CCATP #797 for July 9, 2024, and I’m your host, Allison Sheridan. In case you missed the announcement, Adam Engst of TidBITS is now a member of the Podfeet Podcasts family as a continuing contributor to Chit Chat Across the Pond. In this week’s episode, we talked about why Adam believes we need persistent calendar […]
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Portal — Immersive Soundscapes for Focus or Relaxation
Recently, there has been a groundswell of ambient noise applications. These are intended to provide a background level of noise to help you focus, relax, or even sleep. The simplest may offer white noise, and a few other colours of noise. More feature rich examples may add in other, natural sounds like rain, a crackling […]
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TAKMLY Digital Microscope – Fun and Educational
TAKMLY Digital Microscrope I bought myself a toy that I’ve been wanting for a long time: a digital microscope. My idea was that it would be fun for me to explore the microscopic world with my future scientist buddy, my grandson Forbes. I wasn’t sure how they worked or how much they cost, but I […]
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Why I Don’t Use Spaces on macOS
I know a lot of people (like Bart) love spaces on macOS and couldn’t live without them, but for some reason, I cannot figure out how to make them work for me. Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of spaces but they seem to make my workflow much less efficient. What are Spaces? […]
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NC #862 Wireless Lapel Mic, Logos Bible Software, Hocus Focus, Security Bits
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 14, 2021, and this is show number 862. This week our grandkids both got colds, and in these times, the sniffles and a cough get you sent […]
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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 […]
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Tiny Tip – High Contrast Focus Style on Apple TV
I have to give 100% credit for this tip to John Siracusa on the Accidental Tech Podcast. Here’s the problem to be solved. How many times have you been navigating your Apple TV interface, and you can’t tell what’s selected? On the Home Screen of the Apple TV interface, there’s a slightly more pronounced shadow […]
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Pzizz — Sleep and Focus Aid App by Allister Jenks
The date was January 2007. The iPhone was known but not released, the iPod touch was not known. I was a recent convert to a 20” iMac and my only other Apple product was a 5th generation iPod. Little did I know that iPod would fail horribly a couple of months later, but it was […]
Continue readingMore TagMarkdown Dogpile – Guest Post by Jim Sewell
Jim Sewell wrote this to me in an email in Markdown. He did this as an illustration of how he, along with Bart and just about everyone else, seem to think I’m missing the boat on using Markdown instead of html. I enjoyed it so I asked permission to share with all of you. Thoughts […]
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