I’ve done a lot of reviews of screenshotting apps, and recently explained the hidden treasure that is the built-in screen capture utility. To be perfectly honest, 95% of the time, that’s what I use on the Mac. I take a lot of casual screenshots, open them in Preview mark them up real quick and send […]
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NC #647 Dumb Equation Error, iOS 11 & watchOS 4 Delight Me, Security Bits
In this mammoth show, I’ll tell you how I’m an idiot, then I’ll talk about what surprises and delights me in iOS 11 and watchOS 4. Then Bart is back with Security Bits that includes a giant tutorial about cookies, and why third-party cookies are a bad thing. mp3 download
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When an Engineer Makes a Dumb Equation Error
Remember last week when we played Which Screen is Bigger, iPhone 8 Plus or X? AKA Fun with Geometry? I went through, in rather excruciating detail, how to calculate the size of the screen on the iPhone X vs the iPhone 8 Plus. I wrote it up as a blog post, and Steve (also an […]
Continue readingNC #646 Clarify, NIST on Two-Factor Authentication, Duplicating DVDs, iPhone X vs 8 Plus Screensizes
This week we’ll talk about some sad news from the makers of my beloved Clarify, then I’ll do a crazy deep dive into the National Institute of Standards and Technology about two-factor authentication. I do this to help you understand what your bank needs to know about using SMS or email or a phone call […]
Continue readingWhich Screen is Bigger, iPhone 8 Plus or X? AKA Fun with Geometry!
This blog post was corrected substantially 3 days after its original posting. I made an egregious error and said the area of a circle was πD, when in fact it’s πD2/4. Thanks to Quazim & Jill for the correction. I hang my head in shame. In last week’s show, I said that iPhone X actually […]
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