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NC #879 Podfeet is Wicked Fast, Gator Frameworks Boom Mic Stand, Apple Shortcut Plus Shell Script Fun

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, March 13, 2022, and this is show number 879. This has been a crazy last couple of weeks and I can’t wait to tell you why. I’ve got […]

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Podfeet Speedup and Fixing MySQL Character Encoding

Strange Character in Text I mentioned last week that podfeet.com had slowed down to a crawl, but that I didn’t know why. I thought it might be interesting to understand a little bit about how the site works and what Bart and I tried to do and how William Reveal is now our hero. The […]

More M1 Max Mac Musings

Last week I gave you a few early musings on the M1 Max Macs and this week I’d like to give you a few more. There’s nothing super unexpected but so many things that have delighted me. Speed Optional Math Explanation:You might be wondering about how I calculated “faster”. Steve and I both have Masters […]

NC #759 Dumb Question on RAM, Backblaze as a Dropbox Replacement, Unique View on the 2019 16″ MacBook Pro

We’ve got a fabulous Dumb Question from Chelsea that I really enjoyed answering. Did you know you could use Backblaze to share files with people? Then I’ll give you what I promise is a unique perspective on the new 2019 16″ MacBook Pro. mp3 download

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Continuing Mac Processor Problem – Today’s Theory

Last week I went into great detail about all of the experiments Steve and I have gone through with my 2016 MacBook Pro because I can no longer stream video. As soon as I start streaming, my processor slows down from a nominal 2.6GHz to 1 GHz which makes the Mac nearly unusable. The conclusion […]

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Why Would a Processor Slow Down Under Load?

A little over a month ago, when Steve and I did the live show, he noticed that the video coming from me was out of sync with my voice. During that show, it only got worse the longer we went on. Eventually my video started doing what we affectionately call the Max Headroom effect. That […]

Which DNS Resolver Should I Use?

This content was originally posted as part of the Chit Chat Across the Pond podcast on 14 April 2018 but since the subject is evergreen it is repeated here as a permanent Page. The tutorial was written completely by Bart Busschots of bartb.ie. Introduction In this page, Bart teaches us about DNS Resolvers and helps […]

CCATP #533- Bart Busschots on Choosing a DNS Resolver

In this “Lite” version of Chit Chat Across the Pond (within a NosillaCastaway’s definition of Lite), Bart teaches us about DNS Resolvers and helps give us the information to choose the right one for us. To get us there he starts by explaining the background technologies. He explains DNS and how there’s two kinds of […]

First Few Days with the iPhone 7 Plus – Size Matters

One of the hard things about reviewing gadgets is to remember to use the words, “for me” and “I feel” and not make categorical judgments. I hear a lot of male podcasters who talk about gadgets from their own point of view and don’t take into account that another gender might have a different perspective. […]

Samsung T3 – 1TB External USB 3.0 SSD

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’d decided to move my giant photo library of doom (tm Donald Burr) off of my Mac and onto an external drive. I didn’t want to sacrifice any speed, so I bought the Samsung T3 1TB USB 3 drive with USB-C connectivity to accomplish this goal. As I’d […]