Hi. This is Jill from the Northwoods. So, there I was, in the midst of a pandemic hoping that I would not resort to sitting on a couch for the next six months. I exercise but some days it can be like pulling teeth. It’s even worse in the winters where there are cold days […]
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Homebridge on Raspberry Pi with Wyze Cams on HomeKit – by Ed Tobias
Homebridge UI In episode 799 Allison told us how to install HOOBS (Homebridge Out-Of-the Box) onto a Synology. HOOBS was the Homebridge interface that allows non-HomeKit compatible IOT devices to show up in your Home app via this interface. She also mentioned that it could be done on a Raspberry pi and worked with Pat […]
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Meross MSG100 Smart Garage Door Opener Remote – by Jill from the North Woods
Meross Smart Garage Door Opener Remote Hi! This is Jill from the Northwoods. About two years ago I went to work with my garage door wide open. I came home and was panicked. Crime isn’t too bad near my house but there are a ton of crimes of opportunities here. I have a decent bike […]
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Amazon Echo Buds – by Marty Jencius
The Problem to be Solved I enjoy being one of those early adopters. It has provided me with boxes full of tech that I have tried and then never use again. It’s a bad habit, but one of a few that I still indulge in so cut me some slack. I did a lot of […]
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Zenni Optical – Can Online Glasses Be Any Good?
Red Glasses from Zenni The last thing I would ever do is give any kind of medical advice on the podcast. I am going to talk about a way to buy eyeglasses without going to an optometrist, but I am not saying you shouldn’t go to the eye doctor for annual exams. I have been […]
Continue readingHomeKit-enabled Ring using HOOBS in a Docker Container on Synology
When it came time to replace our aged Drobo 5N, I chose to go with Synology because of the vibrant ecosystem of things you could install on their network attached storage devices (NAS). I didn’t have a specific problem to be solved other than needed a massive amount of disk that was raided together in […]
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Security Bits — 30 August 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania has announced plans to release an Apple/Google-based COVID app in September — www.imore.com/… Which U.S. states are using Apple’s Exposure Notification API for COVID-19 contact tracing? 9to5mac.com/… 🇦🇺 Australia’s non-Google/Apple COVID app […]
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Universal Audio Apollo Solo Thunderbolt 3 Interface
Universal Audio Apollo Solo top view As a tech podcaster, one of my jobs is to constantly buy new gear and then to back into reasons why I needed to upgrade my equipment. It’s in the handbook when you get started in podcasting. On very rare occasions, though, there is an actual problem to be […]
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Taming the Terminal Book is Updated to Chapter 40 – Here’s How to Get It
Subscribe to TTT Book Updates on Github Last week you heard me announce that Bart and I recorded Taming the Terminal instalment 40 of n. That’s a very normal thing for us to do. But now that Taming the Terminal is a book, there’s a whole lot more that goes on. Helma did her magic […]
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Portable USB-C Monitor by Lepow
The Problem to be Solved Lepow 15.6″ with 27″ 5K and 16′ MacBook Pro I’ve got a 16″ MacBook Pro with a 27″ 5K display, but believe it or not, I run out of screen real estate when I’m running the live show for the creation of the NosillaCast. Between MarsEdit for the shownotes, Hindenburg […]
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