Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 13

What will a useful electric car look like?

New technologies win by being better than previous technologies, not worse. The modern battery-powered car is ridiculously close to its turn of the century counterpart. They may look more modern, but the same hundred-year-old technology that has never met the needs of drivers still powers them and hobbles them.

Padmath in Ventura

Padmath stops working in Ventura because bc, which it relies on, now has a built-in abs function.

Plain & Fancy in the seventies with Hiram Walker

Enjoy a whole new world of fun, excitement and discovery in Hiram Walker Cordials, adding a personal touch to all your memorable moments and special occasions—plain or fancy!

Finding vintage cookbook downloads

There are several sites for finding vintage cookbooks, from general-purpose online archives to special collections at universities. Here are a few of my favorites.

Find all parent mailboxes in macOS Mail

The macOS Mail app seems to want to hide the existence of mailboxes and any sense of hierarchical storage. These two AppleScripts will help you find the full path to a selected message and open the message’s mailbox.

The Cellphone Problem in horror roleplaying

Modern technology makes isolation, both physical and informational, much more difficult. Game masters in modern games need to recognize that isolation is too much like a railroad, and prepare adventures accordingly.

Breakfast lassi

Yogurt and spice is a great way to start the day.

The Voters vs. the Party linked on Editorials

“I haven’t been reading a lot of Trump indictment analysis by Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Turley, Alan Dershowitz… They’re all great legal minds, but how naïve do you have to be still to think that America has anything recognizable as a ‘justice’ system?” “The point I always make is on the agreed line of ninety-nine per cent of American politicians, judges, bureaucrats and media experts—that, oh sure, they found a little bit of fraud but relax, it wasn’t enough to change the result.

“Not to go all Turleyesque on you, but what’s the evidentiary basis for that statement? In non-corrupt countries such as, say, Denmark, that’s not the standard: it’s not that there’s not enough fraud to change the result, it’s that there’s no fraud—period.

“…the base is trying to tell the worthless GOP establishment something important here:

We don’t think this is a normal election, and we can’t see the point of pretending that it is.

“…[while] the American right still talks about the justice system and the election campaign as if either term means what it does in functioning societies… in my experience of Third World crapholes, you don’t start criminalizing your political opposition unless you’ve already decided there aren’t going to be any election-night surprises.

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“These are not normal times: in the years ahead, ever greater corruption… will be necessary to constrain the people’s choices to the shriveled offerings of the Uniparty. So, if you reckon it’s bad now, wait till next time. GOP primary voters seem to get that at least.

Oktoberfest Sauerkraut for Potato Day

This simple sauerkraut casserole turns into an amazing National Potato Day treat when topped with mashed potato.

JXA and AppleScript compared via HyperCard

How does JXA compare to the AppleScript solution for screenshotting every card in HyperCardPreview?