As is so often the case, I wish to blame Allison for what I’m about to tell you. I’ve had a project on the boil for a while now which had me seriously considering buying an Elgato Stream Deck. It is entirely Allison’s fault, however, that I actually bought one. I bought the Stream Deck […]
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Home Automation by Jill from the Northwoods — HomeKit and Schlage Without Third-Party Services
Home Automation Jill Treats Her Bird Right! I’ve been interested in home automation for a long time. When I was a kid, my dad and I used to talk about it all the time. He was very interested in setting up this X-10, old-school home automation, but he knew that would cost a lot of […]
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CCATP #754 — Casey Liss on Automations From the Absurd to the Delightful
Casey’s Crazy Garage Door Monitor On this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond Lite, we’re joined by developer Casey Liss of the Accidental Tech Podcast and creator of the iOS apps MaskerAid and Peek-a-View. I asked Casey to come on the show to talk about automation. In particular, we talked about Unnecessary or […]
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NC #911 Inverse Parental Controls, Automating PNG Conversion, Scan Your World in 3D with Scaniverse, iPhone 14 Pro Cameras Explained
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, October 23, 2022, and this is show number 911. mp3 download I’m Still Using It Last week I told you about a fun new audience participation game I’m […]
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LaTeX to Automate Progress Report Graphs – by Chris Nielsen
Hi everyone! My name is Chris, I’m from New Zealand and I wanted to tell you about a project I’ve been working on. My job is product photography, and every week I report to my boss as to how many products I’ve completed. I had been giving him a report with four graphs that I […]
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I Didn’t Need a Stream Deck, But I Was Wrong
I remember distinctly when the Palm Pilots first came out. My friend Eric told me I needed one. I asked why. He said, “because it can hold your calendar, your contacts, and your notes in it.” I said that was fine, but I already had a Franklin Planner that can do that, pointing at my […]
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Meross – Inexpensive HomeKit-Compatible Smart Plug
Meross Smart Plug Mini 2 Pack You know how when you buy a piece of Home Automation, you know you have to set aside 4-6 hours to getting it working? You’re guaranteed endless hours of entertainment when you first start working on it and, with any luck, again in the future if you ever even […]
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Tiny Tip – Hocus Focus by Mike Price
Let’s begin with my “original” problem to be solved and some background. When I show up to church each week, I never want to end up being “that person” whose phone or watch starts making a ruckus in the middle of mass. So for many years, I have used Do Not Disturb to keep my […]
Continue readingNC #861 Proxy Icons are Back, More M1 Max Mac Musings, Automate Launch of Terminal in Current Finder Window, Pozio to Secure Smart Device Listening
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, November 7, 2021, and this is show number 861. mp3 download CCATP #704 – Chris Ashley & Rod Simmons on BBQ and Tech Podcast with Steve Sheridan Blog Posts […]
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Tiny Tip – AppleScript to Launch Terminal in Current Finder Directory by Frank Vos
Last week I talked about using the proxy icon in Finder windows to drag into a Terminal window so I could quickly change directory quickly without typing the full path and without having to escape out the spaces between words in my directory paths. Frank Vos wrote in with a great tip on how to […]
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