Exactly four years ago today, Bart Busschots came on Chit Chat Across the Pond to talk about three of his favorite apps. The first one he talked about was Yoink from Eternal Storms Software. As Bart explained it, Yoink lives as a little shelf on your Mac’s screen and allows you to drag things into […]
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Solar (With Sense) is For Data Nerds
If you’re a data nerd, you really need to get solar. When last we left our heroes, our solar installation had just been completed. To review, we had 22 370-Watt solar panels installed, giving us a maximum theoretical instantaneous power generation of 8.14 kW (kilowatts). The little inverters on the back of each panel do […]
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Security Bits — 11 July 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The Western Digital story from last time has continued to evolve: More devices are affected: Another 0-Day Looms for Many Western Digital Users – Krebs on Security — krebsonsecurity.com/… But there have also been […]
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Screencasting Tips – Part Three
In part one of my screencasting tip series, I talked about how to set yourself up for a successful recording. In part two I explained some best practices that I’ve found help me create better screencasts. Now we’re going to get a lot more detailed about the recording and editing process. I’ve tried to keep […]
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Cocopar 15.6” USB-C Display
A year ago I told you about a 12.5” 2K USB-C portable display from a company called Eyoyo. I wanted just a bit more screen real estate while doing the live show (this was before I got the Pro Display XDR) and for when I travel and a USB-C display sounded like the perfect tool […]
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Solar Comes to Casa Sheridan
Casa Sheridan With Solar Panels I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it sure seems to be getting hotter outside. I remember about 6 years ago when we started seeing late summer temperatures in the 90s. I would whine about the temperature, and my friends in Arizona and Texas would inevitably tell me how much […]
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5 Stars for Eero Phone Support
Eero Pro This week in a later article, you’re going to learn about how Steve and I are having solar panels added to our home, and I hope the information I’ll give you might help you make your own decisions about solar. One part that I won’t really dwell on is that for the better […]
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(Trying to) Run Windows 10 on M1 Mac with a UTM Virtual Machine
I talked on the show a while back about how the one downside to an M1 Mac is that you can’t run Windows, or at least not without a lot of faffing about. I was actually surprised that in Knightwise’s recording about how much value he’s getting from his M1 MacBook Air, he never mentioned […]
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CCATP #691 – Melissa Davis on Setting up iPhone for Vintage Users in a Dignified Way
In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Melissa Davis, aka TheMacMommy joins me to give us her tips for setting up an iPhone for a “Vintage User”, in a dignified way. If you’ve ever heard Melissa on the Geekiest Show Ever podcast she does with Elisa Pacelli, you know she’s a fantastic […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 27 June 2021
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Two years ago First American Financial made the news for leaking sensitive financial data on more than 800 million documents for people who bought or sold a house in the preceding 16 years. […]
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