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There is an app called What3Words. You can get it from the Apple App store here. What it does is gives you a list of three words which uniquely identify your place on the planet. The what3words website says that the words will direct you to a specific three meter square on the earth. So,… Continue reading cantaloupe.lassie.spicegirl

What department is responsible for hiring pirates? H Arrgggh. Thank you ladies and germs, I’ll be here all week.

The Mac turns 42 today. The original ad that launched the Mac is here. Happy birthday, Mac! [ed – Thanks, ChatGPT, for the image. You got it on the first try!]

A little while back, I did the first review of my iTunes Library with a graph of the songs by number of stars. I promised more details, and here they are: This is songs by number of plays [hence, the title – .ed]. There are a few things to notice: I have a few smart… Continue reading My iTunes Library – Part 2

I used the chat function on Cox Communication’s web-site this week because there was an outage. Actually, they claim they were “doing maintenance” and that is why Cox was down, but at 2PM on a Monday, unless it is emergency maintenance, they are not doing maintenance. In other words, it’s an outage. The chat agent… Continue reading An entry in the “They don’t get it” list: Cox

I was looking at my iTunes library and wondered how it was distributed across ratings and number of plays and such. [For those people who think I need more to do, to quote Bill the Cat: Thbbft!] So, for my first graph, this is songs by number of stars. A couple things should jump out… Continue reading My iTunes Library – part 1

The recap of the Mac apps I can and can’t live without. Those apps I can live without: And those apps I can’t live without: As always, your experience may be different. I have no stake in any of these companies, and can’t promise you that they will work for you like they do for… Continue reading Recap of the Mac apps I can and can’t live without

I’ve covered the four Mac apps I can live without and six of the seven Mac apps I can’t live without. Now, without further blathering, is the number one Mac app I can’t live without: GraphicConverter by Lemke Software GmbH Whether I am manipulating screen shots for the Apple App Store, editing photos, creating combined… Continue reading The one Mac app I can’t live without

We’ve covered all but two of the Mac apps I can live without. Here are the last two. #2 Microsoft Teams Teams may be OK on a Windows machine [as if a Windows machine can be OK – ed], but on a Mac, it is barely usable.  I would say 50%* of the time, Teams does… Continue reading The last two Mac apps I can live without