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Time is What You Make of It - someone asked me when I had time for myself because I write a lot, but my writing time is my “me time”. It’s a privilege, not a chore.
From my 100 Strangers Project - Susie was hanging out by the Cape Fear River down on the Wilmington waterfront when I caught her trying out her hula hoop.
Today on AppAddict - an old mac troubleshooting tool is back and I am feeling nostalgic. [Network Utility is available for download from Devonthink](apps.louplummer.lol/post/netw… totally free. It was part of the OS from the very first days of OS X up until Big Sur.
“We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.” - Stewart Udall
Stranger In a Strange Land, Revisited - I’ve been reexamining Robert A. Heinlein lately. After nearly worshipping him as a young person, I later wrote him off as a militarist and a misogynist, but discussions with other progressives have me investigating him as man of his time.
Time Capsule Atlanta, 1997 A blog post from way back in the day after I spent my first overnight in a big city a year after it hosted the Olympics. My shock at prices and some of my language choices reflect the difference between then and now.
From my 100 Strangers project - This is a candid shot I took of Scott rather than a portrait, but I liked it the best of the shots I took of him while he was getting his Wilmington, NC sandwich shop ready to open.
Today on App Addict - Disk Drill by Cleverfiles is data recovery software that comes with six free utilities including disk health monitor, Mac cleanup, duplicate finder, recovery drive, data protection and data backup.
Today marks 100 consecutive days that I have posted a review on AppAddict, a little website that I started on a whim to be able to talk to other people who have a download addiction. It’s done pretty good, been quoted in Lifehacker and the Verge and some developers have been quite nice. I❤️IndyWeb!
“The function of freedom is to free someone else.” - Toni Morrison
“Nobody is free until everybody is free.” - Fannie Lou Hamer
These two powerful quotes from two giants of our time, one literary and the other from the Civil Rights Movement capture something that I believe at the very core of who I am. It’s the essence of responsibility.
I think you can figure out a lot about a person if you know what books have had the most impact on them. At one point or another, each of these books was my current favorite. They all had a lasting impact on me. I’d love to see your list. - @amerpie
So far, five folks besides me have contributed their list of the 15 books that have had the most impact on them. I’d love to see more people join in. It’s a good way to see what led to people being who they are today. @tracydurnell @alexandra@social.lol @werd.io @goofpunk@mastodon.social @realityframeworks@mastodon.social
Taking a Mental Health Day - After too many meetings and too few decisions at work, there was only one cure for the stress,
From My 100 Strangers project - I caught Vanessa and her large personality downtown on a Sunday afternoon watching her break-dancing friends perform.
Today on AppAddict - [GoodLinks])(https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/goodlinks) is a dual-purpose app with a lot going for it. It’s both a bookmark manager and a read-it-later app. It’s a one-time $9.99 purchase in the App Store.
Facebook Purity a Browser Extension That Removes Some of the Evil - If you are on Facebook out of choice or through family obligations like me, this browser extension makes it somewhat bearable by disrupting the algorithm and hiding the gross parts.
True Confessions - My Life on the High Seas Back in the beginning days of the web, when Napster had 80 million users and torrents were a new thing, I might have downloaded some stuff.
From my 100 Strangers project - William self-described himself as a reformed old drunk and said he has now dedicated his life to helping people.
Today on AppAddict - Mac Uninstallers - App Cleaner vs. Pear Cleaner one is more bare bones but thorough. The other has more features but occasionally misses a few files.
