From my 100 Strangers Project - Eric and his partner were waiting for breakfast outside a busy diner when I approached them. He seemed kind of grumpy and I didn’t think I was going to get this one, but she told him it was OK, so in the end I got my man.
Just read my first story about the cool stuff they get in the EU that the rest of the world does without and now I have a little bit of an attitude. I want a real iOS clipboard manager too dammit.
CLICK ON START. START. ITS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. ON YOUR MONITOR. START. CLICK IT. GO TO CONTROL PANEL. CONTROL PANEL. ITS IN THE START MENU. THE START MENU. ITS WHAT POPPED UP WHEN YOU HIT START. NO, DON’T HIT START AGAIN. OK, HIT START AGAIN. DID THE START MENU POP UP? THEN CLICK START. NOW GO TO CONTROL PANEL. CONTROL PANEL. CLICK ON IT. CLICK ON CONTROL PANEL. THAT START MENU DISAPPEARED? CLICK ON START. OK, I’LL BE OVER.
If you only know how many times I have had this conversation in the last 30 years.
15 Example #Obsidian Vaults from Around the Internet
I’ve been collecting these for a while and sharing them out of my Google Drive but it would probably be better for you to see the original source so you can discover some of these resources on your own.
- Dataview Example Vault: A example vault to collect and showcase various dataview queries. Created on behalf of AB1908 (github.com)
- Personal-Wiki: A showcase to help others to organize their notes. (github.com)
- LifeOS for Obsidian (obsidian-life-os.netlify.app)
- Grow Your Mind Garden Starter Kit
- LeanProductivity Starter Vault (sascha-kasper.com)
- Kepano: My personal Obsidian vault template. A bottom-up approach to note-taking and organizing things I am interested in. (github.com)
- Dashboard++ - TfT Hacker
- Bullet Journal and Task Management in Obsidian - Free Vault for download and Folder Structure (travelertechie.com)
- Obsidian Hub Main
- Ideaverse for Obsidian (linkingyourthinking.com)
- Obsidian: Sample Planner Vault from Ellane (gumroad.com)
- PARA Starter Kit - Obsidian Hub - Obsidian Publish
- Obsidian Starter Vault – The Sweet Setup
- ObsidianMD CSS Snippets repository, a collection of CSS code snippets to enhance the user interface elements of ObsidianMD (github.com)
- Starter Vault – Obsidian University
My favorite part of working in education is summer break. Sure, there are plenty of projects of high and low intensity, but there’s something super peaceful about a nearly empty campus.
My WeblogPoMo2024 entry for today - On Writing - we all have a “why” to explain our need/desire/want to put ourselves out there for the Internet world to see. This is mine.
Today on AppAddict - Dropzone 4 a pricey but versatile menu bar app (included with Setapp) that can make uploading media to Micro.blog a snap if you pair it with shortcuts from @jarrod
From my 100 Strangers Project - Office Scott. I couldn’t tell if she was flattered or embarrassed, but she was cool with having me snap a photo. I take picture of police officers because it’s good for them to get used to it. I’m not pushy or confrontational about it and most of them don’t mind.
Task Management with Things 3 and #Obsidian
Many people choose to do their task management in Obsidian exclusively using different plugins and workflows. The tasks plugin is #5 in downloads at 1.2 million. As much as I love and use Obsidian, I don’t consider it an everything program. Task management applications like Things 3 from Cultured Code are popular for a reason. Their superior design, shortcut integration and feature set are all ready as soon as you install the app with no fiddling involved.
Things 3 offers projects, areas, repeating tasks, different start and due dates and imports from Apple shortcuts as well as Siri integration and a robust collection of shortcuts. There is a great Raycast extension for it too. There is an active community on Reddit.
I use two plugins to integrate Things with Obsidian.
Things 3 Today Sync
Things 3 Today Sync puts a copy of my today view (the tasks with a due date of today)
in the right sidebar of the Obsidian interface. The tasks come in as hyperlinks, so that clicking on them will take me to the task in Things. Checking the checkbox beside the task closes it and removes it from the list. If I add a task in things on the fly, it also appears in Obsidian. It’s a Mac only plugin, so If you are on a PC, you won’t be able to use it even if you have Things installed on your phone or an a Mac somewhere else. It’s dead simple to set up, requiring no complex configuration. Just enable it after installation.
Things 3 Logbook
Things Logbook will periodically sync your completed tasks with your daily note. You can assign a hotkey and sync on demand if you want to. One feature I really liked was the retroactive syncing. I have been using Things much longer than Obsidian and when I ran the sync for the for first time, it created daily notes stretching back years with my completed tasks which has really proved useful since I can now search of those items with Obsidian. Completed tasks show up in your daily note as hyperlinks and if you are on a Mac, they will open Things to your logbook. This plugin works on Windows machines so that if you check off completed tasks on your phone or on a Mac, they will appear in your daily note on Windows.
Things Sync
Things Sync is a third plugin for Things and Obsidian. I don’t use it because I’ve never found a way to fit it into my workflow, but it allows you to create tasks in Obsidian that get synced with Things.
Any more extroverts married to introverts out there? Things my wife hates worse than death - 1) Going into a store to pay for gas in person 2) Someone sitting beside her at the movies 3) Invitations to anything but particularly from neighbors
Today on AppAddict - Bean a free lightweight word processor that’s kind of like WordPad on Windows, only better. Weighing in at only 8MB, it runs great, even on old hardware. For when you need rich text, tables and images in a document.
I reflect on Reddit after using it since 2006, the ups and downs and how it has changed for my WeblogPoMo2024 post today.
100 Strangers Project - This lovely lady sold newspapers on an off ramp near my house for years in all kinds of weather, always smiling. I bought from her whenever I had cash.
Jump starting Mother’s Day in the US. My mom lived the first 17 years of her life in a rural NC farmhouse with no indoor plumbing. She had two kids before age 20 and a couple of disastrous marriages. She ended up a highly regarded RN in the ICU and in her 70s has walked across England and Spain.
This Weeks Bookmarks - Paleo is BS, Bye Harry Potter, Tech failures that didn't, Best books of the century, Travel destinations, Phones at protests, Clipboard managers
Hahaha, all those gym bros have been eating an artificial man made caveman wannabe diet Stone Age Paleo diet was not rich in meat, scientists say | CNN
How Daniel Radcliffe Outran Harry Potter - The Atlantic - Remember to use archive.io to read paywalled articles
Remember all the people who though the iPhone was going to fail? These Tech Products Notoriously Got Wrecked by First Reviews (gizmodo.com)
I’ve got a prize for the first person to finish the whole list. The Top Books to Read From 2000-2023 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
I love to dream of traveling almost as much as I love traveling. - The 24 Best Places to Go in 2024
Practical advice for those going into the front lines of modern protests - How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? (Updated 2024) – The Markup
For Mac users, a long Reddit thread on what a clipboard manager is and all the many choices you can look at before choosing Raycast - Battle of the Clipboard Managers : r/macapps (reddit.com)
It’s Saturday and I’ve updated my /now page with links to a full week or app reviews on AppAddict and my WeblogPoMo2024 posts, as well good TV from the BBC, my browsing finds and a new coffee maker for the masses.
Today on AppAddict - FreeTube may be the most underrated app in the Mac ecosystem. It’s a privacy first, ad free player for YouTube that offers playlists, favorites and subscriptions - all without an account. It even downloads videos. Totally free and open source.
From my 100 Strangers Project - Jessica - a member of an anarchist pacifist theater group dating back to 1947. I saw them rehearsing in a park in NYC and struck up a conversation. The didn’t just talk at me though, truly curious they asked about my project and my own artistic history.
All roads lead back to Vietnam, the story of relationship with my distant father today for WeblogPoMo2024.
I think the world is definitely better with you in it!