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2025-03-22 — This makes my fucking blood boil!
2025-03-21 — More thoughts on the M4 MacBook Air
2025-03-20 — On - Using ChatGPT for tech support
2025-03-20 — Apple ID phishing alert
2025-03-17 — On - Is Apple Intelligence even possible?
2025-03-15 — PSA - Amazon will log all Echo voice commands starting March 28
2025-03-14 — Thinking about the M4 MacBook Air
2025-03-08 — Two free apps that I recently discovered
2025-03-06 — On The Only Metrics That Matter
2025-03-04 — Sleep Number i8 bed
2025-03-03 — David Sparks - Cotypist Review
2025-03-02 — On should your RSS expose full content or a snippet?
2025-02-26 — Will they ever learn?
2025-02-24 — Prickly peril
2025-02-23 — Solving the BBEdit 15.1.4 Script Quarantine Issue
2025-02-22 — Capture, Process, Send
2025-02-20 — Ditching my Feedbin subscription
2025-02-19 — This post was generated using Eleventy
2025-02-13 — On - Which HTML element are you [Quiz]?
2025-02-10 — Cracked Corn 🌽
2025-02-09 — Apple could pull iCloud from the UK
2025-02-07 — U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
2025-02-06 — Sleep Number vs. my snoring
2025-02-05 — Instapaper
2025-02-05 — Blog setup flip-flop… again (but fixed now)
2025-02-04 — Blog setup flip-flop again
2025-02-03 — 11ty project
2025-01-29 — Blog setup flip-flop
2025-01-25 — Now I’m doing Yoga
2025-01-24 — You Can Build Your Own Static Blog - Here's How!
2025-01-24 — Apple Intelligence and iPhone battery drain
2025-01-21 — Re - Zed fonts
2025-01-18 — Don’t forget your RSS readers
2025-01-17 — James’ Coffee Blog
2025-01-16 — Celebrated Lawyer ‘Fires’ Meta As A Client Over Zuck’s ‘Neo-Nazi Madness’
2025-01-15 — What happens on your device, stays on your device – until it doesn’t
2025-01-13 — iPhone one screen setup
2025-01-10 — Re - Social networking alternatives for the Meta- and Musk-averse
2025-01-09 — Send articles from iPhone to Kindle for reading later
2025-01-07 — ldstephens - notes
2025-01-06 — I’ve been doing it wrong
2025-01-05 — I don’t care about your politics
2025-01-01 — New Year 2025
2024-12-27 — People don’t give a shit about Vision Pro
2024-12-21 — Apple's unwanted 18.2 Mail makeover
2024-12-16 — App Defaults
2024-12-14 — Re - Digital responsibilities
2024-12-11 — Re - Thoughts On Mangione
2024-12-07 — Drafts - the best $20 bucks I spend every year
2024-12-03 — Switching blogging engines
2024-12-01 — Re - My advice to iPhone users considering a move to Android
2024-11-26 — Sticking My Head in the Sand (But Not Really)
2024-11-25 — To POSSE or not to POSSE
2024-11-23 — Cancel a drag and drop on Mac
2024-11-21 — Re - The App Store era must end, and the Mac is the model
2024-11-20 — Mac tip - navigating and selecting text from the keyboard
2024-11-18 — Using AI to help you build your first static website
2024-11-16 — Colophon
2024-11-15 — Re - Bluesky? Mastodon? get your own blog instead
2024-11-14 — 2024-11-14 Blog update
2024-11-12 — Independent blogs lost in search
2024-11-11 — reality is setting in
2024-11-10 — Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops
2024-11-08 — Your next iPhone could cost $300 more in the Trump administration
2024-11-07 — iPhone Notes Missing After Accepting New iCloud Terms? Here’s the Fix!
2024-11-06 — What’s Ahead for America Now?
2024-11-05 — Update - Static Site
2024-11-03 — Re - On Maintaining Streaks
2024-11-02 — Apple Intelligence first impressions
2024-10-30 — 16GB for everyone - MacBook Air joins the RAM upgrade party
2024-10-28 — Should I Migrate to a Static Site?
2024-10-28 — Canceling Optimum Internet Service? Good Luck!
2024-10-24 — Update - BBEdit rabbit hole
2024-10-16 — If you're not already using an RSS reader you need to read this
2024-10-15 — Re - The wonderful rabbit hole of BBEdit
2024-10-14 — How I manage my clipboard history on iPhone and iPad
2024-10-11 — Rant - Internet service provider bullshit
2024-10-09 — Yoink Bug on macOS Sequoia
2024-10-09 — Home Depot and Apple Pay
2024-09-19 — Mac tip - assign custom keyboard shortcuts for menu items in most Mac apps
2024-08-29 — What’s in My Mac Menubar
2024-08-25 — Notes for iOS, iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia
2024-08-22 — How to Turn Off "iPhone Maybe Too Close" Notification
2024-08-18 — Apple tech podcast detox
2024-08-17 — How to move a file or folder from one disk to another on a Mac
2024-08-16 — Freedom to App-Hop
2024-08-13 — How to use Visual Lookup on iOS
2024-08-11 — Add words to the Mac dictionary
2024-08-10 — Mac frustrations
2024-08-04 — When "Check Spelling While Typing" breaks on Mac, do this to fix it
2024-08-01 — Paste clipboard content as plain-text on Mac
2024-07-29 — Goodlinks - Highlighting is Here!
2024-07-24 — The proper order for listing the modifier keys in a keyboard shortcut on Mac
2024-07-17 — Remove the Floating Keyboard Bar When Using an External Keyboard on Your iPad
2024-07-15 — 10 Years Loving Fastmail
2024-07-13 — So You’re Thinking About Monetizing Your Blog
2024-07-12 — Easier Blogging Platforms
2024-06-17 — GoodLinks to iA Writer Custom Actions
2024-06-15 — How to scan to “text” on iPhone
2024-06-15 — Change the default app that opens files in iOS and iPadOS
2024-05-14 — iPhone Home Screen - Why one is all I need
2024-04-29 — Effortlessly combine Reeder, Instapaper, and Obsidian to enhance your RSS reading experience
2024-04-21 — Roku or Apple TV 4K - Upgrading our streaming device
2024-04-19 — I ditched Apple Podcasts after a week
2024-04-17 — Can an iPhone be your only computer?
2024-04-09 — Here's how to summarize YouTube videos using Gemini
2024-04-08 — Drafts send file to iA Writer
2024-04-04 — Bringing order to my note-taking chaos
2024-03-25 — Alfred workflow that gets a list of all open Safari tabs
2024-03-14 — The hard lesson that TikTok creators may have to learn
2024-03-09 — On quality software
2024-03-01 — A simple trick to snooze emails in Apple Mail
2024-02-27 — When surge pricing hits, your wallet takes a thrashing
2024-02-08 — Can't quit Alfred? Me neither! But I use these Raycast extensions
2024-02-03 — iPad Pro rant - the clipboard saga that tests my patience daily
2024-01-21 — How to see the Today View in Apple's Reminders sorted by Lists
2024-01-20 — 4 Methods to power-off your iPhone
2024-01-16 — Apple's Vision Pro - Who actually gives a shit?
2024-01-08 — My Drafts + Day One journaling workflow
2024-01-01 — From Floppies to iPhones - My 40-Year Love Affair with Technology (and It's Not Over Yet!)
2023-12-20 — Goodlinks send to Drafts Custom Actions
2023-12-17 — I hated writing with the Apple Pencil on my iPad. Not anymore!
2023-12-14 — Why I abandoned Drafts and returned to text files for managing my information repository
2023-12-14 — My default apps – 2024 version
2023-11-20 — On Ad-Blockers
2023-11-20 — Keyboard Maestro Macro - Close all open tabs and hide Safari
2023-11-19 — Renewing my Feedbin subscription - A lingering dilemma
2023-11-19 — App-solutely indecisive
2023-11-18 — Back to Drafts app as my information repository
2023-10-26 — Apple Private Relay - It's not worth the Wi-Fi speed sacrifice
2023-10-11 — Bartender to Hidden Bar - A Simpler Solution for macOS Sonoma
2023-09-26 — Apple Mail's missing Snooze - Setting the record straight
2023-09-10 — xSearch A Safari extension for improved searching on iPhone and iPad
2023-09-09 — How to change font size for individual apps on iPhone and iPad
2023-07-24 — How to setup folders in Fastmail that auto-purge emails
2023-07-11 — Understanding iPhone's orange, green, and blue privacy indicator dots
2023-07-03 — How to recover deleted files on iPhone and iPad
2023-06-23 — How to Convert Photos to PDF on iPhone and iPad
2023-06-13 — Easy Link Opening in iPadOS
2023-06-11 — My Everyday Essentials - Alfred, Drafts, and PopClip – The Backbone of My Workflow
2023-04-27 — From Three to One
2023-04-19 — Remembering Nemo - a tribute to our beloved dog
2023-04-19 — Making Computers Personal
2023-04-11 — FBI warns against using public phone charging stations
2023-04-10 — Reading, linking, writing, and blogging
2023-03-25 — The Benefits of Personal Blogs Over Social Media Platforms
2023-03-14 — ldstephens Blog - Eight Years of Blogging and Counting
2023-03-11 — When the Internet Goes Dark
2023-02-24 — Restart your iPhone using Siri
2023-02-23 — 7 Reasons why I register domains with Hover
2023-02-12 — How to Fake a Dropped Call on iPhone
2023-02-11 — Quick tip – Add Apps or Folders to the Mac Apple Mail Save As Menu
2023-02-06 — Quick Tip - How to delete individual clipboard items from Alfred's clipboard history
2022-03-24 — Fastmail vs ProtonMail - A Comparison
2022-02-28 — Launch Mac apps with keyboard shortcuts using Raycast
2022-02-25 — Launch Mac apps with keyboard shortcuts using Alfred
2022-02-24 — Launch Mac apps with keyboard shortcuts | Keyboard Maestro