I’ve got a networking adventure to tell you about that has a very surprising ending. While the specifics of the story will be recounted purely for your entertainment, there are some steps along the way that might help you in diagnosing technical problems. Remember, we have two engineers with masters degrees in the house so […]
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CES 2024: Aqara Smart Home Devices
Allison interviews Jennifer-Biana Gilman from Aqara about their extensive line of smart home devices which includes cameras, locks, controllers, lighting, sensors, hubs, and curtain controllers. Aqara is known for providing affordable products that support automations through their mobile app and are compatible with HomeKit, Alexa, Google Home, and IFTTT. For example, Aqara’s Camera Hub G3 […]
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NC #978 Cricut Smart Cutting Machines, Tailwind HomeKit Garage Controller, Skwheel Electric Ski, 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, February 4, 2024, and this is show number 978. mp3 download Chit Chat Across the Pond CCATP #785 — Helma van der Linden on Porting XKPASSWD from Perl […]
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Tailwind iQ3 Brings Back HomeKit after Chamberlain Removed it From My Garage Door
You know I love Home Automation, so when we interviewed Liftmaster (a Chamberlain company) at CES in 2020 about their myQ Home Bridge Hub with HomeKit for garage doors, we had to jump on it. We had a Liftmaster garage door opener already, so we purchased the myQ Home Bridge Hub just to get HomeKit […]
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How to Control Multiple HomeKit Automations from One Switch
Steve and I use HomeKit to control our smart devices. While we can do a lot of what we want, it’s often clumsy, and we get tangled in the terminology. The solution to this problem is obvious. Add more automation. Let’s set up the problem Steve and I were trying to solve, and as I […]
Continue readingNC #921 I’m Still Using It Part 4, Photo Workflow by Graeme Sheppard, HomeKit and Schlage Automation by Jill from the Northwoods
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, January 1, 2023, and this is show number 921. As you can tell, I have my annual laryngitis. But don’t worry, you’re not going to have to listen […]
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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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Security Bits — 11 December 2022 Deep Dives on Eufy Credibility Problems and Apple New Security Features
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. The Twitter Chaos Continues: 🇪🇺 EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has warned Twitter that it needs to bring its moderation practices up to speed before the Digital Services Act (DSA) goes into effect next year […]
Continue readingNC #868 Everything is Fiddly with HomeKit, descript, Security Bits, The Night Before Christmas
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 Thursday, December 23, 2021, and this is show number 868. I hope by hearing this on a Thursday you’ll remember that there’s no live show this Sunday the 26th […]
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Everything is Fiddly with HomeKit – by Bart Busschots
This blog post was auto-generated by the descript service at descript.com/… It was heavily edited by me (Allison), not to get it anywhere near perfection, but rather to get it just correct enough to be readable and to get Bart’s point across. This was an experiment to test the usability of the transcriptions from descript […]
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