I'm using Xymon ( example: https://www.xymon.com/servers/servers.html ). I found it didn't take much work to add a client to the monitor and the default set of reports was enough.
There's supposed to be an OSX client, but I haven't used it.
One day I got a cheap-ish NAS then used beets [1] to organise and copy all the music on my computer to it, listening to it with Banshee[2] over the network.
Then I got Spotify and don't bother much with it anymore...
I'm actively trying not to spend too much time reading other people's opinions on the internet these days, it's such a time sink and you do come away with such a negative opinion of the world.
But I'll go through the comments if it's a subject I'm interested in and the comments are constructive or add to the original link. Often I've noticed a pattern where the largest discussions start with a comment along the lines of "This article is wrong because ..." and the reply "<quote from above comment> No, it's not because ...". That's a sign to just close the tab.
I have Greasemonkey and the "Hacker News collapsible comments" script installed:
* Lose the background image. A plain background is fine.
* "You have punched out for the day". Okay? But it's a button, do I press it? What do I do with it?
* Consider not using the term "Stuff", "Company Stuff" -> "Company", "My Stuff" -> "My Attendance"
* Things like attendance tables could probably be more "graphic" rather than boring tables of "Present" or "Not present". Think about coloured squares to indicate attendance or icons.