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Local bookstores and the missed opportunity
As I watch small, independently owned bookstores continue to desperately cling onto their customers for survival, I can’t help but feel really angry that Amazon cornered the market on e-books for no better reason than these bookstores decided they didn’t want to be a part of it. Now, e-books haven’t taken over the market in…
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Unpopular opinion: Ring’s drone camera is unjustly maligned
FULL DISCLOSURE: I was a relatively early employee of Ring. I had equity in Ring and made money when Ring was acquired by Amazon, and then I made money from the Amazon stock I bought with said money. I have a variety of opinions about Ring and having been on the inside has left me…
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Thoughts on the loss of RBG
There is an alternate reality where she died where I can reflect on her life with the awe and admiration that her life and career deserved. In that reality, I’m not super torn up about her death. She had an incredible run and her legal decisions have had ripple effects on law and justice in…
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Clipboard History with Alfred
Note: this is your last chance to win a free Alfred Powerpack! If you want to enter, you should own a Mac, since you’ll need one to actually use Alfred! To enter, do one of the following: follow me at @harpaa01 Subscribe to icanthascheezburger via email Subscribe via RSS at the link above and leave…
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Keyboard Projects: Iris
Over the past year I’ve developed a periodic habit of going on keeb.io and just ordering up a kit for a keyboard just to try it out. Like with most mechanical keyboard supply shops, you have to keep a close eye on when things are in stock, but they have some fun and relatively simple…
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Fully Programmable Keyboards
I first got hooked on mechanical keyboards in 2012 for the simple reason that they felt really nice to type on. They make nice satisfying clicky sounds, but also they just feel nice under your fingers. It’s a delight to the senses. But the bigger thing that’s kept my interest in mechanical keyboards as strong…
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Security ProTip: Fake Security Question Responses
There are a lot of web sites (banks come to mind) that force you to add a series of security questions to your account, and you often don’t get to pick the security questions. This is a terrible security practice. Security questions are as good as a password usually, and they’re usually asking you things…
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Building Custom Jigs With Alfred
note: I’m giving away some Alfred licenses! Because I love Alfred so darn much, I’m giving away Alfred Powerpack licenses to some lucky readers. If you want to enter, you should own a Mac, since you’ll need one to actually use Alfred! To enter, do one of the following: follow me at @harpaa01 Subscribe to…
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Alpha Lima Foxtrot Romeo Echo Delta
Ever been on the phone with customer service and you need to spell something out, and you think “man, I wish I actually knew that NATO alphabet so I could spell out letters using words and sound like a military badass†Alfred lets you be that badass. You’ll need a third party workflow for this.…
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Searching the Web Far and Wide with Alfred
This is a use case that got me addicted to application launcher style apps before Alfred even existed (back then Quicksilver was all the rage). It doesn’t take that long to Google something; you just go to an open browser window and type something in the address bar and hit Enter. If you’re savvy with…