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October 26
Has anyone reinvented the inbox recently?
I want Tab Stash for my inbox. Does it exist? Tab Stash is a Firefox addon that lets me "save and organize batches of tabs as bookmarks". My browser only ever has a handful of tabs open for the first time in many years. Instead of searching through a backlog of tabs in a chronological order, I can visit my home page and see a well-organized spread of information.
What's in your email inbox?
I often see people refer to the dozens or hundreds of messages in their email inboxex, but I never have more than 20 or so. People with overstuffed inboxes, what's in them? [more inside]
Where did that file go, exactly, and isn't there a 'backup?'
Back in the previous century, and likely into the first decade of this one, text files would 'automatically' back-up to a sort of limbo (purgatory) on your hard drive. And if you screwed up and accidentally erased a file, you could go digging around in the unchartered waters of your HardDrive and likely find the copy from just before you stupidly deleted the file. [more inside]
October 25
daily curated alerts and updates service
Is there service like google alerts that provides curated daily news and updates on specific areas of concern or interest? [more inside]
October 23
Blue Sky Starter Packs and Lists
In Blue Sky, is it possible to create a List or a Feed from someone else's Starter Pack? [more inside]
October 20
Smartwatch for sideloading
I'm looking to play with the data from and put my own software on a smartwatch. I assume Android. [more inside]
October 19
Another Android tech support pickle...
So for reasons instead of locking the tablet I just blocked all the apps in family link, intending to unblock them at next screentime. Next screentime is about to start and the whole thing crashes HARD. Resulting in a factory reset of the device. So now I want to reinstall his apps, but the play store says "parents have blocked app". But if I go into family link to unblock the app I have no option to unblock it because "app is no longer installed on device." And of course I blocked ALL the apps and only successfully unlocked one before the crash so everything is gone and I have no idea how to recover it. HOPE me. [more inside]
Online Directory + CRM
Is there an un-bloated, user-friendly, admin-friendly online directory (that connects to a CRM}? [more inside]
USB booster options
Bought a laser cutter with a built in camera. Computer is 5 meters away, and camera while discovered shows no image. Support says 1.5 meter cable max. [more inside]
October 18
Reproducible examples of AI being terrible at basic facts and tasks?
I am working with some people who are (ab)using ChatGPT because they think it makes their writing better, and they're using it for research as well. I want to show them lots of examples of AI being terrible at its ostensible job. [more inside]
October 17
Canva mavens, please halp!
At wits end editing Canva audio track for presentation tomorrow morning! [more inside]
Removing Search Results and Photos from Google in 2024
Somehow a relative's dinky but long-lived family website has overtaken all the top results when you search for my name on Google. These results include pictures of me from my childhood that job recruiters and fellow professionals in my industry do not need to see. What steps do I need to take to get at least some of these things removed? I also need to figure out why my website, which used to be the first result when you searched for me, has been completely scrubbed from Google.
What desktop app, phone app, or website do you wish existed?
What desktop app, phone app, or website do you wish existed? [more inside]
October 16
Trying to find out what happened to my website.
My website is down. I am not technically savvy. I have relied in years past on my website developer. I believe he has Alzheimer's based on recent repeated chats and how he keeps asking questions I just finished answering. I've given up on trying to get through to him. [more inside]
October 15
Online source for pre-WWII Japan patents?
While https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp is a well organized database for recent Japan patents, I am searching for several patents from the 1930's. This article details a method to determine the year from a patent number, but then falls back to snail-mail enquiries for more info. Does anyone know of a more recent online resource for older Japan patents?
Good ways to save online articles?
A project I worked on is getting some online press. What's the best way to save it? [more inside]
how to clear the cache for a specific site on Chrome (macbook pro)
Pretty much the title. My workplace changed to a different instance of our platform, and Chrome keeps opening the old one and I can't access student records. I don't want to clear ALL of my cache - just the work stuff. 2023 Macbook Pro M2. [more inside]
October 13
Mac Sequoia update seems to have broken Books - replacement or fix?
I updated my Mac laptop to Sequoia and now Books will not recognize epubs unless I restart. Then after a while it stops recognizing them. I hate this. [more inside]
How do I, a non-programmer, write a script to click in sequence..
Hey, remember me and the shark game...I've kept at it on and off... I want to do the lots of everything thing again. This time I want to get up to a high climate level first. To do this, I want to just click through worlds to get to a high climate level. Can I use some sort of auto-clicker or program something simple myself to do this? So you don't need to know the shark game: THe question is, how do I get my computer to read the screen and repetitively click the right thing. [more inside]
How long is access to the Wikipedia Library?
I see that you have to have 500 edits with 10 edits within the last thirty days to access the Wikipedia Library, but then how long does access last?