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2024-09-22 11:48:57

📝 Life’s Simple Pleasures - I like quiet weekends at home or on peaceful getaways and don’t need fancy restaurants or crowded concerts to be happy. - louplummer.lol/life-s-si…
https://louplummer.lol/life-s-simple-pleasures/

2024-09-03 09:29:34

Today on App Addict - ClipGrab, a free alternative to Downie - I am partial to Downie when it comes to downloading video from the Internet, but I recently discovered a good free alternative for those looking to use something without incurring a cost. ClipGrab is a video downloader for YouTube, Vimeo, Face... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/09/03/today-on-app.html

2024-09-02 09:21:54

Today on App Addict - Air Battery - A Free App to Monitor Battery Levels - My search for a good multi-device battery monitoring app ended today when I discovered Air Battery. In just a few minutes I had a widget installed in notification center with accurate battery readouts of my Macbook, iPhone, iPad and... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/09/02/today-on-app.html

2024-08-31 10:42:24

"You can be in my dream if I can be in your dream. - Bob Dylan"

2024-08-31 10:22:42

Today on App Addict - Widget Wall - For the first time in years, I’ve started using my Mac’s desktop as a place to check for information and interact with my computer. For a long time, I kept the desktop hidden behind windows and full screen apps. I don’t save files to my desktop or launch applications fro... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/08/31/today-on-app.html

2024-08-26 09:00:43

Avoid Mackup If Running Sonoma or Later https://amerpie.lol/2024/08/26/avoid-mackup-if.html

2024-08-25 22:58:42

Use This Curse on Your Worst Enemy - If I could do one thing to my worst enemy, I would make him self-centered. - louplummer.lol/use-this-… #Blaugust2024
https://louplummer.lol/use-this-curse-on-your-worst-enemy/

2024-08-21 08:22:02

ImageOptim - Free and Open-Source Utility to Reduce File Sizes https://amerpie.lol/2024/08/21/imageoptim-free-and.html

2024-08-19 12:56:13

Lou Plummer :prami:
@amerpie@social.lol
👓 Our daughter sent us a picture of our grandson wearing his new contacts. Think about it.
1:30 AM • August 19, 2024 (UTC)
https://media.social.lol/accounts/avatars/111/706/398/849/772/065/original/ec9453ba7b1d7a1e.jpeg https://social.lol/@amerpie https://social.lol/@amerpie https://social.lol/@amerpie https://social.lol/@amerpie/112986099207455958

2024-08-15 13:02:51

"England is a cup of tea.
France, a wheel of ripened brie.
Greece, a short, squat olive tree.
America is a gun.
Brazil is football on the sand.
Argentina, Maradona’s hand.
Germany, an oompah band.
America is a gun.
Holland is a wooden shoe.
Hungary, a goulash stew.
Australia, a kangaroo.
America is a gun.
Japan is a thermal spring.
Scotland is a highland fling.
Oh, better to be anything
than America as a gun.
by Brian Bilston"

2024-08-15 13:02:34

The Quest Guy, an IndyWeb MVP - The many web sites and adventures of an IndyWeb stalwart and all-around good guy, blogger and quester, R. Scott Jones - linkage.lol/the-quest… #Blaugust2024
https://linkage.lol/the-quest-guy-an-indy-web-mvp/

2024-08-03 10:30:46

From my 100 Strangers project - I asked LuAnn how long she had been working behind the counter at Sherry’s Bakery in Dunn, NC and she told me 17 years. When asked how many hotdogs she served in that period, she laughed and said “Lord, I don’t know. Feels like a million!”
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/2015-03-16diner-2bw.jpg

2024-07-27 10:27:44

Today on App-Addict - Witch from May Tricks is a window switcher that lets you ⌘+tab to an open tab in the Mac browser of your choice, not just Safari. It also features a menu bar switcher and optional vertical or horizontal layouts.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/menubar.jpg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/witch-multi-featured-window-switcher

2024-07-26 14:05:21

My 77-year-old Dad is a diehard YouTube fan. He’s recovering from heart surgery today, so I made him a playlist to give him something to do while he’s laid up. YouTube for Grownups
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/cleanshot-2024-07-25-at-19.15.142x.jpg https://linkage.lol/you-tube-for-grownups/

2024-07-26 10:00:25

From my 100 Strangers Project - I met Joe downtown outside of a locally owned coffee shop. He was having some java and smoking a cigarette through a hole in this throat. He told me was a cancer survivor and that he just couldn’t give up cigarettes, although he no long drank or used drugs.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/2014-11-01-joe-102.jpeg

2024-07-23 19:20:55

JD Vance throws his bacon grease in the garbage can.

2024-07-17 10:00:26

From my 100 strangers project - Deb and Jules were busking in a tunnel in Central Park. Despite the Led Zeppelin t-shirt, they were doing a Beatles tune, Here Comes the Sun. I threw dough in the guitar case for the song, the photo and conversation were on the house.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/debjules.jpg

2024-07-13 21:27:29

From my 100 Strangers project - Big Jim works for the rescue squad and they had been called out for some mysterious goings on at an old car wash in a rural area a few miles from Ft. Liberty. He would not tell me what was going on, but he let me take his picture, so it wasn’t a total wash.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/big-jim.jpg

2024-06-30 10:30:35

From my 100 Strangers project - Specialist Erroll was downtown for a performance of the 82nd Airborne Infantry Division Band where he played a mean trumpet. He was a gracious and friendly guy and I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with him between performances. #photography
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/specialist-erroll.jpg

2024-06-30 10:19:11

Today on AppAddict - Text Sniper is an OCR app for your Mac that can read text from YouTube videos, PDFs, images, online courses, screencasts, presentations, webpages, video tutorials, photos. It has more features than the macOS built in Live Text and is a bargain at $7.99.
https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/textsniper

2024-06-24 11:46:00

YouTube Creator, Dann Berg who specializes in primarilt Obsidian and productivity apps, also has a monthly newsletter that is worth subscribing to.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9K0p3XV0NNIuqgPta29HlQ https://open.substack.com/pub/dannberg/p/june-2024?r=335dp8

2024-06-24 11:27:29

What are your favorite food memories? Your grandmother’s cooking, dishes from childhood, your spouse’s specialty? Here are mine.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/old-bay-steamed-shrimp-5-720x720.jpg https://louplummer.lol/post/food-memories-are-the-best

2024-06-21 14:56:39

Hey, I’m soliciting any cool Mac apps you’d like to see on AppAddict, especially if you an indy dev looking for exposure. I just got permalinked at r/macapps on Reddit so there’s lots more eyeballs on what I’ve reviewed.
https://apps.louplummer.lol https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/

2024-06-19 19:55:22

The Case for Using #Obsidian Sync https://amerpie.lol/2024/06/19/the-case-for.html

2024-06-19 09:00:32

From my 100 Strangers project - As is often the case, I started by taking a few pics of Sherry’s dog who wasn’t really much to look at and wouldn’t stand still. I kept taking pictures and talking before moving along. She was one of the friendly folks who sometimes thank me.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/sherry.jpg

2024-06-19 08:46:21

Today on AppAddict - The venerable iA Writer, a well-designed Markdown editor, long a favorite of writers and bloggers, with built in checks for cliches, filler words and redundancies, publishing straight to Micro.blog and other platforms. Its hallmark is its focus mode and plain interface.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/cleanshot-2024-06-18-at-13.06.392x.jpg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/ia-writer

2024-06-19 00:26:06

For the past six weeks I’ve been on a manic tear, cranking out 16-17 blog posts a week – seven app reviews, seven personal, non-technical posts, a few technical articles on productivity and sharing a photograph from my 100 Strangers project each day. I also started a links blog. [Here’s my workflow] (https... amerpie.lol https://amerpie.lol/2024/06/18/for-the-past.html

2024-06-18 12:08:10

The Voices in My Head - Supposedly some people don’t have an inner dialog. I don’t know what that would be like because the voices are always present in mine, and they have questions.
https://louplummer.lol/post/questions-i-ponder

2024-06-18 09:48:43

My favorite book about the Vietnam War is Dispatches by Michael Herr based on the reporting he did for Esquire. This article from 1968 about the battle for Hue was the foundation for the book. Hell Sucks
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/helicopters.jpg https://linkage.lol/hell-sucks-by-michael-herr/

2024-06-18 08:40:08

Today on AppAddict - HistoryHound by St. Clair Software is the ultimate search tool for your web history. It covers multiple browsers and RSS readers in a single database and indexes the entire page, not just the title. Compatible with most major browsers.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/browsers23.jpeg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/historyhound-a-must-have-research-tool-1

2024-06-18 08:15:31

From my 100 Strangers project - Joseph let me photograph him after I explained the project in detail and gave him a card with the address of where he could view it online, but he never really believed that I didn’t work for the newspaper, although I told him repeatedly that I didn’t.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/f0801d7e50.jpg

2024-06-18 00:43:34

Time to get more organized. I just wrote a detailed app review for my blog tomorrow, as I do, only to realize as I was setting it up that I already reviewed this app in April, so I got to see if experienced App Reviewer Lou did a better job than Newbie App Reviewer Lou.

2024-06-17 12:03:59

Murder in Mississippi - the most powerful artwork I have ever seen in person. Many right-wingers refuse to believe this painting is by Norman Rockwell, but it is. It depicts the Mississippi Burning killing of three civil rights workers by the Klan in 1964.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/rockwell.webp https://linkage.lol/murder-in-mississippi-by-norman-rockwell/

2024-06-17 11:56:43

Why I’m Still on Facebook - Yep, being fully aware of its awfulness, I’m still there for reasons.
https://louplummer.lol/post/why-i-m-still-on-facebook

2024-06-17 08:56:58

Today for #Junited2024 I’d like to recommend one of my favorite bloggers and all-around friend to the IndyWeb community, Alexandra Wolfe whose poignant post about the death of her father is as good as it gets.
https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs https://alexandrawolfe.ca/life-after-death/

2024-06-16 19:30:05

I’ve completed the /Slash Page Challenge and made as many as I could.
📸Photos
📘 Bookmarks
📰 Blogroll
 Interests
⚒️ Colophon
📱 Defaults
💰Save
🌯 Chipotle
📡 Feeds
👎 Nope
📅 Someday
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/641501f87d.webp https://amerpie.lol/slash https://amerpie.lol/photos https://amerpie.lol/bookmarks https://amerpie.lol/blogroll https://amerpie.lol/interests https://amerpie.lol/colophon https://amerpie.lol/defaults https://amerpie.lol/save https://amerpie.lol/chipotle https://amerpie.lol/feeds https://amerpie.lol/nope https://amerpie.lol/someday

2024-06-16 11:45:57

Today for #Junited2024 I am plugging James' Coffee Blog(https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs). James is a Scottish technical writer with some truly classic posts on things you can do with your personal website. Find him on Mastodon at @capjamesg@indieweb.social
https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs) https://micro.blog/capjamesg@indieweb.social

2024-06-16 11:37:03

This Week's Bookmarks - Receipe finder, Excellent advice, Quitting Google, Mullets!, Miss AI contest, Driving cities, Bookshelf creator https://amerpie.lol/2024/06/16/this-weeks-bookmarks.html

2024-06-16 10:55:21

Today on AppAddict - PopClip is a must have in my productivity stack. It performs a variety of actions on any text I select with the cursor, including sending it to email, messages, Drafts, Obsidian, Google etc. It’s hard to work without it.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/popclip.jpeg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/popclip-a-must-have-productivity-app

2024-06-16 01:24:25

https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/rothko.jpg

2024-06-15 11:59:41

Mac Menu Bar is a great resource for recently released apps. Here are the latest ones.
https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/29-new-apps-added-at-mac-menu-bar

2024-06-15 10:17:53

I’ve updated my /now page with info on the classic American novel I am re-reading (Lonesome Dove), the three TV shows I’m balancing, all the blog posts I’ve written and recommended, where I saved $$$ and the links I added to my personal bookmarks.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/lonesomedove.jpg https://amerpie.omg.lol/now

2024-06-15 09:36:18

Today on AppAddict - BetterTouchTool Favorites - I go over the basics of BTT and list my favorite use cases.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/btt.jpg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/better-touch-tool-favorite

2024-06-15 08:15:29

From my 100 Strangers project - Alan was standing outside a fancy hotel smoking a cigarette. We talked about the weather for a minute. He told me he was from California. He took his glasses off before I made this portrait
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/alan.jpg

2024-06-14 09:03:00

Today for #Junited2024 I’m happy to plug HeyDingus, the blog of @jarrod and one that features a weekly links post with ongoing music recommendations, tech articles, a pen pal of the month, juicy Mac/iOS shortcuts and occasional podcasts transcripts from Clockwise.
https://heydingus.net/blog/2024/6/7-things-this-week-145 https://micro.blog/jarrod

2024-06-14 08:47:31

Today on AppAddict - Keep It Shot leverages AI to rename screenshots in bulk or as you take them and provides a private keyword-based search of your images.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/kis2.png https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/keep-it-shot

2024-06-14 08:15:47

From my 100 Strangers project - When I asked Curtis if I could take his picture for my project he readily agreed and then struck this “gazing into the future” pose that was just perfect.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/curtis.jpeg

2024-06-13 14:20:22

The Most Popular Apps I've Reviewed https://amerpie.lol/2024/06/13/the-most-popular.html

2024-06-13 12:23:03

Shopping in America
Q- Can I get three boxes of Sudafed?
A - No, by law that’s too much
Q - OK, well, can I get three guns and a pallet of bullets?
A - Sure, coming right up.

2024-06-13 11:56:53

War is such unpleasant business and the ones we had in the 21st century dragged on so long that people stopped paying attention long before the blood stopped flowing. In my family, though. the reminders are never far away. War and Peace
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/will.jpeg https://louplummer.lol/post/war-and-peace

2024-06-13 09:04:06

Today for #Junited2024, all the way from the south of England, I bring you Barry Sampson’s post on adding a banner to his blog for Pride Month. It can be awkward for us 50-something cishet white guys to express our ally status as he explains.
https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs

2024-06-13 08:15:32

From my 100 Strangers project - Esteban was in a city park in Columbia, SC taking a walk with his dog. The dog was not walking. He was. I didn’t get the dog’s name, but she was only two years old, so she and her owner hopefully had many more years together.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/etebanbw.jpg

2024-06-12 12:01:58

Coffee Buying and Referral Linking is my take on how we aim to get a little back from our IndyWeb endeavors. There are lots of ways to support each other and if you want an occasional cup of Joe, I’m cool with that. I’d rather you check out the services I like if you want to do me a solid.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/weronika-karczewska-rdgbmoqv1zs-unsplash.jpg https://louplummer.lol/post/coffee-buying-and-referal-linking

2024-06-12 09:21:45

Today for #Junited2024 I want to shout out Marco @esamecar and his µ.blog. He writes great week notes, chock full of juicy software tips. I always look forward to them.
https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs https://micro.blog/esamecar https://mb.esamecar.net/

2024-06-12 08:54:37

Today on AppAddict - If you have an older Mac and you’d like to run a new and unsupported version of macOS on it, you are in luck. Open Core Legacy Patcher will do the trick. Just don’t try it with the Sequoia beta. It is not patched for that yet.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/oclp-gui-main-menu.40fc1dad.jpeg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/open-core-legacy-patcher

2024-06-12 08:15:30

From my 100 Strangers project - John, in the black fedora, looking every inch the jazz musician he is in real life. I caught him having a smoke and a coffee break from his usual busking downtown. I have had this photo hanging in my living room for a decade. I love it.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/john.jpeg

2024-06-11 19:58:18

I don’t watch YouTube ads but the kids on Reddit do and I’ve found they have a belief that advertising there makes a company unethical. I use NordVPN, which evidently runs a lot of YouTube ads and the kids HATE it with a rabid passion. They go nuts if I bring it up. LOL Capitalism Sucks

2024-06-11 08:15:27

From my 100 Strangers project - Teresa and Peter proved that people will accommodate you if you have a camera. The frame was not my prop, it just happened to be leaning against a table at the flea market where I was scouting for subjects. I handed it to them and asked them to pose and they did.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/teresa-and-peter.jpg

2024-06-10 20:49:25

Today I continue my 59-year streak of not installing beta software on my thousands of dollars' worth of Apple devices because I’m too goddamned impatient to wait until it’s ready for prime time.

2024-06-10 14:01:23

The suppression of speech which criticizes Israel or puts forth a Palestinian point of view is antithetical to what are supposed to be the values of higher education in specific and America in general Columbia Law Review taken offline for publishing an article by a Palestinian Law Student
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/06/06/unprecedented-board-shutters-columbia-law-review#:~:text='Unprecedented%20Steps'%3A%20Board%20Pulls,editor%20describes%20how%20it%20happened.

2024-06-10 13:45:00

I don’t start judging you until you get up to Untitled Folder (3) or Downloaded_File_3

2024-06-10 09:29:50

Today for #Junited2024 I’m featuring the blog of Chicagoland’s own Jason Kratz and [his recent post on social media usage.](notebook.jasonkratz.me/thoughts-…] I love the gut level honesty that comes through on all of Jason’s posts.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/brooke-cagle-g1kr4ozfoac-unsplash.jpg https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs https://notebook.jasonkratz.me/thoughts-on-my-social-media-usage/

2024-06-09 15:30:31

Working on my /slash page homework from @robb@social.lol - Today I’ve updated my /defaults. There have been some additions since I created this is January, but no deletions. I can never have enough software.
https://micro.blog/robb@social.lol https://amerpie.lol/defaults/

2024-06-09 15:00:34

My 10 Favorite Things About #Obsidian https://amerpie.lol/2024/06/09/my-favorite-things.html

2024-06-08 12:30:09

Saturday, the day I update my /now page - with info on a great book by Octavia Butler, three entertaining TV shows, all the stuff I wrote and reviewed this week, a shout-out to Apple Warranty Repair and the cool stuff I bookmarked.
https://amerpie.omg.lol/now

2024-06-08 11:36:53

Adults Making Friends - for some adult men, including this one, making new friends can be challenging - unless you are an IndyWeb blogger. Some reflections on the reality of online relationships.
https://louplummer.lol/post/adults-making-friends

2024-06-08 08:54:18

Today on AppAddict - EtreCheckPro, System Report on Steroids - a great free app for finding out more about your Mac. It’s often used in troubleshooting forums and Apple Support Communities to give the experts a peek into what might be causing you issues.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/cleanshot-2024-06-07-at-19.58.332x.jpg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/etrecheckpro-system-report-on-steroids

2024-06-07 12:12:40

My Longest Day - On goal setting and the time I tried and failed to ride my bike 200 miles on the hottest day of the year, and lessons learned.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/goldsboro.jpeg https://louplummer.lol/post/my-longest-day

2024-06-07 10:10:08

From my 100 Strangers Project - Bobby from New Jersey (with the accent to prove it), who I met while he was in the city for the day on unspecified business. The backwards baseball cap is part of the Jersey Shore uniform.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/bobby.jpeg

2024-06-05 21:01:16

Just heard from the Apple Repair Depot - they have fixed my broken MacBook Air display at no charge to me and have already shipped it back to me. There’s a tech at the depot is trying to do right by the customers. I’m lucky he pulled my ticket. I thought I’d be paying $598 for the repair!

2024-06-04 08:51:18

"A great description of professional athletes
“They exist for history, and we take joy from them because we accept that they are superior at an arbitrary assortment of skills that we have collectively decided have value.”"

2024-06-04 08:28:44

Today on AppAddict - A Privacy and Security Toolkit featuring Nord VPN, Little Snitch Firewall, BlockBlock real time scanner and uBlock Origin for browser-based safety.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/lock.jpeg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/a-privacy-and-security-toolkit

2024-06-03 11:11:48

What’s Your Super Power? - mine is the ability to sleep at any time in any place, one of the very usable skills that the Army taught me. All you have to do is enlist and they will teach you too.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/soldier.webp https://louplummer.lol/post/what-is-your-superpower

2024-06-03 09:59:35

Today’s share the love link for #Junited2024 is a recent one from @jsonbecker - Takes Spread Like Wildfire
https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs https://micro.blog/jsonbecker https://json.blog/2024/05/21/takes-spread-like.html

2024-06-03 09:51:22

Today on AppAddict - Have you heard all the nerds talking about Obsidian but you’re not sure what you can do with it? Today’s post is for you
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/oip.jpeg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/things-you-can-do-with-obsidian

2024-06-02 21:03:52

Absolutely gutted - opened up my MacBook after returning home from a weekend trip to a broken display. Got no idea how it happened. Nearest Apple Store is 75 miles away. FML for real.

2024-06-02 10:36:03

I have been poor in my life. I grew up in a variety of family situations between my parents' marriages and remarriages and time spent living with other relatives. I wore hand me down clothes from my cousins and was glad that my grandmother could sew for my sister Y’all, They Lied
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/theylied.jpeg https://louplummer.lol/post/y-all-they-lied

2024-06-02 09:26:31

I have updated my #Junited2024 page with a link to a great post from Brent Simmons entitled Corporations Are Note to Be Loved. @brentsimmons
https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs https://micro.blog/brentsimmons

2024-06-01 17:33:21

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There is the perception that it is full of 18-year old GIs with shaved heads and belligerent attitudes, that prostitution is rife and that the standard of living is low - none of which is accurate. Our crime metrics are lower than that of Durham, the home of Duke University or Charlotte, the state’s largest city and an international banking center. People also look down on Jacksonville, NC home of Camp Lejeune, the Marine base.

2024-06-01 17:23:20

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Folks from elsewhere call it Fayette-nam and make a joke out of the thought of ever living here.

2024-06-01 15:46:24

This Weeks Bookmarks - 50 things to know, Weird roadside attractions, Summer movies, Toxic reality TV, Recipes, YouTube games, Free money https://amerpie.lol/2024/06/01/this-weeks-bookmarks.html

2024-06-01 15:18:05

It’s Saturday and for the 22nd week in a row, I’ve updated my /now page with info on some very good blogs, TV shows, what I wrote this week, some killer sandals and the web sites that made their way into my personal bookmarks.
https://amerpie.omg.lol/now

2024-06-01 12:00:33

From my 100 Strangers Project - Brandon gladly pulled off his headphones to talk when I asked him what he was listening to (The Fugees) on a Charlotte side street. He was surprised that I knew them, and I was surprised he was listening to something that old. We agreed that Lauryn Hill is a genius.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/brandon.jpeg

2024-06-01 11:08:56

With apologies to REM, my new post Stand in the Place Where You Live examines the paradox wherein everyone professes to support the troops but no one wants to live near them. Life in a military town.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/hay.jpg https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/yadkin.jpg https://louplummer.lol/post/stand-in-the-place-where-you-live

2024-06-01 09:42:41

My Junited2024 page is up, with the first entry by @tracydurnell who wrote a classic piece last year on crafting a blog post.
https://louplummer.lol/page/junited-a-love-affair-with-blogs https://micro.blog/tracydurnell

2024-06-01 09:17:11

Today on AppAddict - Play: Save Videos, Watch Later is a $2.99 app in the App Store that lets you add videos to your watch later list that can then be tagged or sorted by any criteria. A universal app, Play can be curated on your Mac and then watched on your AppleTV. A great app.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/cleanshot-2024-05-31-at-19.08.552x.jpg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/play-save-videos-watch-later

2024-05-30 11:27:41

I like your blog if… - my criteria for adding blogs to my RSS feed. I’m not too picky. You’re probably in there already. For WeblogPoMo2024
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/purpose-of-blogging.jpeg https://louplummer.lol/post/i-like-your-blog-if

2024-05-30 08:44:34

Today on AppAddict - Two free apps from Objective-See, BlocKBlock and KnockKnock, both designed to alert you to the installation of persistent apps on your Mac. If you keep your Mac up to date and only install apps from the app store, you are probably OK. If you install from elsewhere, get these.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/canstockphoto26807912.jpg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/blockblock-and-knockknock-from-objective-see

2024-05-30 08:15:26

From my 100 strangers project - Tonya from Raleigh was in the coastal town of Beaufort, NC to attend the annual Pirate Festival held there because it’s the final resting place of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, his ship.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/tonya.jpg

2024-05-29 16:41:31

For all of you who have ever done tech support, here’s what happened when an entire company changed their email signatures to a 9,000x14,000 12MB Photoshop generated PDF. The Horror
https://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/1d2zi9q/12mb_email_signatures_why_is_outlook_running_so/

2024-05-29 09:25:01

Today on AppAddict - AnyList is my choice for recipes, groceries and general list management for things like packing and planning camping trips. I tried other apps like Paprika and Mela, but AnyList just hits the sweet spot.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/nathalia-rosa-rwmibqmoxry-unsplash.jpg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/anylist-for-recipes-shopping-and-more

2024-05-29 08:15:24

From my 100 Strangers Project - Al was starting to feel a little anxious. He’d gotten separated from his wife at the flea market and was getting ready to go look for her. He declined my offer to help and told me that he was sorry for not smiling.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/al.jpg

2024-05-28 23:23:09

We watched the series finale of The Good Doctor tonight, after having watched all seven seasons of it as they happened. It was a good show celebrating neurodiversity in specific and diversity in general.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/166224-6473-h-2024-2.webp https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6470478/

2024-05-27 21:50:37

I enjoy writing an app review every day and I have gotten so much positive feedback but all it takes is one asshole to go negative at me and I start to question myself. I’ve been on the Internet way too long for stuff like that to bother me, yet it still does sometimes.

2024-05-27 16:35:44

I will always believe we should honor fallen troops by doing everything we can to make sure no one ever dies in dubious future wars. When we sacrifice our young people, it should mean something lasting. This is my grandmother’s brother, Gratton McFadyen, who died fighting fascists in Italy.
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2024-05-27 15:09:35

The Mayor of Kingstown, one of the the best TV shows of the past few years is back this week for season 3.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/b7f9d5212f.jpg https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11712058/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

2024-05-27 01:19:13

Tomorrow for #WeblogPoMp2024 I’m posting the story of what happened when I wore a Clinton-Gore t-shirt to a gun show in the South the same year of the Oklahoma City bombing.
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/gun-show.webp

2024-05-26 10:38:15

My favorite man - without a doubt, it’s my son Drew, relentlessly upbeat, funny, an autodidact and all-around good guy and role model. For WeblogPoMo2024
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/drew-2.webp https://scribbles.page/write/4686

2024-05-26 09:14:26

Today on AppAddict - Lingon X, a tool for examining everything running in the background on your Mac and for scheduling your own events (app launches, scripts, file moves, emails, reminders tec.)
https://amerpie.lol/uploads/2024/lingon.jpg https://apps.louplummer.lol/post/lingon-x-finds-all-the-junk

2024-05-25 13:34:33

This Week's Bookmarks- Learning guides, free transcription, A better Google, income info, YouTube transcripts, communication secrets, Apple's Top !00 albums https://amerpie.lol/2024/05/25/this-weeks-bookmarks.html