Adobe Photography Plan pricing finally increasing after a decade
Making the rounds but important information for Adobe Lightroom or Photography Plan subscribers. Prices are going up! But you can save $$ by doing a year pre-paid. https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/12/15/all-new-photography-innovations-pricing-updates I actually had just subbed to the Lightroom yearly plan but paid month-to-month. Did
Email archiving? I'm sticking with DEVONthink
I've used DEVONthink for years to archive email. When I was using the application a lot more for paperless storage it made sense and it worked (and still works) well. But I've since moved away from DT and thought I'd look for something a
Beware the intricacies of Medicare
As I've been finding out lately with all of the medical issues my mom has been having all Medicare options are not the same. They really push Medicare Advantage which might be an advantage for some but if you start needing skilled nursing care you might be in
The demise of Omnivore. Back to Readwise.
I should have known better than to trust Omnivore, a free read-it-later service. With expensive server costs there was no way it could remain free. Unfortunately instead of making it subscription-based they're abandoning it and moving to a company that's making a different reading service that
My mom had a stroke
My mom had a stroke two nights ago. She had already fallen twice at home in the last couple of months (she's almost 90) and was in a rehab facility when it happened. I am thankful she was there because they noticed it right away and called the
Little Snitch - the best gets better
Little Snitch by Objective Development is one of those tools that many Mac geeks adore. It's a network monitor and application firewall that lets you know about when and how applications on your Mac are connecting to the Internet and get very detailed control over what is happening
On re-reading books
A look back at Alan Furst's "Night Soldiers" novel.
The differences between grand and upright pianos
I'm reading the book "The Way of Bach" about one of my favorite composers, JS Bach, and the author's 3-year study of his works in his desire to play Bach on the piano. At the outset the author goes to buy a piano and
All this pearl-clutching over photos
Nilay Patel and The Verge really spend a lot of time worrying over what a photo is. In the latest post, "Let’s compare Apple, Google, and Samsung’s definitions of ‘a photo’ ", there is a lot of clutching of pearls over statements made from Apple, Google, and
