Jonathon Lacher

My little blog

Recent posts

May 19, 2025
Setting up my Mac
However if I radically change how I do this, I’ll make a new post. Three finger drag allows you to grab windows at the title bar and move them around with a three finger drag. How this ... Read more →
Apr 28, 2025
Linking to Apple Notes from another note
To quickly add a link to another note, type » to have a list of your notes appear. Begin typing to narrow your results, then select the note you want to link to. When you use this shortcut, the ... Read more →
Feb 12, 2025
Mill glaze
It seems to be something that stain manufacturers and many online sources talk about, but theres little evidence based research about it. Since the mid-1980s, a condition called “mill glaze” (also ... Read more →
Nov 17, 2024
Planes Overhead
For seeing what planes are overhead, I’ve been using ADS-B Exchange since its a free-er version of the more commercial apps. Read more →
Nov 17, 2024
DOD Contracts
Apparently most (all?) new DOD contracts are posted to this page? Read more →
Oct 26, 2023
Kinesis update
Jul 27, 2023
Day 1 trying the Kinesis Advantage 2
To gauge my typing abilities, I’m using TypeTest.io. I’ll use a 1 minute test, simple word list, punctuation and numbers off. My daily driver keyboard is the Apple Magic Keyboard. On ... Read more →
Jan 19, 2023
Book notes: A Philosophy of Software Design, Chapters 1-3
This is the first in a series of posts of my notes on the book A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout. Read more →
Nov 29, 2020
Winter heating
We bought a house, it was built in the 1920s and the main floor uses hot water radiators as the primary heat source (boiler is a Weil-McLain CG-4). I also have a three zone Mitsubishi mini-split ... Read more →
Aug 4, 2020
Network debugging with MTR
I’ve been dealing with intermittent packet loss at my current home connection. I initially wasn’t sure if the issue was with my home router/switch or my ISP. With MTR, I found the issue ... Read more →
Jul 23, 2020
Why I don't listen to white noise (An ode to brown noise)
When I need to focus in a distracting or noisy environment, I use a combination of noise canceling headphones and brownian (brown) noise. It’s neat, you should try it. Read more →
Jul 16, 2020
Where I get my weather forecasts
I’ve been an Android user for the last 10 years, and for the last 3-4 years I’ve been using the Dark Sky weather app. However they recently announce they’re shutting down the Android ... Read more →
Jul 6, 2020
Flickr's Camera Finder
It’s a reminder to me that it’s possible to take great pictures with any camera, the limiting factor is usually me. Read more →
Jun 30, 2020
Podcasts I like
In this post I’ll detail the podcasts I love and why. Other podcasts that are less top-of-mind, meaning I don’t always listen to them or they are published less frequently (but are still ... Read more →
Jun 26, 2020
Mac window wrangling
It’s neat, you should try it. Read more →
Jun 25, 2020
FCC broadband map
When I’m looking at property, one of the additional research steps I take is figuring out the available internet providers. And then I found broadbandmap.fcc.gov, which gives per census block ... Read more →
May 27, 2020
How I manage my Lightroom library
After I bought a mirrorless micro four thirds camera last year, I’ve entered the rabbit whole of media management. For example, I store my RAW files as such: The plugin on execution will export ... Read more →
May 25, 2020
Corporate Memphis
This Quartz article elaborates more on the trend: It’s most widely referred to as “flat illustration” or, pejoratively, “Corporate Memphis,” alluding to its frequent appearance in ads and interfaces ... Read more →
May 19, 2020
Craigslist search operators
I found that Craigslist has surprising robust search operators. For example, I used this search: I’m looking for a hybrid, and don’t want any post with truck or various manufacturers or ... Read more →
May 16, 2020
Sync your laptop and external monitor brightness
I started looking for a utility that would link the brightness of the MBP and my external monitor, and I found Lunar. In sync mode, the brightness of the laptop and external monitor are linked, which ... Read more →