In this week’s episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Adam Engst from TidBITS talks about how traditional search engines like Google and Bing no longer provide valuable information because they surface unreliable content first. Instead of using traditional search engines, he’s been testing tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and Claude t…

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, April 27, 2025, and this is show number 1042. I’m working hard on my article about tech in Japan, but it’s not quite ready yet. The good news […] The post NC #1042 20th Anniversary Shirt…

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Hi, this is Bart Busschots from Bartificer Creations guest-hosting the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias, and for today, a more than slight Irish accent 😉 Today is Sunday, April 20, 2025, and this is show number 1041. Happy Birthday, Allison & Steve! Happy […] The post NC #…

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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, April 6, 2025, and this is show number 1039. I hope you enjoyed that little April Fool’s joke in the intro. Can you imagine my surprise when I […] The post NC #1039 TopJob Ergo Chairs, H…

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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 30, 2025, and this is show number 1038. mp3 download Open Source Audacity — My Latest Video Tutorial for ScreenCastsONLINE Articles CES 2025: Yarbo Modular Yard Robot […] The post …

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I’ve used the free and open source Audacity for audio recording and editing for as long as I can remember. I did my first podcast recordings using Audacity nearly 20 years ago. What I never did before though, was to actually learn how to use it well. I’d push record, do some minor edits, maybe […] The post Open Source Audacity — My Latest Video Tut…

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This week, Adam Engst joins us to talk about some work he did to try to measure the accuracy of several different AI models in creating audio transcriptions. He let me help him with some of the transcriptions so I was invested in his findings. We’ll learn about ways to measure accuracy, including Word Error […] The post CCATP #811 — Adam Engst on M…

When Bart and I hatched our plan for him to teach me and the audience how to program, he called it Programming By Stealth for a very specific reason. His plan was to sneak up on us by teaching us a single language first and then when we weren’t noticing, keep adding to our toolkit […] The post Automation Gives Me All the Feels appeared first on Pod…

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 16, 2025, and this is show number 1036. This week Steve and I went to CSUN’s accessible tech conference and had an absolute blast. I’m just teasing […] The post NC #1036 HERE Autom…

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I’ve got one of the weirdest and head-bendy tool reviews for you today. Let’s see if I can set up a problem to be solved to get you interested first. The Problem to be Solved Let’s say you’re doing a presentation and you need to share your screen. This causes a few challenges, especially if […] The post Create a Virtual Display on Your Mac with Des…

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 9, 2025, and this is show number 1035. mp3 download Thank You, Claude! – DTNS Live 4967 – Daily Tech News Show This week I got to […] The post NC #1035 iFixit Smart Soldering Iron,…

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You know I’m not a music person, but I’ve invited Steve Mallard onto the show to talk about a topic he’s quite passionate about – the evolution of music tech. He is not an expert in this field, he just finds the history fascinating. Steve will take us back to the first acoustic guitars, and […] The post CCATP #810 — Steve Mallard on Evolution of Mu…

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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, February 20, 2025, and this is show number 1033. Since today is Thursday, that’s your hint that there will be no live show this coming Sunday. Zoe, that […] The post NC #1033 Vivoo Hom…

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This week, the delightful Adam Engst of TidBITS joins us to talk about how he learned to write so well, what it’s like having an editor, and then moves into how he uses the AI tool Grammarly to improve his writing. It’s great fun as always and convinced me to pay for one month of […] The post CCATP #809 — Adam Engst on Writing with an Editor and Gr…

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 9, 2025, and this is show number 1031. I’m super excited about this week’s show. Not only because we have four interesting interviews from CES along with […] The post NC #1031 U…

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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 2, 2025, and this is show number 1030. mp3 download PBS 175 — GitHub Pages: Static Site Generators In Programming By Stealth this week, Bart has started […] The post NC #1030 He…

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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 12, 2025, and this is show number 1027. We’ve been getting a lot of people asking if we’re ok in Los Angeles with all of the fires. […] The post NC #1027 How We Cover CES, Tombot…

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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 Friday, January 3, 2025, and this is show number 1026. mp3 download PBS Tidbit 11: A PowerShell Teaser In this week’s Programming By Stealth, Bart confesses that as soon […] The post NC #1026 An…

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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, December 29, 2024, and this is show number 1025. Next weekend Steve and I are off to CES to bring you all the tech goodness, but it means […] The post NC #1025 I’m a Liar, Physics Nerd G…

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In this episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart talks about his job as a cybersecurity specialist. We get a bit silly in our early part of the chat, the reasons for which will become obvious when you listen to the beginning but he successfully gives a flavor of what “a day in the […] The post CCATP #805 – Bart Busschots On What Does a Cybersecur…

Hi. My name is Allison. I am a liar. Before I explain why, I need to explain the backstory on how I learned I was a teller of untruths. Pride Goeth Before a Fall I started my podcast on May 13th, 2005. When I tell people about my podcast, I usually brag by saying I’ve […] The post I’m a Liar appeared first on Podfeet Podcasts.…

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