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Zorba's Gyro is the name of the diner at the end of the street where I've been a regular customer for over 30 years. It's Greek owned, of course , and serves a variety of dishes from American and Italian cuisine as well. The signature dish though, the humble gyro, is a masterpiec … | Continue reading

For one reason or another, I've taken some kind of medication on a daily basis for almost forty years. I am an expert at swallowing pills. I'd hate to estimate how many I've taken over the years. Despite the attempts by my insurance company to strong-arm me into using a mail-orde … | Continue reading

SoundSource Menu Bar The default Mac controls for audio aren't that great if you have multiple sound outputs, laptop speakers, Bluetooth earbuds or external speakers in a docking setup. Rogue Amoeba's SoundSource is an example of what granular control should look like. A menu bar … | Continue reading

LGBT Actist # 1 If a restaurant was taking the money they make and giving it to organizations trying to dissolve your marriage and take your kids away from you, you wouldn't give a shit if they"have really good lemonade."You wouldn't eat there. - FAITH NAFF LGBT Activist # 2 "If … | Continue reading

Although I used a local BBS and AOL chat rooms back in the day, the first online community I ever found a home in was at Epinions, a dotcom company that paid you to write reviews of commercial goods, including books and albums. You could use HTML to dress up what you wrote, so th … | Continue reading

Time Machine Editor By default, the built-in macOS backup utility, Time Machine, makes a new snapshot on your designated backup disk once an hour. This can be problematic during your work day if you need the full system resources of your computer, but it has decided to start copy … | Continue reading

Virginia, just north of my home state of North Carolina, is a wonderful place to visit. Although I am partial to the mountains, there is something to be said for visiting the colonial historical sites closer to the coast. Whether it's Jamestown, one of the first settlements in th … | Continue reading

The year Wonder Woman and I hiked the Appalachian Trail, we were away from home for 156 days, from early May to mid-October. At the beginning of our journey, I weighed around 230 pounds. By the end, I had dropped to 180 pounds and was wearing medium-sized clothes for the first ti … | Continue reading

Encrypted file in email Sharing sensitive data via email or cloud services is risky without using encryption. Advanced users can use Disk Utility or a compression app like Keka to make a disk image or ZIP file with a password but an easier solution and one with a few more feature … | Continue reading

I'm going to be that guy who finds something cool and then wants everyone to join in. The ad blocker that I use, Ublock Origin, is in danger of being neutered by Microsoft, the company that makes my browser, Edge, which I use for some very specific reasons. If you use Google Chro … | Continue reading

In North Carolina, where I live, early voted started this week. On the first day, we set a record for voter turnout. Even in the western portions of the state where a recent hurricane destroyed roads and where many people still don't have power, the number of people who turned ou … | Continue reading

Duplicati Backup Locations I am a firm believer in establishing a backup routine with multiple failsafes. I've managed to hold on to some of my data for over 25 years as a result. Yep, I still have the MP3 files I downloaded from Napster in the 90s. I run a Time Machine backup an … | Continue reading

In my 30 years in the IT business, I have been approached by people with tears in their eyes many times, always because of lost data. The things I have been asked to restore include: The only copy of a wedding video A master's thesis Twelve years of lesson plans by a middle schoo … | Continue reading

I'm not going to pretend that I don't make assumptions about people from time to time because, as much as I try not to, I fall into the trap occasionally. I'm glad that, for the most part, plenty of other people and I seem to be less inclined to do it these days. We are learning … | Continue reading

ClickKnow Summary Most AI tools on the market these days fall into one of two categories: Writing assistants that correct spelling and grammar or do other text manipulation Basic question answering or search engine type functions ClicKnow by independent developer aike9m studio do … | Continue reading

When I first started blogging again in January of 2024, I had a few distant memories of making web pages in the 90s, but I had no clue about anything related to CSS or javascript because we didn't use that back in our Geocities day. In the intervening 10 months that I have been b … | Continue reading

See the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners : NPR If you think grocery prices take a big bite out of your paycheck in the US, check out the rest of the world I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is - The Atlantic The Strangers Project – What’s Your Story? My … | Continue reading

Full Metal Jacket (1987) Pogue Colonel: Marine, what is that button on your body armor Private Joker: A peace symbol, sir Pogue Colonel: Where’d you get it Private Joker: I don’t remember, sir Pogue Colonel: What is that you’ve got written on your helmet Private Joker: “Born to K … | Continue reading

Some Links for Music Lovers - Info on Odesli, Album Whale, AllMusic and Last.fm - linkage.lol/some-link… | Continue reading

📝 My Letter to a Homophobic Friend - I found a letter I wrote to a homophobic friend 27 years ago and I reflect on what is different and what is the same in 2024. - louplummer.lol/my-letter… | Continue reading

OMG.LOL is the Best Thing on the Internet - The community at OMG.LOL along with the services offered are the best thing on the Internet. - linkage.lol/omglol-is… | Continue reading

📝 Doing the Best We Can - For once, pop psychology gets it right. We are doing the best we can do with what we have to work with. - louplummer.lol/doing-the… | Continue reading

Bump Up Your Meme Game - A good meme says a lot. Here are some famous ones to study and a website to make your own. - linkage.lol/bump-up-y… | Continue reading