Beeswax Wrap on a Bowl First of all, the Problem to be Solved. I’m back to working in an office most days of the week. I bring my lunch to work, partly as a way to save money, partly as a way to save time, and mostly because I like what we cook. But, I’ve […]
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# Security Bits — 27 August 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 US offers reward “up to $10 million” for information about the Conti gang — nakedsecurity.sophos.com/… (This is the gang behind the notorious hack of the Irish Health Service Executive during COVID) Pegasus […]
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Tiny Mac Tips – Part 4 of X
Jump to Tips You Can Refresh the App Store Alphabetizing System Preferences Use the ⌘ Key with the Window Title Icon to Navigate Up the File Path Adding Keyboard Shortcuts to Menu Items Zoom with Accessibility Hotkeys to Change Finder View Right-size Column Widths to Minimum Needed Welcome to Part 4 of my Tiny Mac […]
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How I Messed Up And Played the Binoculars Conversation Twice
Duplicated Recording in NC #900 & å#901 Courtesy Allister If you’re an alert listener to the NosillaCast, you may have noticed that I played Steve and my conversation about the Fujinon image-stabilized binoculars twice in a row on shows 900 and 901. Luckily there was a lot of content for the show on Monday, August […]
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Raycast – Spotlight Replacement And Oh So Much More
Raycast for Mac Every once in a while I come across an app that does something delightful for me, but I hesitate to tell you about it because its capabilities are far beyond what I can teach. I’m going to overcome that natural instinct and tell you anyway about an awesome app called Raycast. I’ll […]
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The Love Affair I Thought I Wanted – by Troy Shimkus
AirPods Max (photo credit: SimonWaldherr) I’ve been eyeing AirPods Max for some time now. I’ve never really been much of an audiophile, but I was certainly interested in what Apple could produce given how well I liked the AirPods and AirPods Pro. The idea of spatial audio was also intriguing, and so these super premium-priced […]
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Simple Camping (with Tech) — by Jill from the North Woods
Hello, everyone. This is Jill from the Northwoods. Being from the Midwest and being a simple Midwest girl who loves to camp, I find it difficult to watch people who love to glamp, which is like glamorous camping, or people who like RVs. I’m a tent camper, and I love the simple life. So I […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 14 August 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 A graphic illustration of how real the danger of tech company subpoenas is in a post-Roe America: This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion — www.vice.com/… (Facebook […]
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Fujinon Techno-Stabi 12×28 Image-Stabilized Binoculars – by Steve Sheridan
Fujinon Techno-Stabi Many years ago, I bought a compact pair of binoculars from Qualide with a 10×25 magnification and a 5.5° field of view. I liked them because they were very light and small, but with small binoculars, you also get a very narrow field of view. They were easy to carry when hiking but […]
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Use Flume to Monitor Your Water Usage – by Bodie Grimm
Flume Water Sensor and Bridge I live in a 34-year-old house and we’ve had plumbing issues since the day we moved in, 4 years ago. So far they’ve been minor but it hasn’t been without a ton of stress and a few unscrupulous plumbers who’ll find that when they die, they’ve had their spot in […]
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