What Do You Do for Fun
📝 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
Battle of the Bookmark Managers
Today on App Addict - Battle of the Bookmark Managers - Aside from browsers, I have several apps on my hard drive for collecting and organizing bookmarks: • Goodlinks (also has read it later features) • Bookmarks • One Bookmark • Raindrop.io
There are many more with Anybox and Pinboard and its various clients also being very popular.
My personal favorite,… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/batt… #Mac Apps #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
📝 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.
Just a Reminder That Facebook is Evil
Just a Reminder That Facebook is Evil - Facebook and other Meta apps are invasive, privacy invading, hate filled platforms that harm minors. Just a reminder. - linkage.lol/just-a-re… #Blaugust2024
Avoid Mackup If Running Sonoma or Later
Today on App Addict - Avoid Mackup If Running Sonoma or Later - A couple of weeks ago I saw a post on r/MacApps for a utility that purported to back up your preferences for a large number of apps, including perennial favorites Keyboard Maestro, Hazel, Bartender, Text Expander and others. The name of the utility is Mackup and it is available on… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/avoi… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
The Real History of the Buffalo Wing
The Real History of the Buffalo Wing - The history of the Buffalo wing, a recipe and the surprisingly huge (82k) Reddit devoted to the dish - linkage.lol/the-real-… #Blaugust2024
The Perfect Blogger
📝 The Perfect Blogger - The perfect blogger is an original, opinionated observer and explainer of the exciting and the mundane. - louplummer.lol/the-perfe… #Blaugust2024
Rambox - A Browser for Apps
Today on App Addict - Rambox - A Browser for Apps - I took advantage of an offer at AppSumo this week to get a lifetime license to Rambox Pro for $5 (discontinued). It’s normally $5.83 a month, although the free version has most of the paid features minus extension support and syncing between devices. Rambox is a specialized Chromium browser designed… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/ramb… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
This Week's Bookmarks - YouTube Enhancement, Animal Game, Word Association, Best Delis, How to Sleep, Privacy Tools, iPhone Photography
Surf YouTube Like It’s TV Channels
WildGuesser - Guess The Animal
The Internet’s Largest Word Association Game
The Best Deli in Every State | Find a Delicatessen Near You (tasteofhome.com)
How to sleep better while traveling - The Washington Post
The Best Privacy Tools, Services, and Ad-Free Recommendations - Privacy Guides
2024 Winning Photographers – IPPAWARDS | iPhone Photography Awards
Looking for the Little Things
📝 Looking for the Little Things - Life is absolutely full to brimming of little pleasures if we will slow down and recognize them. - louplummer.lol/looking-f… #Blaugust2024
Free and Cheap Tools for Bloggers
Free and Cheap Tools for Bloggers - Graphics, Writing Aids, Analytics, HTML and CSS Help and other tools for bloggers all for free or cheap - linkage.lol/free-and-… #Blaugust2024
11 Plugins for QuickLook
Today on App Addict - 11 Plugins for QuickLook - One of my favorite features of macOS is QuickLook, activated by pressing the spacebar when you have a file highlighted in the Finder, it enables you to view the contents of a file without having to open an application. The problem is that there are many file types that don’t… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/11-p… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
Cloudhiker - StumbleUpon for the IndyWeb
Cloudhiker - StumbleUpon for the IndyWeb - A randomized recommendation based tool for discovering and sharing new high-quality websites and blogs - linkage.lol/cloudhike… #Blaugust2024
Brothers and Sister
Brothers and Sister - My two brothers and my sister are smart, kind, virtuous people. I want you to meet them. - louplummer.lol/brothers-… #Blaugust2024
Good morning sunshine! Dawn over Bogue Sound in North Carolina
A Few GUI Tools for the Homebrew Curious
Today on App Addict - A Few GUI Tools for the Homebrew Curious - If you’d like to explore some of what’s available in macOS through Homebrew, the command line package manager but you are a little intimidated by the terminal, you are in luck. There are some apps with graphical user interfaces to help you see what’s available, what you have installed and… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/a-fe… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
The Best Watermelons in the World
The Best Watermelons in the World - The watermelon is the world’s best fruit, and the best ones are grown along Bogue Sound in North Carolina - linkage.lol/the-best-… #Blaugust2024
I Am Not Proud
I Am Not Proud - How not caring what other people think about me and not competing in imaginary contests is a benefit. - louplummer.lol/i-am-not-… #Blaugust2024
