Farming in the mountains can be tough. The hills are steep and the soil is rocky. Growing Christmas trees is popular, but it takes years between harvests. Have a wonderful Wednesday. Punch Nazis.
Today on AppAddict - Drafts Wins App of the Year at Mac Stories - Drafts, an app by Agile Tortoise (AKA Greg Pierce), remarkably won App of the Year for 2025 at Mac Stories, a full thirteen years after its release. Three years ago, Drafts was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the same crew. I think it'... social.lol
Today on AppAddict - Affordable Alternatives to Hazel - Hazel is an automation utility that uses user-defined rules to automatically perform file operations on user-defined folders. It uses a variety of metadata to move, copy, compress, decompress, open, delete, rename, and sort files and folders automatic... social.lol
I was at the bookstore doing some Christmas shopping. I wanted a cup of coffee so I went to the Starbucks in the store. A small Americano, which is just an espresso shot with extra hot water was north of $4. They don't even offer half and half any more, just little packets of Coffee Mate.
Today on AppAddict - Parachute Backup - Specially Designed for iCloud and Photos - The difference between a backup service and a syncing service is subtle but important. iCloud keeps the same version of your documents and photos in the cloud and on each of your Mac and iOS devices depending on your setting... social.lol
To live in a world where we watch people suffer and die so that executives can return more value to shareholders is the goal of the ruling class.#LuigiDidNothingWrong
Hunger and poverty could be eliminated and the billionaires would still be billionaires. They just don't want to be arsed to help. The Tesla guy says that empathy is a character flaw. #EatTheRich
I'm averaging about one horror story a week since I started having health issues in the spring. Denied medications, long, long delays in things that do get approved, mandated to use less effective treatments because they are cheaper, etc. #LuigiDidNothingWrong
Today on AppAddict - An Apple Disaster You Can Avoid - I've been on a small crusade for the past year to persuade people who have gone all in on the Apple ecosystem to diversify the back end of their digital lives. Anyone who scoffs at using third-party services for mail, contacts, messages, reminders, clo... social.lol
My son went to work for Tesla when it was still a cool company making environmentally friendly cars, before Elon went crazy. He quit the day that his sign up bonus vested. #ProudDad
Luigi Mangione with his lawyer in NYC court, 12 December 2025. The Fed’s are throwing the book at him because they’re terrified that the 1%will turn off the money faucet if they don’t do everything they can to squash the notion that he’s a hero of the people. #LuigiDidNothingWrong