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
The Sporting Life
The Sporting Life - Reflections on sports in my own life and in the society we live in - louplummer.lol/the-sport… #Blaugust2024
From my 100 Strangers project - Shereesa didn’t want me to take her picture at first and used Chucky as a stand in. Later she let me get a few shots once I showed her some on my camera, but I have always liked this one.
Onyx for Mac
Today on App Addict - Onyx for Mac - Since 2003, Titanium Software has been issuing its free system maintenance and tweaking utility, Onyx for every major release of macOS. Currently there is a mature version of Sonoma and a beta version of Sequoia, although you can still download versions going all the way back to Jaguar, Mac OS… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/onyx… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
Creating a Home Streaming Server on the Cheap
Creating a Home Streaming Server on the Cheap - Links to the free software and cheap hardware to needed to convert your DVD library to streaming media - linkage.lol/creating-… #Blaugust2024
Workplace Lessons Learned
Workplace Lessons Learned - After 30 years of being an organizational IT guy, I have some opinions on stereotypes and customer service. - louplummer.lol/workplace… #Blaugust2024
From my 100 Strangers project - Terry was the consummate, smooth-talking salesman trying to move antiques from his place at the flea market at the North Carolina state fairgrounds in Raleigh. I asked about his hat, and he told that yes, it was for sale too.
Software for Mounting and Writing to NTFS Drives on a Mac
Today on App Addict - Software for Mounting and Writing to NTFS Drives on a Mac - I need to write to external NTFS formatted drives from my M3 iMac on a regular basis for my job. I investigated the free options, primarily Mounty and found them to have a little too much friction for me on a computer running Sonoma with the aforementioned Apple Silicon. I… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/soft… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024
Flamed Fury - A Personal Website Well Done
Flamed Fury - A Personal Website Well Done - New Zealander, Flamed, has a well designed and maintained personal website that serves as an example for any new Indy Web folks looking for inspiration - linkage.lol/flamed-fu… #Blaugust2024
Moving
Moving - I managed to attend 13 schools in 12 years growing up. Here are some stories about what that was like. - louplummer.lol/moving/ #Blaugust2024
From my 100 Strangers project - Larique was shooting strangers with bubbles like he didn’t even care. I asked him if anyone had gotten mad at him and he assured me they hadn’t. “I just smile at them” he told me.
