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: ‘68 Europe. This is how people used to organize “albums” 😆. Apparently we also …
: Why didn’t anyone tell me that “Joe Pera Talks With You” is the greatest thing on …
: I need to stop installing Linux. baty.blog/2022/stop…
: I can’t explain why, but it makes me uncomfortable knowing that 1Password has more than 500 …
: This afternoon’s antidote to spending the entire morning futzing around with Linux.
: Here’s another found negative. Mid-1960s. Not sure where. Nassau, possibly.
: I spent the morning installing Regolith Linux on my old ThinkPad. I can’t stand the trackpad …
: Found a few new unknown negatives. Not sure who they belonged to. All transparencies (Kodachrome and …
: Brought this back into rotation and gave it a prominent spot on my desk.
: Tinderbox or Emacs for my daily blogging? I’m catatonic over it. I want both.
: I don’t see many people talking about “The Righteous Gemstones”. I found it odd …
: After living with it for a couple days, I think I’ll stick with Hitchens, @pimoore’s …
: The change to using only one computer was the greatest thing I’ve ever done for my sanity. I …
: Paul Ford, brilliant as always: The supply chain is fractal: Zoom in on your stuff and …
: I enjoyed “The Silent Sea” (Netflix) very much.
: Trying @pimoore’s Hitchens theme. It’s so vivid! But, I’m not changing anything, …
: A short review of my blogging with Tinderbox experiment: daily.baty.net/posts/202…
: I’ve always considered printing these tiny Instax prints from my phone to be cheating. I …
: I dropped the Printfile sheet on the scanner and pressed the button. Then cropped to a single frame …
: I don’t know how to work an inkjet printer. copingmechanism.com/2022/abou…
: Thinking about family snapshots copingmechanism.com/2022/what…
: I learned today that I can trigger the camera by stepping on the release bulb. Look ma, no hands! …
: My wife surprised me with an ice cream maker for Christmas and I’ve since learned that …
: There, that’s a little better. (Still playing with strobes in the basement)
: Portraits are all about hair and lighting and I pretty much nailed both of those here, eh?
: I spent some time over the past couple of weeks creating a new blog using Tinderbox. It’s to a …
: Well, hello again. How’s everyone doing? I’ve missed you.
: Upgrades always make me nervous.
: Arcane is not at all the kind of show I’m interested in. And yet, after 3 episodes I’m …
: I’m feeling very analog this morning. This tends to happen after an evening of making prints …
: Brett Terpstra updates one of my favorite utilities: Doing 2.0
: The Bad Guys continue to win while the Good Guys are off in a corner distracting themselves by …
: Every time I think I want to dip my toes back into web development, the first thing I’m told …
: I went to a bookstore yesterday: baty.blog/2021/11/1…
: I love how I get to call my random pile of notes a “Knowledge Graph” now. Overthinking …
: A reminder that this is my dream office. (scan of found negative given to me by my brother in law, …
: Am I bored? Yeah, maybe a little.
: I started bingeing “Final Space” on HBO and I feel like it’s one of those shows I …
: The word “Evil” is too often used when what one means is, “not something I approve …
: Even ISO 3200 film can’t save me at a restaurant. copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
: It’s not an every day camera, but as beautiful as the Linhof is, it doesn’t need to be. …
: Time for some fresh chemistry
: I handled this roll backward. I made silver gelatin prints in the darkroom first, then scanned the …
: This may not be the fastest or most convenient way to go through my photos, but I sure enjoy it.
: I suspect that the life I’m looking for is one that involves no “package manager” …
: TiddlyWiki really is a remarkable bit of software. I’m reminded of this daily.
: I don’t enjoy making contact sheets, but I love having them.
: The internet was down for a short time earlier and for a second there I thought maybe I’d be …
: The thing I like about omg.lol is that I don’t get the feeling it’s trying too hard. …
: /Users/jbaty/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs is a bullshit place to make me keep files
: It’s possible that the worst thing for my productivity was thinking, “But what about …
: Dusted off my Tinderbox Daybook again. I was immediately reminded how crazy powerful Tinderbox is …
: I have yet to see evidence of a sane conversation around the behavior of cyclists vs car drivers. …
: I have been harshly evaluating software license/subscription renewals as they come due, but I never …
: As a long-time Vim user, I end up accidentally typing a lot of slack messages like this.
: Succession is turning into a cartoon
: I love that old-school bowling alleys like this still exist. Six lanes. Manual scoring using grease …
: Did Instagram suddenly start displaying photos much larger in the web UI? They seem bigger …
: The best tweets are always the ones that point to something else
: I’m trying to avoid playing with new things if they also introduce new long-term dependencies.
: TiddlyWiki and now Drummer have helped me realize that I don’t really want to capital-B …
: I’m quite satisfied with Drummer for most of the things I write that can be public. I find it …
: Canceling subscriptions is very satisfying
: Mantra for today ( from Thomas Paine): “The more simple anything is, the less liable it is to …
: Remember earlier when I thought I knew what kind of day it was going to be? Well, no.
: Oh, I see what kind of day this is going to be.
: Oh, I see what kind of day this is going to be.
: Oh dear, I “accidentally” opened Mutt this morning. Now I’m up to my neck in …
: OMG, I’m so in love with the restored Tabs in Safari’s latest that I’m giddy. This …
: Kind of defeats the purpose of having such a small camera
: So help me if Facebook changes its name to something that mucks up my searches
: I’ve decided to run my Drummer blog at baty.blog. I like the domain. It’s short, …
: Upgraded to the latest beta of Monterey and look what happened. Real Tabs!
: Image test. M-43 for lunch at HopCat
: A quick test of Printing my Drummer blog
: In 3 days no normal user will even notice the notch, let alone argue incessantly about it for a …
: That was fast. Drummer and Micro.blog (this post was published directly from a Drummer outline)
: “Asleep? No, no, I’ve been up for a while, why?”
: I’m no longer automatically cross-posting from the other blog to Micro.blog. It’s extra …
: Preparing for a gear purge. This is going to sting a little. (full size).
: Cool thing about large format is that there’s enough resolution to see the whisker shavings …
: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing me that the solution to having too many …
: Leica Summicron-M 35mm ASPH and Leica APO-Summicron-SL 35mm ASPH. The size difference between these …
: Just gobsmacked by this talk from Sam Abell. I’ve long admired his photographs, but this might …
: Of course I’m trying Dave Winer’s new blogging tool, Drummer. …
: We Need To Print Our Photos So We Have Something To Write On You’ll only regret not doing …
: Gruber: “In fact, in recent years I think Markdown is in use in far too many places where …
: If anyone is interested in a pretty special Leica M6, mine is for sale. It’s one of the last …
: Always keep at least one eye on the birds
: A pretty good intro to what Roon is and when/why one might want to pay for it. (Part 1): …
: Found the little Audioengine A2+ speakers that I though I’d lost in the move. Tried them for …
: I hate to admit it, but I’m not enjoying this season of Ted Lasso. I think it’s because …
: Found the little Bolex 8mm (1960). I doubt I’ll be shooting any more regular 8mm movie film …
: How I’m managing a local TiddlyWiki from all my devices. baty.blog/2021/mana…
: D’ya ever wake up irritated with the entire universe? Happened to me today, so I may need to …
: See, the thing with digital is that I can’t help but turn the dials up just a smidge too high.
: Reading the release notes for Org mode 9.5 reminds me how much stuff there is in Org. Everything, …
: I know I should be waiting for whatever read-later thing Readwise is making, but for five bucks …
: Trying Safari 15 (again) on my Mac today. I can now disable the new and wildly unnecessary tab bar …
: “double-charm tetraquark” is a pretty cool name
: I wish the Letterboxd people would build a version for books.
: Trying something new on the office wall. I like to change things up, so this should help. Not sure I …
: Dan Seifert is absolutely right about Apple’s terrible decision to omit a power button from …
: I like skimming through my photo library.
: “Squid Game” is not the kind of show for me. On the other hand, I can’t get enough …
: Well darn, I’m going to be on the road during today’s Gardens and Streams II event so …
: As a left-handed person, I feel like the Pencil attaches to the wrong side of the new iPad Mini.
: How many times will I look at a show on Rotten Tomatoes and think, “Well, that looks pretty …
: I’ve always liked this photo of my Niece from 2010. Kodachrome. Camera unknown.
: Just render the HTML on the damn server and send it to me.
: Found my Vivian Maier film spool, finally. It’s a silly thing, but I think it’s neat.
: Occasionally, I’ll try switching out the HHKB and using the Realforce R2 instead, since it has …
: I like too many things. Yay for me, but things would be simpler if I didn’t.
: Apropos of our Kobo thread yesterday, from LibraryThing this morning, an interview with Michael …
: Feeds Mage (from the Mailbrew folks) helps you “discover great blogs lost in your Twitter …
: Re-scanned some of the Kodachromes I shot before it went away: copingmechanism.com/2021/some…
: Finally got around to creating a memorial book for my German Shepherd, Zim. He died in 2014, so …
: Soren Bjornstad has a video describing his new, cleaned-up, TiddlyWiki-based, do-everything, …
: I’m rescanning a bunch of Kodachrome because for some reason the last time I scanned them I …
: When someone askes a question and I know they cross-post to several services, I don’t know …
: A few from Roll 2021-033 using the Olympus OM-1n. copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
: On the other hand, I do have a battery adapter for use in the OM-1n. The voltage is different, so …
: I’ll probably retire the Canonet. It’s those Mercury batteries sealing its fate. There …
: I’m glad I don’t like Blackwing pencils because this looks like a fun collection (for …
: I’m tired of hosting so much stuff. baty.blog/2021/no-y…
: Just finished (re)reading Dune. Last time was in the early 90s, I think. I still love it.
: Please Stop Closing Forums And Moving People To Discord They are not the same thing, and will never …
: I used to have a Nikon F6 and the feature I miss most is that it imprinted exposure/date information …
: I can’t decide if this is beautiful or terrifying. (Not my camera, Posted by Peter)
: Friends got a new puppy, Charlie (aka Chuck). Bulldogs are adorable.
: I prefer the Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones to the Apple AirPods Max in every way other than when …
: This will probably be the last roll I put through the Autocord. …
: I don’t love 28mm lenses, but I love the little GR III in spite of its wide, 28mm lens. …
: When I’m in a foul mood, Royal Republic helps: youtu.be/D_YCl7pp7…
: Maybe we should finally abandon the silly Comic Sans hate cult pile-on now? What’s Wrong With Comic …
: Today’s pairing: A rough-around-the-edges 1962 Minolta Autocord and Kodak BW400CN (C-41) film …
: How did I not know about the Mystery Flesh Pit? mysteryfleshpit.tumblr.com. This is what the …
: The band (of Leica M cameras) is back together, now that my M4 has been repaired and overhauled. …
: Making larger (but not too large) digital prints: copingmechanism.com/2021/maki…
: Using strobes with film is challenging. I metered this thoroughly and it’s still underexposed. …
: A few studio large format self-portraits. copingmechanism.com/2021/a-fe…
: Every time I run across a roll of positive film, I wonder why we all don’t shoot it all the …
: I had a pretty good year at the movies in 1984.
: Remember when I said I was going to use up all my old film first? Yeah, well KEH had a sale on HP5 …
: The “charm” of vintage lenses?: copingmechanism.com/2021/the-…
: Binged season one of “Brand New Cherry Flavor” and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s …
: Changed things up for a while yesterday. Calming.
: I was bored, so baty.blog is back on Ghost. baty.blog/2021/if-i…
: The notetaking dream is real 😆 : www.baty.blog/2021/dev-…
: Challenging myself to use up my old film stock: copingmechanism.com/2021/old-…
: I ran a roll of TMAX 100 through the Nikon F3. (Yes, sorry, more dogs). …
: Even the comments on Instagram have essentially become ads.
: I mean, it’s not like I couldn’t see that I still had the dark slide in my mouth.
: Action photography with the Hasselblad :).
: I’m bringing two wildly different rangefinders out today.
: Yet another 4x5 failure, but I’m optimistic about the Grafmatic film holder. …
: I see there’s now a PhotoPrism droplet at Digital Ocean. This means I could spin up an …
: Oh look, I changed my photo process again :). copingmechanism.com/2021/phot…
: I’m glad I picked up a couple JOBOs while they were still practically giving them away on …
: You know, there’s always Pass :). www.passwordstore.org
: I’m jbaty on Glass. I like it. I don’t love it. It looks nice, but behaves strangely in …
: Avoiding the daily news cycle has done wonders for my mood and mental health over the past few …
: Almost forgot about this meme from 2002 that showed up in public restrooms.
: I found this photo in an old folder on my Mac. It probably deserves a trigger warning. Not for the …
: Had lunch with my mom yesterday. She’s pretty cute.
: “And as it is such, so also as such is it unto you”
: Electron is the Nickelback of the internet 😝: www.baty.blog/2021/1pas…
: Huh. Didn’t know that. Go to any GitHub repo and press "." 😉 — Joel Califa …
: 1Password 8 uses Electron and the internet is already collectively shitting its pants before even …
: I was given half a box of expired Ektar on 4x5 so I thought I’d try it. Vivid! Still hard …
: Looking forward to trying Glass as an alternative to Instagram: …
: I might be firing up “The Lathe” newsletter again. Some changes: …
: There, that’s a little better.
: Whoops. Framing! (Linhof 4x5)
: Large format challenges: copingmechanism.com/2021/4x5-…
: My daughter is getting the hang of focusing and metering the rangefinder. Here’s one she took …
: Can anyone explain to me the rules for “Pinned” browser tabs in anything other than …
: First impressions of the Linhof Master Technika copingmechanism.com/2021/linh…
: A few from roll 2021-020 (Leica MP/HP5+): copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
: I’ll need more practice hand-holding and focusing the big camera, but it’s fun.
: All boxes should look like this Linhof box (for the “Anatomical grip”)
: Totally natural self-portrait pose. Yep, totally. I’m home alone today so testing the new …
: I’ve decided to experiment with a photography-only Instagram account. …
: Everything is too complicated. I don’t think it’s just me being old that makes me feel …
: Well then it’s not really a newsletter, is it? www.baty.blog/2021/just…
: First test with the new 4x5 camera. Focused using the rangefinder and viewfinder. No ground glass at …
: It arrived! A Linhof Master Technika. What a rig. I have some test sheets drying now.
: Had a new roof put on yesterday and this morning it is absolutely pouring rain. 🤞
: I’m either going to have to start shooting this faster or stop drinking Diet Coke
: Instagram can be good entertainment, but Flickr remains 1,000 times better for sharing photos.
: Kind of the opposite of my usual setup.
: The big new camera is scheduled to arrive Friday. I’ve got new C-41 chemicals, a bunch of …
: Experimenting with shooting more color film. Here’s Alice, since she’s usually …
: Settling in to read the always detailed, thorough, and mercifully non-silly release notes for BBEdit …
: This giant “Magnum Contact Sheets” book makes me want to catch up on my own contact …
: A few from roll 2021-017 (HP5+ in the Olympus Stylus Epic): copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
: I’m happy to see recent discussions around printing photos. Prints are important, not only for …
: From roll 2021-012 (Hasselblad). Not a lot of keepers on this one. …
: From Roll 2021-013 (first with MP) copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
: “She is a thing of beauty” (I agree!). Possible final roll through the M6. If I can …
: Ouch 😁 - Sh*t large format photographers say:
: I’ve been shooting more large format with the Wista 4x5 lately, but don’t enjoy focusing …
: Safari in Monterey beta 3 reverts to a separate tab bar and yet somehow Apple made it even worse.
: A fine tweet: twitter.com/tomcritch…
: OK, I’ll start 😋 (For reference) /cc @Ron @Pilchuck @mbkriegh @bbohling
: I have 3 invite codes for literal.club. If anyone would like to try it, let me know. I still …
: I keep making contact sheets for every roll but almost never use them or even look at them again. …
: Money Heist is completely ridiculous and I love it. It’s nice when the laws of physics apply, …
: Speaking of watches, Bill Murray is wearing two of them and please please let this become a thing.
: Sky Rojo was way better than I expected. And more fun than the last 10 or so Marvel movies. Combined …
: I haven’t been wearing my Apple Watch because I guess I don’t feel the need for a $500 …
: Breaking in the new camera. 😲
: The 26 best new productivity apps for 2021. Sweet! By the time I try all these it’ll be time …
: Does Black Widow get any better after the first half-hour because I hated the first half hour and …
: Sorry, it’s yet another 4x5 film self-portrait. This one is interesting to me because …
: How many times am I going to swear off shooting and processing color film, only to dig everything …
: Large format self-portrait with MP on expired (2011) Delta 100. I needed to find out if the box of …
: The new camera arrived today and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. …
: For anyone shooting film and scanning it, if you’ve not heard of Negative Lab Pro (for …
: And speaking of large format film, I have all of this in my fridge. Most is very expired and the …
: I’ve been poking around looking at my old large format (4x5) film images and am reminded how …
: Put a roll through the Hasselblad today, so we get one more of Alice. Speaking of lenses, the Planar …
: I had the strobe out and she was already sitting there, so…
: One nice thing about film photography is when looking at blog or forum posts for information, it …
: The Leitz Focomat v35 is the only enlarger I’ve had that fits nicely in my small …
: It must be awful to walk around every day not trusting anyone or anything. Wake up, assume the worst …
: Well poop, the M4 has a broken shutter curtain. I suppose since the camera was built in 1966 it …
: It must be opposite day today because I’m taking the EOS-1V with a zoom lens loaded with …
: I can’t pass up a yawning dog photo, even when its a bit of a miss.
: Here’s a photo of some dust with me in the background. I need to fix the dust problem in my …
: Leica M3 with 90mm Elmarit-M (2021). The .92 magnification on the M3 makes focusing the 90mm lens …
: I swear, every time I go to adjust the day/date on my watch, it’s 3:15.
: I had hoped that I could migrate from Google Photos to Synology Photos but after a half-dozen …
: Another Safari 15 critic: First Look: macOS Monterey Public Beta – Six Colors
: My Cloudron instance is getting busy.
: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Bitcoin, Currencies, and Bubbles: www.baty.blog/2021/bitc…
: Seven years I’ve crossed these tracks and I’ve never seen a train. I was beginning to …
: I think 75mm is just a little too long for walk-around use. This is uncropped, at lunch. I’m …
: When I think Emacs has focus but really iTerm has focus.
: At least they let me disable the annoying and jarring color changes in Safari 15’s title/tab …
: The iPad is my favorite computer peripheral :) v6.baty.net/2021/ipad…
: Forced Social Engagement: Slack and Discord are garbage user forums. Got that right. At least use a …
: I’ve been trying to talk myself out of org-roam for a while now
: The new Polaroid film won’t win any technical quality awards, but Polaroids are still cool.
: I hate the future Sorry, we replaced that old technology, "see-through glass," with these …
: “History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries”, published “prior to 1923”, is …
: I’ve had a soft spot for Styx since wearing out “The Grand Illusion” and friends …
: Ok one more from my dad’s album. This is he (right) and a friend on some street in France …
: How awesome is this photo of my mom after feeding like one seagull? (1979-ish).
: Made a minor-but-non-trivial adjustment to my photo workflow: copingmechanism.com/2021/a-tw…
: Some days it’s fun making posts on the Multiverse instead multiverse.plus/jack/frid…
: Here’s my dad at the Acropolis in 1963, before Instagram showed up. Can you imagine having the …
: I miss having a pen store nearby. This is Bertrand’s, which shut down in 2009. 🖋
: I’m seeing reports that Instagram is now allowing uploads from the desktop (web) app. …
: Leica released a black-paint version of the M10-R and it’s just gorgeous.
: Spent two hours this morning failing to find a reasonable way to publish the wiki via the iPad. So …
: My right Airpod Pro stopped working a while ago. And today they’re both dead. Won’t …
: Easily Build Static HTML Sites from JSON with AWS Lambda and TiddlyWiki. I’m not doing this …
: I’m mixing things up and trying to live on an iPad for a little while: …
: Another cool behavior of tabs in Safari 15 is that on iOS they make the browser crash every time I …
: I am going to spend some time pretending I’m an iPad person to see how it feels being an iPad …
: My “workbench” has become a standup desk instead
: The tabs in Safari 15 change from showing the page title to the URL when you click them. Heaven …
: I just found an unopened set of the entire Harry Potter series on DVD. I’ve never seen the …
: The fact that this is even possible is reason enough to wear a mechanical watch: Magicians do exist. …
: After much internal debate and hand wringinng, I’ve decided to sell the Leica Q2 Monochrom. …
: Finished the roll with a self-portrait of Alice and I.
: Apple’s right about one thing, the new Safari 15 tab bar “takes up less space”. …
: I’m having one of those “it’s plain text, but!…” sort of mornings: …
: All these 🖋 posts are awesome. Here’s my “quiver” right now. I love pens.
: I’ve started a running list of things I’m “forced” to choose between on a …
: Now that I’ve paid for a year of Cloudron, I’ve been installing apps willy nilly, just …
: I recently learned about Blade, “the Uber for helicopters”. Back in the early 90s a …
: At least I’m not hobbled by consistency.
: Does anyone else use Zotero as a bookmarking/read-later service? I do: …
: Dug this little fella out of a drawer and put a roll in it: copingmechanism.com/2021/dust…
: My dad. We call this “Ronsplaining” :)
: Too many “Digital Gardens” end up as not much more than a record of someone dicking …
: Colorful vinyl is fun. This is Waltzer’s “Time Traveler”
: Speaking of Day One, I can never decide between option A: creating one post per day named, e.g. …
: Good morning. Here’s pug’s butt.
: Goodreads is sort of the de facto standard, but recently it reminds me of the TV shows on …
: I’m selling the fine-nibbed Pilot Custom 823 fountain pen, as I’ve replaced it with a …
: Updated my post about the Pilot Custom 823 after trying one with a medium nib: …
: Went to an actual party last night with actual people together in an actual room. It was weird and …
: This Hodinkee report from the secretive Rolex facilities describes what makes a Rolex a Rolex. …
: I’m a little afraid of heights, but still played Richie’s Plank Experience on the Oculus …
: The headlining feature of latest Lightroom Classic release is support for Apple Silicon. Sure …
: I’d never heard of Amazing Marvin. It looks like a feature-rich task management/productivity …
: Pretty much sums it up, today.
: Does anyone know how to stop this cycling, animated thing at the bottom of Apple Photos? It’s …
: Both sides of the work-from-home argument are wrong.
: For all the fancy statically-rendered, text-based blogging options I have, I kind of just want to …
: I hate to keep harping on this, but it keeps getting worse and eventually they’ll be literally …
: Risky admission: I don’t enjoy Harry Potter, LOTR, Dr. Who, or Star Trek. There must be …
: I’ve spent three hours already this morning just staring at my screen and clicking things. …
: And it’s all I can do to answer the letters I get and to answer the phone answering machine. Why …
: Frustrated by the way my fancy new pen was writing, I tested it in other notebooks. Turns out the …
: Japanese and German pen makers have wildly different ideas of what “fine” means. Pilot …
: A little pudding always helps.
: Well the bottles from Pilot are certainly nicer than those from the Noodler’s stuff I’m …
: I’m thinking of moving out of 1Password and just using Keychain, but that means I need a …
: Email is great, and so is “Email from first principles” wow. …
: The only thing I can count on is paper.
: Marcus Aurelius wrote a journal. He ended up with a life-changing book about how to become a better …
: I should shoot this Super8 film but processing is very expensive and the results are fun but …
: Setting up a Gitea instance again reminded me that too many things depend on Github.
: I’d happily give back that tiny sliver of vertical screen real estate if I could have real, …
: Trying a way of indexing my paper notebooks: v6.baty.net/post/2021…
: I don’t think I’ve hand-written a date in years. I stamp everything.
: I finally got a Pilot Custom 823, but I’m worried: v6.baty.net/post/2021…
: Chemacs makes it almost too easy to tinker with Emacs configs: v6.baty.net/post/2021…
: I should sell some of them, but I’m not going to. Yet. copingmechanism.com/2021/sell…
: I love this adorable little Leica. It was originally a IIIc (made in 1946) but has since been …
: An entire blog managed in a single Org mode file. v6.baty.net/post/2021…
: Capture One Pro v14.2 released with Apple Silicon Support. First impressions are that it’s …
: My wife tells me this is called an “Ear Kaboom!”
: I’m a sucker for the “Hollywood Glamour” preset in Silver Efex Pro. I can’t …
: Messing around with Hugo, Go Modules, and theming: v6.baty.net/post/2021…
: I somehow missed that Soren recently published the first “edition” of Grok TiddlyWiki. …
: Landed in Lightroom Classic again. For now. copingmechanism.com/2021/a-re…
: Writing everything in TiddlyWiki and publishing just the public parts: …
: I’m so upset by the reactions to Basecamp’s policy changes that I’m going to go …
: reMarkable is sleeping. Some notes on how I’m using the reMarkable tablet: …
: And it’s about time, too: ‘Paddington 2’ Replaces ‘Citizen Kane’ as Top-Rated Film on Rotten …
: 3 stars by default: copingmechanism.com/2021/3-st…
: Started using Syncthing again last week and so far I haven’t even noticed it’s there. …
: There’s a difference between tools and toys: copingmechanism.com/2021/tool…
: There’s something wonderful about the simple consistency of browsing Gemini Space. Gemini is …
: I have never once held a Hasselblad level
: I love reading about people’s morning routines. What I don’t like reading is someone …
: With Emacs I’m in complete control of everything. I love that, but it’s also a …
: Tags in Flickr are metadata. Tags in Instagram are advertising.
: Made a 4x5 self-portrait with the Wista field camera. It was a 2-second exposure using a bulb …
: Just shot and processed 4 sheets of HP5+ 4x5 film that I’d loaded a while back. Unfortunately, …
: I’ve solved my HEY vs Fastmail dilemma by not solving it at all: …
: Gemini feels like the 90s web and I am having so much fun. Get a Gemini client and try it. My …
: I don’t want “HEY for Domains”. I wan’t “HEY” with my own …
: The erosion of personal ownership - Vox: Everything from your fridge to your tractor can change …
: I’m trying out a “planner” with the reMarkable. www.youtube.com/watch
: I put bacon on my Impossible Burger is that allowed?
: I installed a local instance of ArchiveBox after letting my Pinboard archive subscription expire. …
: I wanted to learn about creating a Gemini capsule/server to publish stuff, so I did: …
: I’ve run out of things to read on the regular web, apparently.
: I have no doubt that digging out the ThinkPad and (re)installing Pop!_OS is a terrible idea.
: Finally, I can use the current book’s cover as the Kindle’s lock screen …
: Just downloaded my email from HEY.com and loaded the mbox file in Mutt. This means something, but …
: Question for Obsidian users: Is it really not possible to navigate search results (CMD-Shift-F) …
: I’ve avoided going down the Home Assistant rabbit hole because I figured it would be a pain to …
: Haven’t used this original Amazon Echo for years. I thought I should at least keep the …
: I love these “library” cards from my grandfather’s movie club. That $5.00 fine …
: Gates: "I want to help fund a vaccine." Internet: "No way! You'll use it to …
: It’s been a while since I’ve printed anything. Tonight was just a few contact sheets, …
: I don’t think I’d use pencils nearly as often if I didn’t have this super nice …
: Calling my pile of notes a “Zettelkasten” imbues them with a cachet they don’t …
: Just listening to the good Iron Maiden before Bruce Dickinson ruined everything 😜
: The older I get, the more I seem to value convenience and low-friction over cleverness or …
: Since I started using Minus.app I’ve been auto-hiding the Dock and menu bar on my Mac and …
: The Former Netflix DVD Library Is a Lost Treasure We’ll Never See Again - Paste
: Here’s a crazy alternate-universe (aka Multiverse) version of my recent post about Minus and …
: Working through an implementation of Johnny.Decimal over the past few weeks has reminded me that a …
: This photo of me was in the bag of cassettes from my sister. It’s me and my daughter in, I …
: I tried an impromptu portrait of my dad today. I would be happy with it if it weren’t for my …
: Sometimes after dubbing an album from vinyl to cassette, I would draw my own version of the cover …
: My sister found a handful of my old cassettes. Sweet! Here are a few of them. I bet you can guess …
: This is the first photo I uploaded to Flickr. It was July 5th, 2004. …
: First project of my “sabbatical” was to install a pegboard behind the workbench. Much …
: Our dog isn’t lacking for attention.
: I still have this 1962 Minolta Autocord so I took a few photos of it, and included a couple of …
: I find people’s workspaces fascinating. The older the better. This is my dad’s garage …
: Every couple of days I run CleanMyMac and restart. Minus.app is set to launch on boot so everything …
: It’s nice having a macro lens because it turns the whole house into a new place to explore.
: I rage-quit Ghost today after over-reacting to a comment by John Nolan on the forums. I’m not …
: It’s been 10 months since we sold Fusionary, and my time there ended today after more than 25 …
: 17 Gazillion dollars spent on camera gear and all I do is walk around the house and take snapshots …
: Remind me in 6 months what a dummy I was for selling my M-mount lenses. Even the 35mm ASPH is going. …
: I’m writing stuff in TiddlyWiki, Markdown, and Org mode. This means I have to keep three …
: So I painstakingly tweak a blog’s layout, fretting over making things clean and tidy. Then …
: Some updates to my wiki - backlinks mostly
: So, I had a couple of bourbons during a lunch Zoom meeting and I’m thinking about doing this …
: Watched “The Last Blockbuster” last night and have been trying to wash the nostalgia off …
: Unpopular opinion: Either use Markdown or don’t. If you want your editor to replace the …
: I had no idea 10cc was so weird and fun. The only song I remember was “I’m Not in …
: It doesn’t matter how many times I read it…
: Maybe don’t make a link every time I mention something? Backlinks be outta hand.
: The RealForce R2 Keyboard is back in rotation
: I like my wall clocks to be simple, inexpensive, and unadorned. Boring, even. I believe this one …
: The enlarger in my darkroom (aka bathroom) only supports 35mm. I do have two 4x5 enlargers in …
: I finally published The Lathe #8 after missing last week. It’s mostly about recent workflow …
: One of my favorite movie scenes is the Diva Dance from “The Fifth Element”. The opera is …
: They talk about great lenses having good “micro-contrast”. It’s true, but …
: Baty.blog - brought to you by Micro.blog
: I just had to replace the original tip in my reMarkable tablet’s Marker due to wear. …
: Remember yesterday when I linked to the Slack channel for Johnny.Decimal? That’s changed. …
: This app/window layout is working great for me on the 32-inch monitor. iTerm split into two panes on …
: Mr. Noble, the person behind Johnny Decimal was kind enough to fire up a Slack for chatting about …
: Hey @twelvety I just wrote this on the wiki: I feel like I want to talk about Johnny.Decimal with …
: Am I really going to have to reinstall the command line tools after every macOS update now? I …
: Ghost 4.0 is out. I don’t love their focus on “creating a sustainable business” …
: I’m giving Mylio another go at being my photo library. I want device sync, privacy, a little …
: This is so cool. remarkable_news is a tool for the reMarkable tablet to automatically download daily …
: Just got back from my 1st dose of the (Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine. Around 1 year from “oh shit, …
: Thinking through Blot.im vs Micro.blog for most of my blogging
: Buddy is tiny but he has loads of personality.
: I assumed Minus app would be another anti-distraction gimmick but I’ve been using it for a …
: TextBuddy is super handy for all sorts of quick text transformations. I’ve only had it for a …
: Johnny Decimal is “A system to organise projects” and I find it wildly intriguing.
: I am unabashedly a fan of Rob Zombie. Rolling Stone says of “The Lunar Injection Kool Aid …
: I wouldn’t give you a nickel for an “original” Beeple.
: JACK! Stop reading comment threads around any mention of crypto/BTC/NFTs/etc. It’s just morons …
: Writing is nature’s way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is – Richard …
: I’m not sure “Doom Emacs from scratch” even counts as a thing, but I’m …
: Remember that time I used Lotus Agenda via DOSBox for a few months? That was fun.
: Decided to revive a 2021 version of the Daybook I’ve kept in Tinderbox (on and off) since …
: Speaking of tracking books. Tinderbox is also great for that. If I put in start/end dates I get a …
: This video might be the most helpful introduction to what TiddlyWiki can do that I’ve seen: …
: Sort of phoned in the newsletter this week, but thelathe.substack.com/p/the-lat…
: It’s cool seeing people using simple tools for book logging. I’ve been keeping a plain …
: Sometimes I’ll barely notice a scene in a book while reading it, but then find that it haunts …
: 10 years ago I gave my now son-in-law an “Early 2008” MacBook Pro. Yesterday, he was …
: If your thing doesn’t work in Safari it’s a non-starter for me. I understand that you …
: I made this one deliberately a little low-key but I like the look. The Q2 Monochrom floors me.
: I’ll shoot you in the fuckin’ face if you think about coming ‘round here. …
: Usually when I go to kick Emacs to the curb I end up instead making it feel new by starting over. …
: Why is it so hard to copy text off web pages lately?
: Was it Google that started the trend of putting the “Add new thing” button at the …
: I just sent The Lathe #6. It keeps happening! thelathe.substack.com/p/the-lat…
: I have not posted anything in a week that didn’t contain a gross typo or accidental extra word …
: Dependabot and friends are useful, but kind of ruin the commit log as a place to track updates.
: I’ve noticed that when using digital tools for thinking I end up mostly thinking about how …
: I’m bored and almost certain this means something drastic will happen to one or more of my …
: Well, I can’t not try every text editor I learn about: www.baty.blog/2021/oniv…
: What I really want is a modern modal editor geared toward writing prose/documents rather than code. …
: I ranted this morning about what I consider unnecessary images in blog posts. It rang familiar …
: Onivim 2 - a new (to me) modal editor
: Is “Super Follow” per tweet? I can’t think of a single thing with fewer than 280 …
: I like Substack but confirmed with them that there’s no way to not include tracking pixels in …
: I Was In Charge of the Deck Chairs On the Titanic, and They Absolutely Did Need Rearranging - McSweeney’s
: I grumbled at the price of the CalDigit, but I now know why it’s so highly-regarded. …
: Please go back to putting always-visible borders around your search fields, thanks.
: Leica bravely makes cameras with black & white only sensors and I finally have one.
: Supertramp seems like one of those bands I’d tire of after 30 or 40 years, but I never do.
: I don’t know if Configuration Fatigue is a real thing but I seem to be suffering from it.
: The Grovemade desk shelf came and it’s awesome. I’ll probably move things around a bit, …
: I’m tired. Why? I think it’s from configuring things.
: I’m not sure the “Follow My Delivery” UPS map is good for me. I just keep hitting …
: Instagram Stories are a borderline-painful assault on the senses, an affront to good taste, and …
: Most YouTube videos would be improved by shortening them by at least 30%.
: Tim Ferriss Is No Longer Living the Tim Ferriss Lifestyle. Neither Should You - Inc Magazine …
: Leitz Focomat v35 Enlarger. If I were to stop shooting 35mm film, something I’m considering, …
: Something made me think of this record, today.
: It’s just not the same, somehow.
: Very happy with HomeChef tonight. Scallops are my favorite.
: I often think about the Synology sitting upstairs, waiting to fail in some way. I dread these …
: I published The Lathe #5 this morning so I guess the newsletter thing is still happening.
: It really is a Remarkable tablet: www.baty.net/2021/a-re…
: Grey Matter (On Leica and Monochrom cameras) - Macfilos
: Well @BestofTimes now I have also ordered a Q2 Monochrom!
: I haven’t listened to anything by Edie Brickell since “What I am” was everywhere …
: One of these is flexible, hi-res, and has bluetooth and wifi. One of them always works.
: Has anyone else watched Friday Night Dinner because I just watched the first two episodes and …
: I’m so happy I found CleanShot X. It’s the first screenshot utility that does everything …
: the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when …
: Emacs makes me crazy because it’s both ridiculously simple and wildy complex all at once. I …
: Here goes with the Remarkable tablet!
: Let’s build a world free of ?utm_source=...
: Tempted to try Underline for newsletters because it feels audacious. “Basically just a text …
: I like this Leica ad very much: youtu.be/Ek6oElr7M… Use this not to capture and log every …
: Podcasts saying literally nothing for 20 minutes: twitter.com/jogdenUK/…
: Grainy, high-speed film, in this case Kodak TMAX P3200, is best with shapes and suggestions or …
: Still trying the newsletter thing. Here’s The Lathe #4: …
: I’m often reminded how much I love the Roon->Qobuz Hi-Res->KEF speaker setup in the home …
: Happy to report that the new development canister doesn’t leak at all, yet. No more fixer …
: I decided not to install iStat Menus on the new Mini. I don’t want to constantly fret about …
: One of those records that I could listen to every day and it would never get old.
: “BE AWARE, EL SOMBRERO DOES NOT HAVE AN ONLINE SITE” I’ve been driving through El …
: As far as I’m concerned, PopClip is part of macOS.
: Whenever I see a reference to “Taking Smart Notes” I cringe because I know that it means …
: Uses This is fun. I love seeing the tools used by people who actually get shit done in the world. …
: WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update - Webshit weekly, n-gate
: I wish I was somewhere other than driving my car this morning when taking this. Apparently I’d …
: I changed my mind. When the new Mac Mini arrives I’m not going to use a Time Machine backup …
: I’ve been tracking the shipping progress of the new Mac Mini. Last night at 7:41 it was in …
: I hesitate mentioning it, but I’ve been testing the idea of writing a newsletter. It’s …
: It’s hard to ignore how pleasant Craft is to look at, especially if you make the mistake of …
: Roon 1.8 is out. Looks good and is supposed to be even smarter. The numbers make it seem as if I …
: I chickened out on the Leica SL sale: copingmechanism.com/2021/keep…
: I never fully commit to any of my tools because that would mean I’d actually have to do …
: Best thing about Tenet is that its Letterboxd page is mirrored! Wonderful :)
: Nolan should have watched a David Lynch movie before (or instead of) making Tenet
: I have successfully avoided ordering a Remarkable tablet but people keep saying how great they are, …
: I usually prefer B&W but the color from the APO-Summicron-SL 35 is really very nice and has made …
: Finally ordered my 2020 Day One book. Such a great feature. Took about five minutes and I’ll …
: My wiki contains nearly 2,000 tiddlers and all anyone sees are the latest 10 that are tagged …
: A mouse and a trackpad?! Absolutely! I prefer using a (good) mouse but then I miss gestures. I …
: I just replaced “Amelie” with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” to my Favorite …
: The Hey team is on a roll. Here is a smal, but welcome update: They now show me where I left off on …
: When I rate a film on, say, Letterboxd, it is based solely on how much I enjoyed it. It has nothing …
: Given the choice, I’ll take a 32” 4K monitor over a 27” 5K monitor. Size is more …
: Existential Roam crisis: I rarely actually go back and use my Roam db. I track a few things and …
: OK, now all I want is a Vestaboard
: Hey.com now lets me send email via other SMTP servers so I can now send as my baty.net email …
: My 2 favorite keyboards of all time. The Happy Hacking Keyboard and the Apple Extended Keyboard II. …
: The Kindle is great but I love the experience of reading “real” books so much more. For …
: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future : NPR
: I kept adding the the makeshift standup desk and went too far. Going to back down to just the laptop …
: Mmmm, paper: www.baty.net/2021/anal…
: I’ve got the makeshift standup desk just about situated. I took this photo from above, and …
: The Sennheiser HD650 are better headphones than the Sony WH-1000XM4 in every way except for making …
: Turns out that less is not actually more. I looked it up. – Me, Twitter, 2013
: Man, 83, shows off Britain's biggest personal journal - Daily Mail Online
: Tinkering with twt.social www.baty.net/2021/twtx…
: I’m digging NextDNS: www.baty.net/2021/next…
: I don’t want to be in the audience of someone who’s only trying to build an audience
: My newest new system (2010) - Jack Baty
: Medium has really improved features for writing blogs on their platform. It’s too bad then …
: The difference between Letterboxd and Goodreads is that Letterboxd feels like it’s working for …
: I’ve seen a some articles lamenting the demise of link posts. I miss them, too, so thought I …
: Once in a while I get a nice email from someone telling me they enjoy my blog/wiki. That always …
: My baty.net email is forwarded to Hey.com. I often (lazily) reply directly from my hey.com address. …
: So, you coming up, or what, guy?
: Typical. I dug the large format printer out of the closet and am using it to make 5x7 prints.
: I have an adjustable-height desk at the office but I’m never there, so I thought about …
: I just want Letterboxd for books. Nothing I’ve found comes close to the single-minded, tight, …
: It is absolutely OK to do the right thing now even after doing the wrong thing before.
: I log books in at least three places: at Goodreads, at StoryGraph and as a text file on my website …
: I just want to read books and write letters for a while.
: I Am the Designer of This Restaurant’s Outdoor Seating Space, and This Is My Artist’s Statement - McSweeney’s
: HoudahSpot is now available via SetApp. Cool. It’s way better than Spotlight. …
: WhatsApp Scare and Signal - The Art of Not Asking Why
: I think I’m the only person who doesn’t like this latest series of “The …
: Pretending to simplify: www.baty.net/2021/apps…
: I see plenty of Zettelkasten followers, I still don’t see any Luhmanns – unknown
: This office from a relative’s former construction company looks like a perfect place to really …
: Remember when I stored my color processing stuff because I wasn’t going to shoot any more …
: Speaking StoryGraph, this is almost enough to prevent me from rating a book.
: Am I the only one who switched their book logging to StoryGraph but can never remember the name …
: I still don’t know the difference between the solid blue and outlined in blue buttons on Big …
: Tweeted this 8 years ago today. “Tinderbox, Curio, TheBrain, DEVONthink, Yojimbo, OmniFocus, …
: Whenever the author ends a blog post with a question (“How do you do this thing?”), I …
: I may be experiencing Backlink Fatigue
: I was planning to watch a Blu-ray of one of Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies. Probably “The …
: What happens when you clean out the junk drawer
: This is all I’ve been using: Baron Fig “Squire”, Staedler pigment fineliners, and …
: If I see one more Bernie meme photo……..I’ll be grateful. Keep ‘em coming.
: I wholeheartedly recommend CleanShot if you’re looking for a good screen capture utility. …
: I’d be thrilled to use Adobe’s stuff if someone could successfully explain to me how to …
: Pretty sure I’m spread too thin online, but not sure what to do about it, given my tendencies.
: Some days I wish Day One didn’t have an “On This Day” feature. Today, for example. …
: I prefer manipulating windows, menus, buttons, files, etc. on my computer with a mouse, but once I …
: During the recent baty.net updates, I switched from using git submodules to Hugo modules for …
: I love trying new apps for doing everything. Everything except reading RSS feeds. NetNewsWire is …
: Honored to be considered royalty by Emo Phillips :)
: Some people claim it’s somehow “wrong” to use modern lenses on an M3. Balderdash! …
: I gutted baty.net and archived 20 years of history. Don’t know if it’ll stick, but it …
: Or maybe it’s about drawing (semi-arbitrary) physical boundaries in digital spaces: I need ways to …
: I’m having one of those weekends during which I convince myself that I want everything to be …
: The problem with Medium is that it’s full of people for whom being read is more important than …
: I’ve been using Hey.com for more than 6 months for my personal email, (forwarded from my …
: Maybe stop burying so much good stuff in audio. www.baty.net/2021/i-wi…
: New watch! I’m not a fan of digital watches, but this is such a classic, and it costs a …
: I wish podcasts would go away
: I’ve had most of this setup for more than a dozen years and I feel no pressing need to upgrade …
: Camera snobs irritate me: copingmechanism.com/2021/use-…
: Some photos of my sort-of darkroom copingmechanism.com/2021/its-…
: If I knew how to make stuff like these retro computer terminals I would make stuff all day …
: I was going to do a Fitness+ workout but I haven’t been wearing my Apple Watch and the battery …
: As a defensive move against blowing nearly $600 on Apple’s AirPod Max headphones, I instead …
: So much for not shooting film in 2021: copingmechanism.com/2021/i-fo…
: Alice enjoying the sunshine, from the first roll of the year (Leica M6. Tri-X @800 in HC-110).
: I told myself that I probably wouldn’t be shooting any film this year. That lasted, what, a …
: Hey @twelvety, stop contaminating my recs! 😆
: I’ve been feeling analog lately so I’ve been wearing my “real” watches. I …
: I’ve given up the idea of consolidating my blogs, so I consolidated their RSS feeds instead 😋. …
: Dammit I accidentally posted to my Blot blog at baty.blog.
: Bi-directional linking between anything using Hook
: I stopped forwarding email to Hey.com a couple weeks ago. I grew uncomfortable with the idea of not …
: I’m enjoying StoryGraph as a pleasant, quieter alternative to Goodreads. thestorygraph.com
: I know I sometimes like to bitch about the always-on, too-synchronous feeling of Slack but when …
: She’d rather use her iPhone, I think.
: I seem incapable of staying off social media and I am certain it’s damaging me.
: Trying to make Hook part of my process copingmechanism.com/2021/bi-d…
: That was a close one, Adobe, but I’ll be doing it myself, thanks. …
: If I add any more vignetting to my photos in post I’ll end up with solid black rectangles. I …
: I’ve almost convinced myself to go with Lightroom for a while even though it’s not even …
: The ongoing debate about my photo workflow: copingmechanism.com/2020/who-…
: A little pre-workout playtime
: We used to build websites differently. Remember image maps? We made this one in 1998. It’s a …
: Flowers. Still testing the new lens on anything within range.
: This is genius. Why didn’t I know about this sooner.
: Shooting 8mm film is fun once in a while but it’s too expensive to do very often. And the …
: I prefer ordering books from bookshop.org, but my last order took 29 days to arrive. I can live …
: I’ve gone and changed the (Ghost) theme at copingmechanism.com and y’all are going to …
: “Synthesizing knowledge” oh FFS I think what you mean is “playing with Roam”
: A few notes about the new lens: copingmechanism.com/2020/leic…
: The size difference between the 2 Leica 35mm Summicrons (M vs SL) is kind of nuts.
: It’s useless, but I can’t bring myself to throw it away.
: My perennial dilemma about taking notes: www.baty.net/2020/why-…
: I could watch flashmobs do this all day every day and I’d still cry every time: …
: I’m not likely to ever try this, but it feels good knowing I can. …
: Still not convinced I’ll be replacing the HHKB. www.baty.net/2020/can-…
: The variable-resistance keys on the Realforce R2 Keyboard may be a little too variable. The pinky …
: I may have finally found the best way to manage my local TiddlyWiki files: …
: Your job is probably not the same as Cal Newport’s job.
: Love this from Simon Collison about personal websites: colly.com/articles/…
: Nightmare scenario that just occurred to me: The COVID-19 vaccine has a delayed but debilitating …
: I’m glad I’m not the only one who despises notifications in Big Sur. …
: I wanted to try one of those newfangled Apple Fitness workouts but by the time all 3 devices had …
: Things got easier for me once I stopped caring whether the apps I want to use are also available on …
: Confession: Reaction videos are my favorite thing and I watch them for hours
: I know there are a few Fuji users here, so if you’re interested in any of my X-T3 kit and …
: There are many things that can signal that it’s time to leave a platform or service. One of …
: Doyle, looking a little fatigued and has let his guard down.
: I was only 12 at the time. Too young to participate in “Van Life” but old enough to want …
: I’ve started highlighting the important/relevant words in my notebook. This really helps with …
: It doesn’t look fancy, but Topre switches are the absolute best. In the love-em-or-hate-em …
: Thea newp Realforce R2 Keyboard is haerey anp I”m typong om it rihgt nowly. :)
: I’m beginning to think that the one to watch isn’t Obsidian, it’s Logseq.
: I’ve never gone so fast from seeing a new camera announcement to pressing the Order Now button …
: The technical quality of individual Polaroids can be pretty lousy, but put a bunch of them in a …
: After just a few days with the M1 MacBook Air, I’ve learned that I no longer have much use for …
: I personally don’t need any more ways to create documents, but Craft - Docs and Notes Editor …
: I’ve only spent a couple hours with the new Synology Photos app, but so far it looks to be a …
: Dammit! www.apple.com/newsroom/…
: I moved the Dock to the left side of my screen and now I don’t know how to use my computer.
: Me, setting up a new Mac. Every time… 8:00am I’m just going to start from scratch. …
: I avoid “smart” devices, but there is one that makes me happy every day. It’s this …
: I keep forgetting about the dadjoke command I’d added to Fish Shell at one time. dadjoke: I …
: Logseq is getting quite good. It’s very Roam-like, but local-first with version-controlled Org …
: It’s a tinker-with-Emacs sort of day: www.baty.net/2020/yasn…
: I like taking photos of people and I was the only people around at the time so it’s yet …
: Polaroids, old and new. I love them both. When I say I’m off film for a bit, of course I …
: SetApp comes to the rescue yet again. I needed a safe way to merge 2 giant folders and using Finder …
: Hitting the up arrow after sending a message in Slack had stopped opening the message for editing. …
: I tried using a normal keyboard. Failed. Back to the HHKB, but with a twist: …
: Each morning I start my day by trying to remember what I’d decided the day before: Was it Roam …
: Do I want a gaming laptop? Nope. Do I want an ASUS gaming laptop with a wild and crazy design, LED …
: I fell off one of the wagons: www.baty.net/2020/i-go…
: Has this made the rounds already because it’s perfect. I feel attacked! :) (from …
: I spent a couple hours yesterday tidying up my Emacs config and rebuilding my Mu4e setup for email. …
: I just downloaded the updated edition of “Mastering Emacs” and I just know that …
: My last two Leuchtturm notebooks have used dotted grid paper and what I’ve learned is that I …
: So wait, if I export an image from Photoshop (2021) there is absolutely no way to preserve all of …
: Not being able to automatically maintain a reverse (newest-first) date order in Flickr albums is …
: ‘00: How do you change the <title>? ‘20: You can’t. Paul Ford sums up my …
: I just learned that Capture One Pro doesn’t yet support HEIC files. That’s nuts and is …
: Just got an email from Apple about a change to the M1 MacBook Air’s delivery date! It was …
: I’m learning that the paper doesn’t matter if the pen doesn’t matter and the pen …
: I received this Montblanc Meisterstück rollerball as a gift nearly 30 years ago. It’s been a …
: For some reason I don’t mind so much when the Polaroids fail. Because wow, did this one fail.
: I’m not going to touch it. You touch it. www.cnn.com/style/art…
: Never heard of Creeper before yesterday but this record’s been on repeat since. It’s an …
: Where should I record the day’s minutiae? copingmechanism.com/2020/dail…
: I seem to be incapable of forcing myself to read. I really (really!) love books, but 3 or 4 months …
: Back at The Lathe for my daily notes: copingmechanism.com/2020/tidd…
: Another bonus from my break from film photography is that I moved the big enlarger, which made room …
: There’s a lot of things I may start to miss during my break from shooting film, but scanning …
: Playing with the old wiki has been a blast today, but will I stick with it? rudimentarylathe.org
: I’m glad I no longer smoke, but I kind of wish I could. I was good at it. Also, the …
: Back at it with Flickr: copingmechanism.com/2020/all-…
: Viewing Instagram stories feels like staring at racks of magazine covers and useless impulse items …
: I don’t know what to make of this
: Does it matter if it’s film or not? copingmechanism.com/2020/not-…
: Dug out the Keychron keyboard and am giving it as spin today, just for giggles. It’s no match …
: I’d love to use Lightroom CC but I get the output I like much faster in Capture One. Also, if …
: Simple fuzzy rock riffs all day.
: I got a new (to me) camera. copingmechanism.com/2020/my-n…
: The Leica M to L-mount adapter came today so I’ve started doing silly things like mounting …
: Corners are pretty rough at the wide end with the Sigma 24-70 f/2.8. DO NOT make me buy the Leica …
: It’s interesting that while they don’t label the buttons on the back, they happily …
: I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a better looking rear on a modern camera. What kind of …
: I must admit that I’m very excited about having a new (old) SL. It may be 5 years old but it …
: Well, I’ve put away nearly all of my film stuff. There’s an Instax Square and Leica M6 …
: Back to doom-scrolling, I guess.
: I’m perfectly aware of the difference between “their” and …
: Film photography feels like more trouble than it’s worth, lately. …
: It goes like this: I buy a new camera and get all fired up about photography, so I create a photo …
: Visited my mom yesterday. She’s always smiling, even while wearing a mask.
: Any Fuji shooters here looking for a terrific zoom? I’m selling my Fujinon XF 50-140mm f/2.8 …
: Daily Notes: November 7th, 2020. 219 words about analog, a new camera, teensy bit about election
: I’m going back to calling them “Self-portraits”
: Still working through Isaacson’s “Leonardo Da Vinci”. Da Vinci’s notebooks …
: Thought I’d try a roll of CineStill 800T. It’s basically modified motion picture film …
: You know what’s dangerous? Having an entire Saturday in front of me with no plans or …
: Daily Notes: November 6th, 2020
: Thought I’d switch from the metal Hewes reels to the Paterson plastic ones, because the big …
: Ordered a CineStill TCS-1000 the minute I learned it existed. It’s like Sous Vide for film …
: Thinking about posting to the socials each morning a link to the prior day’s “Daily …
: baty.net is now running on my Digital Ocean “static” droplet via Caddy instead of …
: Me, at Fusionary. (1996). Nice rack.
: “Wow, did you see how many COVID cases there were today?!” “Yeah, it’s …
: Delicious Library was such a cool app. It introduced data entry via scanning UPC codes in like 2004 …
: My personal internety/server stuff has been using AWS for a couple of years. AWS is wickedly …
: Have I mentioned how much I enjoyed The Queen’s Gambit? Took me by surprise. The …
: I’ve used HomeChef for years. They do a good job of helping me avoid meals involving ketchup …
: I think I’ll pass on the new Zeiss ZX1: copingmechanism.com/2020/fina…
: I’m learning to prefer fully automatic cameras. copingmechanism.com/2020/manu…
: Alice was falling asleep in a patch of sunlight.
: What remains of my 35mm film cameras: copingmechanism.com/2020/a-va…
: Remember way back this morning when I posted about how I was using WordPress for this blog? …
: Sometimes I just punt and go with the flow copingmechanism.com/2020/gett…
: My wife doesn’t care a whit about mechanical keyboards or large format camera lenses or obscure …
: Played with Notion again. Still don’t like it. Some say, “You have to get used to it!” and I totally …
: Sitting here with an Org journal entry, a WordPress draft, Roam, and Micro.blog ready and waiting. …
: I started buying ground coffee beans and they taste the same to me as my freshly-ground beans, so …
: Expired film surprise. copingmechanism.com/2020/very…
: I’m determined to burn through my fridge full of old film, so I ran this roll of Ektar 25 …
: I threw a singe strobe off to one side. It was too hot. Learning how to light things while using …
: New blog post about how I’m scanning film negatives without hating the process: …
: I went with the copingmechanism.com domain for the blog refresh. It’s longer and less personal …
: If, hypothetically of course, you wanted to reboot your online presence and you had the choice of …
: I thought about trying Superhuman again but had canceled my account so couldn’t log in. …
: Everyone wants their tools to make life easier, but almost no one wants to work at it. On the other …
: “Diamond Life” never gets old. It still makes me stop what I’m doing and listen …
: I contain multitudes. I just don’t like most of them.
: When will I learn that just because an album gets a high score on Metacritic doesn’t mean …
: This is the first frame I exposed with the new Wista 45. Place the camera just so. Meter the scene. …
: Mike Johnston: A photo on Instagram just creates this nagging itch in my brain—I’m looking at …
: I’m really going to have to find a better subject if I’m going to keep doing this. …
: Processed transparency film (E-6) for the first time. Temp was too low so it came out dark but …
: I’m testing the “Skier Sunray Copy Box III” for digitally scanning film. I have …
: The new iPod Classic is here! 256GB Flash storage. Corded headphones, a clickwheel, and an …
: Sometimes I sit on the couch and fiddle with a film camera while watching movies. Why not snap a few …
: TheBrain version 12 implements Roam-like backlinks and mentions and it’s pretty great. …
: Oh no! The new v12 (beta) of TheBrain implemented backlinking, mentions, and completely redesigned …
: I’d intended to type “Editor agnostic” but unintentionally wrote “Editor …
: With Emacs, I feel like I’m in a long-term, intimate relationship with my editor. A toxic, …
: Playing Joanna Newsom a little too loud on good speakers does wonderful things with her playful …
: A question from @jeremycherfas reminded me of our “CD Wall” in the lobby of the old …
: Every time I bring the iPad to bed I immediately find some cool thing that only works on a Mac. …
: Self-portrait at my usual perch for #adayinthelife. 6:30pm Grand Rapids, MI USA. Shot on 4x5 with …
: I’ve gotta find a new subject, but since I’m only testing the color processing part I …
: I picked up some expired Provia transparency 4x5 film like five years ago and it’s even more …
: Both the camera and lens have arrived, which is great, but I neglected to think about lens boards, …
: Just when I thought I was done with Lightroom www.baty.net/2020/had-…
: Here’s another test of the new Rodenstock Sironar-N. Same process (expired everything with …
: Testing Sironar-N lens on Crown Graphic 4x5. Made with C-41 chemistry I mixed over a year ago. Film …
: Me at my old desk at Fusionary. Probably 1996.
: If I’d have always written things down in the same place all these years I’d have built …
: I’ve upgraded my desktop music streaming setup: www.baty.net/2020/upgr…
: I’ve had Sonos speakers in several rooms for years, but not once have I taken advantage of any …
: I’ve long wanted something nicer than my beat up, leaky 1950s Crown Graphic. I finally stopped …
: I can’t believe I never thought to use the vinyl shelves for display, too.
: This one, other than a few stray hairs, is a front-runner for the senior portrait pick.
: Testing the Codespaces beta on Github: www.baty.net/2020/gith…
: I love making these little Instax Square photos.
: If you do something consistently over time, it turns into a thing. For example, I started …
: BTW your email newsletter click-tracking links are almost always blocked by my network filters so I …
: I’ve been watching Raised by Wolves and I’m not sure it’s objectively good, I kind …
: Even though I don’t have a medium format enlarger set up I can still make these fun contact …
: I’ve been trying Chrome again because of a couple handy extensions. I set up a bunch of my …
: I’ve been working with selectric mode enabled in Emacs today because why not?
: I may test Render for static site hosting. www.baty.net/2020/usin…
: Future Man is stupid and I love it.
: My goodness, this is such a great record. Still a favorite. It has a little bit of everything.
: Tweak New Twitter is saving my sanity right now.
: If I weren’t addicted to Roam I’d definitely take a closer look at the next version of …
: I should never read articles about cool old technology because I just ordered a “new” …
: I’ll probably go ahead and share most 4x5 images I shoot. They’re a lot of work to make …
: 4x5 practice with Aidan. Need to stop down a bit when it’s more than one “person” …
: I botched the shot I was most excited about by not inserting the film holder properly into the …
: This Harrison changing tent should be a huge improvement over the tiny changing bag I’ve been …
: Maybe “fallacy” isn’t the right word, but still. www.baty.net/2020/the-…
: Released 50 years ago this year, but Paranoid still sounds fresh to me.
: Hey @twelvety, have you started a public Roam database yet? 😉
: I forgot how much I liked Acros www.baty.net/2020/acro…
: I am really enjoying Crazyhead. Solid mix of funny and dark.
: I like pretty heavy vignetting on photos and drop-shadows on various UI elements. I don’t …
: It’s been like an hour since I posted a photo of my dog, so here. :)
: I used Lensrentals.com for the first time this week and I’m here to tell you they really seem …
: I was asked to take photos at a wedding over the weekend. Used the Leica M10-P and Fuji X-T3. Oddly, …
: My attraction to Roam is unusual in that I don’t love it because it offers so many cool things …
: Technically, this is a miss, but it’s still one of my favorites from the day
: Even the best lenses will flare if pushed hard enough. It can work, though.
: Alice says it’s time to retire my Stewie pajamas.
: I love that I have these Polaroids.
: I wonder if deleting all my Adobe apps will help. www.baty.net/2020/dele…
: Darn you, Twitter. www.baty.net/2020/twit…
: The right AirPod Pro has stopped working. This is my 4th set of AirPods where one of them stopped …
: I can, reluctantly, live with the transparent menu bar in [[Big Sur]] but I despise the grayed out …
: There might be a nice view here, but how would one know? Can’t escape televisions even …
: I’ve finally gotten my negatives in some sort of order. www.baty.net/2020/orga…
: Tried Vercel for hosting the site. It’s nice, but I went back to Netlify. …
: One less self-hosted app: www.baty.net/2020/move…
: Lightroom Classic and CC should be a great match but I give up. www.baty.net/2020/givi…
: Processing org-journal entries each month www.baty.net/2020/proc…
: Small prints with large negatives? www.baty.net/2020/4x5-…
: “Old shit is better” – Jason Lee
: Updated the ox-hugo config now that I’m posting to baty.net again for some reason: …
: Still happy with the modus operandi Emacs theme. High-contrast, low-noise. Accessible themes for …
: The build outages appear to be related to a failure in a third party network provider (which is …
: My least favorite change in Big Sur.
: I need to look everything up in Emacs. e.g. how to respect visual line mode in Doom Emacs
: The fact that Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) is getting mostly, uh, excellent reviews, gives …
: I feel bad about neglecting my tools www.baty.net/2020/negl…
: I still listen to this record and you just be quiet and go judge someone else :).
: I think I’d enjoy working for Internet Archive. www.baty.net/2020/an-a…
: I spent 30 minutes trying Muse — your tool for thought on the iPad and I think they’re on to …
: Beside myself (1983). Remember when clever photo tricks had to be done in camera? Cover half the …
: This is the view from the side door of the office. How does any work get done around here?
: I rarely move, and I never shake.
: I love “Ted Lasso”. Binged the first 4 episodes and couldn’t be happier. …
: Did I mention that I slipped on a banana peel earlier this week? No? Well, I did. Really. An actual …
: The album title in the US is “Hell Bent for Leather”, which I like better. Either way, …
: My desktop clutter was getting out of control. Now it’s not. Sooo calm.
: One of my favorite things about using HEY! for email is that I don’t have to decide which mail …
: Today I opened a Tinderbox document from 2005 and the Map views gave me immediate context and the …
: Typically before one goes through the trouble of making a portrait using a large format camera, one …
: I finally took the big camera out today. It was only a couple of quick selfies in the yard, but …
: Did a workout on the Great Wall today. Sort of. Day 3 with Supernatural on the Oculus. Never thought …
: I would trade my big iPad Pro for a modern 11-inch MacBook Air in a heartbeat.
: An inconsistent soundtrack but I come back to it often.
: Forums are where we talk about ideas. Social media is where we perform about ideas.
: Signed up for 30 day trial of Supernatural for workouts on the Oculus Quest. It’s basically …
: I love my blog. I may not always love its current implementation or platform or design or even …
: I won’t unfollow you because your opinions or beliefs differ from mine. But I will unfollow …
: I keep a list of words to avoid using in 2020. “Orthogonal” remains the front-runner.
: I’ve settled in to a decent mix of Emacs, Roam, Tinderbox, and Drafts. But will it last?
: Hasselblad’s 907X with CFV II 50C back is finally available for order and now I’m …
: Based on the commercial, I’d have bought one even if I didn’t need a ladder. …
: I’m going to hate to see this lens go, but I need to dig myself out of the Leica hole I find …
: Can someone nudge the weather thingy? I think it’s stuck.
: Well that’s certainly optimistic of me
: While going through my RSS feeds I ran into a post by someone who feels exactly how I do about …
: My creative output is inversely proportional to the complexity of my process
: The entire world is constantly trying to upsell me something and it’s exhausting.
: I’m selling the Leica Q. Anyone looking for a superbly-built full-frame Leica with a 28mm …
: A dumb thing I do is purchase the annual plan for new software subscriptions, to save money, then …
: A couple weeks into Big Sur and now whenever I use a Mac running Catalina it looks… old, …
: Derek Sivers changed is site’s domain from sivers.org to sive.rs and I don’t approve. …
: On the desktop, anyway, I can’t fathom why anyone would prefer looking at photos on Instagram …
: I have some very nice Fuji digital gear for sale, including an X-T3, X-Pro2, and great lenses. …
: Just a periodic reminder that Micro.blog remains my favorite place to hang out online. Thank you to …
: 50 years of innovation. Leica is not a speedy company.
: My good friend Wayne passed away a few years ago. He was one day younger than me and his 56th …
: Yawn. (Also, needs a brushin’)
: Add Logseq to the list of Roam-alikes: “A local-only, non-linear outliner for organizing your …
: But but what if it turns out that I don’t need backlinks?! 😳
: Whenever I need to be reminded why I like shooting film, I just spend some time in the darkroom.
: What I’d like to try is Bear but with each note as an outliner rather than markdown editor.
: I’ve re-enabled cross-posting from Micro.blog to Twitter. Who cares? Everyone just scrolls by …
: My wife got me an Ember mug for my birthday. I didn’t even know I needed one but I needed one. …
: Re-retiring the old iPhone SE
: My home office fridge. 1/3 Diet Coke, 1/3 beer, 1/3 various film stocks
: The MyHeritage Photo Enhancer
: I sometimes wonder why I keep 20 years of blog posts just sitting around doing nothing. Then I run …
: I’m now using Instagram as a place to share snapshots with friends and family rather than …
: From my new perch. I’m all alone on the loft. I somehow ended up with the most space and I …
: I’ve only shot a few sheets with this Burke & James Press Camera, but it sure looks cool.
: Cameras I'm using and cameras I want
: sudo chown -R (whoami):admin /usr/local chown: /usr/local: Operation not permitted WTF?! If I want …
: I can’t see the menubar icons in Big Sur because they’re white on light. Had to change …
: I know there’s a new Kansas record but I prefer old Kansas. Especially very old Kansas like …
: Updated my iPhone SE OG post. Short version is that I loved it, but ran into dead ends without my …
: I’m very surprised that I, so far, am not at all annoyed by the iOS-ification of macOS in Big …
: Film “presets” for Lightroom or Capture One do a decent job of emulating film emulsions. …
: No big surprises in Big Sur so far, but I’m guessing there are a few lurking in the (rounded) …
: Me, every year: “No way I’m installing the beta again this year. Too much hassle” …
: If only there were something I could do with cameras other than think about which new ones I’d …
: So far I’m not redirecting the older WordPress feed URL to the Blot one. Last time I …
: Moving the blog around again (and again)
: WordPress templates are an onslaught of desparate, “hero” image riddled, cookie-cutter, …
: Lathe Updates: Week Ending July 12, 2020
: Reading Long-Form Web Articles By Printing Them First
: I love that brief moment when the rain noise stops while I’m driving under an overpass.
: My Blot subscription ends next week. While I’ve moved away from Blot for my own blog, …
: I love desks. No such thing as having too many! One day I’ll have a giant, antique rolltop …
: Using the old, small iPhone SE has reminded me how nice it is to be able to control my phone …
: I see that AdGuard is available via SetApp. I used it before installing a Pi-Hole and it seemed to …
: Well the Keychron K2 only lasted a day. I’m already back to using the Happy Hacking Keyboard. …
: I’m using my old SE this week, which has turned the X into a $1,000 darkroom timer 😜
: Don’t pin your header, it’s in the way. We know how to scroll up and don’t mind …
: Unpopular opinion: Paul Di’Anno Iron Maiden is as good as or better than Bruce Dickenson Iron …
: Leave me alone, Dropbox! (This is one reason I’m moving to other sync options).
: I was given a Buddha Board. I’d never heard of it and now it’s my favorite thing today.
: This Aeron chair has been sat in nearly every day, all day, comfortably, for more than 20 years. …
: This might be my favorite combination. It’s not the fanciest, but it’s stood the test of …
: Dropbox asked me one too many times to upgrade!/buy!/try!/look!, so this morning I dragged …
: I never seem to stray for long.
: My iPod Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil
: User stories on index cards, from 2006.
: Most WordPress sites that are about WordPress are hellish landscapes of popups, sticky headers, SEO …
: Between using Roam for notes and Hey for email, my world has gone all topsy-turvy on me.
: That’s a pretty broad brush you got there.
: Thinking about keeping my Daily Notes here
: I cannot remember the books I have read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have …
: Somehow my “Light table” has become more of a “Snack table”. I have mixed …
: You know what? I give up. I’m going back to Chrome. I love Safari but it’s hobbled. And …
: If your establishment does not enforce the use of facemasks, I will no longer be your customer.
: My dad helped me stain our deck this weekend. At 79 he still paints circles around me.
: Iceberg editor for WordPress
: I had lunch in Founder’s Taproom today. First time since early March. I was nervous but …
: Well, Default Folder X is now included in SetApp so I no longer have an excuse not to install it. I …
: One nice thing about Roam is that I can edit the backlinked content directly within the page …
: Flickr > Instagram whasamatter with everyone?
: Our friends’ dog Buddy watching for something to bark at.
: Ran a roll of Tri-X through the Hasselblad 500C/M. Alice again.
: Alice, waiting patiently to go do something with me. Anything. Soon, Alice!
: The stock Hasselblad waist-level finder is inexpensive, compact, and is by far the best-looking …
: I just want to hit “Play” and listen to music. I don’t want to have to first …
: I may take a break from 35mm film
: I have lost control of the situation. — God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 28, 2020
: “Now” vs “Not” is one of the worst one-letter typos.
: Org-roam vs other Roam-alikes
: Keeping Org-roam Daily Notes in a separate folder
: While using Emacs I often say things like “Wow!” and “Holy shit that’s …
: I’m so good at lying to myself about learning Clojure that I even bought a book.
: If {SOFTWARE} would just implement {MY PET FEATURE} it would be a game changer in the market!
: Obsidian looks like a viable Roam competitor using local Markdown files. I shouldn’t go …
: Good list of movies: 30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before - The Atlantic
: I didn’t know about org-roam-server but now I do. A Web Application to Visualize the Org-Roam …
: Decent headphones and a lossless signal path sending Clutch directly into my head this morning.
: Getting to a link I have stored somewhere in Org-roam takes me about five seconds longer than …
: I have an impossible choice between these two modes.
: Own Your Second Brain: Set Up org-roam on Your Own Machine looks like it could be useful when …
: Part One of My Battles with Emacs - macosxguru
: We brought Alice home from the rescue org a year ago today. We have yet to inform her that she is …
: I often consider completely wiping my online presence but I worry that by doing so I’ll …
: It seems I can only work in one of two ways with Emacs: I either live in Emacs or I live without …
: Five pinned tabs plus five open tabs, max.
: It always surprises me how quickly the yak’s hair grows back.
: I almost posted this photo with an “Analog” tag. Maybe “Vintage” would have …
: The SM3 is so much cooler than the SM9 but if I’m honest, I prefer actually typing on the SM9. …
: The Olympia SM9 is now cleaned up too.
: Hayley Williams is new to me. Where have I been? This is a good record.
: I’d forgotten how weird Jack White’s Lazaretto vinyl was so it took me a minute to …
: Got a little workbench for tinkering on.
: It’s a little thing, but I look forward to reviewing a few highlights via Readwise each day. …
: I make no excuses. I love “The Fifth Element”. It’s so weird and unique and fun. …
: Always good to see a new Christopher Moore Novel… Shakespeare for Squirrels
: Same thing applies for every conspiracy theory.
: I keep a JOBO in the bathtub. I’m fortunate that my very patient wife lets me get away with …
: Just look at the instructions for syncing audio on one of my grandpa’s movie club films. …
: Catching up on contact sheets, finally.
: Scanning film negatives with a digital camera
: Bare prints taped to the wall. If I waited until I framed them they’d never get hung.
: How do you know which one you like best if you don’t try them all?
: I’m not paying for Roam until there are native blockquote s. And no, convoluted hacks using …
: I’ve never really tried Linux on the (literal) desktop. It’s better with a bigger screen …
: I thought I’d lost my TWSBI pen in the move so I bought another. Today I found the original so …
: “Stargazer” is just the best damn song.
: I ran into this old screenshot of my blog from 2003 and it looks like I use to include the …
: Whenever I feel like complaining about my small-bathroom darkroom, I remember my first darkroom. It …
: I want more forums, fewer Slacks.
: Drawing I did in 1981 of the Kansas “Leftoverture” album cover. Must’ve been …
: Bad Company - Desolation Angels 🎵
: This was fine and I’m not sure why I ever changed any of it.
: “Cheese just doesn’t agree with me.” Found this photo of an index card doodle I …
: Having exposure and date info between frames is reason enough to own a Nikon F6. I often wish I …
: org-mode In Your Pocket Is a GNU-Shaped Devil - Mike Hall
: Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters 🎵
: More notes about Mylio for photo management
: My wiki is more Roam-like thanks to TiddlyBlink
: Getting started with TiddlyWiki: a beginner’s tutorial - Ness Labs
: Arq 6 upgrade issues - Michael Tsai
: Using Mylio for photo management
: I'll be using Org-roam for the time being
: I almost forgot about blog-cli for Blot
: Quick poll, if you have a moment. If I were to resurrect my Blot.im blog for something, which …
: I'm not ignoring the pandemic, I'm just not writing about it
: I watched the entire season of “Hunters” and I don’t know why because I thought it …
: Kansas, “Point of Know Return”. Still a favorite. Still best on vinyl.
: By what mechanism might I send highlighted passages from an article in @NetNewsWire to my …
: From my first roll of Film Ferrania P30. ASA 80 box speed in HC-110.
: Even though I can get to my account’s subscription page in App Store, I could not manage …
: It’s no secret that I change up my tools often. It’s not always simply indecision or …
: There’ve been some fun posts showing Volkswagon Beetle’s today. Here’s me with …
: She sleeps like this. I don’t mind.
: Doom Emacs vs my custom Emacs config
: I’m firmly in the “Don’t Recline” camp but I’m also in the …
: Tractor (2011). The last frame I ever shot on Kodachrome.
: My day so far in Roam and/or Emacs
: I swear to god if I waste any more time (over)thinking about how to effectively manage my use of …
: Yes, of course I want a rotary cell phone. The power switch is an actual slide switch. No holding …
: Looks like I’m using Roam as a personal CRM :)
: Is it possible to configure the Touch Bar to display keys that are broken on the actual butterfly …
: I seem happy about the new lens, but camera shake, poor exposure, and improper development took a …
: 15 years ago I sold a 35mm Summicron ASPH and I’ve regretted it ever since. I corrected that …
: Does anyone know of a way to use Emacs for some things but without then immediately trying to use it …
: Jess and I saw the “Toys!” exhibit at the GR museum. This photo of the “Generation …
: Oh great, Cloudron just added the interesting Grav “flat-file” CMS as an app. That means …
: Installing Mojave on a 2012 MacBook Air takes a while.
: Alice just isn’t into having her photo taken. She’s still cute, though.
: 4x5 Self-portrait (2020) Killing time on a Sunday. It’s tricky making selfies with the big …
: Mirror selfie. Camera Identification Photo.
: I’ve settled on HC-110 for developing my black and white negatives. Easy to mix and lasts …
: Software becomes “bloated” the minute it includes a feature I don’t need.
: I get to have lunch with these two knuckleheads at Founders at least once a week. (Leica M3. 50mm …
: “Affordances are not clutter.” – John Gruber.
: Is there a “system” I haven’t tried? This is the Chronodex from 2013. It was neat, …
: I put this giant notebook to use as a “Media Log”. I write the title and year of every …
: (Train, 2010) Ok, fine, I won’t.
: Loading a new roll is my second favorite part
: My Cloudron instance emailed me and let me know my blog (Ghost) ran out of memory so it restarted it …
: The whole concept is not merely inconsistent, it’s incoherent Gruber, on Multi-tasking on the iPad
: I’ve been using Tumblr for micro-blogging the past few weeks. I like how Tumblr handles …
: What, why? Was I getting too comfortable with my own Emacs config or something?
: I LOVE year-end lists. Can’t get enough of ‘em.
: My Roam graph after a couple of weeks.
: Finally dug out the film dryer. Cuts my drying time from 2 hours to just 15 minutes. I should …
: Flickr could really use more people paying for Pro accounts. Flickr remains the best photo sharing …
: “Arbitrary Datalog queries over the Roam instance” Cool! roamresearch.com
: Too many companies seem to think that a redesign of their control panel only requires making …
: If the only thing your site is good at is SEO optimization I hate you.
: I’ve officially stopped loving The Mandalorian. For a while I thought its episodic nature was …
: Mike Johnston uses an appropriate caption, which is nice to see.
: I’ve been putting short posts directly on mastodon and I’m not sure why I started doing …
: First thought about Roam is that it’s Workflowy+TheBrain+TiddlyWiki. If it can strike the …
: Young people are actually pretty nice. I got into a mildly heated discussion with a young gal …
: When I pay full price a few days after “Cyber Monday” I feel like I’ve won because …
: My M3 is on its way home after CLA and repairs. Don sent some photos of the process. I wish I had …
: I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything – Charles Darwin …
: I was always working steady I never called it art I got my shit together meeting Christ and reading …
: You know how there are certain games that can sell a video game system? Are there any Linux-only …
: Focus Check. I feel like tinkering so I’m setting up a little pop-up portrait studio in my …
: My wiki has turned mostly into a collection of short notes and thoughts that aren’t really …
: Never let me near an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet. OMG I may never eat again. (At least not until …
: I’ve gotta say, using Ghost for blogging this past week has been an entirely pleasant …
: I can make shitty photographs with any camera, so why not make them with a nice one?
: “Every machine is as individual as a set of fingerprints. So, every time you type something on a …
: I don’t care about posterity. I won’t be there anyway – Werner Herzog Herzog’s the …
: I don’t enjoy Instagram stories nearly as much now that everyone plasters stickers and shit …
: I think she’s bored this morning
: The internet is exhausting my good humor, so this is the phone I’m bringing with me today.
: I don’t rely on Apple Photos but I do use it. It’s been like this for a week. Tried all …
: By all means, whenever you don’t have a thoughtful response to someone, simply insult them …
: FFS now half of the posts on a Twitter thread are “unroll” posts for that very thread.
: I’d like to see more websites like the one by Jeff Bridges
: This barely even looked like a hamburger. Maybe that’s why it was called the “Meat …
: Stella’s Lounge for lunch today. It’s just so inviting!
: The urge to set up a decent Linux machine (either desktop or laptop) has not abated.
: This is way better than passing a phone around.
: I admire people with reasonable attention spans.
: I just recently started trying it, but so far org-ql is kind of amazing for Org mode searches.
: Castlemacs is a simple Emacs config starter that has some nice defaults. I’ve merged it with …
: There’ll be none of that “Netflix and chill” nonsense at dad’s house.
: My dad set up the 8mm projector and a makeshift screen. Here’s my sister watching herself as a …
: Alice rarely poses nicely for me, but she made an exception today with Jess and Brandon.
: Trying something. I now have more input devices than I have hands.
: Michael Tsai I prefer the old strategy where Apple makes its money from hardware, so it’s free to …
: I’m not a gun person, but the story behind this negative is fascinating. The entire image is …
: My grandfather’s footage from Halloween in1948 is terrifying. www.youtube.com/watch
: Seems like every time I find a cool new blog and add it to my RSS reader, they stop posting shortly …
: Tri-X 400 was introduced into the market in 35mm and 120 formats on November 1, 1954. It had been …
: My Leica M6 is (based on the serial number) one of the last 10 produced (1998). It has an upgraded …
: The thing I’ve noticed when using Linux is the sense of agency it gives me. I’ve never …
: I’m once again thinking about building a desktop workstation running Linux because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
: Whenever I receive my “Monthly TextExpander Report” I’m reminded that I’m …
: Look what we found in the office basement. So much for productivity.
: Lunch at Founders. Watching Ghostbusters is way better than watching sports.
: I am once again feeling like I don’t want to use any software other than Emacs, a file …
: This is what the last frame looked like before the shutter came apart. Ah, film.
: Well, the shutter just came apart on my M4. That cheap-ass Leica only lasted 53 years! 😆. The good …
: CIP (for “Camera Identification Photo”, my new term) from latest roll of T-MAX P3200. So …
: Finished up a roll of T-MAX 3200. Not even all that grain can detract from her cuteness. (Nikon F3. …
: The gamification of StackOverflow is out of control Has StackOverflow Become An Antipattern?.
: This existed. Someone made this in 1934. What have we been doing since?
: I’ve been unable to save or open files to the Desktop folder in Emacs since upgrading to …
: I know, I’ll buy an old 11” MacBook Air and use the new mac to mac mode in Luna Display …
: I couldn’t stay away, so I installed Manjaro Gnome edition on the ThinkPad this weekend and …
: Dialog policy… If it’s in my browser, “Deny”. If it’s on my Mac, …
: This new bag that came with the MK1 negative holder from Negative Supply fits in quite well with the …
: After a few quick test “scans”, this setup looks to be a game changer for me. I can …
: Thank you, social media, for teaching me what I should be outraged about today. I spent a few hours …
: Vim clutch to make Vim even faster (Of course you don’t need a clutch in Emacs, you can just …
: After spending 2 weeks with the trainers, Alice is back!
: I’m in the middle of a second listen to Nick Cave’s new record “Ghosteen” …
: Add Tasks to our TiddlyWiki Page is a step-by-step demo showing why TiddlyWiki is so handy and …
: …the Internet is an amoral force that reduces friction, not an inevitable force for good …
: I have an exercise bike, so I don’t go to Spin classes, but I enjoyed this: I was an ex-wife. …
: Just finished dismissing all of the notification alerts after upgrading my MBP to Catalina and now I …
: Week 2 of training started today for Alice. Just look at her sit there in front of Target with loads …
: It’s nice being able to print again
: It makes me sad that we have a need for Twitter “thread readers”. Maybe …
: Me (morning): I gotta get away from all this surveillance craziness! Me (later that day): ::installs …
: I’ll be limited to 8x10” prints from 35mm negatives and in a bathroom but it’s a …
: Some look forward to a new novel by their favorite author. I, on the other hand, eagerly await the …
: A Polaroid of me reading “Instant: The Story of Polaroid”
: 140 pages on tilde.club have been updated in the last 24 hours. That’s about 138 more than …
: Our website in 1996 Built with…
: An early Tilde.club thing for me was a Fargo-driven blog I called “Snippets”. I still …
: Signs of life for tilde.club
: Paper Your Way to the Top with Tips from Journalist David Sax
: It’s very easy for people to have incredibly strong opinions about magazine articles they have not …
: Stoicism is the new David Foster Wallace 🤣 Nadia Eghbal
: Continuous Publishing by James Yu. Yep! It’s how my wiki is supposed to work and it’s …
: I haven’t made a Micro Monday recommendation in a while, but I enjoy having @hollyhoneychurch …
: I still listen to Nu metal shut up.
: “We Ride a Dune Scooter, 1955” by Richard Baty. Home movie by my grandfather …
: I’ve got a half-dozen boxes of Polaroid i-Type film that isn’t getting any younger. …
: I carefully curate my Twitter feed but even so, after 10 minutes of catching up I’m angry and …
: I’m ready for skeuomorphism to make a comeback
: I should probably trim this before it falls right over.
: Another thing I don’t do: Write blog comments pointing out trivial typos in the post. If a …
: I use org-mode. I need to remember that so I stop asking myself, “But, but I wonder if I …
: My daughter’s dog Sage is a nut.
: I’m about fed up with Catalina. Pervasive permissions dialog. Can’t open apps I want to …
: It’s Hobonichi ordering time again.
: Got the M3 out, put the 50mm on it and noticed that the rangefinder doesn’t move between 0.7m …
: My wiki, blogs, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, etc. They all sit around waiting for my mood to swing …
: I think about switching to Linux. A lot. I’ll probably never do it, though. Still…🤔.
: By far the best edition of Christopher Moore’s “Lamb” is this leather bound, gold-edged, bible-like …
: Woman looking at horizon, a new cliche for book covers? - Smashing Company.
: Alice and I got absolutely soaked on our walk this morning. She barely noticed the rain. Dogs are …
: In a cautiously optimistic celebration of Tumblr’s acquisition, I thought I’d post a few …
: Finally, after months of impatiently dealing with the rescue organization, Alice is officially …
: Gail. She’s very patient with me. (Leica M4. Tri-X at 800)
: If TheBrain actually pulls off what they plan for the new notes editor in v11, it could throw my …
: I’ve been hanging onto this Lady Gaga concert shirt since I saw her with @Jessicaskibbe in 2011. We …
: Keyboard and iPad. Expose for the keyboard, I guess? (Leica M4. Tri-X at 800)
: Mirror selfie so I know what camera I shot the roll with. (Leica M4. Tri-X at 800) …
: The hair on this negative had its own ideas about market trends (Leica M4. Voightlander 35mm f2.5. …
: Some days it feels like the internet is mostly people complaining about how their pull request was …
: I should have 2 beers at lunch every day, because after which I tend to finish and send all of the …
: I’m almost certain to stop reading your article/post/tweet at the first occurrence of a …
: The problem isn’t that I have too many bags, necessarily, but that there are cameras in all of …
: I wonder if I should spend less time learning new things and more time getting better at the things …
: Well at least one of us can sleep
: We all worked ourselves into an immediate lather about Facebook backdoor-ing WhatsApp, but it looks …
: we’ve designed Cloudflare to treat any personally identifiable information that passes through our …
: I’m fine with both Instax and Polaroid instant film. This one is new Polaroid from the SX-70.
: Aww, the Letter Writers Alliance is shutting down. I joined in 2012 and it inspired me to, well, …
: I always take a mirror selfie somewhere on each roll so I remember which camera it was shot with.
: These don’t belong on a shelf (Canon EOS-1v. Portra 400)
: Caution, Fire is Hot. (Canon EOS-1v. Portra 400. Noritsu scan)
: Moved my emacs config into a “literate” org file today. Now at least it’s …
: I was given a new coffee mug. It helps me get through the nightmare that is the daily paper.
: Fuji makes an X100T and an X-T100. Maybe this shouldn’t bother me but it does.
: I love the look of color film. It’s simple and subtle. (Hasselblad 500C/M. 80mm Planar. Portra …
: Seems like a decent direction: Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project
: I just imported an org-mode (.org) file into Typora and it automatically converted it to Markdown …
: Catalina seems to be accelerating the disturbing trend of the operating system trying to hide things …
: Screens (@profmusgrave@twitter.com)
: I like ordering supplies from Baum-kuchen. They wrap everything so nicely.
: Fun cardboard desk organizer. I’m using it on a desk at work.
: Don’t know how I missed this. “The Hustle” both cracks me up and makes me …
: Cups at local restaurant, Zoco. (Leica M6. 50mm Summicron. Tri-X in HC-110).
: Silverfast crashes when trying to “batch scan” in Catalina so I have to scan one frame …
: Kelly and her beautiful German Shepherd, Apollo.
: Everyone everywhere seems to love Notion.io. I don’t get it. It always makes me feel like …
: I feel like it’s time to bring the Roterfaden back into rotation. I have an MD Notebook and a …
: I could have sworn I’d seen a WordPress -> Blot importer script somewhere but I can’t …
: Kicks: What if TiddlyWiki becomes the new blockchain? Like what if everywhere you go people are …
: I have no choice but to post photos of Alice.
: Test post. It’s Alice again. (Leica M6. 50mm Summicron. Tri-X in HC-110)
: I’ve just passed page 400 of “Fall, or Dodge in Hell” and I don’t think I’m going to make it. We’re …
: Just when the tedious barrage of Apple-related speculation starts to die down. 🤢
: I own a small amount of Bitcoin and friends but I’d happily lose it all if it meant I …
: A new digital back for the Hasselblad V-series. Want! copingmechanism.com/2019/hass…
: Thinking about Instagram. Don’t hate me. copingmechanism.com/2019/what…
: Her incision has become infected so she has to wear the cone of shame. She is not thrilled.
: My parents’ living room is pretty high-tech.
: I notice there’s been a few nice tweaks to the @Blot control panel recently. It just keeps …
: I spent the weekend improving (aka “complicating”) my photo processing workflow and now …
: Tinkering with the Eleventy SSG for no particular reason
: Royal Republic’s Club Majesty is a cartoon rock-n-roll disco blast. It makes me feel good. …
: Liking things by default rather than disliking everything by default is life-changing.
: The latest Forklift update gets a “Search in HoudahSpot” command, which will be handy.
: Maybe I should have opted for the Kindle version of this one.
: I’ve been trying them for a couple of months, but outside of very specific tasks, I just …
: Removed my post poking fun at WordPress VIP’s problems today. Not the kind of tone I want to …
: It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew The Day …
: I love Elliot Erwitt’s photos. Once in a while, Magnum sells signed prints and I always buy …
: Soulver 3 is out and what a great update. Soulver is almost always open on my Mac.
: Word from the rescue is that we get to adopt her, pending paperwork details. We’re confident …
: I have to fast-forward every scene in which David Tennant wears those silly, fake-looking demon …
: Just shy of 900 pages. Stephenson has a lot of words at his disposal – and he’s not …
: I’ll probably install the iOS developer beta on my iPad Pro because I won’t miss it that …
: Founders Mas Agave is weird and delicious.
: Is there a social network I can join on which people don’t spent the entire time complaining …
: When I want to use a computer but not really I have an iPad Pro Audrey Eschright - Uses This
: I am always either actively using Org-mode for everything or on the verge of going back to actively …
: When the dog photobombs a Facetime call
: Dreaming of new cameras again: I want a Hasselblad 203FE but I don’t need one
: I don’t use Drafts on iOS because I don’t really _use_ iOS. I am however, getting the …
: For many companies, domain renewal might be the most important administrative task there is.
: I’d love to see Bokeh funded. You have 12 more days to back it, but don’t wait until the …
: I could be featured on Uses This once a month and my story would be entirely different each time.
: Diarly is now included with SetApp. If this keeps up, pretty soon all the good apps are going to be …
: One more t-shirt before it goes…
: I can’t keep all my old t-shirts forever, so I take a photo of myself in them before passing …
: Aeon: Street photography, 1838-2019: a photo for every year
: Nice to see @Blot get a mention in the latest Dense Discovery
: She’s 100% sweet and totally irresistable. Where do I sign!?
: A friend is fostering a 3-year-old Burnese/Border Collie mix rescued from some amateur puppy mill. …
: I just called a local independent book store and they were very sweet and helpful and are going to …
: I need to remove two or more of these from my daily toolbox: TheBrain, DEVONthink, Tinderbox, …
: Oh neat, MarsEdit is now in SetApp!
: Using Apple Pay on websites fails for me as often as it works. “Can’t find Apple …
: When asked, “Should this element be animated?” my default answer is always …
: 📘Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Marukami was so weird and wonderful. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
: Netflix Saves Our Kids From Up To 400 Hours of Commercials a Year. One could probably question the …
: Bunch, by Brett Terpstra, is “a batch app launcher for your Dock.”
: Remember, you can always follow me with twtxt using… twtxt follow jbaty …
: Fine! I’ll try using Drafts. This is the last straw.
: ”…they don’t sing about emotions; they obliterate them” – Drowned in Sound …
: I’m enjoying “Barry” much more than S08 of Game of Thrones. Why isn’t …
: Sports bars are over-stimulating, but with well over 100 beers on tap, I make an exception.
: My mom is awesome. Can’t wait to go hang out with her this afternoon.
: After much consideration, I’m ready to declare Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You” a …
: The battery in my Apple Magic Mouse died this morning, without any warning, so I had to plug it in …
: I love the little Fuji Instax Square camera copingmechanism.com
: I kind of sort of miss listening to cassettes: copingmechanism.com
: Remember, the AlphaSmart Neo2’s battery life is rated at SEVEN HUNDRED HOURS.
: If I write a witty, clever, and airtight response to something I disagree with, but delete it before …
: Backed Bokeh on Kickstarter. The world can use all of the independent, privacy-first services it can …
: Made a 4x5 selfie with the Speed Graphic…bad hair, wrinkled shirt and all. (Expired Ilford …
: “Signal Path: Lossless” and decent headphones and Pink Floyd mmmmm.
: One of the guys doing Jello shots with us after 11:00pm last night was my age (mid-50s) and had to …
: I went through a “street photography” phase. Street
: Ran across this 1996 invoice today and it reminded me that people now complain when an app costs …
: The best way I’ve found to bitch online about something is to post it on the wiki so that …
: How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat - NYT
: org-journal now supports monthly files. This is nice because that is how I’ve always organized …
: An update on my feelings about cropping film images
: Seems like an odd limitation for a pencil case. Maybe I should have double-checked the measurements …
: Of coUrsE emAcs ComeS with studlify-region BUilt In
: Sacha Chua’s Emacs News is just chock full of wonderful links this week.
: Bokeh gonna burn your eyes. I’m with Dante on this one.
: Is it really not possible to copy a link to a “sheet” in Ulysses? Or to link between …
: I’m going to go ahead and assume that all of the performance jankiness I’ve seen with …
: Typora really does offer A different editing experience from what I’m used to.
: Fired up Ulysses after a time away recently. One of the first notes I saw was about what tools I was …
: I arrive at the office before 6:30am. I’m bringing back my neglected rule of not checking …
: I burned down my “system” again: State of the System - Spring 2019
: I always create an index at the front of new notebooks and then never update them.
: The problem with Twitter for me is not so much the content/toxicity (still, yuck), but the fact that …
: I wish I hadn’t logged into my Milanote account. I really don’t need to add any more …
: See if you can guess my favorite ingredient in this meal
: I’m dipping my toes back into Twitter, but I have rules
: “And great for them, I guess. But sometimes one might pine for a less aspirational time, when …
: Started experimenting with Plausible as a privacy-conscious web analytics tool this morning. Had no …
: I used my MBP’s keyboard a lot this weekend and tried to keep an open mind. I mean, it’s …
: I was bored over the weekend so I set up a WordPress blog at an unused domain of mine: …
: Advertising shits in your head
: I know I’m getting old because my first reaction was, “Oh what’s this bullshit …
: I missed that Curio 13 was released recently. Such a great app, and the addition of layers and …
: I haven’t been keeping up with the TiddlyWiki Google group or Discord channel. This is …
: Devin Townsend’s new album is a nutso, all-over-the-map, beautiful, noisy mess and I love it.
: co-owner Gianlucca Casaccia felt so exploited by demands for free lodging and food in exchange for …
: I’ll be busy burning out my retinas staring at this every day for the next week or so.
: I lost my keys on Wednesday. A few minutes ago I found them again. It’s a good feeling.
: When I’m in the mood for something more interesting than Blue Valentine but not as weird as …
: A bit of a different setup this afternoon
: I wanted new in-ear monitors and went with wired ones because I don’t like charging things all …
: Espresso is included in SetApp. Cool.
: Canceled my Apple Music membership and upgraded my Qobuz subscription to “Sublime+”. …
: Robin Trower, at 73, is still kicking ass. Love the new record.
: A Saturday with no set plans is a wonderful, dangerous thing.
: David Rees, in Chapter 11 of “How to Sharpen Pencils”, says, “Mechanical pencils …
: It is impossible for me to use Emacs and not spend half of my time farting around with …
: I would like to be able to upload public photos to Flickr and not have them appear in the …
: Mini-Me has been hanging around our offices since the beginning.
: I’m told this is “The most ‘Jack’ photo in existence”. I hope this is …
: The HHKB remains my second favorite keyboard of all time. Some day it may even take over the top …
: Over-complicating things is my superpower
: If you post an article even remotely date-sensitive, please include the publication date somewhere …
: I missed an important task this week due to overwrought OmniFocus Perspectives. This is what happens …
: So many choices! (I went with Lizard of Koz, “Deep Cut”)
: A few years ago, we created Journey Jug. I just cracked another one open and will fill it with …
: My willingness to try living with Windows is an indication of how much I dislike my 2016 MacBook …
: I want everything to be in One Place™ but I’m unable to choose that place. Well, that’s …
: I haven’t felt like shooting film lately and it makes me sad
: It seems that the new version 7.0 of MacJournal is free. Dan Schimpf
: Another reason I can’t deal with weather.com.
: I love seeing new TiddlyWikis popping up. Here’s one from Joe Jenett
: Power Macintosh 6150 Workgroup Server we bought in 1995. Would have tried booting it but no longer …
: Had dinner with my daugher. We have fun, but we lose big-time at Keno.
: I’m so glad my grandfather kept good notes. Makes scanning and documenting 75-year-old films …
: Got the 8mm scanner running again
: I love this knife. Thanks to @Mtt for the recommendation. Understated, as a “Gentleman’s …
: Heading outside with my favorite camera and a roll of Tri-X.
: With apologies to the neighbors…
: Instead of more whining about the internet being down…
: Trying to select text on the iPad is like trying to tie a ribbon around a fish. Charlie Sorrel, …
: I will always spell “publicly” as “publically”. I can’t help it.
: I try to post at least one photo from each roll, but this last one was a bit of a mess. Anyway, …
: I name my folders of scanned film rolls like this: YYYY-Roll-000. With that 3-digit numeric counter, …
: I’m not going to have a real darkroom ready until sometime in the spring, so I put enough …
: I hadn’t seen the nice introductory video about how Blot works. If you’ve ever remotely …
: I don’t understand Emacs Lisp. At all. This is going to take me forever.
: I’ve spent just enough time learning stock Emacs key bindings that now I’m equally inept …
: Founders had Lizard of Koz “Deep Cut” on tap today and it was deeeelicious.
: Two weeks with a home-rolled Emacs config and stock Emacs keybindings and I’m not sure …
: An early “database-driven” e-commerce site I built was done in ColdFusion against a …
: Oh no, another writing app: Strike (iTunes link since the website appears to be missing)
: Think I’ll work from home today
: Me: Buys or otherwise arranges everything I need in order to do that thing I want to do Also Me: …
: Derek Sivers: Benefits of a daily diary and topic journals
: The response by the Roon CTO to a question about “Roon Radio” makes me believe the Roon …
: I received an email today from sphygmus letting me know she had written me a note on her wiki. …
: An aspect of TiddlyWiki that I find exciting is the ability to copy and paste tiddlers, macros, …
: I learned that first version of TiddlyWiki was released 20th September 2004. Here’s what it …
: I love the fman file manager but it doesn’t have Emacs keybindings or a plugin to add them so …
: My brush with Greta Van Fleet, Sept 14, 2017 before they performed at a nearby club. They probably …
: There are always empty Diet Coke cans nearby.
: Aidan playing sax in the jazz band he put together called “Groove Essentials 3.0”
: Sometimes when I reload the Micro.blog feed there’s nothing new. Guess it’s time to …
: Charlie, my nemesis…some days
: Emacs update: I’ve been using my home-rolled config with stock Emacs (non-evil) bindings for 3 …
: By default, Emacs considers a period followed by two spaces or by a newline as the end of a …
: Just as I was getting a fix on where to post what online, my stupid wiki comes along and now all …
: How to Fix Social Media by Injecting A Chunk of the Blogosphere - Kottke.org
: If I were going to use Linux more than occasionally I’d stick with a tiling window manager …
: The Biggest Flaw I See in Pictures - Online Photographer
: Reading rationalizations for branding redesigns is one of my least favorite things to do. TL;DR we …
: What would a world without pushbuttons look like? | Aeon Essays
: Side-by-side: The first book I ever read and the first Kindle I owned.
: I don’t know of any someformat->PDF conversion that makes as nice a document as LaTeX.
: The Olympia on my desk sure looks great, but I haven’t been using it much lately. I say …
: Big Win for Web Accessibility in Domino’s Pizza Case – Lainey Feingold
: Brett Terpstra: Stuff I’ve made and actually use I use Brett’s doing tool all the time. …
: Although, sad to say, Medium didn’t let us export the comments, so those are gone Signal v Noise …
: I’ll expect this completed and on my desk in the morning.
: AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source - Stratechery
: I despise the AppleTV remote. Related: UX rant: The nightmare horrorshow that is the Apple TV remote
: G. is fighting a cold so she thought a nap would do her good. I don’t want to disturb her so …
: “Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ‘79 Granada Last Night” is something.
: I should maybe take a photo of someone besides myself now and then, but I wanted to dust off the …
: The most compelling reason I’ve found yet for switching to the “normal” Emacs …
: I finished reading a book last night. Just now, without really thinking about it, I posted a note …
: They should have just called it “How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Medium from your life …
: It’s always an inspiration when I re-read the article about John Gadd’s journals. 4 …
: “Lorem Ipsum” is the past, “Jefsum” is the future.
: The cool thing about shooting reversal film is that you can just look at the negatives and see tiny …
: Current status: Browsing position.
: My inclination to use WordPress is inversely proportional to the amount of time I spend thinking …
: A nice experience with Updown.io: rudimentarylathe.org/Updown.io
: I’ve used a number of server monitoring services but for the past year I’ve been very …
: I just changed the theme (“doom-one”) and font (Iosevka) in Emacs and I’m suddenly …
: The end of a year is so wonderfully overwhelming. I want to both finish everything and start new …
: I can feel myself getting pulled, inexorably, back into all-in Emacs. Just spent a couple hours …
: It’s only been an hour with the UHK, but I feel like it may have been a mistake. I can remap …
: I would normally wait until January 1st to start a new journal, but Christmas morning works too.
: It’s Christmas eve, guess it’s time to put these two away.
: Gave up on running my Tiddlywiki wiki directly via Node on the server. Love the new anonymous …
: I am so back into fountain pens right now
: Tried the new Lightroom CC for a week. Still not ready. Maybe next year. I’m keeping my notes …
: I was feeling like my notebooks have been too-much-unused these past couple of weeks and I missed …
: She started out by preparing for an ugly sweater contest but now I don’t know what she’s …
: Yes, as a matter of fact, I did see your previous email.
: I rarely have more than 4 or 5 browser tabs open at a time. It is possible.
: I see that Luminar has released version 3 with the long-awaited Library features. Looking forward to …
: Could publishing words on the internet get any easier than txt.fyi?
: Filed away just in case: Photography and Linux
: We were a couple of margaritas in at this point.
: I sure wish they’d stop splitting login forms in two.
: Two words that make a compelling case for using Lightroom Classic over something like Capture One: …
: Mindnode just showed up in SetApp. Yes, SetApp requires a subscription, but I don’t know of a …
: What I’m supposed to do: Get things just the way I like them and keep them that way What I …
: Found Negative #21 (What’s with the knives?)
: Text selection and manipulation on iOS is a nightmare for me
: I much preferred “The Sinner” to “The Haunting of Hill House”
: NetNewsWire doesn’t sync, yet. At first I thought of this as a problem, but it’s ended …
: Shades of notion.io and Curio… Webjets
: WordCamp Nashville and WordPress 5.0 - Manton Reece
: I ran into the old, found negative from which I’d made the avatar I use in several places. I …
: One could also argue that the worst thing that ever happened to the Mac was the iPhone. – …
: I’ve never, since the first iPhone, dropped it in a significant way and have never broken a …
: Saw a few posts go by today (e.g. from @joshsullivan and @craigmcclellan) that reminded me that I …
: You know what editor I find has the best Vim key bindings? Vim
: Size difference between the Fuji Instax Square and the Polaroid (SX-70). I love the square format, …
: The Lost Kitchen Only Accepts Reservations Via Mail
: Proof That iOS Still Hasn’t Gotten Undo Right - Daring Fireball
: My desk is unacceptably cluttered, so I’m going to distract myself from work I’m …
: Trying something new. My first Baron Fig notebook (and pen).
: Panther Cub at Founders. It was fine but not my favorite.
: I just grabbed my Lamy 2000 after not using it for a while and the ink flowed immediately. …
: I’m starting to think I don’t really need a separate cloud backup solution (e.g. …
: Old Nation Boss Tweed is good
: I’d love to know how many hours I’ve gotten back since Let’s Encrypt and certbot …
: The Truth About Vinyl - Vinyl vs. Digital I didn’t watch the entire video because the Vinyl …
: Stumbled upon my old Tinderbox notes document that I once used to generate a static blog at …
: There aren’t many things that make me happier than watching “Raising Arizona”
: Digital or analog? I say both, and lots of it! (This is getting out of hand)
: The new Capture One Pro 12 update looks nice but I’m not sure I can stomach the $149 upgrade …
: Making sourdough bread is the new ToDo app.
: Request for opinions from those of you who regularly use both macOS and iOS: Of (only) the …
: I have been using the free version of ProtonMail for a while now and have found it to be reliable, …
: I just did my first day of “Couch to 5k” (since last time) and I already regret telling …
: My writing tools are very confused
: I was across the room minding my own business when the iMac screen suddenly did this…
: I got sucked into some “minimalism” blog posts this afternoon. Thankfully, I remembered …
: Things is not enough, OmniFocus is too much, Org-mode isn’t worth the effort on iOS. How am I …
: I just love reading blog posts. The topic barely matters. Write a few paragraphs about something …
: Universe - “Make an awesome website from your phone”
: Records all back on shelves and organized.
: Got the turntable set up at the new place today. I love listening to records.
: I measured it and found that the new Apple Pencil is 1,000,000 times better than the old one.
: I’ve been making an effort to use fewer exclamation points in my writing. It’s …
: I miss having a darkroom, but I’m beginning to make plans for one. I can’t wait to be …
: I haven’t been able to find my TWSBI 580 for months, so it’s probably time to admit …
: Drinking beer with twins can be confusing. I hold my hand over one eye and they’re both still …
: It’s fun to ridicule Twitter, but I also think people underestimate the challenges involved …
: For grins, I changed the theme of baty.blog to the most boring one I could find and am leaving it …
: I’d just like to repeat my appreciation for Blot.im’s author, David Merfield. He’s …
: G doesn’t enjoy the snow, but I don’t mind it. As long I don’t have to drive in …
: Grunkle Stan and Mable are headed to the local Comic Con.
: What if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?” – Kurt Vonnegut
: I’ve spent many hours searching for WordPress and Hugo themes that I like and am never …
: I keep trying to go with Apple Mail on the desktop, but nope. Fixed the send-using-wrong-server …
: Reading BBEdit release notes is soothing to me.
: I’m not obsessed with site analytics or anything, but I do like having a clue what’s …
: As WordPress continues its move toward becoming Squarespace, Micro.blog just keeps becoming a better …
: I’ve rushed it a bit, but the new home office is at least usable now. I’ll tidy things …
: Steven Sinofsky, I’m fascinated by the technical “class” obsession w/ iPads replacing laptops. I …
: So Manton just added crossposting support for Mastodon. I’ve been waffling between Micro.blog …
: Whenever I find myself with nothing to say, I spend time looking for better tools to help me say it. …
: Jess introduced me to her local hangout, Hank’s Tavern.
: I always get to my haircut appointments early so I can play with Dutch
: I generally avoid using spreadsheets but I’m smitten with Airtable
: I’ll never understand why Clutch hasn’t taken over the world. “Galaxy, …
: If it weren’t for HomeChef, most of my meals would probably involve ketchup packets. …
: I haven’t done a Micro Monday recommendation in a while, sorry. Today I’m going with …
: Please don’t let me order one of these. traveler.getfreewrite.com
: Aidan and Christi looking sharp before homecoming.
: Flickr beats the snot out of Instagram in every what that matters to me.
: The similarity of these two app icons is a constant source of confusion for me.
: Getting a feel for the new camera by taking snapshots everywhere. Here’s Gail while we waited …
: I am VERY excited about this.
: Poor Lula is terrified of just about everything and even when she’s not, she looks terrified.
: Today I prefer the Paul Di’Anno Iron Maiden era to that of Bruce Dickinson
: Sometimes it’s fun to deploy things and, what the heck, include the merge conflicts.
: I love when they let Nicolas out of his Cage
: Netlify notified me that I had 229 mixed content issues (images not using https) on my blog. That …
: I tend to prefer high-contrast, narrow depth-of-field images.
: She’s taller than me. Not by quite as much as this makes it seem, but still.
: Let’s hope this doesn’t find anything
: Apple Mail on all my devices suddenly started saving all sent messages to the wrong account’s …
: Spent a good part of the day editing and emailing a lengthy Word document back and forth. This must …
: Why isn’t the YouTube “Autoplay” feature ever suddenly in the off position instead …
: I’ve had a very nice afternoon just perusing the internet. Now I’m off to do something …
: Holy crap that was fast. Less than 48 hours from listing to accepting an offer.
: I put a Leica Q in my cart and hovered over the “Place Order” button. Then I backed away …
: Not many of these left this year
: He’s been gone for a while now, but I still miss this guy.
: Aliased rm to rm -vi hoping that I’ll never do something as stupid as I just did again.
: Do you ever miss using Vim? I do.
: Currently reading: The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) by N.K. Jemisin 📚
: Well there’s no way I’m getting rid of this
: Literary Clock Made From E-reader Now I know what to do with my old Kindles.
: Wealth of Choice? Really? - The Online Photographer
: How to use 1Password as a digital will – The Sweet Setup
: I just can’t stick with Mail.app, so back to MailMate I go. I tried. I want to use Mail, but …
: Apple forced me to change my iCloud password, which also invalidated all of my app-specific …
: Daring Fireball: Apple Is Privately Pushing Paid App Developers to Move to Subscriptions: Up front …
: GLOW season 1 wasn’t clicking (understatement) for me, but pressed on until the final 5 …
: I just don’t know how I’m ever going to get it down to fewer than 3 notebooks.
: I’m supposed to be packing today but instead I’m just sitting here staring at stuff and …
: In the middle of N.K. Jemisin’s “The Obelisk Gate” and having a great time. …
: Two Years With Emacs as a CEO (and now CTO) - Fugue
: Ok, I’ve done it. I’ve imported (380) posts from my WordPress microblog (jack.baty.net) …
: WordPress? Hosted Micro.blog? Wordpress! No, hosted Micro.blog! Neither? Both?
: I haven’t used my cue in at least 10 years. It’s a lovely J. Pechauer custom cue and …
: I was going to post something about how tired I am of dealing with technology but realized I’d …
: Deleting tweets is this year’s “I don’t even HAVE a T.V.!”
: Roger Waters - Amused to Death
: Fifty-Six Questions for Young MC Upon Hearing “Bust a Move” for the First Time in Twenty-Two Years - McSweeney’s
: Taking down content created by and for conspiracy theorists could only be pulled off by a …
: Everything Goes in a Context Bucket - Rands
: I’m strangely in love with Haru Nemuri’s new record, “Haru to Shura”. …
: David + David - Welcome To The Boomtown
: I’ve decided to re-rip all of my remaining CDs to FLAC. Somehow I convinced myself they sound …
: What I’m supposed to be doing today is packing more boxes. What I’ll probably do today …
: Free Mallrats "Operation: Drive-by" Blueprint
: Time to let go of this Power Computing mousepad. Those were strange days.
: “To Oswald, from Mr. Dasker. 12/24/14.” The book is Jack London’s “South Sea …
: Nerds ruminating on Apple’s valuation is the least interesting thing filling my feeds this …
: I reeeallly wish I hadn’t installed the Mojave beta. Now TheBrain doesn’t work. Things …
: All the recent talk of deleting Twitter history reminded me that I typed (with a typewriter) all of …
: I still have the manuals. Wish I still had the system.
: From before we had Final Cut Pro. I edited all kinds of video with this thing. I can’t believe …
: I have a box of Saturday Evening Post magazines from the late 1950s and I just can’t bring …
: A Remaining Problem with Title-less Posts
: It makes me so happy to have found my first computer. It’s a TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-1 from …
: I was thinking about learning more JavaScript but maybe I’ll freshen up on my COBOL instead
: This is why I can’t be left alone with plants. Even the “easy” ones.
: Stella’s is a fine place to have lunch.
: Today's Productivity Tip
: I could bikeshed until the shaved yaks come home
: It's okay to not like things
: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
: Another fun discovery on bandcamp.com is Darkness Is My Home by The Ugly Kings. Heavy blues rock. …
: I noticed that micro.blog now shows how many people each account is following. I’m following …
: Working across the street from Founders Brewing is both a blessing and a curse. Mostly a blessing, …
: Shark Razor Blades, lots of 'em
: Glenmorangie port finish. Good.
: New Music: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
: Finally ran out of ink in the Lamy
: My Org-mode TODO keywords are all the same length
: The Surface Book 2 is everything the MacBook Pro should be - Owen Williams
: If it runs Emacs, it's a computer. Otherwise...
: Accidentally using WordPress
: Guess I shouldn’t order chocolate covered caramels from Amazon when it’s 95 degrees outside.
: Emacs from scratch - Huy Tran
: Deciding whether to keep shooting 35mm film
: n-gate's "Webshit Weekly" is one way to keep up on tech news
: Today's camera is the Canon EOS-1v
: My dad keeps cutting down trees
: Oh great now all my books are broken
: The macOS Mojave public beta interrupts me so often with little warnings and permissions questions …
: Luminar, Skylum, DAM - Skylum
: Westworld Season 2, aka "Bernard wanders around looking flummoxed"
: Xah Lee on Frames vs. Window in Emacs - Irreal
: About installing beta software
: Making Larger Darkroom Prints
: transfer.sh - Easy and fast file sharing from the command-line
: Random photo by my grandfather
: Simplicity vs More - Mo Bitar
: Well this can't be good
: Airbnb and React Native Expectations - Ash Furrow
: Watching 8-year-old Yoyoka Soma play Led Zeppelin
: There's a man reading the newspaper in my mom's dollhouse
: Synology users: Do you prefer Photo Station or the newer “Moments” for photos?
: Egg on my face with the Mamiya 6
: One side effect of using titles on "micro" posts
: Just enter your email address...
: We have stopped blogging – Johann Savalle
: We got blogging right 20 years ago
: I’m starting to think all of my posts should have titles, no matter the length of the post.
: Ran across the blogroll from my blog in 2004. Not as many of the links still work as I’d like.
: Looking good, Dad. #hasselblad #filmphotography #portrait [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Took a quick portrait of my dad on Father’s Day. He’s pretty great.
: Kelly and Sage (2018) #hasselblad #filmphotography #portrait [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Brandon, Jess, and Sage #hasselblad500cm #portra400 #filmphotography [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Dinner at The Deck in Muskegon. I liked the sign. Had a little fun overdoing it with Silver Efex Pro …
: One day I’ll have to throw away my Lady Gaga shirt but today is not that day #polaroid [gallery …
: Finally got a long release cable and bulb for the Crown Graphic. That explains my left hand in the …
: [caption id=“attachment_1333” align=“alignnone” …
: Tim (2018). #nikonf3hp #analogphotography [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Automating the End of Movies on Physical Discs - Subtraction.com
: I enabled “Show website icons in tabs” in Safari Technology Preview and was surprised to …
: Even if exactly zero other people read it, I’d still love my blog.
: Quartz: $1.046 billion: Global fountain pen retail sales in 2016, according to Euromonitor, up 2.1% …
: I’d totally pay $49 for an updated, supported set of Nik plugins. I’ve missed Silver …
: I’m supposed to be reading The Joy of Missing Out but instead I’m farting around with …
: [caption id=“attachment_1305” align=“alignnone” …
: Andrew (2018). #fujixpro2 #portrait [gallery size=full columns=1]
: I’m having a tooling crisis today. iOS updates caused me to launch OmniFocus, which led to …
: I can’t believe I’m considering putting iOS 12 on my phone. It seems to work on the SE …
: Kyle. #fujixpro2 #portrait [gallery size=full columns=1]
: I get the feeling Steve doesn’t always approve of me taking photos all the time.
: I get the feeling Steve doesn’t always approve of me taking photos all the time. #fujixpro2 …
: Going on five months since I stopped using Instagram and I hate to admit that I miss it. I miss some …
: I’ve updated and moved my “Life Stack” page over to the main blog. I can’t …
: Tinderbox has been updated to 7.5 and it includes some really nice improvements. Maps in Tinderbox …
: My Chemex broke a year ago so I went back to the Aeropress. I’m not a coffee nerd but I do …
: I know I’m making a mistake when I download an app first and then start looking for a reason …
: Haven’t been using my paper notebook for managing personal tasks (or anything else) much …
: Just watched “Paddington 2” by accident and what a delightful, joyous, beautiful …
: I spend a lot of time thinking about gear and technique and “art” but I mostly just like …
: No excuse for not catching up on those letters now.
: Forgot to bring my keyboard to the office so today I’m back to using this monster.
: From my walk today. The combination of the circle and the line of rocks was supposed to look like an …
: Chair, unused. (Leica M6, 50mm Summicron, Tri-X, HC-110)
: If this scanner ever dies I may have to stop shooting 35mm film.
: Was given this early 20th century Kodak No. 3A Folding Hawkeye Special. It’s lovely. I hear …
: Finally got a plant for my fancy pen holder. He’s adorable.
: My dad is 77 and hardly ever stops moving. Here we were tearing down an old shed and once again I …
: Why yes I did leave the house wearing two different shoes this morning. Why do you ask?
: I’m feeling especially saucy at the moment so I’m just going to back away slowly and go …
: I love this. My Grandfather’s Memory Book
: The RSS feed from Mastodon also includes my replies to other people so that doesn’t work very …
: So, how many suspiciously empty towns is William going to just wander into this season?
: Nuage for Org-mode (in a browser)
: I was worried that my turntable was broken when I first put on my new Clipse record from …
: I am no longer taking my phone and AirPods with me when out walking. No Audible. No podcasts. No …
: After listening to Sam Harris: “Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A Conversation with Dan …
: In Silicon Valley, Software Uses You – Standard Journal
: You’ve got something on your nose. flic.kr/p/HvxDDR
: I prefer Safari but if I’m going to use Linux even part time I am going to have to use …
: Some Thoughts on Google Photos vs Apple Photos – Om on Tech
: I guess they still don’t have all of the bugs worked out of the new Polaroid film.
: Hung out with my mom today. She’s awesome. [caption id=“attachment_1247” …
: My sister’s dog Roxie is ancient, wears diapers, and can barely walk, but she still enjoys …
: Have I mentioned lately how much I love using Roon by @roonlabs for managing my music? It’s as …
: Firing up Beeminder again after a year or so. I need a push. Also, discovered there’s a …
: New Vinyl: “Lord Willin’” - Clipse
: Listening to popular music has become the equivalent of looking at Photoshopped fashion magazine …
: Just recording this in case I think about changing my mind (again) later: Tags will always be …
: I’ll have one of each, please.
: I’ve had to go back to using TextExpander for expansion. I tried using Alfred’s …
: When I forget to bring my Happy Hacking keyboard home I’m condemned to using the Magic …
: The Google-Assistant-making-a-phone-call demo makes me want to fall back to communicating only via …
: I spend a lot of time thinking about cameras, formats, sharpness, color fringing, distortion, …
: The Digital Glow - The Online Photographer
: I often wish Fargo.io was still a thing. I found it to be a great, simple micro-blogging platform.
: iCloud Drive Breaks the macOS Command Line
: I haven’t done a Micro Monday in a while, sorry. Today I’m going to go with @yaykyle in …
: We should all be wearing fancy hats
: Spent the morning setting up Memacs again. Struggling with the RSS format on my micro.blog. Says …
: One thing about a static blog that I struggle with is editing later. I often read a post and want to …
: My mom came by and planted flowers for me today. Proof that I helped is right there under my …
: After a week of GDPR-induced stress I’m ready to just abandon comments and webmentions. Or any …
: I feel better knowing that all my email is just a bunch of text files in these folders.
: Clever, but shouldn’t be necessary. I can’t tell you how annoyed I am by not having a …
: Olds like me think this is magic. lobe.ai/tour/ (via @gruber)
: I would not have thought of using Do Not Disturb While Drive when not driving as a way to reduce …
: If you were going to replace (or at least augment) Dropbox, would you choose Syncthing or Resilio? …
: So Dropbox resolves symlinks to files outside of Dropbox? This means I can keep files in e.g. ~/org …
: I don’t know why I do this to myself
: I wonder if there are plans for micro.blog themes to display webmentions out of the box. Or short of …
: I find the arguments by pro-remote team apologists to be just as annoying as those made by whatever …
: Anyone looking for a digital project “notebook” should have a good look at Curio. …
: I’m already ignoring every GDPR-related email. That didn’t take long.
: With Spacemacs startup times hovering around 45 seconds, I declared Emacs/Spacemacs bancruptcy and …
: Did I miss #RailsConf? What year is this?
: Is there such a thing as a decent, non-flimsy 3x5 index card anymore? Levenger-thick, but horizontal …
: Kicking off outdoor-beers-for-lunch season at Founders. Finally. Bonus: CBS was on tap.
: This little fella is now in charge of all my digital and streaming music. So far I couldn’t be …
: I’ve been in an unreasonably good mood ever since the SmugMug/Flickr announcement. It could …
: Getting Roon and the NUC set up was a breeze. Now for some music.
: La Villa Strangiato is at least as good as YYZ
: The first photo I uploaded to Flickr. Shot with my first Leica (M6TTL). July 5, 2004.
: SmugMug bought Flickr!? I’ve been using both services for sooo long. This feels like it can …
: Tonight I’ll be putting a NUC together for running Roon.
: OmniFocus and Things are great but knowing that Org-mode exists makes them both feel woefully …
: This is quite a list of Python resources: medium.freecodecamp.org/python-co…
: Steven Frank is correct twitter.com/stevenf/s…
: Beer comes from hops. Hops are plants. Beer is salad. – Bill Murray
: Drafts 5 looks like a great update. Trouble is, I take notes either on my Mac when at my desk or a …
: This was just sitting on the counter at the Founders store so yes please.
: Huh. “Emacs Org Mode for Visual Studio Code” github.com/ajtoo/vsc…
: I just love how the note icons in Tinderbox… Indicate how much content is in the note and …
: Happy New Christopher Moore Novel Day!
: I’ve been carrying my HHKB between office and home since I don’t want to pay for two of …
: I’ve simplified my Book/Movie/TV rating system: ★ = Didn’t like it ★★ = It was okay ★★★ …
: I dreaded migrating all of my snippets from TextExpander to Alfred until I discovered I’d …
: Some things never change. Me (originally from 2010), “Still on the GTD Merry-Go-Round” …
: Now playing: Arctic Monkeys - “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”
: I’ve always wanted to try BetterTouchTool and now that it’s included with Setapp I have …
: “The truth is that we made a deal with Facebook; we gave up our information for free. Unable …
: “I can’t begin to tell you the things I discovered while I was looking for something …
: I swore it would never happen but I’m getting the band back together.
: A problem I have with plain text is that while I can usually find the thing I’m looking for, I …
: I really want to back this Myst 25th Anniversary Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/…
: I’m having one of those weeks where I miss OmniFocus and Mailmate and The Archive and MarsEdit …
: I think the only thing I’d need in order to replace my Wordpress-based micro blog with the one …
: I don’t own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time. If someone …
: I may need to take a break from using Emacs/Mu4e for email. Too many times during the day I run into …
: Well that was easy. Plus I’m controlling it all via the Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Music …
: It’s only been a couple of days, but Roon may be the greatest thing to happen to my …
: The most underrated Scorsese film is “After Hours”. I love this movie!
: Well it’s been 24 hours and the novelty of not having internet has worn off. I’m going to the …
: I love this book, “The Stanley Kubrick Archives”. Included was a section of an original 70mm print …
: Still no internet so here are my movie choices for the evening.
: Now playing: Led Zeppelin III
: Something fun to do while offline is to read a real book about film photography.
: Catching up on some printing while the internet is (still!) down.
: Another benefit of a static blog is being able to look stuff up on it without an internet …
: (Streaming my own music to HomePod via AirPlay) Me: “Hey Siri, turn it up”. Siri (pausing the …
: No internet at home this morning means listening to music the old fashioned (and still best) way. 🎵
: Imagine how great macOS could be if everyone wasn’t so distracted by all this iOS nonsense.
: One nice side effect of disliking my laptop’s keyboard so much is that I’m not as easily …
: After four days in beautiful surroundings, I’ve taken maybe a dozen photos. I’m feeling …
: The Touch Bar is basically unusable in any sort of sunlight. I’m sorry to be so bitchy about …
: I’m not moving from this spot until they kick me out.
: If I ever have to travel with this MacBook Pro again I’m packing an external keyboard even if …
: I still love this song so much. Les Claypool is a crazy genius. www.youtube.com/watch
: Let’s just say that I’m not a fan of two-factor web forms that don’t automatically …
: I don’t think there are enough new features in the world to convince me to use Pages for …
: I was worried about my commitment to using Linux (Manjero i3 in my case) and wondered if maybe I …
: I think Standard Notes may be onto something. End-to-end encryption, every platform, sync. Super …
: I’m not sure I can sustain the energy and motivation it takes to run Linux successfully for …
: Ical2org-go is at 1.0. I’m hopeful it can replace the fragile collection of scripts I’m …
: Sometimes when I feel like using something other than Emacs I just change themes and that tricks me …
: I just realized I’ve had the permalinks misconfigured on baty.net since updating the theme a …
: I have got to get this contraption fully functional. It’ll do 35mm but not 120. [caption …
: [caption id=“attachment_1092” align=“alignnone” …
: “The Glory That Was Yahoo!” www.fastcompany.com/40544277/… I miss Yahoo! Or maybe …
: Observability Isn't Monitoring
: What’s in my camera bag (today)
: I didn’t know about Google Data Studio until today. datastudio.google.com
: The SX-70 really was (and is) kind of a marvel. (Nikon F3. T-MAX P3200 @3200. HC-110)
: Being able to swap out focusing screens is a cool feature of the F3. Trying the H2 Matte version.
: Ooh grainy! (Nikon F3. T-MAX P3200. HC-110)
: The new T-MAX P3200 arrived. Can’t wait to try it.
: Derek Sivers on using Facebook: It’s like I’m still visiting friends in the smoking area, even …
: Backing this Kickstarter project seemed like a good idea at the time. It looks cool and works fine …
: Also, I originally defended Apple’s decision to put the lightning port on the bottom of the mouse …
: Dead batteries in Watch, iPad, and mouse at the same time. We’ve gotten used to constantly dealing …
: When an HTML form field’s placeholder text is too dark I often mistake it for actual text and …
: This looks like a nice resource for learning about Linux linuxjourney.com
: I’m finding org-cliplink to be super handy. Call it and it makes an org link from the URL in …
: Merlin tweeted about a thing you can push in on the ends of aluminum foil boxes to prevent the roll …
: Airfoil is streaming Spotify to both HomePods at the same time. rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/
: Now Playing: REO Speedwagon - “Live: You Get What You Play For”
: “50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach” …
: Still love my HomePods. Still don’t love Siri.
: Well I guess my keyboard needs replacing. Again. This time the A key is sticking. Everything about …
: We have a visitor at the office today. I’m going to try very hard to not steal her.
: I didn’t know about Google Takeout. takeout.google.com
: Pingdom may be fancier but I really like Updown.io. Works great and is so simple updown.io
: “How To Sharpen Pencils” by David Rees (the number one #2 pencil sharpener). The …
: And speaking of pencil sharpening lunacy, here’s my “artisinally sharpened” pencil …
: My grandfather’s Bolex 8mm camera. (Crown Graphic. Atomic-X. FF Monobath)
: The Death of Stalin (2017) ★★★ letterboxd.com/jackbaty/…
: Another one of my favorite shirts
: Now playing: Nina Simone Sings the Blues. 🎼
: Founders KBS 2018 is a darn fine beer. I like it much better than last year’s.
: Lettera 32. I don’t use it much because it has a script typeface but it sure is cute. (Crown …
: Oh I see how it’s going to go. Not a great trend there.
: A lovely Sunday night for some Larceny at the writing desk.
: I was deciding between these two books when I realized how tired I am of complaints about tech …
: I’ve moved all of my static sites (other than baty.net) from my Linode VPS into S3 buckets …
: I finally deleted my Mint install after I don’t even know how many years. haveamint.com …
: Another of my highest bang-for-the-buck photographic purchases is this film dryer. Purchased in 2009 …
: The pencil sampler from JetPens arrived today!
: This is almost as good as having lots of beer in the fridge.
: According to Netflix, the first DVD I received was “A Simple Plan” in 1999.
: For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned (Farhad Manjoo, NYT) I …
: Of all the money I’ve spent on all the cameras I’ve purchased over the years, this …
: I’ve settled on HC-110 for development of any small-format film shot anywhere near box speed. …
: The AlphaSmart Neo 2. (Olympus Stylus Epic. Tri-X. HC-110)
: A little snow this morning. Bus station lights. Random pipes on a wall. Veggies for dinner.
: If Michael Shannon was in every movie I’d be ok with that.
: I just discovered that Dropbox has not been running on my MBP so today is brought to you by …
: I consider this a defensive, long-term move.
: Selfie with the SX-70. Shooting Polaroids is so much fun.
: Successfully replaced a headlight bulb in my car this morning without injury to myself or the …
: I often wish phone calls worked like DMs. If I don’t have your phone number in my contacts you …
: Whatever the Spacemacs crew did on develop this week did wonders for my crazy Emacs startup time. A …
: I wonder if I’ll have the energy to do this today. forestry.io/blog/sear…
: I’ve lost the power I had to distinguish between what to ignite and what to extinguish …
: I love fountain pens, but as long as there’s a good sharpener nearby, I have been using a …
: If I were to start programming again, what I should learn is JavaScript. Yet I have almost zero …
: I’d like to learn a little lisp. Maybe just enough so that I can totally screw up my emacs …
: Nice tips from Michael Johnston for shooting the revived T-Max P3200 film from Kodak. …
: Vero has no feed algorithm, no ads, and media-specific post types. I’ll I’ve ever wanted …
: For when I’m forced to edit more than a few words outside of Emacs: …
: I just said, “Hey Siri, play some ‘blue mood’ music.” to the HomePod and she …
: I tried setting my phone display to grayscale a few weeks ago when the first round of this silliness …
: “Whatever you spend your time on…it’s all you have.” A Philosophy of …
: “Why should I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google?” www.quora.com/Why-shoul… …
: I should probably not admit how much I enjoy returning from a few days of travel and just plopping …
: “Leica M: that distinct feeling of ennui” …
: I agree with this: www.nytimes.com/2018/02/2… I can almost feel people seething and screaming …
: I’m at least as inept at Alto’s Odyssey as I was with Alto’s Adventure.
: Almost couldn’t find our room HAHAHAHA! #sorrynotsorry
: Sure, I’d love to shoot some new TMAX-P3200 thanks. emulsive.org/articles/…
: A good example of how fickle I can be is my post from 2016 about how I prefer the Freewrite to the …
: Spacemacs (on my Mac) takes 150 seconds to start up when on the “develop” branch and 11 …
: Sure, it could just the novelty of it all, but right now I enjoy using this 2015 ThinkPad more than …
: The big Sonos has been usurped by the HomePod so it’s now part of Project Gone. (Crown …
: I use AirPlay to send music from Spotify to the HomePod way more than I ask Siri to play something. …
: Sometimes my Micro.blog feed looks like this for a few minutes and I think that it must be nice to …
: I just ran across the page for my PHPetal app for posting to Blosxom blogs. Seems I’ve been …
: I didn’t think I was a soft-cover person but I like using this Leuchtturm so maybe I am.
: Photos on my phone are convenient and all but this is where I really like them.
: Just discovered the passmenu command that comes with pass. Works with dmenu and that makes grabbing …
: Microsoft on Linux. What a world.
: Sometimes I find a thing I want to try and it makes me change my mind again. Case in point: …
: Oh no I’m suddenly frustrated by how my blog pages load. Janky is the word. Whenever I blame …
: I know video games are fun and all but I just discovered the ranger file browser on linux and …
: There are like a million ways to set timers and if my fantastic-sounding speaker can only set one at …
: Working with AWS · Vicki Boykis
: I read email in a text editor so I consider anything that’s not plain text to be an attachment …
: Limiting Your Child's Fire Time: A Guide for Concerned Paleolithic Parents | The New Yorker
: “But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything.” -- Charles …
: Micro Monday time. This week, I’d like to suggest you follow @oyam for his thoughtful …
: Apple HomePod - The Audiophile Perspective + Measurements!
: Also gone: This rice cooker. Superseded by the Instant Pot. I think I may have started a …
: Bought this fancy juicer the day after watching “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”. …
: Scanning 8mm films this morning.
: I’m halfway through season 3 of “Toast of London” and I never want it to end.
: Another large format image of something I’m getting rid of. [caption …
: Maybe your blog post doesn't need that 2000-pixel header image
: Everything Easy is Hard Again – Frank Chimero
: I’ve been trying Pocket as my “read later” service for a week or two and it turns …
: “[new device] doesn’t do the one very specific thing I want it to so STUPID FAIL!” …
: Just went to plug my awesome new Grado headphones into my iPhone and remembered that I can’t …
: Most of the time I pour through longer, more thorough or challenging articles from Aeon, Brain …
: Now playing: Rush - Fly By Night.
: Seeing how the big digital Hasselblads are made is fun. Good thing, because reading about them is as …
: It’s a small thing, but this may be my favorite feature of my ThinkPad. I may never need to use it, …
: What I Learned from Watching My iPad’s Slow Death - NYT Magazine
: I ordered an extra power supply for the ThinkPad: $19.00. I recently ordered an extra power supply …
: He may be remembered as Frasier’s dad to many, but to me he was Diane’s dad in …
: Using a tiling window manager with no real desktop environment seems like Linux at its most weird …
: Sometimes, tonight for example, when I’m meditating all I can do is think “When is this …
: On this Micro Monday I’d like to suggest following @vasta. He is always constructively …
: My Linux Experience - Manjaro i3
: Why the drinking bird toy is actually a brilliant piece of thermodynamic engineering Fascinating! I …
: My "Life Stack" - updated
: I updated my Tilde.club page with a link to a note about it on Micro.blog so that my Micro.blog page …
: She got me this adorable mix of two of my favorite things: Cameras and Office Supplies. Love it!
: I Quit Twitter and It Feels Great - Lindsey West (NYT)
: Some days all I do is type 6-digit numbers into little boxes
: Fixing two-finger scrolling with the ThinkPad and Ubuntu 17.10
: Organize Your Life With Org-Mode
: Listening to Miles Davis on vinyl and drinking a manhattan makes me feel like some other person I …
: The most interesting people tend to have blogs – Brent Simmons
: ~ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 17.10 …
: Testing the change to mb.el by @hjertnes.
: I need to say it again… I love Micro.blog. It feels like something new and it’s pretty …
: I watch a lot of YouTube videos and I am completely happy having paid for Red. The lack of ads makes …
: Just finished “The Punch Escrow” by Tal M. Klein. I like teleportation stories and this was a …
: My Linux Experience - Day Two
: Found these in one my daughter’s old scrapbooks. She didn’t catch ’em all but she …
: Just flashed a disk image to a micro SD card meant for the Raspberry Pi using Etcher on my Mac and …
: Farrago: Robust, rapid-fire soundboards
: [gallery ids=“852,” type=“rectangular”] Josie likes to bury her face
: If forced to describe my favorite breakfast, this might be it: A custard-filled “long John” from …
: I don't think I need a smart speaker
: Is it weird that not wanting the latest thing from Apple is grounds for incredulity and criticism?
: The new Polaroid SX-70 film is expensive, finicky, and lacking in image quality. The camera itself, …
: I like miniflux for RSS and I see v2 is a rewrite in Go. This is cool, but I also see that v2 no …
: I didn’t have the best luck with the original R5 Monobath but I’m willing to give the …
: Here’s a Polaroid I took just to confuse my future self.
: Cellar Days at Founders (left to right): Barrel-aged Devil Dancer Barrel-aged City IPA Tank Bender …
: I just wanted to remind everyone that the internet, though flawed and seemingly under siege, is …
: Is there really still no way to search emojis on iOS? It’s faster for me to drop the phone and …
: Ursula K. Le Guin has died. I’ll be reading this one next. 📚
: I skipped meditation for a few days and I shouldn’t do that. Tonight I barely slogged through 20 …
: I’ve taken to cutting out semi-random bits from The Economist and adding them to the day’s Hobonichi …
: On Micro Monday, I’m recommending @hjertnes. (Yes, he did the same for me today, but this …
: I’ve been saving articles to Evernote again recently and have yet to go look at any of them so …
: My formula for surviving social media is to follow people who want to like things rather than those …
: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017 - ★★★★½
: Portrait Lighting on the iPhone
: 1.5 hours with an Apple Genius yesterday and we just ended up wiping the drive and reinstalling OS. …
: Productivity is dangerous | The Outline
: Oh goody my MBP kernel panics and reboots repeatedly alluvasudden
: I’m sad to hear about Dean Allen’s passing. He was influential in my early blogging days. I ran my …
: I like Tristan Harris, but my guess is that making one’s phone screen grayscale has no …
: This is fun. A random sampler of brush pens from Jetpens.
: Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening - NPR
: Oh good, another "I'm quitting _______" post
: After years without a decent pair of headphones, I’ve finally replaced my original Grados… …
: I want to use and enjoy Instagram, but I don’t think I can. Its algorithmic feed is awful, …
: The "glory days" are still here for me, Dave
: I know everyone has linked to this already but I’ve been grabbing a pencil more than any of my …
: Got to use one of the new pseudo vintage stamps! I love them.
: The seals don’t always turn out perfect but I like them anyway.
: This is a handy cheatsheet for Ledger CLI devhints.io/ledger
: Inessential: Evergreen Diary #4: Send to Micro.blog (Sent to Micro.blog via Evergreen, just like it …
: I’m working toward using fewer apps on my Mac. Not simpler or better apps…fewer apps. …
: For this Micro Monday I recommend @belle, who posts fun things about development, notebooks, …
: Going to try giving this one a good cleaning
: For a few years I put together a photo album from darkroom prints made throughout the year. Not sure …
: Test post from Emacs to Micro.blog using @hjertnes new mb.el. If you can read this, it worked.
: Adding to blocklist: “Dopamine”, “Silo”, “You’re the …
: Lost in Translation (why smart speakers are often more useful than the assistant built into your phone) – BirchTree
: Came across this while going through (organizing?) a pile of old index cards.
: I sure do love listening to records. Now playing: Moby’s “Play”
: I haven’t taken a single photo in 2018 beyond a few random snapshots. I don’t know what …
: Oh dear I suddenly have an urge to buy a laptop for running Linux. Please help me by telling me what …
: I’m trying to let things roll off rather than irritate me, but people who do this …
: Friends vs Followers on Micro.blog
: I really like the latest Firefox, but at my age switching my daily driver for browsing feels like …
: I haven’t used a Moleskine in a while but wouldn’t mind seeing one of these leather …
: I’ve been meditating for just 15 minutes/day and I think there might be something to it. Hard …
: My signed Elliot Erwitt print arrived and I love it. He’s my favorite.
: Oh FFS www.kodak.com/US/en/cor…
: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Neat. einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu
: On this first Micro Monday I’d like to recommend eli for always posting super fun kid photos …
: The streak continues. I don’t live in a Hobonichi but I usually have one nearby. I prefer paper …
: Ingrid Goes West, 2017 - ★★★
: Another reason to dislike winter…all the prints curl.
: Plain text accounting can be, well, plain. these scripts for Ledger by Shaodong Di have been helpful …
: Crown Graphic shot with the Polaroid.
: During a politically-charged argument I said, “Hmm, that’s a good point. I hadn’t …
: Finally found stamps that look like stamps.
: Time to write some fancy letters.
: Tried a bunch of CSV-to-Ledger conversion methods and have settled on icsv2ledger. It was easy to …
: I'm not leaving Twitter - yet
: Not my usual style but not bad
: Safety Not Guaranteed, 2012 - ★★★★
: I’ve used Portrait Lighting on the iPhone X maybe a half-dozen times and it’s only made …
: I want to accuratly track my steps/workouts but don’t like having to always wear my Apple …
: As soon as my Bitcoin hits I’m buying one of these. www.lovehulten.com/cary42.ht…
: A good resolution is maybe to stop telling other people how they should make resolutions or whether …
: “The old promise of the internet…never really lost its appeal, but this year it came …
: Without a case the iPhone X feels as good as it functions. With a case it could be any old phone.
: 2018 projections. Imaginary, but let’s see if optimism is predictive.
: Working with the Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter
: The OneStep has a self timer so…selfies!
: Relaxed Nikon F3. Nikkor 28mm f/2.8. Tri-X @1200 in Diafine.
: A learned a new word recently and now I see it everywhere.
: One from the last roll of the year. Leica M6, Tri-X @1200 in Diafine.
: Shelving 35mm film for a while
: iPad Pro with Penna Keyboard vs. Hermes 3000 Typewriter
: My Reading Pile (aka The Graveyard of Good Intentions)
: Private Git hosting using Gogs on Amazon Lightsail
: Kingsman: The Golden Circle, 2017 - ★
: Shot some old Impossible Film
: Streaming Services and the End of Music Collection – Variety
: Blade Runner 2049, 2017 - ★★★★½
: Paper Notebook Intentions for 2018
: Strand, Under the Dark Cloth, 1989 - ★★
: Annie Leibovitz Teaches Photography
: Tracking my weight using Org-mode and R
: Org-mode radio targets - Marcin Borkowski
: A Microsoft Excel Artist - swissmiss
: ‘Handwritten letters belong to you like your DNA’ - The Guardian
: Anatomy of a Polaroid Picture
: I've activated the Gutenberg WordPress plugin here. I like trying new things.
: I nearly forgot about this blog. I’d say that means I have too many of them.
: First day with the Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R
: I like dogs. I like taking pictures of dogs. I like sharing pictures of dogs.
: Some discounts on Tinderbox and DEVONthink here: www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox… Tinderbox has …
: Having an office across the street from Founders Brewing is pretty great. 🍺
: Allow me to vent for a moment… Managing AWS accounts and services is a clusterf*ck of …
: My brother in law made this cool marble pen holder for me. Even included felt inside the bottom to …
: This a/v setup from early 2000s actually worked pretty well. Or at least it worked (Says the guy …
: Podcasts release schedules should be based on when people feel they have something interesting to …
: Less is still more - Bijan Sabet
: Your search "Nicolas Cage Hairstyle Whiteboard" did not match any products. C’mon Amazon, get …
: Ran into the old Tinderbox document that managed baty.net for a while. I tidied it up, hit …
: Bought a signed Elliot Erwitt print from Magnum because I love Elliot Erwitt.
: George Saunders' 'Lincoln in the Bardo': Audiobook Cast
: I’m having fun with the new Polaroid One Step
: Founders Backwoods Bastard remains a favorite
: Scanning more of my grandpa’s 8mm films.
: “Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts.” …
: Josie sat long enough for a 4x5 portrait. I missed the focus a bit but I was using ground glass in …
: Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, 2017 - ★★★½
: After one year my “new” MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is still the most disappointing Apple …
: It’s pretty obvious how I feel about wasps.
: I have misplaced my Vanishing Point but I think I’ll survive. I almost never need the quick …
: What If the Newspaper Industry Made a Colossal Mistake?
: Don’t tell anyone but Super Mario Odyssey is downloading to the switch right now. My work may …
: Remember that time I typed each tweet onto an index card for a year (2012)?
: On the wall of the upstairs bedroom of my mom’s dollhouse hangs a tiny painting of dogs …
: Lots of fun talk about using paper today on micro.blog. I’m for it :).
: Catching up on my contact sheets is the least fun part of darkroom work, but it yields wonderful, …
: War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017 - ★★★★
: Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2017 - ★★½
: The Conversation, 1974 - ★★★★★
: I don’t mind grain so much but HP5+ @1200 in Diafine is pretty darn grainy. (Leica M6. 50mm …
: Josie enjoying a sunny day in the yard
: Uninstalled NeoVim until I have my regular Vim configuration nailed down. Switching between them was …
: Why I switched to [new thing] from [old thing] in 2017
: I spent the afternoon wrangling Vim into just the way I like it for writing. Could use maybe a touch …
: You know how people fight about Vim vs Emacs? I’ve been doing it with myself for weeks now. …
: A problem with apps that depend upon their own convenient “cloud” library is when they …
: Replaced the flashlight in my car. Feels like an upgrade.
: Other than wanting to eat a small Pug, Josie did well at group class tonight.
: My favorite app is always whichever one had a major release most recently
: For those complaining that Adobe is breaking their promise to “offer a standalone version of …
: I need Vim keybindings in Ulysses. Just me? Probably just me.
: She’s just a blur coming into the frame. Nikon F100. HP5+.
: I love old things that still work. Going on 80 years and I can pop this into the projector and watch …
: The new Lightroom CC is going to be so divisive! I’m already conflicted, but leaning toward …
: Polaroid! #polaroid [gallery size=full columns=1]
: [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Well this is fun. Who would have thought I’d be able to buy a brand new “Polaroid” …
: This Caran d’Ache pencil sharpener is overkill and expensive but I love it and don’t …
: My working notebook (aka a sort-of “bullet journal”) is now a large Boorum & Pease …
: It’s been a while since I last used Mutt for my email but the keystrokes come back quickly and …
: Posting this from the Micro.blog app on my Mac. This is better. A couple of things… I really want …
: My yard has a lot of Acorns, but this is really just an excuse to test the Micro.blog Mac app)
: I don’t know what the answer is, but I do know that it doesn’t involve being mean on …
: Just for fun I brought back my old mutt config and oh how I love mutt. www.mutt.org “All mail …
: I just discovered iTerm’s tmux integration: gitlab.com/gnachman/…
: I need to find something to distract me from wanting to host my own Mastodon instance, because I …
: Book: Barking Up the Wrong Tree ★★★
: All I want is to copy a file from my PC to my Mac without error. They’re 6 feet apart and it …
: Catching up on some 8mm film scanning. This one is my grandfather’s “Florida Vacation …
: Rediscovering jrnl for text-based, command-line journaling. I’ll wean myself of Org Mode yet! …
: I switched to using Column view in my Mac’s Finder and it’s like I’m running a …
: I walked across the room to sharpen my pencil and by the time I returned I’d forgotten what I …
: With today’s Twitter boycott (and the boycotts of the boycott), I’m reminded that …
: The old Fuji Instax Wide might be the ugliest camera I’ve ever seen. Fitting it’s …
: I didn’t have anything else to do while we’re all boycotting Twitter today so I updated …
: Speaking of email clients, I also tried Airmail for Mac and it doesn’t properly support …
: Did a side-by-side taste test in the Founders taproom yesterday. Conclusion: I prefer last …
: Why didn’t anyone tell me that Mastodon is performing ½ mile from me tonight? No …
: Josie with stick (2017). Nikon F100. Nikkor 85mm f1.8. HP5+ in HC110 for 6min. Pakon scan. …
: Tear down the new institutions – Ethical Tech
: micro.blog has become one of my favorite spots to visit throughout the day.
: The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears, 2013 - ★★★★
: Looks like I’ve forgotten to stop posting here.
: Hey apps, stop begging me to turn on notifications. I turned them off for a reason. Leave it alone, …
: I love picking an ink and filling a fountain pen. Bernanke Blue is one of my favorites
: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises #nowplaying #vinyl #tompetty [gallery size=full …
: Had a brisk morning swim yesterday in northern Michigan.
: I love design and designers, except on the days following any well-known brand introducing a new …
: Nice day for a swim in northern Michigan [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Josie and our shadows during a morning walk
: Apple is really bad at design - Topolsky
: A bunch of people blogging every which way all scattered around who-knows-where is such a hot mess …
: How did Amazon become my Smart Home hub before Apple?
: Why I always write with the audience in mind
: WordPress announces 4,294,967,295 character count limit
: Put me down as against a move to 280 characters. Might as well just “Blog, You Idiots”.
: How I do my Computing - Stallman
: The Field Notes Dime Novel Edition might be my favorite so far. I like the larger size.
: Looks like the Speed Graphic has quite a light leak. (Speed Graphic. HP5+ @400 in HC-110 dilution B …
: The Speed Graphic has a light leak. [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Setting up the Pakon scanner again
: Oh the things I go through in order to make scanning color film less painful. (See this post about …
: I have zero concerns about “the notch” in iPhone X. I’m getting a X (pronounced, …
: JavaScript development is not fun for me anymore – Paul Verbeek-Mast
: There isn’t a single Wordpress theme that I really like. I may just make my own. If only I …
: Just dropped the X-Pro2 from waist high onto concrete. No visible or functional damage as far as I …
: I’m fascinated by Keybase. They just added teams, also fascinating. …
: Keepers of the Secrets | Village Voice
: Tried updating my (Gravatar) avatar to what I thought was a nice B&W photo of me. Don’t …
: Things I installed on a fresh iPhone (SE)
: This is Ron, co-founder of Russ & Ron’s auto service. I’ve been taking my cars to …
: Starting from scratch on the SE
: This is the construction equivalent of pulling up carpeting and revealing the beautiful old wood …
: Well that’s a little scary but so far so good.
: I’ve been running the High Sierra GM on the iMac without too much grief. Thinking of …
: I can understand when, all else being equal, you would avoid using an Electron-based app. But if you …
: Keep It, by Reinvented Software
: It’s been over two weeks since I made my drastic keyboard change and I have to admit that …
: Some day there will be a static site generator that makes things as easy as Wordpress. I’m …
: Is there any value in people who cannot write JavaScript?
: Josie relaxing after a long walk.
: The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die #nowplaying #vinyl [gallery size=full columns=1]
: I am completely unable to decide whether or not to keep smaller, microblog-type posts (like this …
: I just clicked “Install” on the High Sierra GM build on my iMac. I’m almost certainly going to …
: Selfie with the band. Sort of. #gretavanfleet
: She only gets red-eye in one eye. [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Everything is gorgeous and I am lost – Track Changes
: I’m probably as excited about whatever Polaroid announces tomorrow as I was about the Apple …
: @manton Have you ever considered a post form right here? I think it would be nice to see the context …
: Thinking about shooting more color film. Scanning is a bitch and I can’t make darkroom prints …
: Josie with Portra 400. Nikon F3. Self-processed. Silverfast scan. #filmphotography [gallery …
: CNN Lite may be the greatest news website ever
: Almost done #filmphotography [gallery size=full columns=1]
: No more local options for color film processing
: I just want everyone to start blogging again
: The simplest thing that could possibly work
: Decline and return of indie blogs - Manton Reece
: It is rather nice just typing stuff in a box and clicking the “Post” button.
: Static site publishing is still (mostly) a pain
: Jessica and the Animals (2004)
: The RSS feed from my 1999.io experiment isn’t being pulled into micro.blog and I don’t …
: Remember Kodak Disc cameras? #filmphotography #kodak [gallery size=full columns=1]
: I'm no longer cross-posting
: I’ve removed Twitter cross-posting from all of my configured Micro.blog feeds. Feeling like …
: Sage [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Sage (2017). Nikon F3. Tri-X @1200 in Diafine.
: I enjoy playing with software. So, I’ve (once again) set up a 1999.io server. This time, on an …
: Dog-sitting tonight. This is my daughter’s weirdo, Sage.
: Josie been at a 2-week training course and comes home on Tuesday. I can’t wait.
: This photo of my mom (1982) looks like she’s in a remake of The Birds
: Replaced a retaining wall this morning with my mom and dad’s help.
: Ev’s thoughtful response to a critic of “Claps” medium.com/@ev/hi-ro… I …
: This Aultmore 18 is delicious.
: The SX-70 is going out for repairs
: Testing photo posts from MarsEdit with this shot of my daughter’s dog, Sage.
: Reconfiguring my iMac reminded my how much I rely on Chronosync. The new beta has some nice …
: My dad windsurfing in Hawaii - 1991. Nice waves for a 50-year-old.
: Need to have this 8mm processed soon
: I’m getting a lot of use and value out of Setapp. It’s easily worth the $10/month to me. …
: Amused by all the fretting over how-many-claps-mean-what!? on @Medium this week.
: Installed watchOS 4 beta. Battery lasted about 6 hours today. Not recommended.
: Switched from Crashplan to Arq->B2 a month ago. Just in time it seems. May be better off just …
: I spoke too soon. I should not have installed the iOS beta on my phone. I know better, but I …
: Running iOS 11 b7 on my phone all day. No problems so far.
: I could use a little less disorder.
: I brought her a stick from the shore of Lake Michigan. She seems to like it.
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: Our room has a nice view. [gallery size=full columns=1]
: Surprised by how frustrating it is to tap the screen of my MBP and find that nothing happens but a …
: I think I might be doing it wrong
: You know it’s an off week when you find yourself searching for “Low carb fast food …
: Two reasons. First, it should be harder to lose. Second, I can tell at a glance and by feel which …
: Going all-in micro.blog for microblogging/syndication. Also, as a vote of confidence, I’m …
: This is a good way to seal a love letter. [gallery size=full columns=1]
: I think it’s time for this “Super Road Whiz” to go.
: Incompatible threads: 1. App Store pricing is an unsustainable race to the bottom 2. Subscription …
: I’d tried and failed to shoehorn Foursquare/Swarm into a personal log. Happy to see that v5.0 makes …
: Nice overview by Jason Blevins of my new favorite, Blink Shell: jblevins.org/log/blink…
: I have been manually adding photos to Google Photos. Decided to enable “sync” and now of course I …
: Giving Things 3 an honest go and today was the first I’ve hit it hard on the iPad. No keyboard …
: Today I snapped a few photos with the little Fuji X100T. My iMac is out for repair so I plugged in a …
: Well of course you can have a treat, looking at me like that and all. [gallery size=full columns=1]
: There’s a German Shepherd service dog in the Apple Store and not petting him is the hardest …
: Something I never thought would happen: Preferring the iPad to the MBP. Will the effect wear off? …
: All I want is a way to get an email into Things on iOS with a link back to the original message that …
: The Ulysses team’s decision to move to Subscription pricing is 100% cool with me. This is a …
: Micro.blog is a simple, reverse-chronological feed of people/blogs I follow, with replies and …
: I wish App Store on iOS would stop moving things out from under me when I’m trying to update apps. …
: Is it true that there’s no way to edit photo titles/descriptions in Apple Photos in the iPad. That …
: I love a Manhattan. I’ve changed the bourbon:vermouth ratio from two-to-one to two-to-one-half and I …
: Feeling a little whimsical this afternoon
: Moved chemicals into new glass bottles. Should last longer and definitely looks cooler.
: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, 2014 - ★★★
: “Did you say Wendy’s drive through?!!”
: This is a quick post using the updated micro.blog app on the iPad. I never write anything on my …
: Micro.blog on the iPad is going to be handy.
: Whenever I make a quick, hand-held portrait with the Hasselblad the subject’s face ends up …
: Reconfigured the camera bag. Hasselblad 500C/M and Fuji X-Pro2
: Still coming to terms with trying a more iPad-centric workflow. Posting to baty.net via Hugo is a …
: Thank goodness it has a screen, eh?
: Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 4 Public Beta
: Today’s workstation. Seeing how the other half lives.
: Theme designers sometimes underestimate the number of posts a person might write.
: I hadn’t considered adding my Letterboxd RSS feed to Micro.blog until I saw that @bitdepth was …
: Still figuring out where all this stuff should go. Consider this a test.
: Captain Fantastic, 2016 - ★★★
: Tried a couple rolls without the motor drive on the F3. Didn’t like it. Put it back on. …
: I want to cross-post to Instagram, not from it. Instagram is isolationist and I don’t care for …
: I’ve played games on the Switch more in the last month than I have on the PS4 in the last …
: I find myself checking micro.blog more often than Twitter.
: Steve at a Radio Shack. At a what?!
: My RSS feed was only showing .Summary content, counter to the @GoHugoIO docs. Overrode the internal …
: Testing Webmentions to baty.net
: 90+ degree weather is the most interesting time for my Air Conditioner to fail.
: I love office supplies way more than what most would consider normal
: Day 3 of not using Org Mode. I miss it already.
: Replaced Google Analytics with self-hosted Piwik. That feels better. I like to pretend stats …
: A drawback of the welcome new end-to-end encryption feature of Day One is that I can no longer …
: Every time I update Spacemacs many of the keybindings change. I see what they’re getting at, …
: Helpful post about setting up a Hugo-based site. www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/jeky…
: While thinking about Medium’s value, I realized that consistently I get more out of @aeonmag …
: I give fidget spinners about another week and a half
: This was a nice way to start the day
: Watched season/series finale of The Leftovers. I am satisfied.
: Ghost in the Shell, 2017 - ★★★
: I have a 9.7” iPad which seems too small and a 12.9” iPad which is way too big. Could …
: At some point over the past few years I’ve grown content with skipping keynotes and just …
: Thankfully, the unnecessary and tedious cycle of speculation is almost over.
: Went to a concert and didn’t take a single photo. I don’t know if this represents …
: It's just that I love static sites so much
: “To perform those functions 20 years ago, you needed a map and a sense of direction” …
: 10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee
: Kodachrome Magazine, 2017 Issue 1
: I based the design of my archived static baty.net blog on this and now I kind of want to try a …
: Likes on social networks should be private
: I distrust google by default, but built-in ad blocking of “bad” ads in Chrome seems like …
: Having a common enemy can be useful. I just wish we didn’t have to call him “Mr. …
: Fuck Facebook indeed. Gruber: daringfireball.net/2017/06/f…
: Pinboard acquires delicious, what? blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/p…
: Evergreen: A new feed reader from Brent Simmons
: Google’s Proprietary Fork of HTML Is Taking Over the Open Web
: Scripting News: May 31, 2017
: John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017 - ★★★★
: Still the greatest keyboard ever made
: More from Dave Winer on JSON Feed scripting.com/2017/05/3…
: Gregg Allman - Laid Back via Instagram
: Discombobulated? via Instagram
: I went to 4 social events this weekend. I’m glad I did, but the introvert in me was screaming …
: Josie with Stick. Nikon F3. Nikkor 105mm. Tri-X in D-76 for 9:00
: Notifications: A Tragedy Of the Digital Commons – Scott Belsky
: The internet seems to think everything is a zero-sum game.
: Jessica sent me this photo of her dog, Sage, sleeping with a new puppy. Melt.
: When site speed metrics make you do something silly
: I’ve been clicking through a bunch of my old link posts on baty.net and almost none of the …
: If you think Schrodinger’s cat is weird, then...
: Hate Mowing Your Lawn? Good! Don’t Do It - The Nib
: I’m going to try not buying any new pens for a while. I have enough pens.
: JSON Feed Now Available for baty.blog
: I (still) find personal blogs to be the most interesting places on the web
: How do I get out of the how-do-I-get-out-of-vim joke cycle?
: Trying this: If it could benefit from a title, it goes on the baty.blog. If not, it goes on …
: Back to the Apple Watch for a Week – The Brooks Review
: Kottke's social media fast
: Silicon Valley: A Reality Check - Slate Star Codex
: I Don’t Believe in Blockchain - Tim Bray
: When introversion collides with the desire to connect
: I’m pretty sure we’re all overthinking this microblog thing but I can’t help …
: Polaroid Type 108 - Expired August 1977
: First time printing with the Focomat IIc
: I’ll probably get the new Amazon Audrey. (ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Com_Audrey)
: Haven’t used Evernote in a very long time. I think the timing coincides exactly with the …
: Another thing I don’t need is an unsolicited, mocked up “redesign” of anything by …
: I know, I know, but this kind of shit always makes me cry so good: …
: I have zero interest in what Apple might be working on. If they haven’t shipped it, then shut …
: Does my hosted micro.blog still work? It would be great if it did, as I’m considering …
: Everyone should have a blog. Or restart an abandoned one, as Sebastian Kippe has done: 9 Years Later …
: hello advertising, my old friend - Kottke
: I’m going to cross-post everything automatically from the blog to Twitter and see how many …
: The antidotes to populism: stoicism and civil society
: Finally set up a Yubikey for Two-Factor on most of the sites that support it. Now to always remember …
: Kong: Skull Island, 2017 - ★★★
: About that Ari Marcopoulos Camera Bag | The Machine Planet
: Moving on from Baty.net - or not
: G.A.S. Attack Outflanked - Bruce Robbins
: After a couple of weeks, I’m finding that I prefer using Micro.blog to Mastodon. It’s …
: I love my new dog but she’s going to need a lot of love and time and work before she’s …
: Moving from a static blog to Wordpress feels a little dirty but oh man do things get easier.
: @manton Should my posts to jack.micro.blog be fed into micro.blog/jack automatically or do I need to …
: I wonder why none of my new posts to jack.micro.blog end up at micro.blog/jack. It used to work ¯_( …
: Testing photo posts. These are my shoes.
: I am unable to decide whether to post at a hosted micro.blog with a custom domain or keep using my …
: Had to change my Keyboard Maestro shortcuts from function keys to chords because the Touch Bar is a …
: Finished a giant bottle of Founders’ “Lizard of Koz” and it made me happy. …
: Mastodon is cool and I love the ideas behind it, but it’s just so…I don’t …
: Experimenting today with using Hashbackup (http://www.hashbackup.com/) with Backblaze B2 storage as …
: Working on my road rage. I’m a pretty mild-mannered fella but while driving I get unreasonably …
: I just added my Radio3 feed to Micro.blog. Seems like a good way to make link posts.
: I just changed my username on Micro.blog from @jackbaty to @jack. That’s going to break things …
: I’m probably just still resentful that I’ve not yet been “verified” on (by?) …
: As I was typing this complaint about having to deal with charging too many things, the batteries in …
: I’m looking forward to the ability to “follow” other micro blogs here. So far my …
: Wikitribune Evidence-based journalism New gig from Jimmy Wales. I’m in for $10/month.
: Let’s try testing this from MarsEdit shall we? This is me posting on a new platform from one …
: I think it’s best to disable cross-posting to Twitter for now. At least while I work through …
: Write first/socialize (maybe) later seems like a good approach.
: I’ve been using Mastodon as a sort of micro blog but prefer something like Micro.blog, which …
: More Shooting With The Hasselblad And A Flash
: The Lomo'Instant Wide Camera
: The Nikon Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AI-S
: Some Recent Large Format Photos
: Using Flash with the Hasselblad
: Around the yard with the OM-2n
: First attempt using New55 R3 Monobath Developer
: The Kodak Pakon F-135 Plus Film Scanner
: My life with large format photography so far
: Keep the Nikons or the Canons?
: Canon AE-1 Program as Nostalgia
: Replacing my Olympus Stylus Epic
: Color Film Photography Isn't Worth the Trouble
: Medium Format with the Hasselblad 500 C/M
: Medium Format with the Bronica SQ-A