Today on AppAddict - a bargain if you can find it on sale, Alarm Clock Pro has multiple alarms, world clocks, timers, stopwatches, and automates emails, texts, program launches, web pages, sleep, wake, restart and shutdown. See the full review
I decided to start off my participation in WeblogPoMo2024 with a bit of humor, so I wrote A Treatise on Office Decorations. If you are a golfer and sensitive about it, you may want to skip this one. Same for hangers of cheesy posters.
📷 #mbApr Bonus Day 31 - Bubble At the North Carolina Dogwood Festival in Fayetteville
“The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case, however, we must arrest and slander them. Free speech is the backbone of a vibrant academic ecosystem. Just this once, though, we must silence and punish any student who speaks out.”
I made a multi-reddit to browse tech topics from 28 different communities. Lately it’s been almost unusable because almost 75% of the discussions are from one group in particular, r/windowshelp. LOL, what a shit show.
I retired in 2020 and it was a huge mistake. I didn’t have a plan to make use of my time and consequently, tried to set a record for the most hours spent napping in a single calendar year. I took a low-key job in a field I enjoy to rescue myself from the torpor. It worked and I’m glad! The story.
Today on App Addict - Toy Viewer a fast, free and dependable replacement for Apple Preview when viewing graphics or making minor edits. See my review
📷 #mbApr Day 30 - Hometown Fayetteville, NC, The Hometown of the 82nd Airborne and Special Forces at Ft. Liberty (nee Ft. Bragg) - The quintessential military town. Barber Shops, boot repair, pawn shops, used car lots #photography
Having lived my entire life in the South, I don’t know if pickled eggs are a Southern delicacy, or if they are enjoyed nationwide. (Please feel free to leave a comment enlightening me if you wish). A Recipe
OK, maybe I don’t hate Reddit anymore. Today has been the busiest day my little blog has ever seen.
I wrote a review of a 59-year old album because I’m a big old Bob Dylan Fan and maybe some of you have never given him a chance. Well, you ought to. The man is a genius and he’s important and he matters. Bringing It All Back Home
Have you heard about the uninvited AI bloatware that Logitech injected into their Logi Options mouse driver last week? It’s objectively terrible and a resource hog to boot. I suggest switching to BetterMouse, an $8 superior driver with advanced features. Here’s my review
📷 #mbApr Day 29 - Drift
Heading down Bogue Sound near Swansboro, NC #photography
The governor of Mississippi declared April to be Confederate Heritage Month. I’d like to dedicate this song to him. Here’s to the State of Mississippi
77 Types of Notes to Keep in #Obsidian
- A scratchpad for temporary text snippets
- Published blog posts
- Bookmarks via Raindrop.io
- People you work with (co-workers)
- Customers/Clients
- A record of your daily appointments
- Weather reports
- Restaurants where you’ve eaten
- Recipes
- Watched YouTube videos
- Watched movies
- Watched TV shows
- Music you’ve listened to
- Games you’ve played/bought
- Apps you want to buy
- Receipts via email
- Apps you own
- Analytics reports from your web site or blog
- Registration info for software you’ve purchased
- A record of interactions with your family members who live separately
- Random photos
- Saved blog posts from writers you like
- Phone numbers and contact information
- Two Factor Authentication backup codes
- Copies of your insurance cards
- Lyrics to your favorite songs
- Profile pictures to use on web sites
- Your bank routing number
- Podcasts you want to subscribe to
- Books you’ve read/want to read
- Vacation plans
- Your favorite memes
- Copies of vital documents like birth certificates, marriage licenses etc.
- A copy of your resume
- Your current and past goals
- A copy of your will
- A copy of your healthcare power of attorney
- The random poem you’ve written
- Cue sheets for long bicycle rides
- Jokes you want to remember
- A list of things you love
- A record of completed tasks from your task manager
- Your favorite quotes
- Transcripts of your Q&As with ChatGPT or Google Gemini
- Saved emails
- Notes from training you’ve attended
- The encryption key for Bitlocker or File Vault
- A brag document for your job
- Technical “How to” documents for computer related tasks
- Non-vital passwords
- Wifi passwords
- Imported web pages from your read it later service
- RSS feeds from your favorite blogs
- Software manuals
- Appliance manuals
- Default settings for your computer
- A record of your Amazon purchases
- End of the year “Best of” articles to check out on books, TV, podcasts, movies, articles
- Screenshots of social media posts you like
- Purchasing wish list
- Templates for various dataview queries
- Terminal or Powershell commands too complicated to remember
- How to write in Markdown
- Search tips, syntax and operators for your favorite search engine or AI
- API Keys for various web services
- Templates for your Obsidian plugins
- Templater snippets
- All the topics in your quotes collection
- Drafts blog posts
- A history of your social media posts
- A “To Watch” list for YouTube and television
- A daily gratitude list
- A record of new things you’ve learned
- Alarm codes for your relative’s houses
- A dataview query for notes created today
- A dataview query for notes modified today
- Waypoint Folder Notes for your important folders of notes
Today on App Addict, Backup Status, a notification center widget that gives you the status of your Time Machine backups at a glance. It’s the easiest way to keep up with the health of your backups. Just set it and forget it.
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. - Ezekial 25:17
National Talk Like Pulp Fiction Day
📷 #mbApr Day 28 - Community March 19,2005 at Ft. Bragg, NC - Led by Iraq Veterans Against the War and Military Families Speak Out, the largest antiwar demonstration outside a military base since Vietnam was the culmination of the most intense work I’ve ever done as a community activist. #photography
I’ve updated my /now page with all the usual stuff. I was on a writing frenzy this week, so there is links to all that, some good TV, my favorite blog post, a shirt from Basic Apple Guy and bookmark worthy web pages. My /now page
