I spend my working days at a computer and sometimes whole evenings too. And bits of the weekend. For the most part I enjoy it, and have enjoyed it as a hobby for the last couple of decades. The Internet can be endlessly distracting and enjoyable. But ergonomically and mentally, it’s also good for me …
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Three Use Cases
I am debating what I want in a protective case for my iPad Pro. A luxury problem, to be sure. There are many choices: sleeves, cases, cases that leave the edges open, wraparound cases that leave only essential ports uncovered, cases that include a keyboard, cases that include a strap, cases to cover only the …
Leaving My Email Alone
The @SaneLater folder in my Gmail account bulges with links to pages, or the text of pages saved via Email This, that I thought interesting enough to read later but not crucial to read now. I trolled through the emails tonight looking for ideas on something to post. I deleted some recent emails related to …
Diet Update & Fasting
I weighed 211.0 lbs. a couple days ago, way over the control line. So I did a 22-hour or so fast. I had last eaten about 8pm the day before, so I did not eat again till after 7pm the day after. By the next day, my weight had dropped a pretty remarkable 2.5 pounds …
GOOGLE SITE SEARCH BOOKMARKLET
I install a consistent set of bookmarklets across all the browsers I use at work and home. (Except for iOS; haven’t figured out how to install them in Safari.) The most useful one on a daily basis is for Google Site Search. From the Bookmarks bar, click the bookmarklet – I’ve renamed mine to “GSS” …
INSTANT WATCHER, FIXABLE
Flixable is a search engine for Netflix-specific streaming video. It features a more open design that lets the page elements breathe, and offers a pleasing way to browse what movies are debuting and leaving. Fixable’s search function isn’t necessarily better than Netflix’s native search function; it just presents its results in a prettier package. That …
BACKUPS UPDATE
Well, blow me down. I ran a manual Time Machine backup on Sunday – about 16GB – and it ran without a hitch. No error messages, no stopping. Progress, of a sort, though I have no idea why it suddenly decided to start working again. (Note that I have granted this unholy amalgam of silicon …
TECH OVERLOAD
What began last year as “modernizing” has turned into a bit of a tech tsunami at our house: Got my first smartphone, an iPhone SE, last fall Got an iPad Pro 10.5 for our Christmas trip, to replace the ol’ Acer Chromebook Got a Doxie Go SE wireless scanner Got a new external 4TB hard …
TOUCH ID TIP: ADD YOUR PINKY FINGERS
Liz bought her first smartphone today, an iPhone 7. The Apple customer support person we spoke to was great and she passed along this really clever tip. The iPhone or iPad is on the table and you’re eating a sandwich and you need all your fingers to hold the messy thing together and your phone …
DIET UPDATE
Yesterday, I weighed 210.2, about a pound under my control line. This morning, I weighed 211.8, about a pound above my control line. I could attribute the increase to a bigger than usual lunch, a supper of starchy leftovers, trying to lose weight in the winter is a mug’s game, the dates I snacked on …
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