Web Excursions are select bookmarks from my travels around the interwebs, because I'm always thinking about you while discovering other people's cool stuff. You mean that much to me. You can see all of my (public) bookmarks on my LinkDing, and visit the bookmarks archive for curated lists across the last few years.

Web excursions brought to you in partnership with CleanShot X, the absolute, hands-down best app for Mac screenshots. Get one of my all-time favorite apps here.

Surf the Web Privately with Mullvad’s Global Network + Tailscale
PSA: I mentioned the Mullvad VPN in a recent Web Excursions post, and said that I’d discovered the hard way that it didn’t work with Tailscale. I heard from a ton of people that there was actually an official integration for that. For $5/mo you can add Mullvad as an exit point to Tailscale and use both at the same time.
The Complete Collection Of MTV HEADBANGERS BALL
Nostalgic.
A faster way to copy SQLite databases between computers
This is basically the way I used to copy SQL databases back when I used them more often. Dump a stable copy, compress and rsync, uncompress and import.
NameQuick - Rename files effortlessly on macOS

Transform your file management with intelligent, automated file renaming powered by AI. Perfect for designers, developers, and content creators.

This is a pretty nifty little app that intelligently names things like screenshots and PDFs based on their contents. It can even accept templates telling it what information to look for in the contents and then filling in blanks with the results. And it can watch entire folders and rename files as they’re added. I’ve talked to the developer about add Shortcuts integration so it can be inlined into things like Hazel workflows, and he says he’s working on it!

I do all of my screenshots and screen recordings with CleanShot X. I love it to pieces. You should get it.