Infrastructure – Page 20 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Exporting ical Calendar Entries

2020-12-08

End of the year, time for a calendar cleanup. Here's an R script that transforms .ics entires into easy to read logbook text entries.
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Syspolicyd, Periodically High CPU Load, Reading Huge Amounts of Data, on Mac Big Sur (and likely Catalina as well)

2020-12-02

After installing Big Sur, I noticed a periodically high CPU load, and later found out that huge amounts of data (2.8 TB, yep, *T*B) were read from the HDD within a short amount of time. Turns out, it's very very likely some unsigned .pkg files from gog.com were to blame.
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An UN Controlled Earth makes for really scary Sci-Fi in “The Expanse”

2020-11-23

Fuck Aliens, there is something much, much worse than "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream" — when you scream, and you're just one of millions. A mere statistic.
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Let’s Upgrade to a prior, better version of DEVONthink for Big Sur

2020-11-23

Upgraded my Mojave Mac to Big Sur ... and still using DEVONthink Pro Office 2.11.3.
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Storing an Apple Pencil

2020-11-23

I found it hard to story my Apple Pencil ... but Velcro solved this very well.
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Your Private Virtual Museum

2020-11-20

How about a virtual museum with art you like. It's pretty easy to do.
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iPad 5 mini — Ideal reading and note taking everywhere device

2020-11-20

I tried out an iPad 5 mini, and waow, that tablet has just the right size factor. Finding a case is hell, though.
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Digital Lifeboat

2020-09-26

You know the game of "If there was a fire in your building (apartment/house), what would be the five things you'd take with you?" Now imagine you would not have the time to get anything, because it's either "get out immediately or die". What would you still have with you?
An argument for "Digital Lifeboats".
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What’s a Smart Watch good for?

2020-09-23

Well, after a couple of months trying out a smart watch ... well, several things.
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Foot Hammock for one’s Desk

2020-09-13

Recently tried out a foot hammock for one's desk — works even better with a high-adjustable desk.
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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.