Today on App Addict - Twos App Users Really Love It - Every once in a while, an app is so well received that an entire community grows up around it. Evernote used to be like that before it started to suck. Obsidian is like that, just look at the YouTube videos and blogs. I’ve rec … | Continue reading
Pong Took the World by Storm - The video game, Pong, revolutionized entertainment in the 70s and was once Sears biggest selling item of all time. - linkage.lol/pong-took… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
The Sporting Life - Reflections on sports in my own life and in the society we live in - louplummer.lol/the-sport… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - Shereesa didn’t want me to take her picture at first and used Chucky as a stand in. Later she let me get a few shots once I showed her some on my camera, but I have always liked this one. | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Onyx for Mac - Since 2003, Titanium Software has been issuing its free system maintenance and tweaking utility, Onyx for every major release of macOS. Currently there is a mature version of Sonoma and a beta version of Sequoia, although you can still downloa … | Continue reading
Creating a Home Streaming Server on the Cheap - Links to the free software and cheap hardware to needed to convert your DVD library to streaming media - linkage.lol/creating-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Workplace Lessons Learned - After 30 years of being an organizational IT guy, I have some opinions on stereotypes and customer service. - louplummer.lol/workplace… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - Terry was the consummate, smooth-talking salesman trying to move antiques from his place at the flea market at the North Carolina state fairgrounds in Raleigh. I asked about his hat, and he told that yes, it was for sale too. | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Software for Mounting and Writing to NTFS Drives on a Mac - I need to write to external NTFS formatted drives from my M3 iMac on a regular basis for my job. I investigated the free options, primarily Mounty and found them to have a little too much friction f … | Continue reading
Flamed Fury - A Personal Website Well Done - New Zealander, Flamed, has a well designed and maintained personal website that serves as an example for any new Indy Web folks looking for inspiration - linkage.lol/flamed-fu… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Moving - I managed to attend 13 schools in 12 years growing up. Here are some stories about what that was like. - louplummer.lol/moving/ #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - Larique was shooting strangers with bubbles like he didn’t even care. I asked him if anyone had gotten mad at him and he assured me they hadn’t. “I just smile at them” he told me. | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Dynamic Lake Pro - An App for the Notch - In my ongoing search for an app to take advantage of the notch on my M2 MacBook Air, I bought Dynamic Lake Pro today after the developer offered a 20% discount on Reddit. The app provides a variety of information fro … | Continue reading
Woodie Guthrie - American - Woodie Guthrie was an American folk singer and songwriter whose music championed and disenfranchised the working people of America. - linkage.lol/woodie-gu… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Website Fiddling - Thoughts on design from a non-designer who just wants to have an attractive site like his friends - louplummer.lol/website-f… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
From My 100 Strangers project - Cherrelle was watching her nephews trying their hands at making free throws at a carnival booth set up in a Charlote courtyard. Like us, she was just in town just for the day. | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - NotchNook - Not Ready for Prime Time - After reading about NotchNook on Reddit and seeing the 35% off offer from the $25 purchase price, I purchased it to test it out. I reenabled the notch on my MacBook, which I had turned off with Better Monitor. The insta … | Continue reading
I have to admit, AI has saved me a lot of time. Every time I start reading about some interesting new app or service or product and see that it has “AI”, I immediately stop reading and don’t waste any more time on that thing. - bit101 | Continue reading
‘The ick’ and ‘boop’ latest words added to the dictionary (bbc.com) $5,000 Exoskeleton Pants Promise to Make You a Better Hiker (gizmodo.com) Guide to Computing 1945-1990 - docubyte One Misconception About 64 Different Animals (mentalfloss.com) Seattle crows are so smart, they’re … | Continue reading
Remembering Geocities - A look at the first web home many Gen X and Boomers ever had, Geocities - linkage.lol/remembero… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
A Computer Is a Hammer - Computers are tools you should use to their fullest potential so quit worrying about overburdening your new MacBook. - louplummer.lol/a-compute… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - I asked LuAnn how long she had been working behind the counter at Sherry’s Bakery in Dunn, NC and she told me 17 years. When asked how many hotdogs she served in that period, she laughed and said “Lord, I don’t know. Feels like a million!” | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Swift Shift - A Free Tool to Move and Resize Windows - Using keyboard shortcuts you define, Swift Shift allows you to easily move and resize windows without searching for the title bar or waiting for tiny arrows to appear. On my Mac, I set the hyperkey (Caps … | Continue reading
Eastern North Carolina Barbecue - Eastern North Carolina Barbecue refers to whole hog pork, cooked low and slow and seasoned with a vinegar-based sauce #Blaugust2024 - linkage.lol/eastern-n… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Confessions of a Non-Gamer - As a longtime technology fan, I remain baffled by the fact that I have never been able to enjoy video gaming, despite trying - louplummer.lol/confessio… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers Project - Dallas was working in Charleston, SC, South of Broad, in bitterly cold February weather. I asked him if he was used to it and he said “Hell, no. This is supposed to be South Carolina!” | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Musebox - A Photographer’s Bargain - Musebox, a digital asset (photos, graphics, videos) management application by brushedpixel is a remarkable and affordable (one-time purchase of $10 for now) substitute for multi-featured programs like Adobe Lightroom, App … | Continue reading
A True Crime Classic, Close to Home - The 1970 murders of his wife and daughters by Army Special Forces doctor Jeffery McDonald happened just a few miles from my home #Blaugust2024 - linkage.lol/a-true-cr… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Blaugust Introduction - An introductory post for new readers who stumble on to this blog because of #Blaugust2024 - louplummer.lol/blaugust-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - Despite his fierce look in this photo, Al was engaging and funny. He was working a part time gig as a parking lot attendant in Charlotte for a Panthers game. I stuck around a while to listen to him tell stories about growing up during segregation i … | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Karabiner Elements to the Rescue - After an unexplained failure of a previous workflow, I used the free keyboard mapping utility, Karabiner Elements, to reenable my hyperkey and turn of CapsLock when macOS baled at letting me do it. I use the hyperkey concep … | Continue reading
German POW Camps in the US , My Grandmother’s stories of German POWs at Ft. Bragg in WW2 , linkage.lol/german-po… | Continue reading
The Greatest Generation , My grandparents both left farms in rural NC during WW2 to contribute to the defeat of fascism and I am grateful and proud. , louplummer.lol/the-great… | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - This was one of the first photos I took when I started working on the project and I failed to get this gentleman’s name. He was busking on 6th Street in Austin if anyone remembers him, I would sure love to know who he is. | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - Word Service from Devon Technologies - provides commands for working with text. Extend your word processor, email app, or web browser by reformatting text paragraphs, cleaning up tabs, quotes, or line endings. Remove unwanted text parts, sort lines or paragra … | Continue reading
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. - Dorothy Parker A lack of curiosity is the most unattractive thing I can think of in a person. One of the things I love the most about the Internet is the all you can eat information smorgasbord. I just want to k … | Continue reading
Got my 100,000th visitor to my Micro.blog today. People really like to read about Obsidian, LOL. I’ve learned a lot since January and have had so much fun. | Continue reading
Action Comics Number One , The history of the first appearance of Superman in a comic book. , linkage.lol/action-co… | Continue reading
I’m Sorry , Thoughts on when and why one should apologize , louplummer.lol/im-sorry/ | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers Project - Chanya was waiting to take part in a traditional Thai dance routine at the International Folk Festival held in my hometown each year. She claimed not to be nervous, but her pensive look said otherwise. | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict, Rocket - Free, Slack-Style Emoji Picker by indy developer Matthew Palmer is a free app to help you quickly insert emoji into your typed communications via Slack style shortcuts. By default, if you type a colon and the begin typing the name of an emoji, matchin … | Continue reading
Saturday I was bragging about how easy it was for my grandson to set up an old iPad we gave him. Yeah, about that…he’s forgotten his (not written down) pass code with 48 hours and now I have to DFU the thing and set it up all over again. LOL because he called his Nana for help be … | Continue reading
Thriftmac - Free Mac Software , Thriftmac, a Mac institution since 2006, is a website for discovering and downloading free Mac software. , linkage.lol/thriftmac… | Continue reading
Screen Time , I don’t stress over screen time because I believe it is the message, not the medium that matters. , louplummer.lol/screen-ti… | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - Lee, the fisherman at the Oak Island pier. We have a period every fall in NC when the blues are running and the fishing piers on our barrier islands are full nearly 24 hours a day. Lee told me that he has been fishing at Oak Island since the 1950s. | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - TripMode - Data Usage Monitor and Control - useful when you have to tether your laptop to your phone, and you want to monitor data usage to make sure you’re not syncing cloud drives or downloading huge updates in the background. | Continue reading
The Tiny Awards- Website Diagram , Website Diagram is a linked roadmap of websites with information about the personal, non-commercial web , linkage.lol/the-tiny-… | Continue reading
I’m a day late but this week’s /Now page has been updated on what I’m (not) reading, good TV, links to my blog posts, tasty Chili Oil and lots of bookmarks. | Continue reading