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For five years I’ve used the free random password generator app PSWD from the Mac App Store, and I’ve been happy with it. Since I first installed the app, the developer released a number of minor updates, the last in July 2023, three...
Turns out that over 19 years of Nozbe we’ve served customers from 165 countries! Hundred Sixty Five! And these are not just free users, but we’re talking about paying customers. This small stat made my day today. Paying customers from...
There are many aspects to life. When you let one of these aspects dominate the rest—say, a job, a relationship, a professional goal, or a vocation—you also tie your happiness to it. Whenever it inevitably fluctuates, so will your sense...
When Jack Cheng teaches his son not to throw toys, he says, “When you throw choo choo, choo choo has an ouchie. Then choo choo feels sad.” In a literal sense, the toy train doesn’t “have” consciousness, the same way that a Word document...
Twenty years ago, one of our members learned a hard lesson about software updates. It was a cool fall afternoon in the corporate headquarters. They sat in an open cubicle area arranged in a U-shape. From their central seat, they could...
If you want to record the screen from your iPhone on your Mac, open the QuickTime Player app but ignore New Screen Recording, and click on New Movie Recording instead. This instruction is a fever dream of three weird things in sequence:...
[the following is a scatterbrained ventpost. we find that there is utility in blasting our incomplete thoughts about our upbringing, as it sometimes helps jog our memories and pulls forward a better understanding of our deeply-hidden...
It's Saturday Morning, and while you're waiting for TV to 'start', here's a collection of highlights from the archives including Bob Fischer and Chris Shaw on Looks Unfamiliar and thoughts on The Flashing Blade, Blue Jam and Zokko!...
Laurie Johnson's great lost soundtrack for Hammer's original Vampire Slayer - available at last!
There’s no kitchen in my hotel room. Just a microwave and mini-fridge tucked into a cabinet. If I’m gonna be here until the end of August, I need to find a way to make food that meets my needs without getting sucked into the fast food...
The trailer for the upcoming Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment, 2027) contains a classic investigation wall. ▲ Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment,...
Laura and I were really excited to see the MDK post about celebrating the wins. I have seen this concept on YouTube as well recently. The idea is to reserve a page in your planner or journal to create a “wins list”. And it doesn’t have...
Tags: #photos #sketches The rocks are in a different configuration, but that has always been true. There are still rocks. And there are still waves, and still sand. The creatures that are here have been here since long before I came on...
Another orchid from last year’s Hilo Orchid Show. This year’s show is in a couple of weeks and I plan on visiting again. Might have to do a couple of months of orchid photos! Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
Herman Chernoff passed away on July 6, 5 days after turning 103. Ravi Boppana wrote a guest post about Chernoff's life for his 100th birthday. Let me talk about his most famous work, the Chernoff Bounds themselves. If you have a coin...