Writing
๐ What Do You Do on That Thing All Day - A day in the life of my laptop - louplummer.lol/what-do-y…
Today on App Addict - Cork for Homebrew - I’ve been experimenting with GUI apps for Homebrew this year. Whenever I’ve posted about them, other have encouraged me to try Cork, by independent developer David Bureลก, and so I purchased a license a few weeks ago and I have been using it ever since. Installation was straightforward but I… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/cork… #Mac Apps ๐
I updated my now page - with links to a classic American biography, the best TV show playing, lots of blog posts, my Amazon find of the week and all the sites I bookmarked.
๐ New Apple Stuff and the Regular People - Those of us looking forward to updating our Apple devices are the minority and we are the abnormal ones - louplummer.lol/new-apple…
๐ On Working - Even though American workers are often exploited and lacking in protections, there is still value in having a good work ethic. - louplummer.lol/on-workin…
Today on App Addict - Five Free Single Purpose Apps - โข Dockey is an app that controls a few dock preferences: position, show/hide, animation speed, show/hide speed. Some of these choices are available in System settings. Others require you to run a terminal command unless you use something like Dockey. โข Hyperduck by indy developer Sindre Sorhus is an app… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/five… #Mac Apps ๐
๐ The Last Bottle of Bourbon - Written for the IndyWeb Carnival’s Suicide Prevention Month Campaign, I describe me own recovery from life’s lowest point. - louplummer.lol/power-und…
Remembering Tony Soprano
Remembering Tony Soprano - The Sopranos (1999-2006) was one of the greatest television shows ever and the characters portrayed some of the most memorable. - linkage.lol/rememberi…
๐ Freelancing in the Old Days - Back in the 90s I was a freelance computer guy who did everything from hardware repairs to business setups. It was eventful. - louplummer.lol/freelanci…
Today on App Addict - XnConvert - Free Batch Image Converter and Editor - XnConvert is a free and powerful application for batch editing and conversion of graphics files. It can handle 500 different kinds of input files and it outputs over 70 different formats. It allows you to save any task sequence of combined settings to include edits, output format, naming convention and… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/xnco… #Mac Apps ๐
๐ What’s in a Name - How I escaped from a Johnny Cash song to become the man I am today. - louplummer.lol/what-s-in…
๐ Born a Rockefeller - I’ve known since her middle school years that my oldest daughter was destined for a remarkable life - louplummer.lol/born-a-ro…
Today on App Addict - Badgeify - Notifications in Your Menu Bar - In today’s connected environment notifications can be vital or they can be an unwelcome hinderance. It’s different for each individual. Personally, I don’t get so many that it interferes with my work, and I prefer to find out someone is attempting to contact me as soon as possible. I operate… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/badg… #Mac Apps ๐
The Funniest Sites on the Internet
The Funniest Sites on the Internet - A list of places to make you laugh when you are bored or sad - linkage.lol/the-funni…
๐ How to Get Lots of Internet Points - Getting lots of “engagement” on your “content” is gross. Just be a good writer about interesting stuff and follow IndyWeb principles. - louplummer.lol/how-to-ge…
Updated my /now page with the book I’m reading, the TV show we’re watching, what tastes good this week, what I wrote, where I went on the Internet.
Minor League Baseball
Minor League Baseball - Minor League baseball is an affordable and accessible family activity and can build fond memories - linkage.lol/minor-lea…
๐ Easy Things vs. Hard Things - We all decided what skills make a person an exceptional athlete, but what about other talents and shortcomings? - louplummer.lol/easy-thin…
๐ Breaking Things - I have a history of fighting computers until the wee hours of the morning after breaking them after questionable decisions - louplummer.lol/breaking-…
Today on App Addict - Topgrade - Upgrade All the Things - One of the more useful Homebrew apps I’ve found is topgrade-rs, the currently maintained fork of topgrade, an updater for Homebrew, the Mac App Store, MacOS, VSCode extensions and Rust. It is supremely easy to use. Just enter the command topgrade in Terminal and sit back while it does the… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/topg… ๐
