Christmas Tree Rd., Sampson County, NC I took this picture because it represents the kinds of things you can still see in the rural south. I’m recording - not proselytizing nor mocking. ![](“https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2025/day-one2025-02-01-at-07.34.56.jpeg")
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When the Republican's in the NC legislature pushed through the nation's first bathroom bill in 2016, other states banned travel there, artists like Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam canceled concerts, major corporations canceled plans to open offices and the NCAA pulled the college … | Continue reading
Located right off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, NC, Cone Manor, the former home of one of NC’s textile barons, overlooks the frozen surface of Bass Lake down below. | Continue reading
This month, the topic for those participating in the monthly IndieWeb Carnival is "affirmations." I've long enjoyed reading poetry and collecting quotes. I will stop whatever I am doing if I hear a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or Winston Churchill, two of the greatest … | Continue reading
Tapestry Announced a year ago on Kickstarter, Tapestry by Iconfactory was released on February 4. Tapestry is an aggregator that creates a combined timeline from a long list of possible sources including : RSS feeds YouTube channels Podcasts Mastodon Bluesky Micro.blog Tumblr Red … | Continue reading
Linville Gorge in Western North Carolina, home to some of the most challenging hiking in the Eastern US. | Continue reading
We appeal to the angels we have, even if they aren’t the angels we think we need. | Continue reading
When making a decision is easy, it is because there is little to no downside to taking action. I decide to get up early most mornings because I treasure being able to relax with coffee before heading to my office. I choose to be polite to most people I deal with because making pe … | Continue reading
I only fly two or three times a year. Most of my trips start at the regional airport a few miles from my home and involve changing planes at one or more major hubs, like Atlanta or Charlotte. If you've done much post-9/11 flying, you know the drill. Or, rather, you know that the … | Continue reading
Privileges As much as you may not want to hear it, using an administrator account on your Mac as your daily driver is absolutely not the best practice. It's bad because it provides full access rights across the system to every application and process running in that account. If m … | Continue reading
Lonesome Lake in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, seen from the shoreline and again the next day atop Franconia Ridge in the background. | Continue reading
I joined the military when I was 18. Every enlisted soldier's introduction to that lifestyle is basic training, a nine week period where other soldiers a few years older than you yell at you a lot and make you do things that don't always make a lot of sense. One of the things the … | Continue reading
I'm apt to write about almost anything, but the subject that got me into blogging was tech. It's only fitting that I end up participating in this current iteration of the blogging question challenge. I was challenged by Kyle - Blog Questions Challenge: Technology Edition - Kyle's … | Continue reading
Control Center Options Luuk over at Mac Menu Bar has been busy as usual, keeping up with the latest releases of new Menu Bar apps for the community. Here are my favorites from the recent additions: AutoShot - Automatic screenshots in set intervals - This app automatically takes a … | Continue reading
A web site for baby bloggers or even experienced ones needing some fresh ideas, 32-Bit Cafe has plenty to explore. It has guides and tutorials, page ideas, website topics, art and graphic design, technical info and a massive resource list. You've just made a website, but now you' … | Continue reading
It's the last night of this trip and my last repost. This list of the most influential books in my life inspired several other bloggers to create their own lists. My original offer still stands, if you make one, let me know and I'll link to it. I think you can figure out a lot ab … | Continue reading
Created with Quick Reviews If you're looking for a quick and easy way to share you general opinion and ratings of movies, TV shows, games, books or whatever, Quick Reviews, a new app by Indy developer, blogger, YouTuber and podcaster, Matt Birchler can generate a graphic for you … | Continue reading
Wikenigma - an Encyclopedia of Unknowns - Wikenigma is a unique wiki-based resource specifically dedicated to documenting fundamental gaps in human knowledge. Outdoorsy Minnesotans: I winter camped and so can you. Probably. - Two winter camping novices spend a night out with an A … | Continue reading
Texas Lake, located on Ft. Liberty in North Carolina, after a thunderstorm. | Continue reading
Rego Screenshots I've been using Rego to bookmark locations for the last eleven years, using seven different iPhones. I have over 600 places saved in various categories, including: Restaurants Coffee Shops Accommodations Parks Residences (friends and family) Bookstores Whenever w … | Continue reading
I'm traveling this weekend, visiting family and supporting my wife, who is running the Miami Marathon. This is a repost from the spring of 2024. There is a lot of talk out on the Internet about people trying to increase their online privacy. Folks are growing increasingly uncomfo … | Continue reading
Note: I'm still traveling and short on time, so I'm sharing a post from back in May that touched a nerve with many people in the geekspace. Now, I realize that there are some folks in the geek space who still make use of default apps. Robb Knight's project from the winter of 2023 … | Continue reading
Christmas Tree Rd., Sampson County, NC I took this picture because it represents the kinds of things you can still see in the rural south. I’m recording - not proselytizing nor mocking. |
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This is a female eclectus parrot. They look so different from the males that scientists who discovered them thought they were two different species. #birds | Continue reading
School memories, new lab day was always fun but a lot of work | Continue reading
I appreciate the people who read this blog. I'm grateful for your attention, your comments and for the great blogs so many of you maintain. I'm currently traveling and spending time with family I haven't seen in 10 years. Tonight's post is from April when I was just getting start … | Continue reading
This is the third collection of free apps reviewed on AppAddict. Links to the first two collections are posted below. I've downloaded and installed each of these on my own laptop. In many cases, I've added them to various workflows for my day job and blogging pursuits. I'm sorry … | Continue reading
This is the third collection of free apps reviewed on AppAddict. Links to the first two collections are posted below. I've downloaded and installed each of these on my own laptop. In many cases, I've added them to various workflows for my day job and blogging pursuits. I'm sorry … | Continue reading
Watching the sun set into the Atlantic Ocean - in North Carolina. Eat your heart out California. | Continue reading
The Stonewall Uprising Almost all the rights and privileges we enjoy in our daily lives happened because common people fought for them. I'm a veteran, and I am not being disrespectful when I say that the real fight for freedom happened at home between the people and the reluctant … | Continue reading
Silent Valley Reservoir, County Down, Northern Ireland I was sitting in a hostel in Maine with multiple other hikers. I asked this good old boy from Tennessee if he'd taken the side trail the day before to see the spectacular overlook from Spaulding Mountain. He looked at me conf … | Continue reading
White Top Mountain in southwest Virginia was the site of a huge traditional music festival for a few years towards the end of the Great Depression. Located in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, it remains undeveloped. It’s bisected by the Appalachian Trail and a good spot … | Continue reading
RsyncUI Interface RsyncUI is the successor to Rsync OS X. It is a graphical user interface for the powerful command line utility, rsync, a file synchronization utility that has its roots in the Linux world. RsyncUI is an Apple native app, 100% written in Swift. All of the actual … | Continue reading
RsyncUI Interface RsyncUI is the successor to Rsync OS X. It is a graphical user interface for the powerful command line utility, rsync, a file synchronization utility that has its roots in the Linux world. RsyncUI is an Apple native app, 100% written in Swift. All of the actual … | Continue reading
A cold morning on the Uwharrie Trail. We were hiking along and heard the unmistakable sound of bagpipes echoing through the woods. Cresting a hill, we saw the piper, a considerable distance off the trail, standing on a small rise just playing away. So odd and memorable. | Continue reading
I enjoy collecting information about the things I do and looking back over it, just as a form of journaling. Since tech is my jam, I try to automate collecting as much information as I can. There isn't a real point to it. I'm not trying to discover anything or achieve some kind o … | Continue reading
Sushi for two from one of our favorite date night locations | Continue reading
I remember vividly when I was finally able to go grocery shopping without having to constantly calculate the cumulative cost of the items in my basket. On more than one occasion I had to reluctantly tell the cashier that I'd decided not to get an item or two when my math was bad, … | Continue reading
Raycast Quicklinks There are various Internet search tools available for Macs, but if you are a Raycast user, you can search just about any website without having to install an extension if you take the time to set up Quicklinks. Raycast is a Mac automation tool that extends the … | Continue reading
Raycast Quicklinks There are various Internet search tools available for Macs, but if you are a Raycast user, you can search just about any website without having to install an extension if you take the time to set up Quicklinks. Raycast is a Mac automation tool that extends the … | Continue reading
Apple is both proving to be something other than the romanticized ideal corporation many tech people once thought it to be. It is a ruthless profit machine committed to taking advantage of every legal and close to legal loophole it can to "return value to shareholders." That mean … | Continue reading
My granddaughter is an earnest snow angel if there ever was one - that look of concentration - LOL. | Continue reading
My mother believes in participatory humanity. Whatever she's doing, she welcomes you to join right in. Some parents discourage their kids from using household appliances or cooking because I guess they are scared the kids might break something or get hurt. My Mom does not have th … | Continue reading
Watching the sunrise through my bedroom window. Our house borders on a small expanse of wetlands I hope never gets developed. | Continue reading
Located on a two-lane road leading to the Uwharrie Mountains in Montgomery County, NC, this house has been frozen in time for as long as I can remember. ![“An](“https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2025/opt-2025-01-28-1-6.jpeg")
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