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Yes, I'm writing this post in July of 2021. I don't know what to tell you. Number of posts per month: January – 20 February – 7 March – 27 April – 48 May – 29 June – 22 July – 16 August – 21 September – 45 October – 28 November – 58 December – 32 Total…
Tyler Hall: A few weeks ago I built a niche little app idea dubbed MeetingBuddy. You choose a target app from a pre-defined list (or pick any app on your Mac) and a time interval and MeetingBuddy starts screenshotting that app's windows. Each recording session goes into its own folder where all of the screenshots are organized by…
Duck.com: Get a free, personal @duck.com email address. Emails sent to it will forward to your regular inbox, with creepy email trackers removed. What a great way to use that domain name!
Automattic: As part of Automattic, Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favorite podcasts (or find something new). We will explore building deep integrations with WordPress.com and Pocket Casts, making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts. We’re thrilled that we can continue to give our users a multitude of…
I still miss Anthony Bourdain very much. See this and this. I was somewhat excited to learn that a documentary about him was being made. The only thing that kept me from full-on excitement was that I still haven't been able to bring myself to rewatch all of his episodes. And I've been wanting to for a few…
Hot on the heels of yesterday's cringe-worthy boastfulness of the Lightograph "inventor" is this unassuming yet wonderful monthly video vignette from Russel Davies. Russell Davies: For some reason I do these 1-second-every-day videos every month. And I set aside a few hours every month to make a piece of music, which I stick on top. Follow the link…
Jeremy Cowart, proposed inventor of the Lightograph: It is not a motion-picture because there is no motion. It is not a photograph because the light evolves. Interesting, for sure. I'm going to watch to see how this plays out but I definitely have mixed feelings about the entire thing.
If you're near Endwell, NY you have to eat here With the holiday I stayed off the computer as much as possible as per usual. I have some great links in the hopper but they may take a week or two to get onto these lists as I process them. Here are this week's links: Afghan portraits by…
At work we recently changed domain names and ever since my Mac's OneDrive syncing utility would stop syncing and error when I tried to log back in. To fix the issue our support technician needed to reset OneDrive. I learned that OneDrive comes with a .command file that can be run to reset OneDrive. Use this with caution!…
👉 Lucy Bellwood: Just a Shower Thought Addendum: I know we feel compelled to check in on people when they haven’t posted on social media in a while—as if that’s the best external marker of mental health—but what if being absent from social media was the healthy norm and anyone posting a great deal got showered with direct contact from…
A small fire on Cayuga Lake in New York It is hard to believe it is July 2021 already. Last week I was on vacation so I stayed away from the computer completely. That being said, the links piled up for this week and I'm still behind on my Unmark queue and the links I've ferreted away in…
Manton Reece: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the longevity of Micro.blog and where we need help to continue to grow the platform and community. As we approach 4 years since the public launch, there are some parts of the platform and supporting services that should be shared more widely, so that I’m not the bottleneck on…
After seeing Jeremy Keith mention that he was testing Safari 15 via the Safari Technology Preview, I decided to try it as well. I'm writing this post in it right now and I plan on using it for a few days at the very least. One thing I noticed right off the bat was that the Safari Technology…
Saved this garter from the lawn mower A busy spring is coming to a close. A pool, garden beds, lawn care, work, side work, art, the gallery, photography and so much more going on all at once. But somehow it felt very balanced. I'm happy about that. Scratching every itch. This week I have a decent set of…
You should switch to Duck.com. I've recommended this to you before. Why are you still using Google? Just last September I mentioned they were at 67M requests per day. They are about to tip over 100M per day. And, they just got a nice shot in the arm to continue this growth. I still think Apple should buy…
Joanna Thompson, writing for Audubon: On the morning of May 13, Peter Knapp stepped onto an ominously quiet California beach. The night before, he’d noted a horde of boisterous Elegant Terns just starting to incubate their eggs in the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, 30 miles south of Los Angeles. But the roughly 3,000 birds were missing. “I didn’t…
A few thoughts on WWDC 2021. FaceTime updates – They look great. But Zoom has such a lead on all platforms I only see FT making a dent in casual voice conversations. Photo Galleries in Messages – The primary way I share photos these days is via Messages (and, sometimes WhatsApp). This is a welcomed feature. The Shared…
Our roses are opening up Lora Webb Nichols archive – Extraordinary work from a photographer very early on in photographic history. Looking at the images you'd think they were taken decades later. The tools she had at the time make her work even more impressive. Ethan Hawke on creativity – On Swiss Miss. I had seen this video…
Update December 2025: Eliza and I have now helped hundreds of companies migrate their Stripe accounts. We've got a new name for this service called Good Migrations. Over the last few years I've been able to help several companies transfer Stripe Subscriptions from one Stripe Account to another. Some of them were simply moving from one geography to…
Margarita painting session? Yes. I work 4-day work weeks. So with the holiday being Monday everything was compressed into 3 days. I'm not complaining. However, it has meant that my internet travels were lessened some. Glue – It looks nice, aesthetically. I don't know why it exists or what it stands for or why anyone would use it…
Chris J. Davis: My first WordPress plugin in years is out now, testing the waters with premium plugins. Kids have to eat people. Check out EASYLinks. Check out EASYLinks here. Remember when I said I created a simple page for my links a la link tree? That is what EASYLinks is. He supports WordPress right now with Kirby…
If you believe crypto is the future, or if you believe it is a pyramid scheme, please read this entire post so that you understand my current opinion on crypto. I hope I articulate it well enough. Also, I want to state at the outset, almost every blog post or tweet about crypto ends up sounding like people…
This, is my new avatar. It replaces this one. It was created by Jeremy Brown, a friend whom I've mentioned several times here on the blog, most notably for his Wallace.dog comic. I asked him to use a photo that I've used in the past as an avatar and create a pixel art version of it. He did…
We installed a pool this past weekend I missed last week due to being very busy at work. Bryan Schutmaat – Some great stuff in his portfolio. Vandal – A Chrome and Firefox plugin (which I do not use, currently) that searches The Wayback Machine to show you a page's history. River Runner – Drop some water anywhere…