Our new CIO decided to take away local admin rights from all users, which from a security standpoint is the right thing to do but from a cultural standpoint is a huge and unpopular change. As part of the public face of IT, it’s not been fun explaining this to folks.
Doc Watson, the blind folk guitarist from the NC mountains been gone for 12 years now but before he passed away, I got to see him perform live. It was the musical experience of a lifetime. His music has had special meaning to me for decades. The Essential Doc Watson - a Review
Back in the days of the pre-OS X classic Mac OS, you could configure the Apple Menu to serve as an app launcher and conduit to the folder system. XMenu, a free utility from Devon Technologies offers the same functionality.
The Sympathizer 1x02 "Good Little Asian"
As he adjusts to life in Los Angeles, the Captain is forced to find someone to implicate when the General begins to suspect a mole.
I think I’m going to have to unsubscribe to another famous Apple pundit’s RSS feed, even though he seems to be on everyone else’s blogroll. His work is just corporate apologist propaganda these days complete with antiworker barbs and too much “Don’t you know who I am”. Daring it ain’t.
Adventures in Camera Land - The story of a recent weekend spent chasing good snaps, featuring the Easter Bunny, some Green Berets, hookah-smoking coeds, a Lebanese delegation and lots of unphotographed children.
If you hate trying to read articles on Medium but would really like a way to see the content, all you have to do is go to archive.ph and paste in the URL or better yet, install the extension.
The Wire - Season One, Episode One, Scene One - The Masterpiece That Kicked It Off
I knew from the very first scene in the very first episode that The Wire was a going to be a great television series. Nothing before or since has topped it for me. I was fortunate enough to experience the show as it happened, week by week, season by season, although I’ve binged it several times since. You know a show is good when you find yourself wondering what the characters are up to these days. Except Omar, because that little punk assassinated him in the corner store as he was buying a pack of Newports and his beloved Honey Nut Cheerios.
Anyway, if you haven’t watched in a while or if you’ve forgotten the absolute masterpiece of a scene that kicked the series off, you owe it to yourself to give it a watch today. See homicide detective Jimmy McNulty get schooled on the way America works by a witness at a Baltimore murder scene.
Apparency by Mothers Ruin Software is an app that also serves as a plugin for the macOS QuickLook feature. After installing Apparency, you can select an app in the Finder, press the spacebar and get a variety of information in the resulting window.
📷 #mbApr Day 22 - Blue
Blue Jay taking the bait on my back deck. #photography # bird
In the pre-streaming days when my kids were young teenagers (circa the mid-90s) we could go rent movies on Friday nights and get an entire weekend’s worth of films for $5. It was glorious and makes for a fine memory. Remembering the 90s- the Video Store
If you use more than one browser or non-standard apps for things like YouTube, getting links to open in the app of your choice can be a pain. Using Opener by tijo inc., you can force links to open where you want them, not where your phone thinks they should open.
📷 #mbApr Day 21 - Mountain
Pike’s Peak as seen from Colorado Springs #photography
Pro tip - when browsing #Obsidian plugins, click the arrow in the browsing interface to change the sort order and see those most recently released. The plugin count is up to 1,626 as of today. My Obsidian Tips
I’ve come a long way from my Mom’s table in the 70s eating the Old El Paso variety with grated cheddar cheese and shredded iceberg lettuce. Tacos - A Love Affair
The One a Month Club's I've Joined So Far
Ever since @jarrod started the One a Month , I’ve looked for people to acknowledge with that token contribution. It’s not much, obviously, but it’s really the thought and the tangible appreciation that really count. I encourage everyone to pick out a few of your favorites to do the same thing.
So far I’m supporting:
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Hey Dingus for his shortcuts and regular links posts
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Matt Langford for his work on Tiny Theme
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Manuel Moreale for his People and Blogs newsletter
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Flohgro- For his work on Drafts and Raycast
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Vlad Campos - For his videos on Obsidian and Evernote
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Numeric Citizen - For his videos about Micro.blog
It’s Saturday, time to update my /now page - with book suggestions, what’s good on TV, the stuff I wrote (including lots of app reviews), the best socks money can buy and what I cool stuff I found on the Internet this week. My /now Page
This Weeks Bookmarks - Internet Fame, Bizarre Golf Courses, Stadium Names, Nature Photography Winners, SNL's Best Clip Ever, 10 Words You Mispronounce, Penguins!
Winners 2024 — WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
The 10 most bizarre golf courses in the world | CNN
A history of the American economy through stadium names - Sherwood News
‘Wirecutter’ Best Wok Pick Shows Perils of Internet Fame - Bloomberg (archive.ph)
Beavis and Butt-Head - SNL (youtube.com)
10 Common Words You’re Probably Mispronouncing (mentalfloss.com)
iOS has a list of triggers you can use to launch shortcuts but for some reason Apple chose not to include that feature in macOS. Shortery from UnitNo5 steps in to fill that gap. It includes 17 triggers including time, WIFi connections and folder contents.
