdeeds: T-Mobile pays $31.5 million FCC settlement over 4 data breaches — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Marriott settles with FTC, to pay $52 million over data breaches — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Two notable developments […]
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iPad, Pencil, White Balance Photography and Notability – All for Cross Stitching
You may have caught on that I’m a bit of a tech nerd, but I also like to do some craft-type stuff. Who can forget one of my favorite articles entitled, Knit Like a Programmer? Today I’d like to tell a story of combining nerdery, tech gadgets, crafts, and even photography. You may learn something […]
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Comparing iPhone Cases for Camera Control – Beats & Spigen
Over the years we’ve had iPhones shrink in thickness, maybe get longer in another year, connectors have changed, and once in a while, we get a new button. When Apple added the toggle to mute and unmute your phone, every case manufacturer had to come out with a new version that had a cutout so […]
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Strongbox Password Manager – by Kurt Liebezeit
Hi, this is Kurt Liebezeit, also known as PDX_Kurt, bringing you a review of the Strongbox password manager system from Phoebe Software at strongboxsafe.com. I kind of fell into using Strongbox through the back door, so to speak. For about a decade, I had been using a pair of open-source password database programs, KeePassXC on […]
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Free Keycastr Shows Your Keystrokes During Presentations & Demos
I recently explained how I used the app Presentify to annotate my screen during a workshop I taught at the Macstock conference. The problem to be solved was that the audience was spread out in a large room and I needed them to see the detail I was showing on screen. While using the built-in […]
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Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Consequences arrive for past failure: 🇺🇸 AT&T pays $13 million FCC settlement over 2023 data breach — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… 🇪🇺 Meta fined €91M by the Irish Data Protection Commissioners for storing over 600 million passwords […]
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