Web Excursions for September 4th, 2026

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Beat 2.0 Beat is a free and very cool Mac app for filmmakers. Storyboards, set plans, shot plans… everything you need in one app.Bertha’s Cookbook (La Cocina de Bertha)

120+ recipes, 551 pages. The old Mexican kitchen written down, every mother recipe, the exact measures, and the why under every step. Instant PDF download.

I discovered Bertha on YouTube and got really intrigued by her recipes and methods. Feeding a family the Old Mexican Way. The first one I watched was about cooking beans and it made me really want to cook beans. After 5 more videos I was sold and bought the book.

‎Laytr

Laytr is a private archive for everything you mean to come back to. Save it from any app, tell Laytr when to bring it back, and it returns that day. iPhone · iOS 17 or later.

Everything stays local, no server, no account, just the ability to save articles, videos, and more, and have them surface when you have time for them.

Floodtide

Floodtide checks your Mac apps through Sparkle, Homebrew, GitHub and more, then updates the ones you choose. £10.99 once for 3 Macs, no subscription.

Really liking this as a legit competitor to Updatest in the wake of MacUpdater disappearing.

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