📝 Civic Duties - Some reflections on voting in the US presidential election of 2024 - louplummer.lol/civic-dut…
Today on App Addict - Duplicati - Free Encrypted Offsite Backup for Your Mac - I am a firm believer in establishing a backup routine with multiple failsafes. I’ve managed to hold on to some of my data for over 25 years as a result. Yep, I still have the MP3 files I downloaded from Napster in the 90s. I run... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/10/21/today-on-app.html
For the Sake of All that is Holy - Back Up Your Computer - You need a backup of your computer and your phone. If you don’t have one, you WILL lose data one day. - linkage.lol/back-up-y…
📝 Shooting Down Stereotypes - Try to quit making assumptions and quit feeling like you have to live up to them. - louplummer.lol/shooting-…
Today on App Addict - ClickKnow - A Different Kind of AI Tool - Most AI tools on the market these days fall into one of two categories:
• Writing assistants that correct spelling and grammar or do other text manipulation
• Basic question answering or search engine type functions
ClickKnow by independent d... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/10/20/today-on-app.html
Cool Tools and New Skills for Bloggers - A few links with some instruction and inspiration for the independent bloggers out there. - linkage.lol/cool-tool…
I made the weekly update to my /now page - Joan Westernberg, Bad Monkey, cheap but good earbuds, lots of blog posts, some links I added to my personal collection
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/joan-westenberg.webp https://amerpie.omg.lol/now
This Week's Bookmarks - Grocery Prices Worldwide, Wildlife Photo Winners, The Truth about Media Lies, Stranger's Project, Content Creators vs. Journalists, 2004 the 1st Year of the Future, Great Talk from XOXO Conference https://amerpie.lol/2024/10/19/this-weeks-bookmarks.html
📝 Procrastinator’s Anonymous - My favorite time to do anything is “not right now.” - louplummer.lol/procrasti…
One of the Greatest Movie Scenes Ever - Full Metal Jacket (1987) https://amerpie.lol/2024/10/19/one-of-the.html
Today on App Addict - Kiano - A Unique Image Sorter and Viewer for Apple Photos - Kiano, a free app from the Visual Computing Group, provides a unique way to view and search your photo library. On my M3 iMac, it analyzed 22K images in about two and half minutes. It then displayed a grid of all the photos g... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/10/19/today-on-app.html
Some Links for Music Lovers - Info on Odesli, Album Whale, AllMusic and Last.fm - linkage.lol/some-link…
📝 My Letter to a Homophobic Friend - I found a letter I wrote to a homophobic friend 27 years ago and I reflect on what is different and what is the same in 2024. - louplummer.lol/my-letter…
Today on App Addict - Deskpad - A Virtual Monitor for Screen Sharing - If you have a large monitor and have the need to share your screen with others, you can experience issues when they can’t match your resolution. The free app, Deskpad, creates a virtual display within an application window that you can ... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/10/18/today-on-app.html
OMG.LOL is the Best Thing on the Internet - The community at OMG.LOL along with the services offered are the best thing on the Internet. - linkage.lol/omglol-is…
https://linkage.lol/omglol-is-the-best-thing-on-the-internet/
📝 Doing the Best We Can - For once, pop psychology gets it right. We are doing the best we can do with what we have to work with. - louplummer.lol/doing-the…
Today on App Addict - Five Free Single Purpose Apps - I’ve been making my way through some of the recent additions at thriftmac and testing some of the most useful looking apps. Here are five that address some real world issues in a simple and understandable way. You won’t have to spend a lot of time readi... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/10/17/today-on-app.html
Bump Up Your Meme Game - A good meme says a lot. Here are some famous ones to study and a website to make your own. - linkage.lol/bump-up-y…
📝 Blogs Are Not Commodities - The blogs I like are building blocks of something beautiful and heartfelt, not optimized, market driven revenue generators - louplummer.lol/blogs-are…
Today on App Addict - Gladys - Free Shelf Utility that Syncs With iOS - I recently discovered Gladys, a free app that allows you to stash a variety of data types an a shelf on your computer display to retrieve later or to access from another computer or iOS device. I quickly tested:
• A dragged image from ... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/10/16/today-on-app.html