๐Ÿ“ Quit Being Paranoid - Being cautious is a survival skill. Being paranoid is just an annoying personality trait. - louplummer.lol/quit-bein…

Paranoia - Mike King

Today on App Addict - Mac Pilot for Customization and Utilities - Mac Pilot, a customization and utility app from Koingo Software is currently $3.00 on BundleHunt. There are similar apps like Onyx and Tinker Tool out there that are free, but for the price I thought I’d take a look. Applications Mac Pilot contains settings for several system apps. Here are… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/mac-… #Mac Apps ๐Ÿ“

mac Pilot apps interface

Can I Trust This App

Can I Trust This App - Learning how to determine whether software is trustworthy is a 21st century survival skill. - linkage.lol/can-i-tru…

Malware

๐Ÿ“ What Is Your Love Language? - In what way do you like to be shown you are loved? - louplummer.lol/what-is-y…

What are the five love languages

Today on App Addict - Switch Glass - A Configurable Application Switcher with Per Display Settings - If you are one of those Mac users frustrated by the fact that the default dock is only visible on a single display, or you don’t like the way it deals with hidden windows, or maybe you wish you could hide certain apps, you might want to try Switch Glass,… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/swit… #Mac Apps ๐Ÿ“

Switch Glass app and its prefs

Death Row Last Meals

Death Row Last Meals - The last meals of convicted criminals have long fascinated us. What would you ask for? - linkage.lol/death-row…

John Wayne Gacyโ€™s last meal John Wayne Gacy’s Last Meal

๐Ÿ“ Adventures in Grandparenting - A weekend with the grandkids and Tae Kwon Do, a football game, piano practice, a corn maze, a music store, AYCE French fries and a movie. Is that all? - louplummer.lol/adventure…

Me and Evie and Wonder Woman

Today on App Addict - Yonks - A Well-Designed Day Counter - Yonks is a well-designed iOS app that works quite well as a standalone app on Apple Silicon Macs. It’s a day counter that determines how many days since and event or how many days until an even with lots of extra special touches. For a one-time purchase… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/yonk… #Universal Apps ๐Ÿ“

Yonks Day Counter Display

Just How Much Cocaine Was in Coca Cola?

Just How Much Cocaine Was in Coca Cola? - You’ve heard the tales about Coke. have you ever looked into them? - linkage.lol/just-how-…

Dark side of Coca Cola

I’ve updated my /now page with info on a classic American police procedural series, a British spy TV series, all 21 blog posts from this week, my favorite recent Amazon find and all the bookmarks I added to my personal collection.

๐Ÿ“ Changing Computer Habits - My computer usage changes little from day to day but massively over the years. - louplummer.lol/changing-…

Netscape Navigator 2

This Week's Bookmarks - Human/Animal Hybrids, Internet Forums, Generational Labels, Book Finder, Hurricane Propaganda, Panoramic Photo Awards,

Near Alvarado Station in SW Virginia.

Today on App Addict - Marta - A Free Dual Pane File Manager - Marta is a free, dual-pane file manager for macOS written entirely in Swift, making it fast and responsive to both keyboard and mouse commands, although it specializes in the former. Under development since 2016 by software engineer Yan Zhulanow of Jet Brains, Marta may move to paid model in the… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/mart… #Mac Apps ๐Ÿ“

Marta file managerโ€™s actions panel

North Carolina's Beaches

North Carolina’s Beaches - The 300 miles of southern coastline along North Carolina’s shores and beautiful and affordable. - linkage.lol/north-car…

Footprints alongthe shore of Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Great List of Apple News, Tips and tricks from u/TheCallOfTheRooster on Reddit


Apple Rainbow Logo

A thread on r/MacOS, a group I help moderate on Reddit, included a pretty good list or resources today. Plug these into your RSS reader and you’ll be sure to keep up with all the latest Apple, iPhone and Mac news.

https://9to5mac.com - Apple news and rumors galore.

https://macrumors.com - the Goliath of Apple news and rumors, the one, the only, MacRumors.

https://appleinsider.com - long-running rumors and news site, got subpoenaed by Apple in 2006 for publishing leaks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_v._Does](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_v._Does)).

https://tidbits.com - “the longest-running Internet technology publication”, Apple coverage since 1990.

https://cultofmac.com - been around for ages, published by popular Apple book author, good mishmash of Apple stuff.

https://osxdaily.com - great Apple tips and tutorials site, been around since 2006.

https://macobserver.com - born in 1998, nice bit of everything Apple.

https://idownloadblog.com - since 2008, probably the best source of jailbreaking info around.

https://iphonehacks.com - around since 2007, iPhone and jailbreak focus.

https://mjtsai.com/blog/](https://mjtsai.com/blog/) - comprehensive link-out site and interesting insight, from an Apple developer perspective.

https://mrmacintosh.com/blog/](https://mrmacintosh.com/blog/) - Mac admin focused, useful for enterprise and troubleshooting.

https://www.macstories.net - heavy iPad and automation focus, if you like Shortcuts this is your place.

https://sixcolors.com - MacWorld alumn and good insight.

https://www.loopinsight.com - MacWorld alumn, mostly a link-out site.

https://daringfireball.net - insight from John Gruber, a well-connected Apple fan.

https://macworld.com - born in 1984! The original Mac magazine.

https://appleworld.today - spun off from TUAW, remember TUAW?

https://www.iphoneincanada.ca - for the Canadian Apple fans out there.

https://appadvice.com/](https://appadvice.com/) - App focused and app reviews.

https://www.patentlyapple.com - digging into Apple patents, offers clues into the direction Apple is thinking.

https://objective-see.com/blog.html](https://objective-see.com/blog.html) - deep insight into Mac malware.

https://lowendmac.com - Got an old Mac or two laying around? This is the site for you.

https://forums.macrumors.com - probably the best Apple focused forums on the web (other than reddit, of course).

https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS7Hj1mBMGM/mark-gurman](https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS7Hj1mBMGM/mark-gurman) - stories from the ace Apple rumor reporter out there, Mark Gurman.

https://developer.apple.com/news/](https://developer.apple.com/news/) - Apple developer news, straight from the horses mouth.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/) - Apple PR newsroom.

https://512pixels.net - Good Apple hobbyist site.

https://eclecticlight.co - Mac troubleshooting oriented.

https://macdailynews.com/](https://macdailynews.com/) - Long-running Apple news aggregator.

https://www.aboveavalon.com - focuses on Apple financials.

https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewforum.php?f=19&sid=b86f431b9a5406eeb1452afc73d7096a](https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewforum.php?f=19&sid=b86f431b9a5406eeb1452afc73d7096a) - ArsTechnica Mac forums

๐Ÿ“ When You Don’t Have a Stop Button - What it is like living with a personality that never gets enough of anything pleasurable. - louplummer.lol/when-you-…

Stop Button

Today on App Addict - Keysmith - Record Automation Macros With Ease - Keysmith is an automation app that works in any other app on your Mac to record actions you can later trigger from a menu or with a keyboard shortcut. I’ve been a Keyboard Maestro user for many years. I have over 800 macros within that application and a lot of… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/keys… #Mac Apps ๐Ÿ“

A Keysmith macro to copy the daily note from Obsidian and create an entry in Day One

What is your IQ

What is your IQ - Your IQ score can vary throughout your life depending on your lifestyle. Heavy drinking is not recommended. - linkage.lol/what-is-y…

A graph showing the range of IQ scores

The south in the fall, cotton fields in snowy glory at sunset

A cotton field is set against a vibrant sunset sky with scattered clouds.