Happy Birthday to my oldest. A solid D-student slacker in high school, he went on to operate nuclear reactors, build microchips, engineer electric vehicles and start a successful business in ATX while being an involved Dad and living life with admirable values. . He makes me proud every day

Pro Life Tip - For years, every time I get an email that makes me feel good, I attach a label (NICE) to it and file it away. Whenever I feel down or lonely, I can go to that mailbox and read a few letters from kind Internet strangers, friends and family and it invariable cheers me up.

"Radar Love" by Golden Earring Listen on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/radar-love/81668043?i=81667968) What song makes you want to take a midnight drive? - Radar Love by Golden Earring This has got to be the classic answer ... https://www.crucialtracks.org/profile/amerpie/20260804

Today on AppAddict - When You Need a Mac, But All You Have is a Phone - The Verdict on Four Free Alternatives to Leaving Work Undone - https://appaddict.app/post/when-you-need-a-mac-but-all-you-have-is-a-phone-the-verdict-on-four-free-alternatives-to-leaving-work-undone - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

Today on AppAddict - TextSniper, MacPilot, Unite Pro, PDF Squeezer and Video Paw on Sale from Their Devs Until Friday for %75+ Off - https://appaddict.app/post/textsniper-macpilot-unite-pro-pdf-squeezer-and-video-paw-on-sale-from-their-devs-until-friday-for-75-off - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

TextSniper, MacPilot, Unite Pro, PDF Squeezer and Video Paw on Sale from Their Devs Until Friday for %75+ Off

You have a chance this week (ending August 7th) to pick up five apps at the lowest prices I've seen them listed for. Sale Details. Reviews of Apps I Have Personally Tested• TextSniper - Better Than Native OCR | AppAddict ($7.99- On Sale For $1.99 -%75) Hit a hotkey, drag a box over anything on screen (a locked PDF, a video frame, a screenshot someone sent you), and the text lands on your clipboard; it also reads QR codes and barcodes and can speak the captured text aloud. OCR runs entirely on your Mac. textsniper.app, App Store • MacPilot Tweaks Some Hard to Get To Settings in macOS ($29.95 -On Sale For $3.50 -88%) - A GUI over roughly 1,200 hidden macOS settings and defaults write tweaks: show hidden Finder files, kill the startup chime, add Dock spacers, change the screenshot format, run maintenance scripts, all without opening Terminal. koingosw.com • Unite 5 - Site Specific Browser ($39.99 - On Sale For $5.00 -%87 off) Turns any website into an isolated, native Mac app that runs as a normal window, a menu bar dropdown, or a sidebar; you get per-app cookies, custom icons, ad blocking, userscripts and CSS, keyboard shortcut remapping, and link routing between apps. Extras like Dock badges, Google/Outlook meeting alerts, and a floating AI companion overlay are the part Safari's "Add to Dock" can't touch. bzgapps.com/unite The two I haven't tried (yet) are:VideoPaw ($69.99 - On Sale For $6.50 -%91) - Cisdem's all-in-one media utility: batch convert video and audio across 600+ formats, download clips from supported sites, rip DVD and Blu-ray, compress files, and record screen/webcam with live annotation. Basic editing (trim, crop, merge, watermark, subtitles) is included, so it replaces three or four single-purpose downloads. PDF Squeezer ($19.99 - On Sale For $3.98 -%80)-- Drag in a bloated PDF and it shrinks by recompressing images and stripping unused fonts and resources, with a side-by-side preview so you can see what quality you're giving up. Batch processing, saved presets, and hooks into Finder, Automator, Shortcuts, and the command line make it a good buy IMHO.

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"When I Paint My Masterpiece" by The Band Listen on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/when-i-paint-my-masterpiece/1440841468?i=1440841881) Share a song that perfectly captures anticipation. - When I Paint My Masterpiece, written... https://www.crucialtracks.org/profile/amerpie/20260802

If I could do one thing to my worst enemy, I would break into their house and install Adobe software on their computer. This guy gets me on that.

I Hate Adobe

Adobe is a wretched, exploitative company that loves generative AI. Many are coerced into paying money for their software and the software runs like garbage.

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Moral panic cycles happen regularly over things that don't deserve the anxiety they cause i- comic books, video games, rock music, "the Internet", cell phone addiction, screen time. My current least favorite is anti-AI hysteria

AI moral panic

AI amplifies your current state, moral panic edition: Perhaps intuitively and certainly as framed by popular narratives, AICs aggravate precisely these existential nerves. They simulate social proc…

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This billionaire MF, the CEO of Shopify, wants his vote to count 5x in a policy that strips constitutional rights from retirees and the working poor. Besides that, he's definitely got a Nazi vibe. Just look at him.

Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century? | Fortune

Should how much you pay in taxes determine how much your vote counts? Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke seems to think so.

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Today on AppAddict - RAD Weather for macOS Shows You Where the Forecasts Disagree - https://appaddict.app/post/rad-weather-for-macos-shows-you-where-the-forecasts-disagree - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

Today on AppAddict - Using Orbit to manage the Google accounts I didn't want - https://appaddict.app/post/using-orbit-to-manage-the-google-accounts-i-didn-t-want - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

I've been sober for 17 years, but if I ever relapse, it will be with a beer from this brewery people.com/brewery-losi...

Brewery That Promised Free Beer on the Day Trump Dies Is Stripped of Alcohol Permit

Wisconsin officials are revoking Minocqua Brewing Company’s alcohol permit after progressive owner Kirk Bangstad vowed that he would serve free beer whenever President Donald Trump dies

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Today on AppAddict - Blankie, A Free and Open Source Ambient Sound Mixer is a Breath of Fresh Air, Right in Your Ear - https://appaddict.app/post/blankie-a-free-and-open-source-ambient-sound-mixer-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air-right-in-your-ear - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

Good morning from the shore of Lake Waccamaw, the inland alligator capitol of North Carolina. Seriously. Tell someone you love them today and punch every Nazi you see.

One of the most useful websites I've encountered in a long time. It exposes the enshittification of non-tech industries with insane markups (mattresses, eye glasses etc) and gives you alternatives ledger.worseonpurpose.com

Today on AppAddict - RetroMac is a Free Time Machine for Your Computer - https://appaddict.app/post/retromac-is-a-free-time-machine-for-your-computer - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

Master troll tells officials they are under Flock-like surveillance We monitor “where government officials go, where they stop, who they meet with, and when they return home...already started compiling profiles on their vehicles, spouses vehicles, children's vehicles”

'I Would Never Do This To You:' Protesting Flock, Arizona Man Presents Plan to Surveil Government Officials

“They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.”

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@martinlexow.com Just checking in on your work. Do let me know if you have anything new in the pipeline. I'm happy to update my reviews of your apps for new features added in updates. (AppAddict)

Gotta point there.

"Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Listen on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/jack-and-diane/1440918606?i=1440918946) Share a song that captures the feeling of being seventeen. - Jack and Diane by John Cougar I grew up fast. I wa... https://www.crucialtracks.org/profile/amerpie/20260728

Today on AppAddict - Quick Look Showdown: Peek, Looq, and Unfold - https://appaddict.app/post/quick-look-showdown-peek-looq-and-unfold - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

Today on AppAddict - Zipic Is Good. I'm Still Not Switching From Clop. - https://appaddict.app/post/zipic-is-good-i-m-still-not-switching-from-clop - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

Today on AppAddict - Daily Skips the Timer Problem Entirely — Now It Talks to Your Other Apps Too - https://appaddict.app/post/daily-skips-the-timer-problem-entirely-now-it-talks-to-your-other-apps-too - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

Today on AppAddict - Imagin Raw: a 4.3MB, free, open-source Bridge alternative for culling RAW files - https://appaddict.app/post/imagin-raw-a-4-3mb-free-open-source-bridge-alternative-for-culling-raw-files - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

The guy who preached about forgiveness, mercy and helping the poor has somehow become associated with the meanest and most selfish Americans.

"Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye Listen on Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/sexual-healing/205881652?i=205881936) Share a song that feels like it has healing powers - Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye "Sexual Healing" works because... https://www.crucialtracks.org/profile/amerpie/20260724

World's Greatest Grandparents - https://louplummer.lol/worlds-greatest-grandparents/

Coming soon, Matterhorn, an independent project through and through: think Goodreads or Letterboxd for the places you've been. Track and rate your travels, keep a real bucket list, and get recs from a community whose taste you trust. Launching later this year.

Matterhorn — your world-class travel companion.

Your world-class travel companion. Discover, save & rate every trip on your bucket list — join the Matterhorn waitlist for the iOS launch.

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Today on AppAddict - Iris, The Mac Photo App for People Who Don't Trust iCloud With 80,000 Photos - https://appaddict.app/post/iris-the-mac-photo-app-for-people-who-don-t-trust-icloud-with-80-000-photos - #Mac #macOS #MacApps

Today on AppAddict - An Internet Love Letter - https://appaddict.app/post/an-internet-love-letter - #Mac #macOS #MacApps