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I am writing on https://laptopllama.me about Mac apps for avoiding procrastination.
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dwich··on iCloud Passwords for Firefox is now run by Apple
The original developer of iCloud Passwords for Firefox has confirmed that Apple has taken over the listing and will be responsible for it: https://github.com/au2001/icloud-passwords-firefox
dwich··on Ice – open source menu bar manager for macOS
For those like myself who used Bartender as a way to get an extra menu bar for their offscreen items on small / notch screens (something Ice doesn't have yet), I'm writing up the alternatives as I try them out: https://procrastopossum.com/bartender-alternatives/

So far I'm just hoping the BetterTouchTool option pans out.

dwich··on Morning exposure to deep red light improves declining eyesight
It's by Vladimir Heiskanen. His blog hasn't been updated in a long time, but has articles explaining some of the principles behind red light therapy: http://valtsus.blogspot.com/
dwich··on “Stress Hormone” Cortisol Linked to Early Toll on Thinking Ability
I don't know of a device that can measure it at home, but there are mail-in saliva cortisol kits from companies like Genova Diagnostics, Labrix, and ZRT Labs. You usually send them several samples collected at specific times throughout the day.

They're mostly designed to be ordered by a healthcare professional, but you can get a few of them direct on Amazon, or through companies that order on your behalf (similar to healthlabs.com mentioned above).

dwich··on The Big Vitamin D Mistake
Sure, here's the ones I know of:

Quest-only: DirectLabs, Personalabs

Choice of Quest or DirectLabs: Walk-in Lab (switch the radio button to Quest on the category pages, and make sure a "QD" icon shows up next to it in your cart), TrueHealthLabs (make sure the tests you look at say Quest is an option), HealthTestsDirect (make sure the test list page is toggled to Quest at the top)

DirectLabs and Walk-in are generally cheaper than the others I mentioned.

dwich··on The Big Vitamin D Mistake
I've tried DirectLabs, WalkInLabs, and Life Extension, and have been happy with them all. All of those companies are basically just "doctor ordering resellers" for the two big test labs (LabCorp and Quest), so you generally don't have to worry about the quality of the testing.

I specifically use Life Extension for vitamin D because they're the cheapest one I'm aware of.

dwich··on More Millennials Are Having Strokes
The key words would be to ask for an "iron panel". In most US states you can also order one yourself without a doctor's visit, but without much option of having insurance cover it.
dwich··on Show HN: A native Upspin file browser for macOS
For those unfamiliar with Upspin (as I was): "Upspin provides a global name space to name all your files. Given an Upspin name, a file can be shared securely, copied efficiently without “download” and “upload”, and accessed from anywhere that has a network connection." https://upspin.io/doc/overview.md
dwich··on The Secret Ingredient in Orange Juice
I haven't noticed any difference, although I don't buy them frequently enough to make good comparisons.

I've considered switching to frozen concentrate for a lower-cost approach. I think it's likely to be promptly frozen after harvest, and may have lower pesticide levels due to smaller-scale production: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/chemical-residues-microbiol...

dwich··on The Secret Ingredient in Orange Juice
I maintain that toxinless.com page and usually buy the brands that claim to avoid flavor packs. It could be placebo, but I notice more flavor variation throughout the year with Costco and Whole Foods' brands, which I think supports their claims of using different sources of oranges throughout the seasons.
dwich··on Can orange glasses make you sleep better?
While we might be able to draw stronger conclusions from a larger study, the effects on the participants were strong, and the information might benefit the readers directly. So I'd argue it's worthy of inclusion in the wellness blogs area even if it's not really hard science reporting.
dwich··on How Caffeine Can Cramp Creativity (2013)
Here's one I know of: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13546783.2011.62...

The idea is that some types of problems are best solved with the focus you can provide at your peak times of day. However, "insight" problems might benefit from the reduced focus you have at non-peak times.

dwich··on Own It for Life – A curated list of durable products
The BuyItForLife subreddit has some of the things you mention: http://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/
dwich··on Json.human.js: Json Formatting for Human Beings
I don't know of a particular example. I only mentioned that in the context of the json.human.js library apparently targeting non-techies.
dwich··on Json.human.js: Json Formatting for Human Beings
Agreed, Jason.app is really handy for browsing, validating, prettifying, and minifying JSON. I think the outline view is even less friendly for a non-technical person though, listing every value as a name/data-type/value row.
dwich··on iTunes 11: the convergence of iOS and OS X design
I think the iOS icons always had a gloss, but they now have a strong bevel particularly noticeable on the bottom. I've noticed that icons with text or design elements overlapping the bevel look especially strange.
dwich··on Build muscle memory with your favorite editor
Prior to Lion, Cmd+D means "don't save" in the dialog. With Lion, it's Cmd+Backspace.
dwich··on Why the Amazon Associates Affiliate Program Is Highly Underrated
I've seen recommendations to use an affiliate aggregator like VigLink if you're in a restricted state. I don't know if there's legal issues with that, however.
dwich··on Xonotic: Quake 1 Game, or why a company should open source it's code
I think renownedmedia is referring to the dramatic improvements made to the open source Quake 1 engine. Admittedly, id Software doesn't profit from those improvements, but it's not like they were making money off of such an old engine anyway.
dwich··on Getting Things Done For Hackers
Agreed, they put a lot of thought into small conveniences that most other apps ignore. It's nice to have it grab e-mails as task items, and to just type "taskname<tab>1w<tab>1m" to create a task that won't be addressed for a week, but is due in a month.
dwich··on Show HN: My afternoon project - Pink Noise mp3.
I get this effect too with white and pink noise. I'm able to minimize it by playing an additional audio track with a predictable pattern, like ocean waves. That seems to satisfy the pattern-matching part of my brain.
dwich··on Urgent Fix for Zero-Day Mac Java Flaw
It's difficult to tell, though, whether you can trust the site: the MacDefender Trojan spread through vulnerabilities in sites whose owners were trustworthy, but their sites had been compromised.
dwich··on SQL Injection through HTTP Headers
In defense of the author, his audience appears to be mostly people doing black-box security scans (and those writing security-scanning software). For those people, understanding additional attack vectors is useful.