Paletro - Add a Command Palette to Any App
Today on App Addict - Paletro - Add a Command Palette to Any App - Paletro, by appmakes.io, is a $6.99 utility that gives you a command palette in any app. Large, multifunction apps with many commands like VScode, Sublime Text or Obsidian can have dozens of menu commands and good luck to the intrepid user who tries to remember them all. That’s why those… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/pale… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
A group of instructors from the Special Operations language school at Ft. Liberty play cricket at my neighborhood elementary school on weekends. They very graciously let me watch and take photos.
One of my favorite quotes of all time -
“I will not stay silent so that you can stay comfortable.” - Mary Engelbreit
Who Doesn't Love Pizza
Who Doesn’t Love Pizza - The Origin of Pizza, The Varieties of Pizza, Top Pizza Joints in the US, The World’s Best Pizza - linkage.lol/who-doesn… #Blaugust2024
The Norman Rockwell Painting That Changed the Internet For Me
The Norman Rockwell Painting That Changed the Internet For Me - The story of a Norman Rockwell painting of a civil rights murder case that went viral after I posted it in 2017. - louplummer.lol/murder-in… #Blaugust2024
From my 100 Strangers project - Harold wasn’t the friendliest guy I ever photographed, but he’d just gotten off work and was on the way to the subway, so I cut him slack. He did affirm that he “works on Wall Street,” something I suppose a lot of bankers aspire to,
Quick Note Taking – Type
Today on App Addict - Quick Note Taking – Type - Type is a menu bar app designed with one purpose in mind, to capture time-stamped notes in plain text or Markdown format quickly and to get out of your way. It’s fast and more versatile than using the fn+Q Apple Quick Note feature which doesn’t time stamp and is available… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/quic… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
One of my favorite mood lifters is making gratitude lists: home grown tomatoes, the first day it feels like fall, the cool side of the pillow, a good waitress, Bob Dylan, new socks, audiobooks, texts from my kids, days my knees don’t hurt, a good cuppa, a decade and a half of sobriety and you 😉
Totally Academic, Not Prurient, Look at the Internet and the Adult Industry
Totally Academic, Not Prurient, Look at the Internet and the Adult Industry - A look at the technological and economic impact of the adult web industry - linkage.lol/academic-… #Blaugust2024
The Guilt Industrial Complex
The Guilt Industrial Complex - An examination of guilt as a motivator and a hinderance in a healthy life - louplummer.lol/guilt-ind… #Blaugust2024
From my 100 Strangers project - Dike, a Nigerian immigrant earning a tough living as a pedicab driver in NYC was nonplussed by the police efforts to get him to move from his location near the entrance to the Central Park Zoo.
Meteorologist - Free and Open-Source Menu Bar Weather
Today on App Addict - Meteorologist - Free and Open-Source Menu Bar Weather - Keeping track of current weather conditions and forecasts is a breeze (no pun intended) with the free and powerful menu bar app. Meteorologist, a free and open-source utility available on Sourceforge. I’ve user Meteorologist for years and have been impressed by a steady stream of updates.
To save on… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/mete… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
To all who watched - thanks for taking one for the team!
There are many successful people who live with mental illness and have good jobs and happy lives. More have recovered from depression, anxiety and other short-term illnesses. It concerns me that we are target vulnerable people as scapegoats for our lack of gun control. Fix the real problem.
I Am From
I Am From - A poem from my sister about her roots and mine, beautifully put - louplummer.lol/i-am-from… #Blaugust2024
Moonshine
Moonshine - Moonshine is still made and sold where I live and our history is rife with stories about famous moonshiners. - linkage.lol/moonshine… #Blaugust2024
Self Educated - Represent!
Self Educated - Represent! - After a middling experience in public education, I managed to use books and the Internet to forge a career in technology - louplummer.lol/self-educ… #Blaugust2024
From my 100 Strangers project - Mr. Ed had his very simple shoeshine stand (a folding chair) set up outside of a subway stop on lower Broadway. Larry, the tired businessman shown, said that he stops by for a tune up every few days.
Twos App Users Really Love It
Today on App Addict - Twos App Users Really Love It - Every once in a while, an app is so well received that an entire community grows up around it. Evernote used to be like that before it started to suck. Obsidian is like that, just look at the YouTube videos and blogs. I’ve recently discovered that Twos, a combination calendar,… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/twos… #Universal Apps #Blaugust2024
Pong Took the World by Storm
Pong Took the World by Storm - The video game, Pong, revolutionized entertainment in the 70s and was once Sears biggest selling item of all time. - linkage.lol/pong-took… #Blaugust2024
