Category: Tech
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Page Family Tree WP block by Telex
Read more…: Page Family Tree WP block by TelexI used Telex to create a Pages Family Tree block for my Digital Garden. I wanted to be able to see my hierarchical post types in context, so it shows siblings and two levels of ancestors and two levels of children in relation to the current page I am on. I use it in the…
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My WordPress Plugin List
Read more…: My WordPress Plugin ListJust like Nick, Jan, and Tracy, I’m sharing the list of plugins I have on this site and what I use them for. I’d love to see your plugin list. If you post one, send me a link!
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Initial thoughts on the Arc browser
Read more…: Initial thoughts on the Arc browserI installed Arc today for the first time after hearing about it from a lot of folks over the past month. Here are my initial thoughts:
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Default Apps 2023
Read more…: Default Apps 2023I saw this floating around and thought I’d join in. 📨 Mail Client: Airmail 📮 Mail Server: Fastmail 📝 Notes: Obsidian (longer term working notes) and Drafts (short term temporary notes–nothing lives in Drafts long-term, it is more like Grand Central Terminal). Public notes get posted to https://notes.cagrimmett.com/ ✅ To-Do: Things 📷 Photo Shooting: Daily: iPhone 14 Pro. When shooting photos…
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How can we keep domains working long after our death?
Read more…: How can we keep domains working long after our death?Dealing with your digital legacy after your death is a big issue, and one that requires a lot of thought and a lot of problems to be solved, so let’s break it down into smaller pieces and think about them individually. This post is primarily a collection of thoughts about dealing with the problem from…
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On Broken Link Checkers
Read more…: On Broken Link CheckersI’ve been working with and thinking about broken link checkers a lot lately. Here are some thoughts on what features link checkers should have, open questions, and what to do with broken links once you find them. Features that should be standard, but aren’t Open questions What to do with the broken links once you…
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How to determine if a site uses Cloudflare cache with curl
Read more…: How to determine if a site uses Cloudflare cache with curlWhy would you want to know if a site is using Cloudflare cache? If you are debugging or responding to an incident, it is easy to forget that Cloudflare might be caching a site and it will hamper your efforts. Since most hosts cache, you’ll be dealing with a host/CDN cache, Cloudflare cache, and local…
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Setting up a New Mac from Scratch
Read more…: Setting up a New Mac from ScratchMy trusty 2013 MacBook Pro died over the weekend. Here is everything I installed and configured on my new machine to get it up to speed.
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Light temperature, Sleep, and F.lux
Read more…: Light temperature, Sleep, and F.luxI posted again over at The Primal Challenge today. Here is the post, in its entirety, below: I don’t know about you, but the “no glowing rectangles an hour before bed” rule is difficult for me. At Hillsdale I am usually so busy that I can’t avoid using my laptop before bed, lest work go…
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Day 244 – Snow Leopard
Read more…: Day 244 – Snow LeopardClick on the photo to view it at a larger size: I installed Snow Leopard the day after it came out, since I was on a retreat in the middle of the woods when it was shipped. I can tell a major difference in how fast my computer processes and exports photos, and I like…
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Day 234 – Ashland / Palm Pre
Read more…: Day 234 – Ashland / Palm PreThis morning/early afternoon, I went to Ashland with HankD and Jackie to go to Fin Feather Fir Outfitters. While in Ashland, we stopped at Ashland University, where Jackie went to college. Above is a photo of one of the buildings on campus. A note on my Palm Pre: I found out today that it is…
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Day 230 – Palm Pre
Read more…: Day 230 – Palm PreI got a Palm Pre! I’ve only had it for a few hours, but I really like it. I will write an in-depth review in a few days, after I’ve had time to find the ins and out of it. For now, here is a low quality photo of it charging on the touchstone:
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Day 218 – Google Voice
Read more…: Day 218 – Google VoiceMy Google Voice account got activated! (If you do not know what a Google Voice account is, visit http://voice.google.com/.) My number is: (440) 941-7247 Call, text, or leave me voicemails!
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Day 204 – Major Photo Edit
Read more…: Day 204 – Major Photo EditA few years ago, I did a major photo edit for a lady in my school district. The original 4×6 photo had 5 people in it, and she wanted the guy on the far left taken out, but there was a problem: the guy next to him had his arm around him. So, I spent…
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Day 188 – More Kayaking & Misc.
Read more…: Day 188 – More Kayaking & Misc.I have only had my kayak out four times since I bought it a little over a week ago, but I am really enjoying it! I took it out tonight at the Wellington Reservation. Here is the view from where I sit: Since I used my Dad’s camera to take the above photo, I found…
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Day 187 – HTML 5
Read more…: Day 187 – HTML 5As many of you already know, HTML 5 was released a few days ago. Say goodbye to XHTML! (Finally!) Here are a few resources for those of you who want to get an edge on the competition and see what is new in HTML 5 so you can implement it right away: A full write-up…
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Day 90 – Anti-Productivity Apps
Read more…: Day 90 – Anti-Productivity AppsYesterday I wrote about my 6 favorite productivity apps. I thought it only appropriate that today I write about the opposite: anti-productivity apps. These are things that help me waste time (like I need a lot of help doing that…) while I am supposed to be doing work. I am not a huge gamer, but…
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Day 89 – Productivity Apps
Read more…: Day 89 – Productivity AppsWe read articles like “Top 10 [insert adjective here] Apps” on Digg at least once a week. Well, I decided to out together a list, not because I think I know better what is best, or I am discontented with the few thousand other top 10 articles out there, but because I wanted to put…
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Day 56 – Safari 4 Beta
Read more…: Day 56 – Safari 4 BetaAs many of you already know, Apple released the Safari 4 Beta yesterday. I will spare you all of my thoughts on it, but I like it a lot. Its design has changed slightly, but the big improvement is all of its back end additions that are really paving the way for new web standards.…
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Day 14 – Disk Warrior
Read more…: Day 14 – Disk WarriorDisk Warrior, produced by Alsoft, has saved me and hard drives that I have worked on multiple times. Corrupt catalogue on your drive? Lost file directory data? Corrupt sectors on your startup disk? Disk does not mount? Disk Warrior will fix it. I keep my CD in my bag just incase something happens. You never…