Dynamic Lake Pro - An App for the Notch

Today on App Addict - Dynamic Lake Pro - An App for the Notch - In my ongoing search for an app to take advantage of the notch on my M2 MacBook Air, I bought Dynamic Lake Pro today after the developer offered a 20% discount on Reddit.  The app provides a variety of information from system controls and applications.

General Controls You can elect… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/dyna… #Blaugust2024

Woodie Guthrie - American

Woodie Guthrie - American - Woodie Guthrie was an American folk singer and songwriter whose music championed and disenfranchised the working people of America. - linkage.lol/woodie-gu… #Blaugust2024

Woodie Guthrie

Website Fiddling

Website Fiddling - Thoughts on design from a non-designer who just wants to have an attractive site like his friends - louplummer.lol/website-f… #Blaugust2024

Blogging graphic

From My 100 Strangers project - Cherrelle was watching her nephews trying their hands at making free throws at a carnival booth set up in a Charlote courtyard. Like us, she was just in town just for the day.

Woman with curly hair wearing a striped top looking at the camera, standing with another woman in an urban area with people and an escalator in the background.

NotchNook - Not Ready for Prime Time

Today on App Addict - NotchNook - Not Ready for Prime Time - After reading about NotchNook on Reddit and seeing the 35% off offer from the $25 purchase price, I purchased it to test it out. I reenabled the notch on my MacBook, which I had turned off with Better Monitor. The installation was straightforward, requiring access to the camera, microphone and… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/notc… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024

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I have to admit, AI has saved me a lot of time. Every time I start reading about some interesting new app or service or product and see that it has “AI”, I immediately stop reading and don’t waste any more time on that thing. - bit101

This Week's Bookmarks - New Dictionary Words, $5K Pants, Guide To Computing 45-90, Animal Misconceptions, Smart Crows, Hit Songs That Were Faked, 50 Best Romance books

Remembering Geocities

Remembering Geocities - A look at the first web home many Gen X and Boomers ever had, Geocities - linkage.lol/remembero… #Blaugust2024

An old Geocities home page

A Computer Is a Hammer

A Computer Is a Hammer - Computers are tools you should use to their fullest potential so quit worrying about overburdening your new MacBook. - louplummer.lol/a-compute… #Blaugust2024

From my 100 Strangers project - I asked LuAnn how long she had been working behind the counter at Sherry’s Bakery in Dunn, NC and she told me 17 years. When asked how many hotdogs she served in that period, she laughed and said “Lord, I don’t know. Feels like a million!”

A person assembles food on a counter, surrounded by kitchen equipment and utensils, with order tickets clipped above and condiment bottles nearby.

Swift Shift - A Free Tool to Move and Resize Windows

Today on App Addict - Swift Shift - A Free Tool to Move and Resize Windows - Using keyboard shortcuts you define, Swift Shift allows you to easily move and resize windows without searching for the title bar or waiting for tiny arrows to appear. On my Mac, I set the hyperkey (CapsLock) to activate move mode. Now, when I press the key, whatever window is under… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/swif… #Mac Apps #Blaugust2024

Swift Shift prefs

Eastern North Carolina Barbecue

Eastern North Carolina Barbecue - Eastern North Carolina Barbecue refers to whole hog pork, cooked low and slow and seasoned with a vinegar-based sauce #Blaugust2024 - linkage.lol/eastern-n… #Blaugust2024

Man cooking whole hog barbecue

Confessions of a Non-Gamer

Confessions of a Non-Gamer - As a longtime technology fan, I remain baffled by the fact that I have never been able to enjoy video gaming, despite trying - louplummer.lol/confessio… #Blaugust2024

Old man at a computer

From my 100 Strangers Project - Dallas was working in Charleston, SC, South of Broad, in bitterly cold February weather. I asked him if he was used to it and he said “Hell, no. This is supposed to be South Carolina!” #Blaugust2024

A construction worker wearing a hard hat and a hooded jacket holds a smartphone in one hand and a cigarette in their mouth, standing outdoors near a concrete pillar.

Musebox - A Photographer's Bargain

Today on App Addict - Musebox - A Photographer’s Bargain - Musebox, a digital asset (photos, graphics, videos) management application by brushedpixel is a remarkable and affordable (one-time purchase of $10 for now) substitute for multi-featured programs like Adobe Lightroom, Apple Photos or Mylio. It has a variety of import, export, editing and management features.

You can import photos from digital… - apps.louplummer.lol/post/muse…

Musebox interface

A True Crime Classic, Close to Home - The 1970 murders of his wife and daughters by Army Special Forces doctor Jeffery McDonald happened just a few miles from my home #Blaugust2024 - linkage.lol/a-true-cr… #Blaugust2024

Jeffery McDonald and the house where he killed his family

Blaugust Introduction - An introductory post for new readers who stumble on to this blog because of #Blaugust2024 - louplummer.lol/blaugust-… #Blaugust2024

From my 100 Strangers project - Despite his fierce look in this photo, Al was engaging and funny. He was working a part time gig as a parking lot attendant in Charlotte for a Panthers game. I stuck around a while to listen to him tell stories about growing up during segregation in NC’s biggest city.

A man wearing a knit hat and striped jacket stands in profile, looking serious, against a textured concrete wall.

Today on App Addict - Karabiner Elements to the Rescue - After an unexplained failure of a previous workflow, I used the free keyboard mapping utility, Karabiner Elements, to reenable my hyperkey and turn of CapsLock when macOS baled at letting me do it.

apps.louplummer.lol/post/kara… #Mac #Blaugust2024

Karabiner Elements interface

German POW Camps in the US

German POW Camps in the US , My Grandmother’s stories of German POWs at Ft. Bragg in WW2 , linkage.lol/german-po…