From my 100 Strangers project - Tony remarked that he was an African-American making me a Korean version of a Mexican dish in an American restaurant. Whatever. The bulgogi tacos were off the hook for real. ![](“https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/2014-12-18cooksbw-1-1.jpeg")
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Colbert’s Questions , #100DaysToOffload Steven Colbert’s 15 questions to cover the full spectrum of human experience , louplummer.lol/colberts-… | Continue reading
From My 100 Strangers project - Kalindra was good natured enough to let me use this guy’s prop to snap a photo. Street fairs are a good place to approach people. | Continue reading
The 100 Best Album Covers of All Time (rollingstone.com) How the Romans invented the Swiss Army Knife – Museum Crush James Lucas on X: “This Robin Williams thread will brighten up your day Flight status canceled or delayed? Here’s what you can do. - Vox Fictional Brands Archive B … | Continue reading
Carolina Bays , Carolina Bays are elliptical depressions in the earth’s surface found along the eastern seaboard of the US , linkage.lol/carolina-… | Continue reading
Computer People , How people react to computer issues now as opposed to the early days of widespread PC usage , louplummer.lol/computer-… | Continue reading
Today on App-Addict - Witch from May Tricks is a window switcher that lets you ⌘+tab to an open tab in the Mac browser of your choice, not just Safari. It also features a menu bar switcher and optional vertical or horizontal layouts. | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - Tony remarked that he was an African-American making me a Korean version of a Mexican dish in an American restaurant. Whatever. The bulgogi tacos were off the hook for real. |
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My 77-year-old Dad is a diehard YouTube fan. He’s recovering from heart surgery today, so I made him a playlist to give him something to do while he’s laid up. YouTube for Grownups | Continue reading
YouTube for Grownups , A playlist of 10 YouTube channels I made for my 77-year-old Dad while he’s recovering from heart surgery. , linkage.lol/you-tube-… | Continue reading
You Can’t Love Both , #100DayToOffload I’ve reached my lifetime limit of pretending that Republicans can love Trump AND Jesus at the same time , louplummer.lol/you-can-t… | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - MenuWhere - its single purpose is to pop up the frontmost app’s menus at the current mouse location. By default, it is activated by ⌘ + Right Click, but you can use the built in preferences to activate it totally with the keyboard if you want to. | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers Project - I met Joe downtown outside of a locally owned coffee shop. He was having some java and smoking a cigarette through a hole in this throat. He told me was a cancer survivor and that he just couldn’t give up cigarettes, although he no long drank or us … | Continue reading
Vivian Maier - Street Photographer , Vivian Maier was an American street photographer whose work was not discovered until the time of her death. , linkage.lol/vivian-ma… | Continue reading
Living Out Loud Update , Just an update on what’s going on in various projects and personally lately. , louplummer.lol/living-ou… | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - focusedOS lets you create a distraction free workspace by blocking apps, websites and interface elements and by playing ambient sounds to help you concentrate on what is important. | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - Spike was getting a drink from a convenient water fountain when I spotted him near Zucotti Park in the Financial District not far from Wall Street. He didn’t have much to say but was willing to pose for a photo. | Continue reading
To Die With Che , A poem about the left , louplummer.lol/to-die-wi… | Continue reading
Today in history, 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos with Australian Peter Norman wearing an OPHR badge in solidarity. | Continue reading
Stuff in a Time Machine , A vintage post from 1997 where I look at my tendency to be a bit of a hoarder , louplummer.lol/stuff-in-… | Continue reading
Worst Computer Virus Ever , The MyDoom computer virus cost the economy %52 Billion and once was responsible for one if four email messages sent every day. , linkage.lol/worst-com… | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - I met Tammy at the mall late on a winter afternoon as she was about to head inside for her shift at one the restaurants in the food court. I saw her a few times after I took her photo and she always remembered me. | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - a look at task managers and to do apps for Mac with my personal choice, Things 3 highlighted. A two-time Apple design award winner, Things 3 may be the pinnacle of app design in the Apple ecosystem. | Continue reading
A quick guide to translating Trumpsters: “Soros” = Jews “Chicago” = Blacks “Detroit” = Blacks “Fucking bitch” = Democratic congresswoman “Job-killing regulations” = laws protecting air and water “Religious freedom” = Christian dominance “Heritage” = white supremacy | Continue reading
What it’s like being Trump’s campaign manager - It’s like being Charlie Manson’s foxtrot instructor. You go out there, you teach him a few moves, and you think, ‘Hey, look at that, he can learn the foxtrot.’ And the next thing you know, he’s putting a pen in your eye, because he’ … | Continue reading
Get Toby , Toby is a browser extension for saving bookmarks and tab collections to your default new browser page , linkage.lol/get-tony/ | Continue reading
I’m Not Sure What Class Actually Means , I’m not sure what class I belong to, and I don’t care what class you are in #100DaysToOffload, , louplummer.lol/i-m-not-s… | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers collection - Panchito was fascinated not just with my camera but with the whole process of taking photos and examining the back of the camera to see what I captured. He was not shy in the least. | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - Qspace File Manager is a multi-paned file manager and a replacement for the Finder on macOS. After using Path Finder for 20 years, I recently switched to Qspace for its clean interface and extreme customization options. | Continue reading
The Blog Directory - that @jedda@social.lol and I started last week is booming with 123 blogs currently available for your review. If your blog is listed without a description, please visit the directory and fill out the form to include one along with your link. Boosts and shout … | Continue reading
An Obsidian Gem , Nicole van der Hoeven makes helpful and informative YouTube videos about Obsidian a PKM and note taking software title. , linkage.lol/an-obsidi… | Continue reading
Baseball Names as Poetry , A list of my favorite baseball players, selected solely on the poetic and literary quality of their names #100DaysToOffload , louplummer.lol/baseball-… | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers project - Steve was profoundly over dressed for a hot afternoon street fair in Raleigh all the way down to his fingerless gloves. He played a bit as a grumpy crazy guy, but in reality, he was a charming crazy guy I enjoyed talking to. | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - TRANSNOMINO is a free file naming utility with professional capabilities using wild cards, regular expressions or file attributes. It took the place of a Better Finder Rename for me. | Continue reading
The March on Washington for Job and Freedom, 1963 , We got married on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to establish a connection with what’s good about American history , linkage.lol/the-march… | Continue reading
I use my Obsidian Daily Note to capture all kinds of data: Task of the day Weather Appointments What I learned What I did What I am grateful for Notes created today Notes modified today Tasks completed today I use a Keyboard Maestro macro to copy the note over at the end of the d … | Continue reading
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” - Jean Paul | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers Project - I momentarily interrupted their workout, but Eddie and Vice didn’t seem to mind answering my questions through the open window of the lower Manhattan boxing gym where they were working out. | Continue reading
Free Blogging Advice , Seven Practical Steps and Services for Getting Started on the IndyWeb , louplummer.lol/free-blog… | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - In Windows, when you hover over an app on the taskbar, the operating system shows you the open windows for that app, a useful feature missing in macOS until now with the introduction of the free menu bar app DockDoor. | Continue reading
My Top 10 Police Shows of All Time , A list of American and British police procedurals from the 80s to the present , louplummer.lol/my-top-10… | Continue reading
Let’s cut the bullshit and spell out a few things. The IT security industry is about as trustworthy as the food supplement and vitamin industry, but somehow they escaped the same reputation. Their products are overwhelmingly based on flawed ideas, and the quality of their softwar … | Continue reading
Drone footage of Mt. Everest from base camp to the summit Queer cowfolx are bucking tradition at the gay rodeo (19thnews.org) What 129 Degrees Feels Like - The Atlantic (archive.ph) Love history? Explore this interactive collection of old maps. | Popular Science 35 Boundary Phras … | Continue reading
It’s Saturday, so I updated my /now page with info on my new project with @jedda@social.lol , a blog directory, plus info on what TV I watched, all of the blog posts from this week, what new piece of kit I picked up and what new bookmarks I found. | Continue reading
The Power of Online Community - After six months on the Indy Web, on Mastodon, Micro.blog, Scribbles and BearBlog, I share what I have learned about online community without algorithm driven social media. | Continue reading
The Power of Online Community , I share my experiences with online communities and discuss the many benefits they can offer. , louplummer.lol/the-power… | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - I was reviewing the free and open-source app, Later, designed to save and reopen workspaces when I got a weird warning from Little Snitch and unexplained requests to access different areas of my Mac. Further examination revealed that the app wasn’t notarized. … | Continue reading
From my 100 Strangers Project - Kiesha was waiting for the train to go to work with her brother, Marcus when he got bored and started to chase her around the platform. Later, out of breath, she informed me that he “plays too much. He plays out all the time.” She was smiling thoug … | Continue reading