One of the nicest and most helpful people I've encountered on my blogging journey is a Swedish writer by the name of Robert Birming who blogs in English. Robert posts on a daily basis and he also has a newsletter. A man with considerable technical skills, he is the developer of t … | Continue reading
I have updated my /now page - What I’m reading and watching, plus links to this week’s blog posts, the week’s best purchase, and the links I added to my personal bookmarks. | Continue reading
Today on AppAddict - Free Startup Manager with Many Options - This app brings back management of your startup items on your mac, including the order in which they launch and the ability to launch them as hidden. | Continue reading
I'm turning 60 in a few months and though I wouldn't say it's messing with my head in any kind of negative way, it has prompted me to think about aging and mortality more than I have in the past. It's so weird to be getting ready to start my seventh decade on earth while simultan … | Continue reading
Startup Manager Window macOS doesn't make it easy to manage your startup options anymore. The app, Startup Manager, by developer Arie van Boxel brings back some of the options that have been removed and adds quite a few more. If you use Startup Manager, you can once again choose … | Continue reading
If you check out this blog regularly or better yet, if you subscribe by RSS, I'm going to imagine that you are a fan of discovering cool new websites, stories, blogs and galleries on the regular. Not only do I post here every day, I also have a weekly post on Micro.blog that I ag … | Continue reading
The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time: Critics' Pick Aerial photos of scrapyards and arranged the junked cars, planes, trains, and other objects_ Digital decluttering – alexwlchan White Chicken Chili (BEST EVER!) - Cooking Classy Whole Foods predicts the major food and beverage … | Continue reading
(Note: this is a repost from my tech blog from a few months back. I was a wee bit busy this weekend being a supportive husband and was away from my computer) I often make the comment on Reddit or Mastodon that Obsidian, a cross-platform note-taking application, is my favorite pie … | Continue reading
Note Ideas In all my time using a Mac, I’ve never found more uses for a single app as I have for the note taking app, Obsidian. With a robust selection of over 1900 plugins, Obsidian can be configured to import and manipulate data from a great many sources. It can even be used fo … | Continue reading
I have been a dedicated newspaper reader since I was in the first grade in 1971. I did not limit myself to just the comics. I thought Dear Abby was fascinating and I always read the headlines on the front page. In North Carolina in the 1970s an infamous civil rights case was ofte … | Continue reading
At 8:00 AM Saturday morning, Wonder Woman and about 70 others will begin running a 2.2-mile course over and over for 24 straight hours. Whoever covers the most distance in that time period will be declared the winner. Those completing 50k, 50 miles, 100k, 75 miles, and 100 miles … | Continue reading
Virtual Buddy If you want to test out betas without endangering your primary machine or if or if your a developer looking to test backwards compatibility with previous versions of macOS with your app or even if you just want a safe way to test software you want to try before addi … | Continue reading
The dividing line between Generation X and Boomers is New Years Day, 1965, fifty-two days before I was born. Over the next 15 years my cohort, smaller than the one that preceded it and the one that followed it (Millenials), began to reap the meager rewards our parents bequeathed … | Continue reading
Back in the days when people still bought encyclopedias, my parents were confronted by an especially good salesman who sold them not only a full set of the Book of Knowledge but also a collection of classic literature. When I was in elementary school, I tackled many of those book … | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Mouse Boost - Right-Click Powerhouse - Integrates into Finder to add extra functionality | Continue reading
MouseBoost Prefs One of the most useful features of Finder replacements like PathFinder or Qspace Pro is the enhanced right-click menus they offer with features like cut, copy and paste for files and the ability to create different types of new files among others. Not everyone wa … | Continue reading
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
📝 The Best Pharmacist in the World - The story of how I discovered the world’s best pharmacist by being hard to get along with. - louplummer.lol/the-best-… | 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
Today on App Addict - SoundSource from Rogue Amoeba - 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 con … | 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
Should You Eat at Chick-fil-A? - Since Chik-fil-A changed its policies several years ago, is it OK for principled lefties to eat there now? - linkage.lol/should-yo… | 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
📝 Online Communities of the Past and Present - A trip from the beginning to the present of the various online communities I’ve taken part in over 30 years. - louplummer.lol/online-co… | 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
Today on App Addict - Good Old Time Machine Editor - A Useful Free Utility - 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 res … | 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
Visiting Colonial Virginia - The area of coastal Virginia where Jamestown, Yorktown and Colonial Williamsburg are located is a must see. - linkage.lol/visiting-… | 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 Culinary Misadventures of the Long Distance Hiker - The type and amount of food consumed by hikers on the Appalachian or Pacific Crest Trails is truly mind-boggling. - louplummer.lol/the-culin… | 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
Today on App Addict - Encrypto - Free File Encryption App - 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 solu … | 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
Make Your Internet Better Today - A free service can block ads and malware before it ever gets to your computer. Start using it today. I did. - linkage.lol/make-your… | 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
📝 Civic Duties - Some reflections on voting in the US presidential election of 2024 - louplummer.lol/civic-dut… | 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
Today on App Addict - Duplicati - Free Encrypted Offsite Backup for Your Mac - 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 fro … | 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
For the Sake of All that is Holy - Back Up Your Computer - You need a backup of your computer and your phone. If you don’t have one, you WILL lose data one day. - linkage.lol/back-up-y… | 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
📝 Shooting Down Stereotypes - Try to quit making assumptions and quit feeling like you have to live up to them. - louplummer.lol/shooting-… | 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
Today on App Addict - ClickKnow - A Different Kind of AI Tool - 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 … | 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
Cool Tools and New Skills for Bloggers - A few links with some instruction and inspiration for the independent bloggers out there. - linkage.lol/cool-tool… | 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
I made the weekly update to my /now page - Joan Westernberg, Bad Monkey, cheap but good earbuds, lots of blog posts, some links I added to my personal collection | Continue reading