“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” ~ E.E. Cummings | Continue reading
Sportsball - I’m a cranky sports fan with standards and judgements galore, but I still enjoy them. - louplummer.lol/sportsbal… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
One of my favorite quotes of all time - When I’m in a slump, I comfort myself by saying if I believe in dinosaurs, then somewhere, they must be believing in me. And if they believe in me, then I can believe in me. Then I bust out. - Mookie Wilson, New York Mets, Left Field | Continue reading
📝Today on App Addict - My 10 Favorite Cross-Platform Apps - Here are my favorite apps that have both a macOS and an iOS/iPadOS version. Drafts I use Drafts for a great number of tasks. I collect quotes there until I am ready to process them into my collection. Whenever i … | Continue reading
Good Alternative Software for Everyone - Free and low-priced alternatives to expensive software from mega-corporations - linkage.lol/good-alte… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
What Do You Do for Fun - An analysis of what passes for fun in my life and what doesn’t - louplummer.lol/what-do-y… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Battle of the Bookmark Managers - Aside from browsers, I have several apps on my hard drive for collecting and organizing bookmarks: • Goodlinks (also has read it later features) • Bookmarks • One Bookmark • Raindrop.io There are many more with Anybox and Pi … | Continue reading
I’m a little late this week, but here’s my /now page with a funny-ass book, a bloody TV show, lot’s of blogging goodness, links and app reviews plus a gift idea for your favorite #ultrarunning enthusiast. | Continue reading
Everyone eventually suffers a data loss, either from a hardware failure, a rouge application, user error or some mystery cause. The only effective solution is a good backup strategy. It’s up to you how much energy and time you want to put into it. The way you use your computer wi … | Continue reading
Use This Curse on Your Worst Enemy - If I could do one thing to my worst enemy, I would make him self-centered. | Continue reading
Just a Reminder That Facebook is Evil - Facebook and other Meta apps are invasive, privacy invading, hate filled platforms that harm minors. Just a reminder. - linkage.lol/just-a-re… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Avoid Mackup If Running Sonoma or Later - A couple of weeks ago I saw a post on r/MacApps for a utility that purported to back up your preferences for a large number of apps, including perennial favorites Keyboard Maestro, Hazel, Bartender, Text Expander and … | Continue reading
The Real History of the Buffalo Wing - The history of the Buffalo wing, a recipe and the surprisingly huge (82k) Reddit devoted to the dish - linkage.lol/the-real-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
The Perfect Blogger - The perfect blogger is an original, opinionated observer and explainer of the exciting and the mundane. - louplummer.lol/the-perfe… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Rambox - A Browser for Apps - I took advantage of an offer at AppSumo this week to get a lifetime license to Rambox Pro for $5 (discontinued). It’s normally $5.83 a month, although the free version has most of the paid features minus extension support and sy … | Continue reading
Surf YouTube Like It’s TV Channels WildGuesser - Guess The Animal The Internet’s Largest Word Association Game The Best Deli in Every State | Find a Delicatessen Near You (tasteofhome.com) How to sleep better while traveling - The Washington Post The Best Privacy Tools, Services, … | Continue reading
Looking for the Little Things - Life is absolutely full to brimming of little pleasures if we will slow down and recognize them. - louplummer.lol/looking-f… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Free and Cheap Tools for Bloggers - Graphics, Writing Aids, Analytics, HTML and CSS Help and other tools for bloggers all for free or cheap - linkage.lol/free-and-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - 11 Plugins for QuickLook - One of my favorite features of macOS is QuickLook, activated by pressing the spacebar when you have a file highlighted in the Finder, it enables you to view the contents of a file without having to open an application. The problem … | Continue reading
Cloudhiker - StumbleUpon for the IndyWeb - A randomized recommendation based tool for discovering and sharing new high-quality websites and blogs - linkage.lol/cloudhike… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Brothers and Sister - My two brothers and my sister are smart, kind, virtuous people. I want you to meet them. - louplummer.lol/brothers-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Good morning sunshine! Dawn over Bogue Sound in North Carolina | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - A Few GUI Tools for the Homebrew Curious - If you’d like to explore some of what’s available in macOS through Homebrew, the command line package manager but you are a little intimidated by the terminal, you are in luck. There are some apps with graphical use … | Continue reading
The Best Watermelons in the World - The watermelon is the world’s best fruit, and the best ones are grown along Bogue Sound in North Carolina - linkage.lol/the-best-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
I Am Not Proud - How not caring what other people think about me and not competing in imaginary contests is a benefit. - louplummer.lol/i-am-not-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - The Most Underrated Native Mac Utility - The native Mac tools are great but most of them can be replaced with third-party apps that add extra features. Even the geeky apps like Terminal and Activity Monitor have apps like iTerm and Smotrite to serve as alter … | Continue reading
Dachshunds are the best dogs. I did a study and that’s my conclusion. Fight me. | Continue reading
Let’s Talk About White People - A white guy looks at what it means to be white in 2024, what it’s meant in the past and what a hopeful future looks like - louplummer.lol/lets-talk… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - ImageOptim - Free and Open-Source Utility to Reduce File Sizes - ImageOptim is a tiny utility that every Mac user should have in their toolkit. It integrates a half dozen image optimization tools behind the scenes to quickly and efficiently provide an optimu … | Continue reading
The Devil’s Tramping Ground - A 40-ft circle of bare earth in the central North Carolina woods has been reputed to be haunted for over 300 years. - linkage.lol/the-devil… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
What a Day - The first day of classes at my university job was stressful mixed with mishap and disappointment - louplummer.lol/what-a-da… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Mind Node for Mind Maps - I’ve used the Mac and iPadOS versions of Mind Node mind mapping software for about 10 years. I checked my documents folder and found mind maps for deploying different versions of Mac OS X server when that was a thing, plus deploymen … | Continue reading
A friend and I have a hand curated blog directory and we are looking to add more personal blogs of all types: Art, Gaming, History, Links, Music, Photography, Resources, Science, Tech, Travel, Writers and Poets. Please stop by and add your blog to the list! | Continue reading
Free Roaming Horses in the Eastern US - There are wild horses in several eastern states in the US which can be seen and visited by those interested. - linkage.lol/free-roam… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Learning Lessons, Lessons Learned - Lessons learned from organizing in a totally different era help navigate the current political climate. - louplummer.lol/learning-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Better late than never, I updated my /now page - news on what I’m reading, writing, watching, enjoying and bookmarking | Continue reading
List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia Say What You See — Google Arts & Culture Spurious Correlations (tylervigen.com) Home: Mushroom Color Atlas The Best Movies of the 2000s, According to IndieWire Editors Best Woodstock Performances: Hendrix, The Who & More at 1969 Festival … | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - 24 Hour Wallpaper from Jetson Creative - I don’t see my desktop during my working moments, but when I lock my computer, I have a different wallpaper displayed on each of my monitors. I also have a Keyboard Maestro macro that runs when I unlock my computer an … | Continue reading
Moderates, liberals, progressives and radicals need to keep their eyes on the prize and not their fingers pointed at each other. If you think tearing down statues is wrong, then don’t tear down any statues. If you think fighting fascists in the street is wrong, then stay on the s … | Continue reading
The Golden Age of Piracy - The Golden Age of Piracy was a 70-year period during which men like Blackbeard terrorized the seas. They have been memorialized in books and film. - linkage.lol/golden-ag… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Brand Loyalties - I examine the effect of marketing on my tech, car, eating and clothing purchases. - louplummer.lol/brand-loy… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Bitcoin is 15 years old. To put that in perspective: The web started in 1991. 15 years later, in 2006, we had youtube, twitter, amazon, ebay - the world was unrecognisable. What have we got in that timeframe from #blockchain? Ashes. “A thriving market for magic beans doesn’t make … | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Start from Innovative Bytes - Start by Innovative Bytes is an app launcher with extra features that make it different enough from FolderPeek and XMenu to be worth checking out. Like the other two apps, it offers a way to access your favorite apps, folders, f … | Continue reading
Making a More Accessible Web - Making your website more accessible is a process you can start today with a free shortcut and a couple of good guides. - linkage.lol/making-a-… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
The Random Joy Blogging Brings - Completing a blog post is much more than checking off a task on a to do list, it’s a chance for all types of joy. - louplummer.lol/random-jo… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Almighty - Tweaking and Utility Collection - Almighty, a collection of tweaks and utilities bundled into one app is by Khoa Pham, the same developer behind the popular low-priced clipboard manager PastePal. There are 50 different settings and utilities in th … | Continue reading
Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive … | Continue reading
Free Software from an Indy Superstar Developer - Indy Developer Sindre Sorhus is a full-time open-source developer of many free Mac and iOS apps - linkage.lol/free-soft… #Blaugust2024 | Continue reading