27-inch 5K iMac Can’t be a Display … or Can It? iMacs have spectacular screens, especially the 5K iMac. Like all Macs, they seem to last a very long time. The desire for a new Mac is normally well before the end of the useful life of an iMac. Many people wish they could repurpose […]
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Learn to Make Compelling Slideshows with FotoMagico – ScreenCastsOnline Tutorial
If you’ve got a special moment to commemorate, there’s nothing more compelling than a well-done slide show with music timed to pull at the heartstrings. Whether it’s celebrating the birthday of a beloved aunt, commemorating a season of little league, or capturing your family vacation, a slide show can bring tears and joy if done […]
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Security Bits — 20 Feb 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 An update on a story Allison referenced last time: Missouri governor rebuffed: Journalist won’t be prosecuted for viewing HTML — arstechnica.com/… 🇮🇱 The NSO Group/Pegasus Saga: The Israeli government has opened an investigation […]
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Podfeet Speedup and Fixing MySQL Character Encoding
Strange Character in Text I mentioned last week that podfeet.com had slowed down to a crawl, but that I didn’t know why. I thought it might be interesting to understand a little bit about how the site works and what Bart and I tried to do and how William Reveal is now our hero. The […]
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CCATP #715 – Bart Busschots on PBS 135 of X – Introducing Jest (and re-Introducing Test Driven Development & Unit Testing)
In this week’s installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart takes us down memory lane to 102 episodes ago when he first introduced us to the concept of test-driven development. He explains why back then he taught us how to use QUnit for our TDD work, and why it’s no longer in favor with him. It’s […]
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Easier, Faster Web Searches with Keyword Search Extension for Safari
I’m reasonably skilled at searching the web, especially using a little search trick I learned years ago. Let’s say you want to find the diagram I made for all of the new Pro and Max 14” MacBook Pros. You know it’s somewhere on podfeet.com, and you could navigate there first and then use my search […]
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Elgato Wave XLR Mic Interface – by Marty Sobo
Elgato Wave XLR The Elgato Wave XLR is a simplistic easy to use podcast interface. Don’t be fooled though, it still packs a punch. It has all the features you want and need without any extra bells and whistles. The Problem To Be Solved: I’m blind, so I was looking for a device that was […]
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Dumb Question Corner – Is it Better to Charge Your EV at Night or During the Day if You have Solar?
This week’s Dumb Question comes from my long-time friend Mark. I’ve known Mark since I was in high school so we go way back. He got solar for his house right around the same time as us and got an electric vehicle. He asked me this question. Hope y’all are doing well. Had a solar/EV […]
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OpenCore Lets 2010 Mac Pro Run macOS Monterey – By Kurt Liebezeit
By Kurt Liebezeit (@PDX_Kurt in podfeet Discord chat, @flaubert on MacRumors.com) 2010 Mac Pro?! Why would anyone be talking about a 2010 era computer, much less be using it in 2022? Let’s see if I can come up with a car analogy… OK, so my MacBook Air is kind of like a Mazda Miata: it’s […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 5 Feb 2022
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 ID.me developments: ID.me CEO Admits Company Uses ‘1:Many’ Facial Recognition — www.macobserver.com/… Treasury Considers ID.Me Alternatives Over Privacy Concerns — money.usnews.com/… Related: Tax scam emails are alive and well as US tax season […]
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