April 1, 2021

For the love of iPad. Fun things I’m doing with the iPad Pro.

I have to say, I enjoy the iPad Pro quite a bit. I enjoy the large screen and improved camera, not to mention the huge amount of storage. With that, what have I been doing with it? Even though it has no practical use for me, I’ve been scanning things like a madman with the LiDAR camera. Even though the App Store software is lackluster at best, it’s still incredibly fun. A 3D model of my desk amuses me to no end. I can’t do anything with it, but I like it. From a practical standpoint, I’ve installed a few productivity apps. Notion so I can work on article projects.GoodNotes for taking notes with the Pencil.Notability for taking notes with the Pencil.MarginNote for reading and annotating .PDF and .EPUB files.Mindomo to create Mindmaps.AdGuard Pro to kick ads to the curb. I’ve added a couple new games:Pascal’s WagerLowlanderRush Rally For photo editing:Affinity PhotoAffinity DesignerI haven’t done much with these yet, but […]

March 22, 2021

Getting started with Notion

After stumbling across some YouTube videos, I’ve added Notion to my mix of tools. It’s a versatile app that uses blocks to create calendars, tasks, projects, notes, bullet lists, ToDo lists, link between pages, tables, and create a Wiki. Notes, tasks, and lists all exist together. The top section can be free form notes, the middle can be a task list, and the bottom can be bullet items. Because it’s blocks, you can mix and match. You could create a list that links to multiple pages. You could create an outline with items that link to research topics. You can create a table with items and their due date. Each item in the table could link to a page where you store notes and research about the item. It’s a very powerful and robust platform that mixes different kinds of data together. There is no switching to your task app, then over to your outline, then into your calendar. They […]

March 15, 2021

Adding WordCounter for Mac to my back of tricks

Yes, I have a lot of writing apps. And now I’m taking WordCounter for a test drive. There is nothing new about counting words, but WordCounter goes a little bit further. It can track the number of words written across multiple apps. For example, you can see how much you write in TaskPaper, Scrivener, Slack, DevonThink Office Pro, Hemingway Editor, Email and Notion. That can be very useful from a statistical point of view. I have Time Sink showing how much time I spend in each app. WordCounter will now show me how much I actually type in each application. How much of my day is actually spent writing something? It’s meant to help writers achieve their daily word count. If have you a 2000 word goal, but use 4 apps, did you hit the mark? This would certainly answer the question. It can show which apps you are most productive with. Are you writing massive outlines, but only a […]

March 12, 2021

DevUtils from BundleHunt is a solid purchase

One of the tools I picked up from BundleHunt is DevUtils, and it’s a solid purchase. I wasn’t aware of this tool before, but will certainly take advantage moving forward. DevUtils is a series of tools and formatters that can help in a variety of situations. For example, there is the Unix Time Converter, which can help with tools like JMeter. The log files are in Unix time. Next is the RegEx Tester. Even though there are online testers, it’s always good to have one that isn’t dependent on the Internet. Another good tool to have is the Text Diff Checker. I use this quite a bit when checking form text on a site. I paste the text from the site and the text from source and make sure they match. Saves huge amounts of time. I’ve been using DeltaWalker, also a BundleHunt item. Other checkers include, XML Beautify, JSON Formatter, HTML Preview, and Lorem Ipsum generator. The “lorem” tool […]

March 4, 2021

Random IP Address from Keyboard Maestro into AdGuard

The first question you may ask is, why?To retort, why not? AdGuard for Mac is the best Ad/Tracker blocker I’ve used. Among it’s great features is the ability to send a bogus IP address to servers. This helps to obscure your location. It throws of advertising and tracking data. While not foolproof, it works well enough that I have it turned on and change my IP address on a regular basis. To that end, I made an amusing Keyboard Maestro macro to generate a random IP for somewhere in the world and copy it to the clipboard. All I have to do is paste it into AdGuard and let the confusion ensue. I could type a random address or increment one of the octets, but where’s the fun in that? This is a job for Keyboard Maestro. The macro has 3 parts. It picks the first octet using the RAND function. Since there are reserved addresses, if it happens to […]

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