2026-06-06 16:20:13
"It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M.
A song from college or early adulthood. - It's the End of the World As We Know It by R.E.M.
The main reason R.E.M. was so insanely popular can be attributed to the fact that they were really, really good - the song writing, the performance - everything.
2026-06-03 15:46:26
"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf
What's a song that you like but most of your friends don't. - Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf
I think it's a real classic. My friends think it's old AF.
2026-06-03 08:56:19
"One Love / People Get Ready" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
What's a song that instantly makes you smile? - One Love by Bob Marley and the Wailers
You know, I've never met a cool person who didn't like Bob Marley. Just sayin'
2026-06-02 05:02:01
Cache Out, a free new single-purpose utility from veteran Mac developer Jim Mitchell, fits right into an app category that is severely underrepresented - utilities that work across multiple browsers from a single interface.
Cache Out's superpower is selective data removal from a variety of popular macOS browsers with the click of a single button. It removes five categories of information - cache, history, downloads, favicons, and cookies. You select the browsers you want cleared from a list. You select the categories of data to remove. Then, you click a single button and BOOM. It's done. After the files are removed, you aren't left in the dark about what happened since you get a report on the number of files and MBs that were removed.
There are currently seven supported browsers:
I'd like to see a few more on the list, including Vivaldi, Arc, and Atlas. Thankfully, Mitchell indicates that more browsers are coming.
Cache Out punches all the right buttons for a privacy-focused app. It doesn't phone home or collect analytics. It doesn't require an account or registration. It's Apple-notarized. Everything happens on your machine.
Don't think that an app like this is the ultimate Boss Button. Most corporate-owned computers track Internet traffic in real time, so your IT department can still track your history if this is your only precaution. Still, most undermanned and overworked support workers don't care where you go as a general rule. Likewise, your home ISP can track your DNS requests for almost every site you visit unless you use a no-log VPN or a service like NextDNS that offers name resolution over HTTPS. Even then, you have to be savvy enough to set it up correctly.
Still, there are a lot of reasons for running clean browsers. In a world where browser fingerprinting is maximally invasive and pervasive, one defense is using multiple browsers to make yourself harder to track for the data scrapers of the world. You'll quickly build up GBs of data for almost every browser you use. If you're stuck with a small hard drive you can't upgrade (like my brand-new M4 Mac Mini's 256GB), you always have to be careful with space. Cache Out is the perfect app to do that.
Also, many countries, including my own, are seeing a rollback of civil liberties. To make matters worse, areas where people travel with their computers offer less privacy than you'd have at home. If you gave the slightest concern about the TSA, ICE, or the CBP looking through your browser history, use Cache Out before you travel.
Here are utilities that operate across multiple browsers on macOS:
2026-06-01 16:41:57
"Georgia on My Mind (Original Master Recording)" by Ray Charles
A song that reminds you of somewhere you lived. - Georgia on my Mind by Ray Charles
It was four degrees above zero the night I started my infantry training at Ft. Benning, GA, a fact I remember because I was assigned to stand outside by a gate, to "guard" it, for two hours on the typical kind of bullshit duty that makes the Army what it is.
2026-05-31 17:10:08
"Children of Children" by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
A song off the last album you paid money for - Children of Children by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
This 135 song compilation of rarities and collectables by various artists benefits victims of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina. My wife and I were in the Appalachian Mountains, just north of Boone, NC when the storm caused a 1,000-year flood in the region. We made it back home on the only road open out of the area, but many mountain towns and cities, including places as large as Asheville, were completely isolated for days.
