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In this interview, Lou offers to send us free Strapsicles. We were so taken with the product that we didn't wait for that – we bought our own, and we both love them! I went lavender, of course, and Steve went with black

I'm really becoming a fan of ViewSonic displays. The 5K 27" sounds like a pretty sweet deal!

NC #1087 Finland Travelogue, Hospital Tech, Viewsonic 4K/5K Displays VSCode Agentic Editing with Codex, Adam Engst on Siri as the New Mac Help System - Podfeet Podcasts 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 8, 2026, and this is show numb...

I broke out of rehab and managed to get a show out tonight with huge thanks to @eddietonkoi@mastodon.social and @spsheridan.bsky.social and Adam Engst!

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#20YearsOfPodcasting

Hospital Tech - Podfeet Podcasts I thought it might be interesting to talk a little bit about tech in the hospital, since that’s where my most recent experience lies. To give a little context, I spent three nights in the proper hospi...

For the latest in hospital tech, including watching me put on a sock, check it out!

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#HospitalTech

Close-up of a Cyber Fidget handheld device with a rugged, industrial design, featuring a small screen showing a neon grid landscape, multiple tactile buttons with arrow icons, and labeled text reading “Cyber Fidget” and “Gadget v1.0.”

@podfeet.bsky.social interviews Jeffrey Michalsky about Cyber Fidget, a programmable, handheld digital fidget device designed to provide tactile stimulation and stress relief through interactive motion and feedback. #CES2026 www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/02...

VS Code for Agentic Editing with Codex — by Eddie Tonkoi - Podfeet Podcasts Intro Hi, Eddie here with a mini review of my favourite tool of 2026, so far, and what I use it for. It’s VS Code, a Microsoft product that I stumbled upon when deciding to creating our website at jer...

@Eddie Tonkoi brings us several examples of how he's using VSCode combined with Codex to do agentic editing of his files from reformatting PDFs to adding keywords to editing Google Sheets Script. Don't have to be a coder at all to enjoy his explanations.

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#AgenticAI

CCATP #830 — Adam Engst on How Siri Could Become the Mac’s New Help System - Podfeet Podcasts The charming Adam Engst joins us to talk about his vision of How Siri Could Become the Mac’s New Help System. His vision is that since Apple knows everything about macOS, it doesn’t seem a big leap th...

@adamengst.bsky.social of TidBITS joins me to noodle on his vision of how Siri could be the help system for macOS. Apple has all of the documentation. Why couldn't an Intelligent Siri be trained on it?

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#AppleIntelligence

White paw-shaped Rescue Retriever device with perforated holes across each toe and pad, featuring the embossed text “RESCUE RETRIEVER” with a small medical cross symbol. The object has a textured outer edge resembling tire tread and is shown against a blurred warm brown background.

@podfeet.bsky.social interviews Ryan Tussing, Creator and Co-founder of Rescue Retriever, about their smoke detector designed to help firefighters locate and save pets when they are trapped in a smoke-filled room. #CES2026 www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/02...

CES 2026: Komutr MagSafe Earbuds - Podfeet Podcasts Allison interviews David Przygoda from Komutr about their wireless earbuds that come in a MagSafe charging case. Only 1/2” thick, the Komutr charging case magnetically attaches to the back of your iPh...

I interviewed David Przygoda from Komutr about their wireless earbuds with a charging case that attaches to your iPhone with MagSafe and serves as a built-in kickstand. #CES2026 www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/03...

NC #1086 Broken Femur, Rescue Retriever, Audiobook Recording V3 Part 1 Eddie Tonki, Security Bits - Podfeet Podcasts 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 1, 2026, and this is show numb...

Recorded and assembled from my hospital bed, with help from @eddietonkoi@mastodon.social @spsheridan.bsky.social and @bartb.ie, we bring you the NosillaCast without interruption!

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#20YearsOfPodcasting

@eddietonkoi@mastodon.social is back with more on his audiobook recording workflow, and surprisingly, he's taking an entirely new approach.

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#AudioBook

Security Bits — 1 March 2026 - Podfeet Podcasts Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Notepad++ boosts update security with...

We'll have a solo Security Bits from @bartb.ie on this week's show — here's his shownotes if you want the sneak peek with all the links:

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#CyberSecurity

It's Still a Slider — The Broken Femur Edition - Podfeet Podcasts It’s a SLIDER, not a button! You may remember last June when I published a PSA entitled, “PSA — SOS Button for Apple Watch Fall Detection is a SLIDER!” I posted that after I had a hard fall while walk...

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#BrokenFemur

If you're a current manual wheelchair user, is this as big of a game-changer as it seems?

#Accessibility

Tech on Travel — Finland Edition - Podfeet Podcasts Whenever Steve and I go on our more interesting extended vacations, I like to take note of what technology challenges or cool things we discover on the trip. Steve and I just got back from 10 days in ...

Whenever @spsheridan.bsky.social and I go on an adventurous vacation, I like to talk about the tech we experience on the trip. I bring you the Finland Edition.

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#TechOnTravel

AstroAI S8 Ultra - The Jump Starter That Delivers - Podfeet Podcasts If you’re anything like me, you’ve been having a cold winter. It’s been brutal up here in the North Woods. Well, one of the days I got up and it had been minus 17 outside, and my poor old 2008 Element...

Jill from the Northwoods reviews the AstroAI Jump Starter - how to save yourself and others with a dead battery

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#JumpStart

From Plain Text to Linked Ideas: Why Obsidian Shines — by Ed Tobias - Podfeet Podcasts Intro Hello fellow NosillaCastaways, this is Ed Tobias, also known as Mr. Ed, and I’m here with another app review. This time, I want to talk to you about an application called Obsidian. But as usual,...

@edtobias.bsky.social brings us a very practical introduction to Obsidian for plain-text notes not locked into a database. In past Obsidian presentations, they made it sound so complicated, but Ed shows us the path to the easy and high-value things Obsidian provides.

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A Vaonis Vespera smart telescope mounted on a three-leg tripod, with a cylindrical white body and an angled telescope section, set outdoors under a star-filled night sky.

@podfeet.bsky.social interviews Souhail Alaoui from Vaonis about their line of app-controlled smart telescopes that automatically locate, track, and capture high-resolution images of the night sky. #CES2026 www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/02...

I really want these tools!

Close-up view of a pair of NaqiLogix neural earbuds. They are black and silver in color and futuristic in appearance as they rest in an open black charging case. Each earbud has a curved black ear hook, a cylindrical black bud with a red interior, and four small gold contact pins on the outer surface, set against a dark background.

@podfeet.bsky.social interviews Sandeep Arya from Naqi Logix about their advanced, non-invasive control platform that uses neural earbuds to enable hands-free, voice-free interaction with digital systems. #ally #CES2026 www.podfeet.com/blog/2026/02...

NC #1083 Hypershell Exoskeleton, Touch Portal, Naqi Logix Earbud-Based Control System, Jason Howell on Smart Glasses - Podfeet Podcasts 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 8, 2026, and this is show n...

Out before the paint is even dry on the live show! We’ve got an exoskeleton and earbuds to control a computer, Touch Portal by Steve Mattan, and Jason Howell on smart glasses.

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Touch Portal, An Inexpensive Stream Deck-like Solution — by Steve Mattan - Podfeet Podcasts Introduction This is NosillaCastaways Steve Mattan reporting from Piney Place in the New Jersey Pine Barrens with an overview of the application Touch Portal. Most listeners of this podcast will be fa...

Steve Mattan brings us a review of Touch Portal, software that lets you turn an old iPhone, iPad, or Android device into a Stream Deck-like controller for your Mac, Windows machine, or Linux (beta).

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Who wouldn't want to see me walking around in an exoskeleton? After the interview, we ran into Corey Dickerson of Freaky Tech Reviews, who is 6’7”, and it fit him too (I'm only 5’5”)!

#Accessibility

CCATP #829 Jason Howell on Smart Glasses - Podfeet Podcasts Jason Sports the XREAL 1S You may know Jason Howell from his work hosting Daily Tech News Show with Tom Merritt, or his work on the All About Android and Android Faithful Podcasts, or hosting Tech New...

I had the great pleasure of talking to @jasonhowell.bsky.social about the state of Smart Glasses from Meta, RayNeo, Infinix, Even Realities, XREAL, & Lumus, the waveguide technology company behind Ray-Bans. It’s video and the audio podcast!

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#SmartGlasses

The enclosure is a lot of acronyms in one product name, but it's super cool. If you're a Windows user, you might really like how the haptic trackpad brings you many of the features of Apple's Magic Trackpad and even cooler touch points.

NC #1082 No Cha-Ching, Safe Battery Disposal with Woodsy Owl, Strutt Personal EV, Hyper SSD Enclosure, Security Bits - Podfeet Podcasts 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 1, 2026, and this is show n...

I didn’t know you hadn’t been hearing the cha-ching jingle before I asked for donations! Mystery solved on why. We’ve got three great CES interviews and then Security Bits with @bartb.ie

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Security Bits — 1 February 2026 - Podfeet Podcasts Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. A timely reminder both that malicious...

In Security Bits this week, @bartb.ie deep dives into the kerfuffle about Microsoft’s BitLocker Key (there’s no there there). Another nothing burger we briefly discuss is this whole Moltbot nonsense, where people are convinced we now have Skynet.

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#CyberSecurity

Simplifying Developer Setups with Docker

The 2nd half of Programming By Stealth Tidbit 17 is up with Helma van der Linden teaching @bartb.ie about #Docker. Helma teaches how to reuse the Docker image. Both audio files are available at the post now.

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#Programming #Developers

Remember Woodsy Owl, with “Give a hoot, don't pollute?" He's baaaackkkk!

Oh my gosh - this is the second time Perplexity has quoted me! How fun is that? I guess after writing 5-7000 words a week for 20 years, eventually they'd find me! Thank you so much for sending.