Tag: reading


  • {{ site.webexcsponsor.affiliate2.start }} Running a CPU benchmark on Apple Silicon M1 Peter Forret created a cool bash script that performs a cpu benchmark using ffmpeg and primitive. If you fork the repo and run it, you can commit the results and create a pull request to add them to the repo. Nobody seems to have…

  • It’s time for my yearly roundup of my favorite tools, hardware, and projects. I’m combining everything in one post this year. You might find something new, or you might just have your own preferences validated. Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments! It’s been an interesting year. I lost my job in…

  • Readwise is an awesome power-user tool for reading web articles, newsletters, and even e-books. DEVONthink is an amazing tool for building connected knowledge bases. Today I’m releasing a script that saves Readwise highlights to DEVONthink as annotated Markdown files, bringing the two together. It’s pretty handy. I started trying out Readwise shortly after I started…

  • I decided to make a “Brett’s Favorites 2023” part 2. I missed a few things in the first list. This will be a shorter post, but should cover some gaps I left in the first one. Apps I Missed Timing I use Timing every day for keeping track of how I spend my time on…