Author: sjwillis
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Mac radio nirvana
Setting up my new iMac, I’ve found a nice combination of apps to make listening to radio at my desk a real pleasure. [update Jan 8, 2020: this setup still works great but I have also purchased the subscription to Triode and also use the Mac desktop version of the app when at my desk]…
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Essential Mac Apps – 2019 edition
This week I’ve been building up my new iMac from a base-install of Mojave. I have a text file that lists all of the apps that I had installed on my dead MacBook Pro (and, good backups, thankfully), but instead of just reinstalling all of the apps I had, in the spirit of Cal Newport’s…
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Brydge Keyboard vs Studio Neat Canopy for 11-inch iPad Pro
My first immediate inital impression of the Brydge keyboard for the 11-inch iPad Pro is that it feels like the keyboard is too small and it won’t work out, not that I have huge hands or anything but because I am a pretty damn fast touch typist and the size of the keys makes me…
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Hue bulbs not quite bright enough
Man, I wish I had thought of this earlier! I love my Philips Hue setup. If you’re a parent of a kid who gets up every day at, say, 4:50am, there’s nothing better than being able to come downstairs on an early December morning to some very dim orange-hued lights and Windam Hill playing low…
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Time-stamped log entry in Day One
I don’t typically create multiple entries for a given date in Day One. Rather, I just use Markdown and add bullets as things occur throughout the day, usually with a time stamp. e.g.: – 8:20AM: made requested modifications to Joe’s SQL query This is pretty basic stuff here but I wish that there was some…
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iPad Pro External Keyboard Portrait Mode
It feels a bit like watching Hendrix play his Strat upside down, but I have really settled into enjoying using my iPad Pro in portrait mode with an external keyboard. There is something about the dimension of the screen being closer to that of a piece of paper that I’m filling with text that is…
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Free Internet vs Internet of Free Stuff
It seems to me that what the web needs now more than ever to guarantee the equal access to information is a search engine for personal websites. A magic tool that somehow ignores all corporate/big-tech content and drills down directly to those sites written mostly for free by people who love a subject so much…
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Hyper Drive 11 port Ultimate USB-C Hub not Charging iPad Pro
It took just about over a week of back-and-forth emails with support the support folks from Hyper Drive but we finally found a solution to my iPad not charging while using their 11 port hub with my iPad Pro. The first few emails were the “unplug it/replug it, restart your iPad” type. Then the support…
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Prime Now, Whole Foods Packaging
Amazon Prime Now needs rotating/loaner shopping bag type system where Prime Now delivers the groceries in reusable plastic shopping bags (and maybe even charges you for them) and then when you drop them back off again at the local Whole Foods you get a credit for them.
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Streaming options and the independent web
Hulu recently announced they would be raising their prices come December. We had the Live TV option with Ads and it would be jumping from $45/mo to $55/mo. I was just about to upgrade to the “no ads” plan before they made this announcement. But this has been a busy week for streaming services so…