DISCUSSED: California has no shortage of crises; Dan's got a brand new bag; thoughts on exercise as prophylactic medicine; extremely anecdotal data on the rise of fake ratings and reviews on Amazon; the return of "A cool thing I learned this week" brings some very neato apps, tips, and whatnot.
Links for this episode:
- TextSniper is a great Mac utility for converting graphics to text - 9to5Mac
- TextSniper - Capture any text from your Mac's screen
- LaunchBar Help (Clipboard History)
- Use Time Machine on your Mac to back up to multiple disks - Apple Support
Time Machine rotates the backup schedule among the disks. For each disk, Time Machine backs up everything that’s changed since the last time that disk was used. If you designated items that shouldn’t be backed up, the list of excluded items applies to all backup disks.
- Versys VS.1 | Century Martial Arts
- Knixx on Twitter: ""My back hurts all the time for no reason." How I sit every day: https://t.co/E8W9PDfYSc" / Twitter
- High-intensity interval training - Wikipedia
- Seconds iOS App
- Ep. 396: "Yreka Bakery" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
The Problem: We were ruining the world.
- TextSniper - Capture any text from your Mac's screen
- jakehilborn/displayplacer: macOS command line utility to configure multi-display resolutions and arrangements. Essentially XRandR for macOS.
- Service Station – Customize your Right-Click Menu
- Late Show with David Letterman - "Please Stop Calling Me Chief" 06-26-2001 - YouTube
- John Bonham - Led Zeppelin - Fool In The Rain - Isolated Drum Track AWESOME - YouTube
- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: The Legendary Purdie Shuffle - YouTube
- Dan Benjamin - YouTube
- TimeMachineEditor
TimeMachineEditor is a software for macOS that lets you change the default one-hour backup interval of Time Machine.
- PhotoScan – scanner by Google Photos
Don’t just take a picture of a picture. Create enhanced digital scans, with automatic edge detection, perspective correction, and smart rotation.
- ReviewMeta.com - Amazon Review Checker
ReviewMeta analyzes Amazon product reviews and filters out reviews that our algorithm detects may be unnatural.
- ReviewMeta.com: iPhone Cable,Sharllen Metal Spring iPhone Charger Cable Lightning Cable 3FT/6FT/10FT Long Charging&Syncing iPhone Charging Cord Data Wire Compatible iPhone 11/XS/Max/X/8/8Plus/7/7P/6/6 P/6S/iPad Black Amazon Review Analysis
An example of some VERY sketchy product reviews.
- Use Magnifier with your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
With Magnifier, you can turn your iPhone or iPad into a magnifying glass so you can zoom in on objects near you.