Echoes
Echoes for 26 October 2019
I missed posting last week — too busy again — and I’m a day late this week. To be honest, nothing was burning a hole in my brain last week. Perhaps just as well as there doesn’t seem to be Read more…
I missed posting last week — too busy again — and I’m a day late this week. To be honest, nothing was burning a hole in my brain last week. Perhaps just as well as there doesn’t seem to be Read more…
Just a single topic this week, because it has been a hectic one. Right and Wrong In a couple of places online this week I got involved in debate which got quite animated. In one case it seems I touched Read more…
The Best Camera There’s a saying — the best camera is the one you have with you. I hate it. I’ve got a brand new iPhone 11 Pro which is receiving rave reviews because of its incredible camera. Except, it’s Read more…
New Apple Watch I’ve had my new Series 5 Apple Watch for a little over 24 hours and I love it. The always-on face is not a huge boon while it continues to be long sleeve weather, but one feature Read more…
Inspired by Scott Willsey’s WTF Weekly (which I regularly read and enjoy) I thought I might shake the cobwebs off this site (hey, at least I kept the back end patched) and try something similar. The idea behind Echoes is Read more…
For a long time now, I’ve had an Alfred Workflow that I use every night when I leave my Mac (and often at other times, too). It prepares my Mac for staying on all night without disturbing anyone. I just added an extra feature today and it appears I’ve never shared the Workflow, so this post remedies that.
Over the last year or so, I have been slowly scanning my father’s large collection of photographs. He was a bit of a stickler for collecting his negatives in an orderly fashion so I am able to work my way through numbered folders of negatives, each of which generally contains the content of a single roll of film. This post covers my journey to find software and process that yield the best and most efficient results.
When we observe the world around us we are frequently to be found comparing what we see with our previous experiences. “That’s a lot of rain” is not an absolute measure of the volume of rain without considering the observer – do they come from Thailand or southern California? So it should come as no surprise that the technology we are already familiar with has a significant bearing on our assessment of new gadgets. It recently occurred to me that my own judgement has been clouded in this way and I think it’s a common affliction.
It is a much maligned feature of macOS but there are times when LaunchPad are useful. Such as when I want to scan my apps for recent additions that warrant a review. Sure, I can just open the Applications folder, but LaunchPad is a much easier presentation.
But, it does have its issues: for one, the inability to delete non-Mac App Store apps. This is a quick post on a method I found that allows you to do just that.
A little over a week ago I wrote about my quest for software to ‘run’ my podcast production for The Sitting Duck Podcast. Specifically, some form of sound board software that would work well for multi-track recording into Logic Pro X.
Since then I’ve discovered two new pieces of software and a new way to approach the multi-track solution.