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7 year anniversary of the NosillaCast (listen to the first show here). Leon Walsh (aka @leonwalsh) reviews the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive. I review the free and Open Source Seashore Photo Editor from seashore.sourceforge.net. Bluemango Learning hosts a free webinar on Evernote + Clarify on May 16th at 12pm PST at bluemangolearning.com/clarify-and-evernote/. In Dumb Question Corner Katie floyd asks for a way to have real time notes taken during her user group meetings. Donald Burr of Otaku no Podcast from otakunopodcast.com reviews the Dry Case Water-proof Case for Tablets. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Don McAllister of Screencasts Online tells us about all the new cool stuff he's doing with the show, developing apps for his tutorials and more.

Wifi problems on the new 27" iMac - using iStumbler from istumbler.net helped us analyze the problem (and buy a new simultaneous Airport Extreme). Disk Inventory X from derlien.com helped find a crazy disk space problem on my neighbors computer. Caleb Fong, aka Geekosupremo gives us a rundown on a wild process he follows to edit video. Summer72H tells us about a free iOS app called Alarmed from yoctoville.com. Ken Wolfe of the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City gives a review of an iOS productivity app Clear by RealMac Software. Rod Simmons from the Simple Mobile Review Podcast reviews the Shure SE535 noise isolation headset. George from Tulsa tells us the end of his saga to save money on his T-Mobile bill. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart explains the schizophrenia that is Apple's approach to security.

Recording from a hotel with the Samsung Meteor Mic, and a lot of help from the NosillaCastaways! Rod Simmons of the Simple Mobile Review Podcast gives us some iOS tips. Ken Wolfe of the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City reviews the free NoMenuBar from jeb.com.fr/en/nomenubar.shtml. Professor Albert reviews Akinator from Elokence.com. Mike McPeek reviews the iOS app Snapguide in the iTunes Store. Kirschen Seah FreeRangeCoder.com reviews the iLuv Inline Remote and the CableJive dockStubz. Kim Landwehr reviews Songza from songza.com. Timothy Gregoire reviews SiderOak from Spideroak.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Donald Burr of Otaku No Podcast teaches us how to code accessible iOS apps - it's not that hard!

This week's live show was described by the NosillaCastaways as "The Epic Fail Whale Sausage Show". Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong, but we managed to persevere and get the show out against those odds. Review of iExplorer from macroplant.com - a free app unless you want to use most of the features then it's $50. In Dumb Question Corner, Caleb aka Geekosupremo on Twitter asks why his new Lion machine lets TextEdit quits when he swaps away from the application and whether he should consider re-buying all his apps in the Mac App Store or just upgrade with his existing licenses. Shai Yammanee reviews Prosoft's Data Rescue from prosofteng.com for recovering data from failed drives and other media. George from Tulsa explains how he got whacked from the $5.99 unlimited data family plan on on T-Mobile and how he plans to move forward with a $100 prepaid phone-only plan to save $1000 for his family. Links from his discussion: Lily Tomlin at BrainyQuote.com, Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the Operator (YouTube), T-Mobile Prepaid, Engadget: Unlock your iPhone, Top Ten Signs of Cell Phone Addiction, Are you a "Smartphone" Addict ?. Clarify from Bluemango Learning on sale for 25% off at MacUpdate. Knightwise from knightwise.com tells us about the open source media center software called XBMC from xbmc.org. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart and Steve (Sheridan) discuss Final Cut Pro X.

Dexter set tour with Producer Robert Lloyd Lewis and a video interview with him about his iOS Game Vowel Movement. in Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart gives us an overview of the update Apple pushed out support.apple.com/kb/HT5244 that not only patches Java to protect us from Flashback but that will also remove the malware if you've got it. He also highlights a critical Windows update that affects all versions of Windows. In Dumb Question Corner Bart explains to Dorothy how she could have the Java Preference file and yet not have Java installed, and explains how to check to see if you have Java installed. In the fun part of Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart teaches us about Depth of Field in photography. We reference : Mark Sheppard's HyperFocal Distance shot on Flickr and DOFMaster in iTunes.

Insightful update on color calibration from the blind. Verizon Wireless comes out with an update to fix the Novatel Mifi that kept it from being able to charge and function at the same time. MyScript Memo brings really good handwriting recognition to iOS. Alinof Timer from alinofsoftware.ch brings a timer to OSX that we have in iOS. 5-0 Radio from Soft 32 allows you to listen to police scanner radios so you can't sleep. On a happier note, check out National Geographic Today, a free iPad app from National Geographic. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart explains exactly what happened with the Flashback Trojan and explains that it was Apple's fault they didn't patch Java like Microsoft and Linux. He gives us a script to figure out if you're infected at bartb.ie/flashback.

We learn about TravelEyes, a unique travel agency that pairs up sighted and blind travelers in group tours, giving the blind access to travel and the sighted a discount on amazing vacations from traveleyes-international.com. Trunk Notes from Apps on the Move to take type written notes on the iPad using wiki technology and using the Markdown language. The best note taking app on the iPad for handwriting I've used to date is Notability from Ginger Labs. Jeff Gamet of The Mac Observer joins us in Chit Chat Across the Pond to try and teach me the value of color calibration.

Verizon LTE rocks but I can't use it. Thoughts on how school districts could evaluate the idea of iPads for books in our schools. Professor Albert reviews Lumin from iTunes. Lens cap holders and more from >photojojo.com. Art Text 2 review from Belight Software and in the Mac App Store. Todd McCann asks in Dumb Question Corner whether iLife '11 actually comes with Lion or not. Another interview from CSUN Persons With Disabilities Expo - LookTell Recognizer in the iTunes store for $9.99. in Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart reviews the Twitter client Osfoora in the Mac App Store.

Rant about how hard it was for me to receive the new iPad (and a few comments about how awesome it is). @SwitcherMark gives us a Draw Something from OMGPop. Beautiful Skim PDF annotation tool - free and open source from skim-app.sourceforge.net. Hugo complains that Professor Albert does not have an active license for his Bad German Accent. Allison Hilliker from the blindaccessjournal.comgives us a video demonstration of the APH Refreshabraille display from tech.aph.org. Origin Instruments video demonstration by Cathy Kingeter of a Switch Access device working with VoiceOver on an iPad for the mobility impaired. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Kevin Chao, Accessibility and QC specialist at Georgia Tech - twitter.com/kevinchao89 joins us to talk about the BrailleTouch application for iOS and android in development at at Georgia Tech.

We had a kernel panic during the live show last week, and four tech mavens helped me figure out what caused it, George from Tulsa tells us about the new Quicken for Lion: Lion Compatible Quicken FAQ, Import Quicken Essentials Data into Quicken, Buy Lion Compatible Quicken from Intuit for $14.99. Two more reviews from the CSUN Persons With Disabilities Expo, My Talk Tools from mytalktools.com and Charm Tech Capti for a more accessible and enjoyable access to Firefox. Professor asks if there isn't some way to protect his PowerPC Macs. FlyGrip iPhone and Android accessory from flygrip.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart goes on a rant about 3rd party cookies, and then gives us the higher division course on home networking, and the advantages of building your own network router.

CSUN Persons With Disabilities Expo, Hype 1.5 update to last week's review from tumultco.com. HP Folio 13 Review from hp.com compared to the current Macbook Air from Apple. More Windows fun with a first look at Windows 8 Consumer Preview from windows.microsoft.com. Knightwise gives us a review of Apps Gone Free from the iTunes store. Eyepal Reader from ABiSee at abisee.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Guy Serle from mymac.com and I talk about the future of OSX.

SSD swap out adventure - with the 120GB Mercury 6G from OWC using the bare drive Lion installation. Hype review from the Mac App Store and tumultco.com for creating HTML5 animations for your iBooks Author books. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart gives us a home networking primer.

New Logo from Ryan Sakamoto at ryansakamoto.com, Keynote Theme explanations for the blind, Vlingo review from Timothy Gregoire. Learn how to create documentation your software users can actually use over at bluemangolearning.com. Donald Burr of Otaku No Podcast brings us a Tweetbot review (Tweetbot for iPhone/iPod Touch in iTunes, Tweetbot for iPad in iTunes). Cosmonaut Capacitive Stylus Review from studioneat.com. Crimson iPhone Case Review from Mark Pouley. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Jeff Gamet, Managing Editor of the Mac Observer joins us to talk about the newly announced OSX Mountain Lion.

Podcast feed went on a diet with fewer episodes and shorter names. K-Array Ecodock Review available at B&H Photo. Clarify Beta lets you export to Evernote available at clarify-it.com/download/beta. Opena iPhone Case review from openacase.com. iKliK Stand review with video from Kickstarter, available at Amazon. Three video interviews from Macworld | iWorld: Readdle Remarks from readdle.com, Qmadix Quick Shot & Eclipse from qmadix.com and TourWrist from tourwrist.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart answers listener questions about permissions, Google privacy changes, and how DNS works and what this DNSCrypt from OpenDNS is all about.

Audio version of my Macworld | iWorld 2012 Tech Talk Blindfolded!

Sony DRM keeps me from getting the digital copy of District 9 that I paid for, but it's ok, they offered me The Smurfs instead. Bias DRM keeps me from using the copy of Sound Soap I bought, but WavePad from http://nch.com.au saves the day. Clarify gets the coveted title "Mac Gem" from macworld.com. In Dumb Question Corner, Professor Albert asks how hot a Mac Mini should get. Mark Pouley, aka @switchermark gives us a review of Azul from Gplex to allow you to put movies on your iPad without syncing through iTunes. Macworld 2012 interviews: Blue Microphone's Blue Mikey and Tiki Microphones from bluemic.com, Heatmaps from heatma.ps, Rogue Amoeba from rogueamoeba.com about Piezo and Airfoil. In Chit Chat Across the Pond I'm delighted to interview Sarah Lane of TWiT.tv about where geek girls come from.

Macworld 2012 has come and gone, hear our experiences, how well Blindfolded! went, and hear interviews of vendors on the show floor. Avatron with Air Display on iOS in iTunes, Air Display in the Mac App Store, Air Sharing for iPhone in iTunes, Air Sharing universal for iPhone & iPad in iTunes, and Print Sharing in iTunes. Nite Ize brings us Gear Ties at REI, iPhone Connect Case Niteize.com Connect Case and Connect Case accessories: NiteIze.com Connect Case Accessories. Parat Solutions demonstrates the ParaSync to charge and sync 10 iPads (also models for 20 iPhones/iPods) at Paratsolutions.com. Powis iCase with 9 different positions at powiscase.com. The NosillaCastaways party was lots of fun at Macworld | iWorld, check out the photos on flickr.com/photos/nosillacast/sets/72157629089333159/ and Mark Pouley's shots of just the Google Hangout we did with people who couldn't come at flickr.com/photos/switchermark/sets/72157629087853459/. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart tells us about a dreadful flaw in WPS on most wifi routers (not in Apple Airports luckily). To look up your router to find out if it's got the flaw and if turning off WPS will actually help, go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Ags-JmeLMFP2dFp2dkhJZGIxTTFkdFpEUDNSSHZEN3c. If yours has the flaw and you want to be daring, install a non-standard router OS like the ones listed here: wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wireless_router_firmware_projects. After that Bart lightens things up with his tutorial on how to take photographs of stars without fancy kit: bartb.ie/blog/?p=2226.

Why you might want to subscribe to the NosillaCast News. Blindfolded! at Macworld | iWorld. iBooks 2, iBooks Author change the textbook industry over night. Teleporting Manhattan Repertory or Super-Speed Project Management using Mac Apps, Ios Apps and Apple Gear - Part 2 using OmniFocus, an IOS application called LIST! and iHandy Level Free from iHandysoft Inc. George from Tulsa recommends silicone iPhone cases from Amzer and TPU Silicone Skin. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart explains SOPA and PIPA, why we care and why even though these particular bills have been stopped, we need to keep paying attention.

Blindfolded is coming along, Jawbone Jambox will be a critical element to the audio. Using OmniDiskSweeper from The Omni Group I recover 20GB of lost disk space due to an arrange application. Reggie Ashworth offers up 5 free copies of AppDelete Lite. Knightwise explains how he uses GoodReader to move Keynote into his iPad instead of iCloud. Ken Wolfe gives us part one of his "Super Speed Project Management using IOS and Mac Apps and Apple products" - using SimpleNote from Codality INC, Notational Velocity, and Noteshelf from Rama Krishna at FluidTouch.biz. MacHash from machash.com brings Mac-specific news and podcasts to the iPod, iPhone, iPad and Mac. Listener Lynn asks a Dumb Question - how to keep applications in the dock where they can't be accidentally removed and we talk about the free Dashboard app Dock Unlocker from joselopez650.tk. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Knightwise from knightwise.com explains why he walked into the Apple walled garden of his own free will.

Free Macworld | iWorld Exhibit Hall passes by sending email to me with "hall pass" in the title. VueScan from hamrick.com by Allister Jenks. Air Playit Review from Air Playit.com by Nick Brennan. Samson Meteor Mic Review from samsontech.com. Rod Simmons brings us an Action Movie FX Review from actionmoviefx.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart brings us three more reviews, the Nikon D5100, the ME-1 Stereo Mic, and the Lowepro Fastpack 250.

Bad Cracker joke contest complete, EyeTV Review from Mike McPeek (@dscchipman), Manfrotto MKC3-H01 tripod review (Amazon link). Robert Harper with an i-Microphone Review (Amazon link). Kirschen from FreeRangeCoder.com gives us a Downcast Review from http://downcastapp.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart gives us a Task Paper review: OSX Version in the Mac App Store and iOS version in the iTunes Store, and then we chat about how the Mac App Store looks to us one year out.

Revisiting Piezo from Rogue Amoeba since their update now allows recording of Skype calls. Update on my trials and tribulations learning VoiceOver for Blindfolded! at Macworld | iWorld. Rose challenges us to find the WORST jokes in our Christmas Crackers. Robert Harper gives a Clarify testimonial, and George from Tulsa walks us through his security measures to be safe online. John Shaffer sends in a tip on how to use brdrck.me/settings/ to put settings on your iOS home screen. Steve uses DiscLabel from smilesoftware.com for the first time. Back by popular demand, Steve's Night Before Christmas with an ever so slight Macintosh bias. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Steve and Bart attempt to explain to me what the Higgs Boson is, and why we care.

Christmas show will be on Friday night the 23rd of December at 5pm Pacific time at podfeet.com/live. I figured out the fiasco with GarageBand from last week. Two great applications from Eternal Storms Software, Screenfloat and Yoink. Blue Mango Learning's Clarify makes the top 10 best apps of 2011 at mashable.com. Donald Burr of Donald Burr of Otaku no Podcast from otakunopodcast.com reviews the AYL Stylus. Piezo review from Rogue Amoeba, and Browser wars using omnibar as the discriminator. In Dumb Question Corner Todd McCann asks for an explanation of RSS feeds. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, I get to ask Rod Simmons of the Simple Mobile Review Podcast to explain Android to me and how it differs for good or bad from iOS.

Stylus Wars brings us the AmazonBasics Stylus. Shai Yammanee brings us an AppsGoneFree review. Dorothy (aka @MacLurker) writes some wicked backup scripts for me and we use CronniX from code.google.com/p/cronnix/ to schedule them. In Dumb Question Corner Horse asks whether iCloud encrypts your data (yes, see the Apple Support Article http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4865). Rod Simmons of the Simple Mobile Review gives us a review of the Griffin Powerjolt Dual Universal USB Adapter. Steve Davidson talks about how inexpensive and useful Uninterruptible Power Supplies can be, including the APC BE550G Back-UPS ES 8 Outlet 550VA 120V that he uses. Jane from Perth (aka @jane73 returns after a long absence to tell us a great trick on how to sync address books between family members with iCloud. Bart walks us through his adventure to do a presentation using only an iPad and then gives us a peek into the presentation itself explaining the astronomical phenomenon that could have accounted for the Christmas star (view the slides at public.iwork.com).

NosillaCastaways run the show this week while I help my mom in the hospital. George from Tulsa tells us how to tame Lion with Lion Tweaks at ifredrik.com and Mike Potter over at For Mac Eyes Only Podcast. Fooducate Review by Rod Simmons: Free version, $3.99 Fooducate Plus. Mike McPeek (aka @dscchipman) gives us a Springpad Review - cross platform iOS and Android app from Springpaddit.com. Katie Floyd reviews the iRobot 530 Roomba Vacuuming Robot. Crashplan Review by Timothy Gregoire from crashplan.com. Bart brings us a short Security Lite where he gives us his thoughts on the Carrier IQ débâcle, followed by John F Braun of the Mac Geek Gab joining us to talk about how he got so smart, and his diagnostic process, an even shows us some hidden gems inside the Xcode developer tools to do even more fun diagnostics.

NosillaCastaways Party at Macworld | iWorld - register using the menu bar link at podfeet.com (or click this link). The password is the name of my longest running sponsor, all lower case. Jot Pro Stylus Review from Adonit. Swollen battery woes on a 2007 Macbook, and Rod Simmons of the Simple Mobile Review Podcast gives us his top 6 iOS tips. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart brings us his 1Password review from Agile Bits.

NosillaCastaways are smarter than the Apple geniuses, Plantronics Voyager Pro HD Review from Rod Simmons (Plantronics Voyager Pro HD), Olloclip review from Rod (Olloclip). Kindle Fire review (amazon.com. Tom Stewart sends in his first review - explaining how to use an Aperture Script from ApertureExpert.com to swap out RAW images for JPEGs.Ray Solar Charger review by Rod Simmons from quirky.com. BlackBerry Bold 9930 Review, and Robb Dunewood of Simple Mobile Review Podcast joins us to talk about the past, present and future of Research in Motion.

Interviews from Blogworld Expo with representatives from Automattic about Akismet and Wordpress.com, Telestream about Screenflow and Wirecast Studio, Spreecast for shared video broadcasting, Blekko for curated search and Thinglink to give you interesting effects on your images.

Time Machine review, Blindfolded accessibility update, Photography and the Mac Podcast Promo find it in iTunes. In Dumb Question Corner Professor Albert joins us again asking how to quit all running applications and gets a surprising answer. 3 in 1 Camera Lens review from Rod Simmons. George from Tulsa says some nice things about Podfeet.com and explains that you have to turn off Ad Block to see my Amazon Affiliate link, and then throws down the gauntlet about a lively discussion he and Bart had about Apple's move towards Sandboxing. Bart comes back with a full Chit Chat Across the Pond explaining Sandboxing and why it's a good, not scary thing.

Blogworld Expo redux, DocScanner Review from Rod Simmons, ZAGG Keys Solo bluetooth keyboard review. Img2icns review from George from Tulsa from img2icnsapp.com. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Shane Jackson joins us to talk about blind accessibility improvements in iOS5 and the iPhone 4S.