What Lex is up to right now.
A snapshot of the shows, games, and shenanigans currently eating my brain — so when someone asks “what are you working on these days?” I have somewhere to point.
Here’s what’s happening with me now:
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New site
I’m writing about tech again, at Lex on Tech.
I spent years writing about Apple for Macworld and TidBITS, and I’ve missed it. So I built somewhere to do it again: Lex on Tech — tech, mostly Apple, from me. Reviews of the indie apps I actually use, opinions about the software we all live in, and the occasional argument about what a company is really up to.
New pieces are going up regularly, and there’s an RSS feed if that’s how you like to read. Come tell me I’m wrong about something.
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On stage
Oh Sh*t, Sherlock! is back — and so am I.
I’m once again donning the deerstalker for Oh Sh*t, Sherlock!, the hit comedy where Sherlock has never seen the script. Each Sherlock performs in two different mysteries in one night, completely cold — and this run features brand-new mysteries. The show runs September 18 through October 4 in Asbury Park, NJ, and it’s BYOB.
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Oct 4 SundayI’m Sherlock for the 3 PM & 5 PM shows Asbury Park, New Jersey
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On stage
I’m hosting The All-New Game Show.
In September I’m stepping behind the podium to host The All-New Game Show — a live, improvised riff on classic game show TV. Two audience contestants get paired with two seasoned improvisers for a run of old-school games: Wordpass (you may know its ancestor as Password), Triangle-25 (a certain $25,000 Pyramid, legally distinct), and Matchy Matchy (Match Game, but sillier).
Come play, or come watch other people flail gloriously. Tickets are $15.
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Sep 26 SaturdayHosting The All-New Game Show, 5 PM Shore Thing Theater, 66 S Main St, Ocean Grove, NJ
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New at Lex.Games
Free full-size crosswords, every Sunday.
Lex.Games now serves up a free full-size crossword every Sunday — the big 15×15 kind, not the Mini — so your Sunday morning has one more excuse to linger over coffee. The weekday crosswords are still a Lex.Games Pro perk, but Sundays are on the house for anyone with a free account.
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New modes
Gimme A Second has new ways to win.
My music guessing game, Gimme A Second, is on iPhone and iPad: pick up to ten of your favorite bands, then name their tunes from a one-second sliver of audio. Miss it and you earn another second, up to five.
New since launch: a fresh set of challenge modes to conquer, for when the daily puzzle leaves you hungry for more chances to show off. (There’s a web version too, if you want a taste first.)
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My apps
Gnome now keeps your GIFs in sync.
Gnome is my fast-GIF-sharing app, built for one very specific problem: I want to paste an animated GIF into Slack/Messages/email right now, and I do not want to open a browser to do it. Hit a keyboard shortcut (or, on iPhone, open the app), search a GIF, tap it — it’s on your clipboard, ready to paste wherever you were typing. Joke saved. World improved.
The big new thing is a slew of improvements to syncing your GIF library across devices: the GIFs you collect on the Mac show up on your phone, and vice versa, without you having to think about which machine you were on when you found the good one.
Gnome also uses Apple’s built-in vision tech to read the text inside your GIFs, so you can search for “don’t call me Shirley” and actually find the Airplane GIF. The Mac app is $7, unlocked forever; the iOS version is in the App Store.
(Why “Gnome”? Because that’s how I pronounce the “G” in “GIF.”)
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New page
So many apps, there’s now an Apps page.
I have so many apps to keep track of now that I gave them a home of their own: a standalone Apps page. If you want the full lineup in one place, that’s where to look.