Jeanne as a Baby 100 years ago today, my mother Jeanne Madonna Jacques was born. If you’ll indulge me I’d like to tell you a little bit about this extraordinary woman. Jeanne was the oldest of 7 children. My aunt Carolyn (who was 19 years younger than her) described her as this elegant stranger who […]
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Observations on House Judiciary Committee Hearing with Tech Giants
As you have undoubtedly heard, a U.S. House of Representatives committee called the CEOs of Apple, Alphabet (Google), Facebook, and Amazon to testify before them this week. Steven Goetz texted me in Telegram that it was really good TV. I was head down working on something during the day so I didn’t get a chance […]
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Motorola g7 Android Phone Finally Got Updates
Android 10 Comes to Moto g7Like My Fancy Drawing With Android’s Markup Tools? Back in March, I wrote a blog post entitled I Really Don’t Understand Why People Choose Android. I wrote it because I was so frustrated that my seven-month-old Moto g7 Android phone wasn’t getting recent security updates. At the time, the phone […]
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Virtual Macstock – High Fidelity & Jitsi Meet Made it Closer to Real Life
Yesterday was the very first virtual Macstock. While it wasn’t the same as getting to be near the friends we’ve met in real life, the tools Mike Potter used to get it as close as possible were really fantastic. I started to write it up but my descriptions sounded really flat when what I wanted […]
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Security Bits — 26 July 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Example of Financial Institution Authentication Two weeks ago we talked about the new method of authentication I’d encountered with my bank and you had it too, where you go to log in on a […]
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Making Progress Learning the Basics of Synology
As I mentioned a while ago, my aged Drobo 5N died after many years of good service. The 5N, for the last few years, had the role of backup NAS to the newer Drobo 5N2. When the 5N died, I did what I’ve been itching to do for quite some time – I bought a […]
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Macstock Expo is Going Virtual AND Free This Year on 25 July 2020
If there’s anything good to say about these times, it’s that people are getting really creative at coming up with new ways for humans to interact. Sure a Zoom video over cocktails isn’t quite the same but it’s a solution we simply didn’t enjoy a few years ago. In that vein, one of the saddest […]
Continue readingWhy I Use 5 Different Apps to Take Notes
You know how we all keep trying different task management tools in the hope that one of them will help make us the productivity champion we envision we can be? The same thing happens with note-taking apps. We keep looking for that Holy Grail that will help us organize all our thoughts. I’ve tried so […]
Continue readingShure Digital Recording Kit – Everything You Need for Good Audio
Shure Digital Recording Kit If you’ve already got a $450 Heil PR40 big girl mic, you’re in good shape for doing audio from home. But if you’re using your AirPods because you don’t own a grown-up microphone, maybe you should consider a different alternative. I’d like to suggest you take a look at the Shure […]
Continue readingClaus Wolf Reviews the 20-Year-Old iMac G3/500
G3/500 iMac You probably have fond memories of your first something. Maybe it is your first car, your first computer, your first kiss? These memories stay with us and when we think back to them, they give us a nice and cozy feeling. Considering that this is a site with a slight Macintosh bias, I […]
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