This week our guest is Dr. Helma van der Linden from the Netherlands here to talk about how she created the Taming the Terminal book using all Open Source software. On the NosillaCast I talked a lot about the book but I should probably give an explanation for the Chit Chat audience. Bart Busschots and […]
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NC #756 Do I Need Homebrew, Airpods Pro, Security Bits
This week I’ll try to answer a dumb question from Ryan Winkler about what Homebrew is and whether he needs it. Then I’ll give you my take on the new AirPods Pro, and whether they fit in Steve’s wrong earholes. Then we’ve got a nice meaty Security Bits even though there were no Security Mediums […]
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Freeplane Mind Mapping by Ed Tobias
I would like to review a mind mapping application called Freeplane. I know Allison has already extolled the virtues of mind mapping, so I won’t go into all of that. I just want to tell you why I use this particular app for mind mapping. Freeplane was born out of another application called Freemind which […]
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CES 2019: Mycroft AI Open Source Voice Assistant
Allison interviews Eric Jurgeson from Mycroft AI about the world’s first open source voice assistant and their newest smart speaker, the Mycroft Mark II. Mycroft runs anywhere – on a desktop computer, inside an automobile, or on a Raspberry Pi. This is open source software which can be freely remixed, extended, and improved. Mycroft may […]
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Installing Open Source Mycroft AI on a Raspberry Pi
You know the old question, “why did you climb that mountain?” And the answer was, “Because it was there”? That’s the way I feel about some of the technology experiments I do sometimes. I love to play with tech and sometimes I will go to enormous work to get something to work when there’s a […]
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Dumb Question – QR Code for WiFi Password from Lynda
I’m sure all of you out there listen all the way to the bitter end of the NosillaCast, just in case there’s something completely different at the end, right? Well, then I’m sure you remember when I did the shoutout asking for Dumb Questions, I mentioned that Lynda Gousha had sent in a bunch of […]
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There’s No Place Like Excel
I may have mentioned a few hundred times that I love Excel. I serious dislike PowerPoint, and I see no need for Word, but Excel brings me great joy. I simply love taking piles of data and turning it into information, and Excel is how I do that. There isn’t a pivot table I don’t […]
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