Writing
Tattoo Facts
Tattoo Facts - A full third of Americans have at least one tattoo and people have benn getting them for over 5,000 years. - linkage.lol/tattoo-fa…
π Non-Toxic Masculinity - Testosterone fueled chest thumping and belittling behaviors aren’t required and aren’t appreciated - louplummer.lol/non-toxic…
π Books and More Books, Never Enough - I am a lifelong reader of a great variety of books, lowbrow and highbrow and I’ll never have enough of them. - louplummer.lol/books-and…
Today on App Addict - MacTube - An Ad-Free YouTube Player and More - Mac Tube is an ad-free YouTube player currently also supporting AppleTV, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Max, Disney+, Peacock, Tubi and CrunchyRoll as well as Vimeo, Twitch, Ted Talks, BigThink and TikTok. The developer’s website doesn’t it make it clear, but the Mac App Store version of the app, known… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/pear… #Mac Apps π
Everyone Talks About the Weather
π Everyone Talks About the Weather - We may feel like we are in control of our environment, but mother nature has ways to prove that to be a fallacy. - louplummer.lol/everyone-…
Moustaches Everywhere
Moustaches Everywhere - The moustache has made a comeback, and I didn’t know it until I traveled away from provincial little city - linkage.lol/moustache…
My Partner
π My Partner - I think my wife is awesome and she just keeps getting better. - louplummer.lol/my-partne…
How to Be Yourself and Get Along Online
π How to Be Yourself and Get Along Online - You can do two contradictory things and still have flourishing online relationships by taking some ancient advice - louplummer.lol/how-to-be…
A Curated Collection of Free Software
A Curated Collection of Free Software - A collection of reviews and links to free Mac software - linkage.lol/a-curated…
Osa the Dog and the Last Goodbye
π Osa the Dog and the Last Goodbye - Sad news reunites a family to say goodbye to a beloved member. - louplummer.lol/osa-the-d…
People Watching in Austin
π People Watching in Austin- A day spent traveling and tooling around one of America’s coolest cities provided excellent opportunities to watch people do their thing. - louplummer.lol/people-wa… #Blaugust2024
We Are the Stories We Tell
π We Are the Stories We Tell - Each of us is a collection of stories, our own and the ones we’ve collected through the years - louplummer.lol/we-are-th… #Blaugust2024
Today on App Addict - Screen Memory - I recently purchased the single purpose utility, Screen Memory on sale from Bundle Hunt for $6. On the developer’s website it goes for $27 and can be used on up to three computers. The app takes screenshots of your entire monitor (or monitors) at a predetermined interval. The default is… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/scre… #Mac Apps π #Blaugust2024
Going to Texas
βοΈ Going to Texas - I have a trip planned to Austin, TX where I’m going to eat Tex-Mex and barbecue, visit HEB and Half-Price Books and enjoy my family. - louplummer.lol/going-to-… #Blaugust2024
Sportsball
π Sportsball - I’m a cranky sports fan with standards and judgements galore, but I still enjoy them. - louplummer.lol/sportsbal… #Blaugust2024
My 10 Favorite Cross-Platform Apps
π 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. Β 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 need to convert HTML into markdown, it’s as simple as… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/my-1… #Universal Apps #Blaugust2024
What Do You Do for Fun
π 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
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.
My Backup Strategy
π 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 will dictate what kind of tools you want to use.
Everyone who uses a Mac should have a Time Machine backup drive. My primary home computer is a laptop, so I don’t leave the external Time Machine connected all the time, but i do connect it every night. This gives me a restore point for every day on the calendar if I need to recover some missing files, as well as a way to restore my entire computer in case of drive failure.
Once a month I use the drive cloning app, SuperDuper to make a bootable backup of my entire hard drive. I keep that in my car when I am not using it in case something catastrophic happens to the house.
I also take full advantage of cloud storage accounts. All of my photos are copied to iCloud Photos, Google Photos and Amazon Photos. My documents folder is synced with iCloud and while there is a difference between backup and syncing, it does provide a second copy of what’s currently on my hard drive.
One of my most valuable (to me) sets of documents are my blog archives. I have multiple backups of them, including a synced copy on Google Drive, a copy on Obsidian Sync and a copy on GitHub.
Aside from my personal laptop, I also use a Mac at work. I use Google Drive and One Drive to sync files between the two devices, primarily my downloads folder to save myself the hassle of having to download things on both machines.
Use This Curse on Your Worst Enemy - If I could do one thing to my worst enemy, I would make him self-centered.
