Just pulled the trigger on an Apple HomePod for main living area music. We’ve been using an Alexa, but the sound is not really all that good. Hoping the HomePod sound is even better than the HomePod mini I have in my office. It sounds pretty good for the size.
After thousands of tweaks to my site’s WordPress theme over the years, sometimes undoing what I just changed, I’m self-imposing a code freeze. It’s 99% of the way to where I want it. I can live with whatever the 1% ends up being. It’s time to come up with content instead, like I wrote about back in 2018 and never followed through on.
I switched up my desk set up today, opting to just use the laptop & mouse instead of laptop + 2 external monitors and keyboard. I’m finding myself to be more productive than I thought I would be. I may have to do this more often, or maybe move to it completely.
Though I haven’t read much of it yet, it looks like there are lots of great new features coming up in WordPress 6.5. I’m setting some weekend time aside to get caught up.
https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/03/15/wordpress-6-5-field-guide/
I released my newest WordPress plugin, Basic Copyright, on the plugin repository last night. Its sole purpose is to make a dynamic copyright notice available for your theme footer so you don’t have to change the copyright notice yearly. Super simple, but kind of useful.
My 2023 Mac Apps of the Year
My list of the top five Mac apps I used in the past year that made my work easier.
Scary Raccoons
These guys were part of an interpretive display at the Mt. San Jacinto tram station we visited for New Year’s Eve. A little scary if you ask me.
My App Defaults
I wasn’t going to do a post like this… But what the heck, all the cool kids are doing it this week, so why shouldn’t I, right?
A Better AppleScript to Compress Files or Folders
I created an AppleScript that allows you to compress files and folders by simply dropping them onto the applet. A reader asked for a way to archive files and folders based off that post. This was my solution.
Beautiful Day
A beautiful Thanksgiving Day walk at the beach.