Health
Fuck UnitedHealthcare
A summarization of the pain I went through just to get a single medication covered by an American insurance company.
Matthew McGarity
Productivity
Bear vs. Apple Notes
My annual re-evaluation of tech stack, this time my Bear subscription before it re-upped.
My 2024 Media Diet
What I watched, read, and listened to last year.
WordPress
Don’t Pay Automattic $40 to Migrate Your WordPress.com Site
More and more people are asking how to move on from WordPress. Here's how I cheaply & easily accomplished this using Ghost.
Technology
The Inconsistency of Command-K
How my day job is made a PITA by having to remember what Command-K does in each different application I use.
Quotes
Progress
Words that resonated with me as I've been feeling stuck lately.
Health
Crossing the Brimley/Cocoon Line
How to look one's age in the modern age.
Things
Using Things 3 to Track Reading and Watch Lists
A walkthru of the Things 3 setup which helps me track which movies, shows, books, and more I want to knock out as part of my media diet!
Dad
Noyce "Nick" McGarity (1943-2023)
The full obituary for my father Nick, who passed away last summer after a long, epic life!
Art
Richard Serra (1938-2024)
My remembrance of the late artist Richard Serra, including some of my own photos of his work.
Time Capsule
Oak Hardwood Flooring from Bruce Hall's "Bowling Alley"
More about Bruce Hall's "Bowling Alley" and my own personal slice.
Tin of Spam
No good time capsule would be complete without a small portion of potted meat.
Time Capsule
Graduation Tassels
Where we find out which lasts longer: synthetic fabric or my college education?
Ghost
Displaying Secondary Tags in Ghost's Source Theme
Some quick changes to ensure you can see all tags for each of my posts.
Day One
Exporting Photos for Select Day One Entries
The other day on the Day One sub-Reddit, someone asked how to bulk-export just photos from Day One: Download a bulk of photos from a journal to my phone by u/GlitteringFee1047 in dayoneapp Being the helpful kind of person I am, I jumped to find a solution — then promptly
Time Capsule
Flyer from Corey Mickels’ funeral (1978-1997)
A little about my former next-door neighbor and his tragic loss.