Have you ever wanted to demonstrate something you’re doing with your hands in a video? For example, Marc Loehrwald and I were trading videos back and forth trying to troubleshoot a problem he was having with a memory card and different adapters into his new iPad Pro. It was quite the feat while holding the […]
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A Surprise Ending to a Networking Problem
I’ve got a networking adventure to tell you about that has a very surprising ending. While the specifics of the story will be recounted purely for your entertainment, there are some steps along the way that might help you in diagnosing technical problems. Remember, we have two engineers with masters degrees in the house so […]
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Physics Shorts 5 — Keynote for Video Creation by Physics Nerd Graeme
Physics Nerd Graeme here with the final part of my mini-series on my mega-project creating A Level, or High School, Physics videos for my students. This is where I put it all together to create beautiful YouTube content using Keynote. Keynote is a wonderful app that creates beautiful presentations, but it also has an amazing […]
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CSUN 2024: Index Braille High-Speed Embossers
Allison interviews Mikael Vikman Sunna, CEO of Index Braille about their affordable braille printers. Index Braille offers a full line of braille printers ranging from small and portable to full-size and high-speed embossers for production use. The Basic-D V5 is a portable tractor-fed braille embosser weighing 16.7 lbs. It handles double-sided braille and prints at […]
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Cleanup After the Great Podcast Migration of 2024
Recap When I made the decision to clean up my sprawling podcast empire, I didn’t really think about how intertwined my processes were. I thought it would be fun to talk about the cleanup I had to do on the back end after the Great Podcast Migration of 2024. To recap so we’re all on […]
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The Flavor of Macstock 2024
Every year after the Macstock conference I like to talk about what I learned and what the experience was like. This year, the 10th-anniversary event was even more amazing than ever. As Dave Hamilton said on the Mac Geek Gab, Macstock is like camp for nerds. Mike Potter continues to run a fantastic event and […]
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Security Bits – 21 July 2024
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Kaspersky officially announce they are leaving the US — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Kaspersky offers free security software for six months in U.S. goodbye — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Google are not the only company losing the battle against […]
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Overcast – New and Improved! – Another Walkthrough
Overcast At the end of May this year, I decided to learn every single nuance of the podcasting app Overcast and write it up as a blog post. I’ve gotten a lot of traction on the post, especially from long-time users of Overcast who also found the interface a bit opaque and difficult to master. […]
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CSUN 2024: ReBokeh iOS App for People with Vision Impairment
Allison interviews Emerson Maggi from ReBokeh about their iOS app that helps people with low vision use their iPhone more easily. Rebokeh is working on a similar app for Android phones. The ReBokeh app makes use of the camera on your existing iOS device and enables adjustments to contrast, brightness, colors, and inversion filters. It […]
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Macstock 2024: Make the Mac Work for You
Allison Sheridan presents several methods to use your Mac faster and more efficiently to get the most out of it at the Macstock VIII Conference held in Crystal Lake, IL. Using a Screen Reader? click here
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