Month: September 2020
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Prepping for WFH during winter months
As we head out of summer, the shorter days combined with all of this working from home are going to present some real challenges when it comes to keeping my circadian rhythm chugging along. Over the years, I’ve had a variety of light boxes that I’ve used to try to keep my mood up and…
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Doing the math on Apple Watch 6 vs. SE
I think my next Apple Watch will almost certainly have cellular data on it. I love running in the woods without my phone (using just my watch and AirPods) but could definitely see the benefit of being able to call someone from my phone in an emergency. The biggest difference (besides price) between the 6…
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Diet success with Due App, shortcuts and app launching
Here’s one truth about how I lose weight: nothing is as effective as simply writing down what I eat. If I track everything I eat in a calorie tracking app (I use one called Track, but there are a bunch of similar apps), I eat less. Maybe seeing what I’m eating makes me more conservative…
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Amazon quietly removes ability to download order history
At the end of each month, I run an Automator process on my Mac that loads that month’s Amazon Order History file into a markdown table in Day One. I’ve been doing this for a couple of years now and it’s useful for a whole bunch of reasons. When did I buy something? Just search…