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Reflections, projects, and ideas worth sharing in more than a passing thought.

Even More WordPress Drama

To me, Mullenweg is abusing his power as the sole owner of WordPress.org here, and (as others point out) has forced a hostile takeover of the work of other developers.

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A Useful BBEdit AppleScript

This is a handy AppleScript. I don’t like to soft wrap my text in BBEdit by default, but always seem to end up wrapping it anyway.

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Social Media Hasn't Killed the Personal Blog Yet

Remember the late 90s and early 2000s when personal blogs were the thing?

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Apple Ditching USB-A on the New Mac mini?

We portable users have been living with dongles forever. I would agree it’s time for USB-A to be sunset on the Mac mini, especially if the form factor is about the size of an Apple TV device.

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My Internet Journey

I remember the first time I touched a computer. I was in my early twenties and worked as a customer service rep for the local water company, which was a fancy way of saying I played in the mud nearly every day.

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A Bicycle and Barbed Wire

Here’s another one of those childhood memories that left a scar; literally. This one is about the time I tried to stop my out of control bicycle using a barbed wire fence.

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Pour One Out for Henry

I’m saddened to learn of the passing of Henry Carvajal yesterday after battling cancer for a year and a half.

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The Day I Met Martin Mull

Hearing of the passing of Martin Mull reminded me of the time that I sort of met him quite by accident.

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Evil is as Evil Does

One of the many reasons I’ve switched to Safari for personal browsing…

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On The Fragility of Life

Events happen in our lives that make us do a full stop and give a long, hard look at how things are. This was one of those events that slapped me in the face so hard I’m still having a hard time grasping it.

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My 2023 Mac Apps of the Year

I planned on publishing a post like this myself.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog v3.1.0

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I’m excited to share I’ve released a new version of my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plugin, bringing it to version 3.1.0. You should see an update in your site’s plugins section soon if not already.

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My App Defaults

I’ve always preferred to support indie developers, so will usually go that route if their app is as good or better than the Apple default.

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What Lies Below

How is it I’ve never heard about this until now?

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Rules for Humanity

My favorite rule is #6, which I’ve only recently truly learned…

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The Beatles Song That Really Isn't a Beatles Song

There’s a lot of hubbub in the news and online about the “new Beatles song” that dropped yesterday. As a life-long semi-pro musician, this headline hits a sour note with me.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog 3.0 Released

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It took a minute to wrap up, but I’m happy to announce that my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plugin has been updated to version 3.0, adding a bunch of new options to bring it to parity with Tinylytics.app features @vincent has released over the last couple of months.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog v2.1 Released

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Hot on the heels of uptime monitoring on Tinylytics, I’m stoked to share that my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plug-in has been released as a 2.1 version to take advantage of it.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog 2.0 Release

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I’m happy to share that my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plug-in has been released as a 2.0 version.

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Tinylytics for Micro.blog Updated to 1.0.6

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Fresh on the heels of new Tinylytics.app updates, my Tinylytics for Micro.blog plug-in has been updated to take advantage of the new Kudos feature introduced in the latest release. If you look at your installed site plug-ins, you should see an update available as 1.0.6.

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New Plugin: Tinylytics for Micro.blog

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I published my very first Micro.blog plugin today: Tinylytics for Micro.blog. You can find it in the Micro.blog plugin directory.

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A Better AppleScript to Compress Files or Folders

A while ago, I created an AppleScript that allows you to compress files and folders by simply dropping them onto the applet.

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Seeing the Forest for the Trees

No matter how well-intentioned we are, sometimes we allow things to sneak into our lives under the guise of it being something important.

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It's Your First Dreamforce. What Should You Expect?

Yay! It’s your first Dreamforce! You’re pumped to finally be part of the magic. I bet you’ve already looked at a lot of other blogs to learn how to be ready before you landed here. These are a few of my recommendations to make it a more memorable experience.

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The Ant Mound

One of my earliest childhood memories is traumatic.

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Start Somewhere

Eventually you use up every excuse in your book for not doing the thing you keep saying you’re going to do.

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Memorable Cigarettes

After nearly fifty years, I can still remember the first time I smoked a cigarette.

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Eliminating Digital Distractions

Life is so full of distractions. It seems everything is vying for our attention in one way or another these days, with most of it coming from our electronic gadgets.

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Saying No

Saying no can be one of the hardest things to do.

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Spin Cycle

I’ve been around long enough to know life moves in cycles. Things that were new and exciting one day eventually become dull and boring the next. The pursuit of shiny objects and interesting paths quickly fall by the wayside before you realize it. We move from one thing to the next and then another in search of a quick thrill, because we’ve become instant gratification junkies. What if, instead, we intentionally slowed our lives down?

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