Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 35
September 30, 2020
The Post Office is not designed for universal mail-in ballots
Universal mail-in ballots introduce serious problems that the United States Postal Service is not designed to handle. To be sure that all votes are counted, we should continue accepting ballots for 100 years.
September 26, 2020
Safari 14 disables Automator Quick Actions in text fields
As of the September 17 release of Safari 14 for macOS Catalina, Automator can no longer replace text in text fields, such as in forums and blog comments. Here are some workarounds.
September 23, 2020
COVID Lessons: Don’t trust socialists
Our response made the virus worse. We trusted self-styled experts, failed models, socialists, and the media over what we could see with our own eyes.
September 18, 2020
Check42 for verifying Astounding Scripts
If you’ve been wanting to type scripts in from the book but were worried about typos, this script will help you find errors in any scripts you’ve typed in from 42 Astounding Scripts.
September 16, 2020
Catalina vs. Mojave for Scripters
More detail about the issues I ran into updating the scripts from 42 Astounding Scripts for Catalina.
September 11, 2020
Play music faster in the Music App
If you enjoy Marvin and the Chipmunks, you’ll love this AppleScript.
September 9, 2020
COVID Lessons: Government Monopolies are Still Monopolies
Our response to COVID-19 was almost designed to make it worse. We shut down the nimble small businesses that could respond quickly, and relied almost solely on large corporations and the government monopolies that failed us, because they are monopolies.
September 2, 2020
42 Astounding Scripts, Catalina edition
I’ve updated 42 Astounding Scripts for Catalina, and added “one more thing”.
August 26, 2020
Battery-operated floor lamp
A battery-operated lamp removes the need for unsightly and even dangerous cords.
August 19, 2020
COVID Lessons: Shutting down innovation
Our response to COVID-19 was almost entirely to make the problem worse. We shut down everything that could help, and when people started thinking up ways to neutralize the virus’s spread, we shut them down, too. We actually fined people for innovating means of continuing to work safely; and of course we told everyone to shut down but still pay your taxes.
