Tim

Combat vet turned indie dev. Freedom Tech, folk and Americana music, family, the outdoors, and the dogs (I think they are in charge)

My Nostr Projects list is getting a bit long, so you can visit it here...
https://pleb.one/projects.html

Public Key

npub13hyx3qsqk3r7ctjqrr49uskut4yqjsxt8uvu4rekr55p08wyhf0qq90nt7

NIP-05 Address

[email protected]

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Last Notes

2026-02-11 14:44:10 UTC

2026-02-11 14:41:52 UTC

Made an applet for System76's Cosmic desktop..
#linux #cosmic
https://github.com/SgtApple/doh

2026-02-11 14:12:34 UTC

Good morning interwebs!

2026-02-11 13:50:51 UTC

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I'm not super far into it yet, just past the forward... though I think I know what to expect after listening to the Jocko Podcast for a long time.. when I'm a little further I will post some thoughts.

2026-02-11 00:33:27 UTC

Started reading "Extreme Ownership" by Jocko, been listening to his podcast forever, first time picking up one of his books.

2026-02-11 00:29:39 UTC

🙂

2026-02-10 16:53:23 UTC

Testing

2026-02-05 12:14:53 UTC

Good morning interwebs. How are we on this fine Thursday?

2026-02-04 18:50:07 UTC

have you checked your relays?

2026-02-04 18:45:51 UTC

hmm

2026-02-04 18:44:42 UTC

Test relay post

2026-02-04 16:52:56 UTC

Not sure if people knew, but on https://nostrfeedz.com/ you can also subscribe to YouTube channels and watch from you reader to avoid going directly to youtube.

2026-02-04 15:46:48 UTC

I just rewrite the login logic for the relay.pleb.one website, it's been a constant headache that repeats itself. Let's see if this rewrite actually nips it in the bud. I also added logging in with nip-46 bunker address also.

2026-02-03 15:26:23 UTC

Added relay customization in Noscli settings, testing to see if I see it go through relay.pleb.one now that I added it.

2026-02-03 15:17:35 UTC

Noscli...... https://blossom.primal.net/aff2677b8498d804864d7345478c3dc6e7ebd5520fda0a39a2604472f7408b8c.png

2026-02-03 15:02:22 UTC

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Thanks!

2026-02-03 14:45:04 UTC

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This is a test repost with quote.
#nevent1q…yjut

2026-02-03 14:36:21 UTC

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Testing replies now

2026-02-03 14:18:46 UTC

This is a test messagae from Noscli, a commmand line Nostr client for Linux. More to come...

2026-01-30 17:08:30 UTC

Check out https://relay.pleb.one if you want a pleb.one Nostr address or to use the relay.
#naddr1qq…m6v6

2026-01-30 12:12:00 UTC

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I've been to combat twice, I watched US soldiers go out of there way to get in front of kids, lay on top of them to protect them. While at the same time I've watched our opponents literally put women and children in front of themselves as shields. Blame the politicians, not the soldiers.

2026-01-29 18:54:39 UTC

If you are whitelisted on https://relay.pleb.one you can now go into the Admin panel and get a "@pleb.one" Nip-05 address. https://blossom.primal.net/813f3f1502feb2f49c8b6dcbfc44431b7f612656cf7b30ee5a36c019244b93bf.png

2026-01-29 17:50:07 UTC

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I've been using Lawnchair for sometime now.

2026-01-29 17:23:09 UTC

Sometime today relay.pleb.one may go down for a short time. I'm going to be working on having nip-5 addresses for relay users... So you could be [email protected] ... At least that's my plan.

2026-01-28 19:17:53 UTC

Earlier I posted about some updates to NostrFeedz. Once that was out I started working on the NostrFeedz cli client. Will keep y'all updated.
#naddr1qq…t7qr

2026-01-28 14:36:49 UTC

I will be doing some work on NostrFeedz today, so it may be up and down. I hope it does not disturb the maybe 4 or 5 people who use it.

2026-01-28 14:02:43 UTC

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lol, yes I did, thanks for the emotional support.

2026-01-26 17:15:51 UTC

Today I will try emacs.

2026-01-26 16:13:15 UTC

One of the next phases for NostrFeedz is going to be a Desktop app. I am toying with it being a command line app. Any preference out there? I lean towards tuis but accept that I am a nerd and others may not accept that.

2026-01-26 14:40:36 UTC

I sometimes wonder how Gnome has become the defacto desktop for most of #Linux. It does look beautiful, that I cannot deny; but it’s lack of functionality, over simplification of apps, and lack of customization really make it sort of inferior to most other desktops.

2026-01-23 16:29:17 UTC

@npub10r8…t2p8 have you guys started investigating how you will manage or what needs to be done when google starts locking down sideloading more?

2026-01-23 15:56:10 UTC

Made some changes to https://relay.pleb.one this morning.
What We Removed (The Bad Stuff):
- Private key login - This was like giving away your house keys to anyone who asked. Super dangerous!
- Hex key login - Same problem, just a different format of your private keys
What We Kept (The Good Stuff):
- Browser Extension Login (NIP-07) - Like using a secure password manager. Your private keys stay locked in the extension and never get exposed. This is now the recommended way.
- Public Key + Password - Only shares your public profile info, never your private keys. Good for automated tools.
Why This Matters:
- Before: Someone could steal your private keys and pretend to be you forever
- After: Your private keys stay safe in your browser extension or never get transmitted at all
The Trade-off:
- Some users will need to install a browser extension (like Alby) or set up a password
- But they'll be MUCH safer from hackers
Bottom Line:
We prioritized security over convenience - better to make users take one extra step than risk their accounts getting hacked!

2026-01-20 17:34:25 UTC

After some consideration, I am going to take Zaprank down, it was a fun little experiment making a Nostr app with Rails, but in all reality it doesn't serve much of a purpose nor does it get the traffic making the resources it uses worth it.

2026-01-20 17:20:22 UTC

The relay.pleb.one admin area was having login issues, they are remedied for those who want to go tinker there.

2026-01-19 18:46:21 UTC

I think I may start building apps around syncthing, its the best way to sync without haveing a server. I love the idea of having to not rely on cloud infrastructure.

2026-01-19 18:13:57 UTC

Syncthing may be one of the most wonderful technical creations ever.

2026-01-17 19:28:02 UTC

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Like mobile apps, or count web apps like mail services and such?

2026-01-16 18:37:49 UTC

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Not sure.. if it's intermittent I may have just been lucky the times I go check

2026-01-16 17:37:53 UTC

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It is? I've been using it on and off all morning... Maybe a regional thing?

2026-01-15 19:48:23 UTC

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Lol, right now I have the MicroBlog client and a full blown Fastmail client in the works... I think I need to seek help

2026-01-15 17:42:22 UTC

Back to the full on cli MicroBlog client, it would be terminal dependent if I wanted it to render images and video.. people would have to run certain terminals.

2026-01-15 17:35:40 UTC

After my last post using mb-cli, I am wondering if I should have it make me proof read before it sends.. or make it an option to turn on forced proof reading. Typos kill me.

2026-01-15 17:28:13 UTC

I am in this build cli/tui app mode since installing Omarchy. I’m now thinking of a full blown MicroBlog terminal client.

2026-01-14 20:24:54 UTC

This is a little crazy, Crucial has always been my goto for memory.
Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business | Micron Technology
"Micron has made the difficult decision to exit the Crucial consumer business in order to improve supply and support for our larger, strategic customers in faster-growing segments," https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-exit-crucial-consumer-business

2026-01-14 17:29:48 UTC

Currently I have fastmail, Hey!, Gmail, and Proton accounts for email. I think I’m going to try to consolidate to Hey! and Gmail only.

2026-01-14 01:26:05 UTC

I’m pulling the feeble MacOS support from MB-Cli, github could build packages, but I really don’t have a way to test or troubleshoot it. It’s basically Linux only.

2026-01-14 01:09:15 UTC

It’s the day of many cli-tools, so much easier when there is no Gui to create. Here is a quicky I made to post to my DayOne Journal from the cli, it uses your Gmail account to post over email. github.com/timappled… https://github.com/timappledotcom/d1

2026-01-13 20:59:05 UTC

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It worked pretty good. It's works everywhere to be fair, it wasn't command line only.

2026-01-13 19:55:33 UTC

Omarchy has Voxbox installed which allows me to do voice dictation so, I’m actually trying it out on the command line to see if I can do this micro-blog post.

2026-01-13 19:27:07 UTC

This is just a test

2026-01-13 19:18:40 UTC

I’ve started playing with Fizzy from 37Signals to see if it helps me keep my projects any more organized. I need to do something.

2026-01-13 14:23:21 UTC

So, this is coming from MB-Cli, a simple app I made to post to MB from the command line when I’m in full on geek mode.

2026-01-13 14:21:50 UTC

Testing from MB-Cli

2026-01-12 19:19:11 UTC

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I will definitely check this out after work, thanks for sharing.

2026-01-12 17:58:43 UTC

The pleb one relay was having login issues again, I think I have them fixed. I’m thinking of removing all the animations from the site, it’s a resource hog. https://relay.pleb.one

2026-01-12 00:54:43 UTC

I just watched this for the second time. I think the first time I didn’t pay it much attention, it’s a great movie and story, that happens to be true.: The Greatest Beer Run Ever 🍿 https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/597922

2026-01-11 01:39:42 UTC

“Our audience is like people who like licorice,” Jerry Garcia, once said. “Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”

2026-01-10 19:35:06 UTC

Taekwondo kicked my bit today, one can kick only so many times before the leg just doesn’t work anymore…lol

2026-01-08 20:18:35 UTC

My writing app I have in the works was originally planned for Mobile and Desktop Linux. Then I realized I struggle writing a tweet on mobile, no way will a write an essay on my phone. I think it is now going to be Desktop Linux only.

2026-01-08 17:09:34 UTC

I added a resolution to the new year. This year I will not buy any physical books online unless I absolutely cannot get it locally.

2026-01-08 15:32:24 UTC

Playing around with my home screen this morning. it’s gotten fairly minimal. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/279103/2026/screenshot-20260108-092939.png

2026-01-08 14:43:01 UTC

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No worries, I wasn't saying everyone should switch. I was trying to use it for similar reasons to your views. It just wasn't working out. Unfortunately, Mozilla seems to not care much about Firefox these days, at least that is what it looks like from the outside. It pains me to watch it die.

2026-01-08 00:50:48 UTC

Working on my Primal Pal fitness app a little.. it’s been handy so far, gotta make it a bit less cluttered.

2026-01-07 23:00:11 UTC

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It may be in my head, but Firefox seems to use up more CPU cycles, I hear my fans come on when I run it.

2026-01-07 21:05:12 UTC

I usually sit in carpool line for about 45 minutes. I’ve started getting in line, shutting the car off and I go walk for 30-40 minutes. Why waste the time right?

2026-01-07 20:55:58 UTC

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I have become a fan of default Indie web type function. Have your own site you post from that all your content sits on but syndicates everywhere else. The. If you forget to pay, relays go away, or whatever, your content is always yours and accessible.

2026-01-07 20:02:08 UTC

I’ve been using Firefox for about a week or two, I think I am ready to move back to Brave.

2026-01-07 17:39:43 UTC

Yay! The food pyramid finally makes sense. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/279103/2026/foodpyrmid.jpg

2026-01-07 17:22:20 UTC

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lol, no.. But ever since Trump called Tim Cook, Tim Apple, when you search my name which is TIm Apple, all you get is things about Cook, Trump and apple

2026-01-07 16:38:47 UTC

It’s actually a really nice day here today. I love sunshine.

2026-01-07 16:32:26 UTC

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Thanks to Tim Cook and Trump I'm practically non-googlable... They did me a privacy favor... Lol

2026-01-07 16:06:20 UTC

As to not mess up the site to much, I made a seperate projects page. Making it easier to find things I work on and also not cluttering up the menu. I have a few more to add, but need to do some work for the day job first. https://timapple.com/projects/

2026-01-07 14:37:56 UTC

testing this app out on mobile one last time before doing a proper build. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/279103/2026/pxl-20251219-2249533082.jpg

2026-01-06 21:38:36 UTC

Been using Niagra launcher lately after I saw @[email protected] mention it. I’m really loving it.. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/279103/2026/jpeg-20260106-150757-5982446678142862782.jpg https://micro.blog/[email protected]

2026-01-06 19:15:01 UTC

ok, now I’m testing from mobile… https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/279103/2026/pxl-20260101-213056491.jpg

2026-01-06 18:54:45 UTC

So lets do a test with an image. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/279103/2026/screenshot-from-2026-01-06-12-38-48.png

2026-01-06 18:49:46 UTC

testing

2026-01-06 16:16:34 UTC

I’ve rewritten my application Autonomix for Linux in Flutter/Dart. It was originally in Rust, but Rust is a pain in the arse, to much effort to add features and maintian, Flutter is so much easier. https://github.com/timappledotcom/autonomix

2026-01-06 16:13:26 UTC

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I'm pretty dependent on VSCode for copilot, and I've been using it for years also. I do use neovim on my servers though.

2026-01-06 03:26:17 UTC

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I found out it's a Fedora thing with being full on Wayland,

2026-01-05 13:47:08 UTC

I’ve been running Fedora KDE spin for a few weeks now. It’s the only distro I’ve used that can’t handle running VSCode for some reason, it just runs up CPU and memory use, then will crash things, or be unusably slow. My days on Fedora may be coming to and end.

2026-01-05 13:15:31 UTC

Updated MB-Manager for Linux and Android is out. I added the filters for timelines similar to MicroBlog proper.
Posts
Posts and replies from those I follow
Posts and all replies.
Please give it a go, it’s side load only still.
MB-Manager https://timapple.com/mbmanager/

2026-01-05 12:46:13 UTC

Watched: Avatar: Fire and Ash 🍿 last night with the family, did the full IMAX 3D shenanigans. It was fun, the movie was pretty good, so long though. But if you’re going to see a movie in 3D, it’s hard to beat Avatar. https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/83533

2026-01-04 19:05:03 UTC

This was a really interesting episode.
pca.st/episode/a… https://pca.st/episode/a6bc7211-1078-4f1b-a61a-84d3261b1d8d

2026-01-04 17:49:13 UTC

The need for 12 people to Beta test your app before it can be released in the Play Store is sort of a big ask as a solo dev with obscure/niche apps.

2026-01-04 03:58:56 UTC

Just Watched: The Smashing Machine 🍿
It didn’t do great in theaters, but I thought it was really good. I think the Rock did a great job. https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/760329

2026-01-02 14:25:55 UTC

relay.pleb.one is back and running with bugs ironed out hopefully.

2026-01-02 14:15:56 UTC

relay.pleb.one will have a short downtime for some fixes I have to do, just an FYI.

2026-01-02 02:06:17 UTC

Watched: The Forgotten Battle 🍿This was a really good movie. I really enjoyed the perspectives offered. https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/633515

2026-01-01 16:19:25 UTC

Though 90% was read in 2025, I guess this is my first finish of 2026, just got done.
📚 Born to Walk - Mark Sisson, Brad Kearns https://micro.blog/books/9781736294413

2026-01-01 14:16:01 UTC

Looks like I ended the year fairly eclectically. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/279103/2026/c543bf51fa.png

2026-01-01 14:05:19 UTC

Happy New Year’s internet! I got home in the evening and put the phone down and watched Stranger Things with my daughter’s and then the fam made cookies and watched the ball drop on TV. Didn’t look at the phone till this morning.

2025-12-30 02:12:27 UTC

I’ve been thinking about how to go about monetizing apps and making things available in general. I think if the time ever comes, I will charge a small fee for apps in the Play Store but always have them available to sideload for free from Github.

2025-12-29 20:53:54 UTC

As I watched the cable guys run my neighbors new line my Internet went out. They then proceeded to say they did nothing, I called and there is no outage, but they can have someone here by Wednesday to check it out. Am still looking at two of their employees in my yard… @$&! 🤦‍♂️

2025-12-29 15:45:37 UTC

Coding, Kicking, and the "Hunter-Gatherer" Protocol: My New Operating System for Health https://timapple.com/2025/12/29/coding-kicking-and-the-huntergatherer.html

2025-12-28 17:48:03 UTC

Question for the writers here: When drafting professional pieces (articles, essays, short stories), what is your go-to format? Do you stick to Markdown, Rich Text, or standard Word docs? Thanks in advance!

2025-12-28 16:47:04 UTC

[Bug Report] Article counts are static in Catagory view.
Article counts do not change in catagory view, shows lots of unread items even though they are all read.
🔗 Project: Nostr Feedz
https://pleb.one/projects.html?id=1af6824d-0840-46ec-95eb-20b71509b707

2025-12-28 01:12:42 UTC

New audiobook listen, 📚 Born to Walk - Mark Sisson, Brad Kearns https://micro.blog/books/9781736294413

2025-12-26 22:41:30 UTC

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I am a 1password user and I can save and use keys from it.

2025-12-26 22:30:40 UTC

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Nostrfeedz operates like a feed reader. You can add any npub and get there long form posts just like you would in say Feedly, but at that point I'm not using RSS... But I did add the ability to add rss Feedz to it, so you don't have to have two apps, one to follow Nostr folk and one for traditional blogs... I also have the guide which will convert Nostr feeds to RSS for non Nostr folks to follow Nostr creators in their old school RSS readers.. it's a melding of two great decentralized protocols.