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 ...
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Recent posts
Setting up my Mac
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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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DOD Contracts
Apparently most (all?) new DOD contracts are posted to this page?
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Mac window wrangling
It’s neat, you should try it.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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