A few times over the past couple of years I’ve mentioned an app called Sizzy that Helma from the Netherlands recommended to me. Sizzy is a very slick tool for people who are developing websites and web apps. The main problem it solved for Helma and me is that it shows you what your web […]
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Home Automation by Jill from the Northwoods — HomeKit and Schlage Without Third-Party Services
Home Automation Jill Treats Her Bird Right! I’ve been interested in home automation for a long time. When I was a kid, my dad and I used to talk about it all the time. He was very interested in setting up this X-10, old-school home automation, but he knew that would cost a lot of […]
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Photo Workflow by Graeme Sheppard
A few months back I reviewed PhotoReviewer, a superb app for triaging photos, and teased that I might just talk about where it fits in my workflow in more depth. So, right now I’m going to try to explain my workflow clearly, with some extra detail on the RAW processing with DxO software. To be […]
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I’m Still Using It — Part 4 — Michael on Ingress, Stephen on 2013 MacBook Pro, Rose on TypeStyler, Tom K120 Keyboard
For now, this is the last installment of the I’m Still Using It series. We’ll start with a contribution from Michael Westbay: Michael Westbay on Ingress I’m still using Ingress. (Playing Ingress?) Hi there Nosilla Castaways. Michael from Yokohama here. It all started around the end of 2013. I was thinking about what my goals would […]
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I’m Still Using It — Part 3 — iPod Video from Lynn, Hazel Allister, Claus on FlightRadar24, Kenneth on iPod Classic, Kevin on the Abacus, Terry on DaisyWheel Printer
In Part 3 of our “I’m Still Using It” series, we’ve got some golden oldies from the lovely NosillaCastaways. Lynn York on 5th-gen Click-wheel Video iPod Lynn York has a great I’m Still Using It it for us Hi Allison, We are still using a DLO HomeDock that we purchased in 1/2006, with 5th gen […]
Continue readingI’m Still Using It — Part 2 — TiVo from Tim, Kurt Leibezeit on 6th gen iPod Nano & Bruce on emacs
Today we get to hear from NosillaCastaways about the hardware and software they’re still using after many years. In Part 2 of I’m Still Using It, we have some rather extensive stories mixed in with brief moments of delight from the castaways. Tim Jahr on TiVo We’ll start with Tim Jahr, aka @sTim in our […]
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Security Bits — 23 December 2022 🎄
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Apple have released their opt-in new Advanced Data Protection for iCloud , but only in the US for now — appleinsider.com/… At least initially, enabling ADP could complicate the setup of new devices […]
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Mermaid Diagrams Won’t Replace Diagrams.net for Me, But it Sure is Fun
Mermaid Diagram We’ll be Making Mermaid Diagrams Won’t Replace Diagrams.net as my diagramming tool of choice, but they’re still pretty cool. I’ve been having a lot of fun lately with a tool called Mermaid for making diagrams. I’ve hesitated about whether to tell you about Mermaid diagrams for two reasons. One reason for my hesitance […]
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CCATP #756 — Bart Busschots on the Meaning of Verification and Twitter/Mastodon Implementations
In this final Chit Chat Across the Pond of the year, Bart Busschots joins us to talk about what verification really means, how you know a website is what it says it is, and how verification is accomplished, and then explains how Twitter and Mastodon do their respective verification. mp3 download Read an unedited, auto-generated […]
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Memory of Honda Bob and The Night Before Christmas
Long-time NosillaCastaways will remember our good friend Honda Bob, especially this time of year. For those of you who don’t know the history, I’d like to relate how we came to know Honda Bob and what he meant to the show and our family. Allison and I first met Honda Bob in 1978 when he […]
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