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

Type app Interface

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

SEO Words

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

Guilt statue

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.

A police officer and a woman observe a man giving a peace sign while sitting on a rickshaw in a tree-lined park area.

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

Meteorologist menu bar display

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

A Family Walking on the Beach

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

Law enforcement men standing around a captured still

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.

A man shines another man's shoes on a street corner. The seated man looks contemplative, resting his head on his hand, while the shiner focuses on polishing.

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

Twos App Screenshot

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

Original Pong game

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

Black athletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City

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.

A person carries a large stitched-up, dreadlocked doll with a creepy smile while another person looks ahead in an outdoor market setting.

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

Onyx logo

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

Handbreak’s Pineapple Logo

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

Rude computer guy

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.

Man smiling at an outdoor antique market against a background of old furniture and people browsing.