My thanks to iStumbler Labs for sponsoring 512 Pixels this week. iStumbler provides detailed information about Wi-Fi Networks, Bluetooth Devices and Bonjour Services around you. Plug in the Oscium WiPry 5x and see detailed 2.4 and 5 GHz spectrum analysis for the first time on your Mac!
Category: Sponsor
Sponsor: iStumbler Labs⇢
iStumbler is the leading wireless discovery tool for Mac OS X, providing plugins for finding Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth devices, Bonjour services, Location information, and now 2.4 & 5 GHz Spectrum analysis with your Mac.
Release 102 adds a new Spectrum plug-in, with support for Oscium’s Award Winning WiPry 5x 2.4 & 5 GHz Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer for iOS, Android, Windows and (Finally!) macOS.
iStumbler is now just $9.99 for all the computers that you own.
RSS Sponsor: CardioBot — Heart Rate and Activity Tracker for Apple Watch⇢
Your Apple Watch measures your heart rate every 4 minutes during the day. With CardioBot, you can easily understand the data captured by the Apple Watch so you can improve your lifestyle and discover notable patterns.
CardioBot is an iPhone app that reads heart rate data stored by the Apple Watch in HealthKit. The app separates readings in low, resting, high resting, and elevated heart rate through different colors and charts, allowing you to see averages at a glance.
RSS Sponsor: HoudahSpot — Advanced File Search for Mac⇢
HoudahSpot is a powerful file search application for your Mac. Use HoudahSpot to find documents, mail messages, photos, image files and more.
HoudahSpot is easy to use. Just fill in the blanks to find files by name, text, kind, author, recipient, date, image dimensions, etc.
Start with a simple search. Refine by adding and combining criteria. Tell HoudahSpot to look at certain folders and ignore others. Sort results by any of the hundreds of columns available. Preview files and text matches. Work with the files you have found: Organize them. Share them.
RSS Sponsor: StickerBook for iMessage⇢
StickerBook is an iMessage app that lets you turn any image into a reusable sticker in iMessage. It is great for sending cute pictures of your kids — or really old Macs — to all of your friends.
StickerBook can add images from almost anywhere. You can add from your photo library, your camera, any system document provider (like iCloud Drive), or even the clipboard.
You can also add a sticker from any app that allows sharing an image with the standard share sheet.
RSS Sponsor: LinkLocker - Private Bookmarking⇢
Online bookmarking services are a great resource. They let you stash away links to content you care about, and they make those links easy to find later via tags, search, and other features.
The problem with most of these services is that they tend to be built with sharing and social networking at their core, meaning everyone can see the stuff you’re stashing away for your own use.
LinkLocker provides all of the usual benefits of the bookmarking services you know and love, but without the oversharing. When you save a link to your account, you are the only person in the world who can see it.
RSS Sponsor: Blink: Better Affiliate Links⇢
Apple’s iTunes affiliate program can earn you commissions when you link to apps, movies, TV shows, music, books, and other media. The trouble is, creating those links is a hassle on iOS. Blink, by Squibner, solves that with easy-to-use search and link conversion.
Blink’s search functionality puts Apple’s iTunes stores at your fingertips. Run a search for media, then tap the result you want. Blink does all the hard work of generating an affiliate link that includes your affiliate program credentials.
RSS Sponsor: Micro.blog and Indie Microblogging⇢
Micro.blog is a new platform for independent microblogs: blogs with short text, links, and photos that you control. It’s launching this week with a book called Indie Microblogging on Kickstarter.
Indie Microblogging covers setting up a new microblog with WordPress, cross-posting to Twitter, standards for microblogging, and more. If you back the project on Kickstarter, you’ll get early access to Micro.blog so you can reserve your username.
Micro.blog is a new kind of social network, built on RSS and the open web. It’s as easy to use as Twitter, but you can publish to your own web site. Micro.blog has favorites, replies, an iPhone app, and hosting at yourname.micro.blog or your own domain name.
RSS Sponsor: Associate — Simple Affiliate Linking for Amazon⇢
Amazon Associates is an affiliate program that earns you commissions when you link to Amazon products that result in a sale. The trouble is, creating those links is a hassle on iOS. Associate, by Squibner, fixes that with easy-to-use search and link conversion.
Associate’s search functionality puts Amazon’s entire store at your fingertips. Run a search and tap the result you want. Associate does all the hard work of generating an affiliate link that includes your Amazon Associates credentials. Associate also has an extension for generating links from within Amazon’s own app or any other app where you find an Amazon link. Associate grabs the link and converts it into an affiliate link in just one tap.
RSS Sponsor: Mountain Duck⇢
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk on your desktop. Open remote files with any application and work like on a local volume without synchronising files.
Based on the solid open source foundation of Cyberduck, all major protocols are supported to connect to just about any server you want, including Amazon S3 and Dropbox.
Use coupon code “512PIXELS” to get a 20% discount this week.
September: Thank You⇢
Instead of running RSS sponsorships this month, I’m raising money in support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Click here to learn more and donate.
Today is September 30, and the end of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I’d like to thank everyone who donated to support the work and mission of St. Jude, where thousands of kids like mine receive free treatment for cancer and other catastrophic diseases. If you haven’t donated yet, the page will be up until the beginning of December.
September: Learning Empathy⇢
Instead of running RSS sponsorships this month, I’m raising money in support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Click here to learn more and donate.
In the nearly seven and a half years of being the parent of a child with cancer, I’ve heard this line a bunch from people sharing their own story of pain or grief:
It’s nothing like what you guys are going through.