Web Excursions for March 31st, 2026
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bookmarks, ssh
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My Ultimate Keyboard-driven Mac Utility List
The keyboard is the most powerful tool we have when using our Macs, which is why I’ve curated what might seem like an overwhelming combination of keyboard utilities that I use daily.
accessibility, keyboard, launchbar, menus, search, shortcuts, textblaze, textexpander, tools, utility, vim
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Apex 0.1.100 - Image Rendering in Terminal
Apex can render Markdown to the terminal ( or ) with ANSI colors and themes. As of 0.1.100, it can also draw images inline when stdout is a real TTY: your images show up as actual graphics instead of only link-style text.
apex, cli, markdown, terminal
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Better Keyboard Shortcut Formatting for Writers
If you write documentation, tutorials, or notes that include keyboard shortcuts, you know how annoying consistency can be. Sometimes you want plain text like , sometimes you want nice symbolic output like , and sometimes you want HTML keycaps.
automator, formatting, kbd, keyboard, macOS, ruby, scripting, service, shortcuts
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Doing Updates
The Unite Pro Giveaway Winners!
Web Excursions for March 11th, 2026
Unite Pro Giveaway!
I’m excited to offer the next giveaway, 4 licenses ($39.99 value each) for Unite Pro. Unite has long been my favorite way to create Single Site Browsers (SSBs), sandboxing things like Facebook and MindMeister while adding app-like functionality. The latest version, Unite Pro, is out now, and I have free copies!
giveaway, macos
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Put All the Web Browsers in Your Dock
Here’s a silly idea I had. I don’t like to keep a bunch of icons in my Dock, preferring to use Bunch along with a simple set of persistent Dock apps. I do keep Firefox in the Dock, but I use a bunch of browsers for different purposes, so what if I could access all of them from the Dock without polluting it?
browser, bunch, dock, icons, menus, shortcuts, tip
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Web Excursions for March 5th, 2026
A (Slightly Better?) Linkding Extension for Firefox and Chrome
I’ve been using Sascha Ißbrücker’s extension for linkding with my own instance for a while now, and while it’s simple and works great, there’s one thing that always frustrated me: the popover window closes the moment you click outside of it, erasing what you’ve entered.
bookmarking, chrome, extension, extensions, firefox, linkding
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Web Excursions for March 3rd, 2026
Generating Man Pages With Apex