So, a long time ago I wrote this Jekyll plugin that does countdowns and I don’t think I ever really used it. You just give it an end date and it inserts a countdown into the post. But I needed something to count down to, so I’m running a 40% off Marked sale using the coupon until Saturday, September 16th. Here’s your countdown:
jekyll, marked
Thanks to TextExpander for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! I can’t count the number of hours I save using TextExpander. Oh wait, I can, because they email you a report every week to let you know…
productivity, sponsor, textexpander
I’ve made some changes to Journal (I didn’t mess with the data format this time) that add some functionality and will maybe help with integrating with some apps like Obisidian.
health, journal-cli, journaling, markdown
I’ve put some more time into both Journal and . The latest version of represents quite a few hours of tinkering. See the na project page for full details. In case you’ve missed in previously, is my command line tool for reading and modifying TaskPaper files in your projects.
na, productivity, search, tagging, taskpaper
Thanks to Timing for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! I’ve loved Timing for years, and the new vertical timeline view is an awesome upgrade to one of my most-used apps.
macos, recording, sponsor
I recently started couple’s therapy to try and improve the often-complicated relationship between myself (ADHD, bipolar) and my partner (autistic) and all of the unique problems that combination of neurodivergence presents. As part of this, I was asked to keep a journal containing certain data points. I started off journaling in Day One, but immediately realized that I was collecting some numeric data that I wouldn’t be able to do anything with unless it was stored in a database…
dayone, journal-cli, markdown
I went on a trip to Minneapolis this weekend. It went really well; I saw some great friends, ate some great food, and spent some early mornings coding at the hotel. I was just coding to kill time when I couldn’t sleep, and playing with seemed like the perfect way to do it.
na, productivity, taskpaper
Thanks to SaneBox for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com again this week! I rely on my SaneBox Digest to get an overview of all the emails that (thankfully) skipped my inbox without having to wade through them all. Highly recommend!
email, sponsor
I love RegExRX for testing regular expressions. It has all the features I could want from such an app, including the ability to copy a working regex out prepared for a range of languages. It’s what I’ve stuck with for years.
markdown, regex, regexrx2md
Thanks to Kaleidoscope for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com again this week! The addition of Git History diffing is excellent, and I’m excited to share it with everybody.
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Thanks to TextExpander for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! Choosing the right prefix can be a real head scratcher, so Josh presents some great tips this week.
mobile, snippet, sponsor, textexpander, tips
Thanks to Orchard Resales for sponsoring BrettTerpstra.com this week! If you’re looking for an older Mac mini to use as a server or entertainment center, you can pick up used 2012/2014 models dirt cheap!
macos, server, sponsor