I’ve been pondering doing a review of my favorite code editor for a long time, but for several reasons, this is a very dangerous undertaking. First and foremost, I am a very new programmer, so I don’t really know what’s important and why I should care about the more advanced features. This means that more […]
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Add Custom Watch and Band Frames to Your Apple Watch Screenshots with Watchshot Screenshots
Last week I wrote an article about all the different things I do with my Apple Watch on a typical day. As I started making notes for the article over the course of a few days, I took screenshots of my Apple Watch that would demonstrate what I was explaining in the article. To take […]
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Security Bits — 25 October 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. COVID 19 Apps Update 🇺🇸 Apple updates COVID-19 app with new questions and recommendations — www.imore.com/… 🇺🇸 Washington D.C. Rolls Out App-Free COVID-19 Tracking System — www.macobserver.com/… Zoom Rolls Out End-to-End Encryption for Video […]
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Do LiDAR and Dolby Vision HDR on iPhone 12 Pro Really Make a Difference?
I’m sure you’ve been inundated with articles about the new iPhones 12 this week. I’m not going to do an exhaustive review but I’d like to touch on a couple of points I haven’t seen covered in great detail. It’s a well-known marketing strategy to create a small, medium, and large version of your product, […]
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Virtual Pepcom Was Pretty Darn Close to the Real Thing
44 Vendors at Pepcom One of the reasons Steve and I get so much out of going to CES each year is that we get to attend some small events just for press. In theory these are hand-picked vendors by the people who run the events so you can see the best stuff in a […]
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A Day in the Life of an Apple Watch
I Like a LOT of Complications As you’ve probably figured out by now, I’m a fan of the Apple Watch. People often ask me why I like it so much, and those who ask often start with, “I don’t want to work out, so what else is it good for?” Clearly they’re starting with an […]
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Apple Watch Solo Loop – by Marty Jencius
Hello fellow castaways Marty Jencius here, known in the castaways chat room as Drunk Nick Nolte. My relationship with my Apple Watch has been a rocky one over the years. Typically, I would put it on and never look at it. It was my third other screen after my desktop and my phone. I kept […]
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The Photographer’s Ephemeris – by Kurt Liebezeit
TPE on iPad and iPhone This is a review of the iOS and iPadOS app called “The Photographer’s Ephemeris,” from Crookneck Apps. The Photographer’s Ephemeris is a photography planning application, specifically an app for planning landscape photography involving the sun or the moon. Recall for a moment Ansel Adam’s celebrated photograph of “Moon and Half […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 10 October 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Social Media Updates Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms — www.nbcnews.com/… Instagram has improved it’s anti-bullying protections a little — about.instagram.com/… Deep Dive — T2 Jailbreak Update – The Other Shoe Drops Last week […]
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Soma Smart Blinds Controllers by Pat Dengler
Pat Dengler, aka Your Mac Doctor, a certified Apple Consultant and one of my dearest friends, joins us for an audio-only segment on the NosillaCast. I asked her to come on to talk about the smart blinds controller from Soma Smart Stuff at somasmarthome.com. If you’re interested in Pat’s consulting services you can contact her […]
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