2022-05-19: I get a kick out of Styx’s Wooden Nickel period. Some rough but fun rock and prog rock songs. …
2022-05-19: The Photos widget might be the greatest thing on my iPhone. This morning, it surfaced this photo of …
2022-05-19: There’s a googly eye instead of the normal “Watched” icon! I never tire of googly …
2022-05-17: And then there’s this self-portrait in which I didn’t realize my head was in direct …
2022-05-17: I sometimes don’t know why I bother with large format photography.
2022-05-16: Some days are more analog than others. Today is one of those days.
2022-05-16: I recently returned to using an automatic mechanical watch. Mmmm, I love mechanical watches, but the …
2022-05-16: Lots to do today. But first, a quick selfie with Alice 👋
2022-05-15: Sure, why not? #iPod
2022-05-14: Lightroom’s window was acting strangely on my MBP. It got smaller when I switched to it. …
2022-05-14: I need to take a break from my favorite keyboard: baty.net/2022/i-lo…
2022-05-12: This wonderful painting by my great grandfather hangs on the wall at my mom’s house. …
2022-05-12: Love this letter (fax!) from Douglas Adams: news.lettersofnote.com/p/please-… American …
2022-05-10: Manual-focus rangefinder selfies with a 50mm lens are a hit-or-miss thing. This one is close enough.
2022-05-10: Here’s my original copy of “Frampton Comes Alive”, the first album I ever bought. …
2022-05-10: 1970s Zimbabwean heavy rock: Watch Out! - Wells Fargo. #NowPlaying …the irony of the …
2022-05-10: I have failed to fall in love with the AirPods Max baty.net/2022/airp…
2022-05-10: I prefer wired devices but I hate wires.
2022-05-10: I enabled “stacking” on my Mac’s desktop a few weeks ago and I can’t believe …
2022-05-09: I still find it amazing that these were made more than 60 years apart. Top: Leica M3, 1960. Bottom: …
2022-05-09: “Nina Simone Sings the Blues” #NowPlaying
2022-05-08: I haven’t liked a Kansas record since 1977 but I love everything up to that point, including …
2022-05-07: Here I am cheating on my darkroom with a digital camera.
2022-05-06: Stopped at a Barnes & Noble on my way back from Cheesecake Factory (no, really!). I noticed that …
2022-05-06: And whenever I think I was cool, I remember this photo of my dad, taken in Hawaii when he was 50.
2022-05-06: I keep this photo around as a reminder that I used to be cooler.
2022-05-06: Listening to Swans' “The Seer” makes my stomach hurt but it’s so good that I …
2022-05-06: Calm technology
2022-05-05: I’ve been using Logseq regularly for a while. Love it. But now with more VC money, …
2022-05-05: How mechanical watches work. Riveting! (via Gruber)
2022-05-04: Judas Priest - “Rocka Rolla”. It’s an odd record that I’ve come to enjoy …
2022-05-04: Men make these laws…and they also don’t know where a girl pees from – Patricia Lockwood, “No …
2022-05-04: I was in a foul mood this morning so I spent an hour making prints in the darkroom and now I feel …
2022-05-04: I miss DVD special features, especially audio commentaries.
2022-05-04: After fixing a slow leak in my car’s tire, the shop told me it was caused by a bone fragment. …
2022-04-30: I don’t have data to support it, but I’d wager that the computer I spent the most time …
2022-04-30: New workstation. (in 2005)
2022-04-30: 1964 Hermes 3000. It’s not a light typer, but it feels good because it’s so solid.
2022-04-28: Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny #NowPlaying
2022-04-27: I’d probably be invited to more parties if I had this Spinnerette Turntable from Third Man …
2022-04-27: Pulled the Hermes 3000 out of storage but it had a dead ribbon. Surprisingly, I had a new ribbon on …
2022-04-20: I’m replacing Instagram with Glass as my social media photo sharing link. What I lose in …
2022-04-18: I’ve been testing the Orion browser and it’s quite nice. One side effect is that I …
2022-04-15: I should never have sold any of my film cameras.
2022-04-14: I just looked up my EagleFiler serial number in DEVONthink because ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
2022-04-12: I noticed that all this was within arm’s reach and I think I’m on the right track.
2022-04-12: Say hello to Glass on the Web. Well hello! 👋. A web UI makes Glass much more interesting for me. …
2022-04-12: I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop, but early indicators suggest that I have successfully …
2022-04-11: Instagram can sometimes make people feel inferior, but I just finished Isaacson’s biography of …
2022-04-11: Carla Bruni: Little French Songs
2022-04-11: Started consoldating my typewritten pages and printed digital journals into the new lever arch …
2022-04-10: I like Hugo’s Page Bundles feature. It lets me keep all of the assets related to a post in one …
2022-04-10: Current blogging system. It’s all in this single Org-mode file.
2022-04-09: I’m so high on nostalgia right now. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) …
2022-04-08: Severance is the best thing on television.
2022-04-08: The list of changes in Emacs 28.1 is ginormous: www.masteringemacs.org/article/w…
2022-04-07: I finally found a lever arch binder in US Letter size. Everything about it is better than our …
2022-04-03: I always come back to this record. I just love it.
2022-04-03: At the time, I fancied myself the kind of person who simply must have a fancy case for their …
2022-04-02: Found my first fountain pen, the Waterman Philéas. It punches so far above its weight it embarrasses …
2022-04-02: The fanciest and most expensive iPhone case I’ve ever seen. (Leica M3. 50mm Summilux on T-MAX …
2022-04-02: For films with longer processing times.
2022-04-02: I would be remiss if I didn’t remind everyone using both Org mode and Hugo that ox-hugo is the …
2022-03-31: Speaking of enlargers. A helpful seller on eBay was kind enough to part out the Focomat IIc …
2022-03-31: I tested the big Beseler in the spare room with the bare minimum of fuss and it worked! The filter …
2022-03-30: Creator: “Welcome to the channel, where we do such and such! Today’s video is about such …
2022-03-30: From one makeshift darkroom to another. The Beseler still works so I’m going to try printing …
2022-03-30: Gosh, the Technika is lovely. Shame it’s been unused for so long. Maybe I’ll fix that …
2022-03-30: Now Playing: Primus “Pork Soda”
2022-03-30: Briefly considered going from Doom Emacs back to a home-rolled vanilla config but realized I’d …
2022-03-29: I like Bruce Dickinson fine, but I’d sure love to visit the alternate timeline in which Paul …
2022-03-28: An email said, “You need a modern email client to view this email.” but my copy of Mu4e …
2022-03-28: Poor Olaf
2022-03-27: Trying something with Org-roam and Hugo baty.net/2022/publ…
2022-03-26: This morning I thought, “Hey, I think I’d like to tinker with Linux” so I upgraded …
2022-03-25: This big guy is waiting patiently for when (if) I get a real darkroom one day.
2022-03-25: The “dry side” of my darkroom is really just a bathroom closet, but I love it.
2022-03-25: It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012) directed by Don Hertzfeldt is still amazing. Almost anything …
2022-03-25: I’ve been using Emacs for 7 or 8 years now and yet I’m still new to Emacs.
2022-03-25: I’ve been ironing fiber prints between two pieces of card stock and then pressing them under …
2022-03-24: I’ve been dragging my feet on this little project. I’m too easily frustrated lately and …
2022-03-24: After a long search, I finally found someone willing to part with the 100mm helicoid threads for the …
2022-03-23: I went into the darkroom this morning to test a new safelight bulb and made a handful of 5x7 prints …
2022-03-21: I need reminding often enough that I pinned it to the board.
2022-03-21: D’ya ever feel like you deserve more Likes? Whenever I start to feel that way I want to delete …
2022-03-21: My dad’s garage is like some sort of art installation. This wall is a Dali within a Dali.
2022-03-20: Defrosting the little fridge I use for film.
2022-03-19: Once I stopped worrying about making perfect, “archival-quality” prints, darkroom work …
2022-03-18: Paper nerds: I would like to try lever arch binders but I only see them in A4. Is there such a thing …
2022-03-18: I love Nic Cage, and was worried that making the Nic Cagiest of Nic Cage movie was a bad idea, so I …
2022-03-17: I was hoping I could use a brighter safelight in the darkroom, so I bought a random red light bulb …
2022-03-17: I’ve been having a ball printing from some old negatives. I made these last night (from 2003).
2022-03-16: Sometimes I abruptly change my Emacs theme to trick myself into thinking I’m trying a new app
2022-03-16: Still frustrated by current point-and-shoot film camera prices. Here’s my B&H Order for a …
2022-03-16: I suddenly don’t feel like “Blogging”. There are things I’d like to write …
2022-03-15: I started today by revamping my Org mode config so now I have every possible tweak to my tasks and …
2022-03-14: Interesting how my initial reaction after developing film is often “Darn, it’s grainy …
2022-03-13: Gave up 30 minutes into “Spider Man: No Way Home” and watched Wim Wenders' “Wings …
2022-03-12: She doesn’t like the popping or beeping sounds that the flashes make so she’s …
2022-03-12: Forgive me, I’ve misplaced my slogan mug.
2022-03-12: I’m loving “Prioritize Pleasure” by Rebecca Taylor.
2022-03-10: Made a couple more fiber-based prints in the darkroom. It’s fun digging through old negatives …
2022-03-10: I’d made a huge mistake.
2022-03-08: New posts will be via baty.net or other external feeds for a while.
2022-02-28: Is there something I can use to automatically unfollow and/or mute anyone whose Twitter avatar is …
2022-02-27: The Kodak Retina IIIC is neat. baty.net/2022/the-…
2022-02-26: My dad called me from Florida and told me that a friend had no need for “some old Kodak” …
2022-02-26: Well, I got the Focomat IIc in place, but it doesn’t quite fit. I was able to make 8x10 prints …
2022-02-26: Contact sheets are no longer technically necessary, but I find them to be beautiful on their own, …
2022-02-26: I woke up and went with a real blog (Hugo again) for my daily notes posts. I think I’ve turned …
2022-02-25: I found half a box of Blackwing Naturals in a drawer so of course I immediately sawed that obnoxious …
2022-02-25: I’ve been highlighting key phrases in my paper notebooks and it’s awesome. …
2022-02-25: If you need photos of my dog, desk, notebooks, cameras, or self… I’m your guy!
2022-02-24: Here’s one I like from that roll of TMAX-100 in the OM-2n.
2022-02-24: How many times a day do you think I click that Move “button” in Apple Mail thinking …
2022-02-22: The OM-2n looked lonely so I loaded it up with some TMAX-100 and bolted on the flash. It’s the …
2022-02-21: Guess Who’s not rockin' no more.
2022-02-20: Hair and makeup didn’t arrive in time for my self-portrait session. Apparently.
2022-02-20: I slipped the leather case off the 1960 Leica M3 and put it on the 2021 MP and it fits perfectly. I …
2022-02-19: I’ve been buying more music lately, but streaming isn’t going anywhere. …
2022-02-18: I seem to kill every single one of them.
2022-02-17: I lost interest before completely conquering my cable management problems, but it got much better at …
2022-02-16: BBEdit 14.1 write.as/jackbaty/…
2022-02-16: This is the room of the wolfmother wallpaper: This is the room where Jezebel frescoed her eyelids …
2022-02-16: I just noticed that I got my date stamp 11 years ago yesterday. Guess I’ll need a new one next …
2022-02-16: While reading back through the past few days of my blogs, I’ve noticed that my tone has been …
2022-02-16: I love everything about playing records
2022-02-15: Pressfield’s “The War of Art” is one page about an anthropomorphic …
2022-02-15: I got one of these fancy BenQ screenbar lights and it’s great, but now I’ve been made …
2022-02-15: Well this took me by surprise. A pleasant, heavy surprise: Zeal & Ardor
2022-02-15: I’ve been thumbing through my Henri Cartier-Bresson book and was reminded once again that not …
2022-02-15: I’ve been doodling as a form of meditation: write.as/jackbaty/…
2022-02-15: A clean desk helps. write.as/jackbaty/…
2022-02-14: I just discovered that this engineer’s scale ruler divides inches into 10 units per inch. Now …
2022-02-14: I used to be so much cooler
2022-02-14: This all started with the best of intentions. Chaos ensued.
2022-02-13: It’s feeling like an HCB kind of day. Photo books are the best.
2022-02-13: Some “tools” can also be wonderfully tactile works of art. write.as/jackbaty/…
2022-02-13: I would like to declare Sundays to be my “Stay Away From Screens Day” but I know me. Also, I’ve been …
2022-02-13: I’ve been happy with NetNewsWire, so when my Feedbin subscription came up for renewal today, I …
2022-02-12: I keep breaking links and wish I’d do better. write.as/jackbaty/…
2022-02-12: I had a screen protector leftover from the Q2 and it happened to fit on the M10-R so I carefully …
2022-02-12: The irony of my posting a link to this here is not lost on me, but: write.as/jackbaty/…
2022-02-12: Recently discovered that Write.as has a “tiny” version of every blog. Mine is …
2022-02-12: I started naming files using CamelCase.jpg instead of lowercase-with-hypens.jpg and it’s my …
2022-02-09: Thanks to all the recent mentions around here, I’m going to try blogging with Write.as for a …
2022-02-08: I’ve had a matte cutter for 10 years and today was the first time I used it. Pretty easy. I …
2022-02-07: I made a camera-selling mistake recently and today I’ve corrected that mistake. All is right, …
2022-02-07: I printed a recent self-portrait on fiber-based paper in the darkroom and was a little surprised to …
2022-02-07: I snapped this photo yesterday of E.’s snack nook and was reminded of my long-dormant …
2022-02-06: Journaling is fun. It’s a great way to put the little Instax printer to use, also. My big …
2022-01-23: I wish I needed one of these.
2022-01-23: After a few days, I’ve fallen so in love with the i3 and Workspace setup in Regolith Linux …
2022-01-22: Didn’t I just say I wasn’t going to do this? baty.blog/2022/linu…
2022-01-21: Alice is enjoying the sun this afternoon. Also, ear kaboom! (Hasseblad 500C/M. Zeiss Planar 80mm. …
2022-01-20: “Unknown”
2022-01-20: ‘68 Europe. This is how people used to organize “albums” 😆. Apparently we also …
2022-01-20: Why didn’t anyone tell me that “Joe Pera Talks With You” is the greatest thing on …
2022-01-20: I need to stop installing Linux. baty.blog/2022/stop…
2022-01-19: I can’t explain why, but it makes me uncomfortable knowing that 1Password has more than 500 …
2022-01-19: This afternoon’s antidote to spending the entire morning futzing around with Linux.
2022-01-19: Here’s another found negative. Mid-1960s. Not sure where. Nassau, possibly.
2022-01-19: I spent the morning installing Regolith Linux on my old ThinkPad. I can’t stand the trackpad …
2022-01-18: Found a few new unknown negatives. Not sure who they belonged to. All transparencies (Kodachrome and …
2022-01-17: Brought this back into rotation and gave it a prominent spot on my desk.
2022-01-17: Tinderbox or Emacs for my daily blogging? I’m catatonic over it. I want both.
2022-01-16: I don’t see many people talking about “The Righteous Gemstones”. I found it odd …
2022-01-15: After living with it for a couple days, I think I’ll stick with Hitchens, @pimoore’s …
2022-01-15: The change to using only one computer was the greatest thing I’ve ever done for my sanity. I …
2022-01-14: Paul Ford, brilliant as always: The supply chain is fractal: Zoom in on your stuff and …
2022-01-14: I enjoyed “The Silent Sea” (Netflix) very much.
2022-01-14: Trying @pimoore’s Hitchens theme. It’s so vivid! But, I’m not changing anything, …
2022-01-14: A short review of my blogging with Tinderbox experiment: daily.baty.net/posts/202…
2022-01-13: I’ve always considered printing these tiny Instax prints from my phone to be cheating. I …
2022-01-13: I dropped the Printfile sheet on the scanner and pressed the button. Then cropped to a single frame …
2022-01-12: I don’t know how to work an inkjet printer. copingmechanism.com/2022/abou…
2022-01-12: Thinking about family snapshots copingmechanism.com/2022/what…
2022-01-10: I learned today that I can trigger the camera by stepping on the release bulb. Look ma, no hands! …
2022-01-10: My wife surprised me with an ice cream maker for Christmas and I’ve since learned that …
2022-01-09: There, that’s a little better. (Still playing with strobes in the basement)
2022-01-09: Portraits are all about hair and lighting and I pretty much nailed both of those here, eh?
2022-01-09: I spent some time over the past couple of weeks creating a new blog using Tinderbox. It’s to a …
2022-01-09: Well, hello again. How’s everyone doing? I’ve missed you.
2021-11-22: Upgrades always make me nervous.
2021-11-22: Arcane is not at all the kind of show I’m interested in. And yet, after 3 episodes I’m …
2021-11-22: I’m feeling very analog this morning. This tends to happen after an evening of making prints …
2021-11-20: Brett Terpstra updates one of my favorite utilities: Doing 2.0
2021-11-20: The Bad Guys continue to win while the Good Guys are off in a corner distracting themselves by …
2021-11-19: Every time I think I want to dip my toes back into web development, the first thing I’m told …
2021-11-19: I went to a bookstore yesterday: baty.blog/2021/11/1…
2021-11-19: I love how I get to call my random pile of notes a “Knowledge Graph” now. Overthinking …
2021-11-18: A reminder that this is my dream office. (scan of found negative given to me by my brother in law, …
2021-11-16: Am I bored? Yeah, maybe a little.
2021-11-16: I started bingeing “Final Space” on HBO and I feel like it’s one of those shows I …
2021-11-15: The word “Evil” is too often used when what one means is, “not something I approve …
2021-11-15: Even ISO 3200 film can’t save me at a restaurant. copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
2021-11-15: It’s not an every day camera, but as beautiful as the Linhof is, it doesn’t need to be. …
2021-11-14: Me, in a nutshell.
2021-11-12: Time for some fresh chemistry
2021-11-11: I handled this roll backward. I made silver gelatin prints in the darkroom first, then scanned the …
2021-11-11: This may not be the fastest or most convenient way to go through my photos, but I sure enjoy it.
2021-11-11: I suspect that the life I’m looking for is one that involves no “package manager” …
2021-11-11: TiddlyWiki really is a remarkable bit of software. I’m reminded of this daily.
2021-11-11: I don’t enjoy making contact sheets, but I love having them.
2021-11-10: The internet was down for a short time earlier and for a second there I thought maybe I’d be …
2021-11-06: The thing I like about omg.lol is that I don’t get the feeling it’s trying too hard. …
2021-11-06: /Users/jbaty/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs is a bullshit place to make me keep files
2021-11-06: It’s possible that the worst thing for my productivity was thinking, “But what about …
2021-11-04: Dusted off my Tinderbox Daybook again. I was immediately reminded how crazy powerful Tinderbox is …
2021-11-04: I have yet to see evidence of a sane conversation around the behavior of cyclists vs car drivers. …
2021-11-03: I have been harshly evaluating software license/subscription renewals as they come due, but I never …
2021-11-02: As a long-time Vim user, I end up accidentally typing a lot of slack messages like this.
2021-11-01: Succession is turning into a cartoon
2021-10-31: I love that old-school bowling alleys like this still exist. Six lanes. Manual scoring using grease …
2021-10-29: Did Instagram suddenly start displaying photos much larger in the web UI? They seem bigger …
2021-10-28: The best tweets are always the ones that point to something else
2021-10-27: I’m trying to avoid playing with new things if they also introduce new long-term dependencies.
2021-10-27: TiddlyWiki and now Drummer have helped me realize that I don’t really want to capital-B …
2021-10-26: I’m quite satisfied with Drummer for most of the things I write that can be public. I find it …
2021-10-26: Canceling subscriptions is very satisfying
2021-10-24: Mantra for today ( from Thomas Paine): “The more simple anything is, the less liable it is to …
2021-10-24: Good morning
2021-10-22: Remember earlier when I thought I knew what kind of day it was going to be? Well, no.
2021-10-22: I had dreams once
2021-10-22: Oh, I see what kind of day this is going to be.
2021-10-22: Oh, I see what kind of day this is going to be.
2021-10-21: Oh dear, I “accidentally” opened Mutt this morning. Now I’m up to my neck in …
2021-10-20: OMG, I’m so in love with the restored Tabs in Safari’s latest that I’m giddy. This …
2021-10-20: Kind of defeats the purpose of having such a small camera
2021-10-20: So help me if Facebook changes its name to something that mucks up my searches
2021-10-20: I’ve decided to run my Drummer blog at baty.blog. I like the domain. It’s short, …
2021-10-19: Upgraded to the latest beta of Monterey and look what happened. Real Tabs!
2021-10-19: Image test. M-43 for lunch at HopCat
2021-10-19: A quick test of Printing my Drummer blog
2021-10-18: In 3 days no normal user will even notice the notch, let alone argue incessantly about it for a …
2021-10-18: That was fast. Drummer and Micro.blog (this post was published directly from a Drummer outline)
2021-10-18: I think about this a lot
2021-10-17: “Asleep? No, no, I’ve been up for a while, why?”
2021-10-15: I’m no longer automatically cross-posting from the other blog to Micro.blog. It’s extra …
2021-10-14: Preparing for a gear purge. This is going to sting a little. (full size).
2021-10-12: Cool thing about large format is that there’s enough resolution to see the whisker shavings …
2021-10-12: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing me that the solution to having too many …
2021-10-12: Leica Summicron-M 35mm ASPH and Leica APO-Summicron-SL 35mm ASPH. The size difference between these …
2021-10-11: Just gobsmacked by this talk from Sam Abell. I’ve long admired his photographs, but this might …
2021-10-11: Of course I’m trying Dave Winer’s new blogging tool, Drummer. …
2021-10-10: We Need To Print Our Photos So We Have Something To Write On You’ll only regret not doing …
2021-10-09: Gruber: “In fact, in recent years I think Markdown is in use in far too many places where …
2021-10-07: If anyone is interested in a pretty special Leica M6, mine is for sale. It’s one of the last …
2021-10-06: Always keep at least one eye on the birds
2021-10-06: A pretty good intro to what Roon is and when/why one might want to pay for it. (Part 1): …
2021-10-06: Found the little Audioengine A2+ speakers that I though I’d lost in the move. Tried them for …
2021-10-06: I hate to admit it, but I’m not enjoying this season of Ted Lasso. I think it’s because …
2021-10-06: It’s this sort of day.
2021-10-04: Found the little Bolex 8mm (1960). I doubt I’ll be shooting any more regular 8mm movie film …
2021-10-04: Me. Newaygo, MI. (1982)
2021-10-04: How I’m managing a local TiddlyWiki from all my devices. baty.blog/2021/mana…
2021-10-03: D’ya ever wake up irritated with the entire universe? Happened to me today, so I may need to …
2021-10-01: See, the thing with digital is that I can’t help but turn the dials up just a smidge too high.
2021-09-30: Reading the release notes for Org mode 9.5 reminds me how much stuff there is in Org. Everything, …
2021-09-30: I know I should be waiting for whatever read-later thing Readwise is making, but for five bucks …
2021-09-29: Trying Safari 15 (again) on my Mac today. I can now disable the new and wildly unnecessary tab bar …
2021-09-29: “double-charm tetraquark” is a pretty cool name
2021-09-28: I wish the Letterboxd people would build a version for books.
2021-09-28: Trying something new on the office wall. I like to change things up, so this should help. Not sure I …
2021-09-28: Dan Seifert is absolutely right about Apple’s terrible decision to omit a power button from …
2021-09-28: I like skimming through my photo library.
2021-09-27: “Squid Game” is not the kind of show for me. On the other hand, I can’t get enough …
2021-09-25: Well darn, I’m going to be on the road during today’s Gardens and Streams II event so …
2021-09-25: As a left-handed person, I feel like the Pencil attaches to the wrong side of the new iPad Mini.
2021-09-24: How many times will I look at a show on Rotten Tomatoes and think, “Well, that looks pretty …
2021-09-24: I’ve always liked this photo of my Niece from 2010. Kodachrome. Camera unknown.
2021-09-24: Just render the HTML on the damn server and send it to me.
2021-09-23: Found my Vivian Maier film spool, finally. It’s a silly thing, but I think it’s neat.
2021-09-23: Occasionally, I’ll try switching out the HHKB and using the Realforce R2 instead, since it has …
2021-09-23: I like too many things. Yay for me, but things would be simpler if I didn’t.
2021-09-23: Apropos of our Kobo thread yesterday, from LibraryThing this morning, an interview with Michael …
2021-09-23: Feeds Mage (from the Mailbrew folks) helps you “discover great blogs lost in your Twitter …
2021-09-22: Re-scanned some of the Kodachromes I shot before it went away: copingmechanism.com/2021/some…
2021-09-22: Finally got around to creating a memorial book for my German Shepherd, Zim. He died in 2014, so …
2021-09-22: Soren Bjornstad has a video describing his new, cleaned-up, TiddlyWiki-based, do-everything, …
2021-09-22: I’m rescanning a bunch of Kodachrome because for some reason the last time I scanned them I …
2021-09-22: When someone askes a question and I know they cross-post to several services, I don’t know …
2021-09-21: A few from Roll 2021-033 using the Olympus OM-1n. copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
2021-09-18: On the other hand, I do have a battery adapter for use in the OM-1n. The voltage is different, so …
2021-09-18: I’ll probably retire the Canonet. It’s those Mercury batteries sealing its fate. There …
2021-09-18: I’m glad I don’t like Blackwing pencils because this looks like a fun collection (for …
2021-09-17: I’m tired of hosting so much stuff. baty.blog/2021/no-y…
2021-09-17: Just finished (re)reading Dune. Last time was in the early 90s, I think. I still love it.
2021-09-16: Please Stop Closing Forums And Moving People To Discord They are not the same thing, and will never …
2021-09-14: I used to have a Nikon F6 and the feature I miss most is that it imprinted exposure/date information …
2021-09-12: I can’t decide if this is beautiful or terrifying. (Not my camera, Posted by Peter)
2021-09-12: Friends got a new puppy, Charlie (aka Chuck). Bulldogs are adorable.
2021-09-10: I prefer the Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones to the Apple AirPods Max in every way other than when …
2021-09-09: This will probably be the last roll I put through the Autocord. …
2021-09-08: I don’t love 28mm lenses, but I love the little GR III in spite of its wide, 28mm lens. …
2021-09-07: When I’m in a foul mood, Royal Republic helps: youtu.be/D_YCl7pp7…
2021-09-07: Maybe we should finally abandon the silly Comic Sans hate cult pile-on now? What’s Wrong With Comic …
2021-09-06: Today’s pairing: A rough-around-the-edges 1962 Minolta Autocord and Kodak BW400CN (C-41) film …
2021-09-04: How did I not know about the Mystery Flesh Pit? mysteryfleshpit.tumblr.com. This is what the …
2021-09-03: The band (of Leica M cameras) is back together, now that my M4 has been repaired and overhauled. …
2021-09-03: Making larger (but not too large) digital prints: copingmechanism.com/2021/maki…
2021-09-03: Using strobes with film is challenging. I metered this thoroughly and it’s still underexposed. …
2021-09-03: The wrong side is winning.
2021-09-02: A few studio large format self-portraits. copingmechanism.com/2021/a-fe…
2021-08-31: She’s a funny sleeper
2021-08-30: Trying this today.
2021-08-27: Every time I run across a roll of positive film, I wonder why we all don’t shoot it all the …
2021-08-25: I had a pretty good year at the movies in 1984.
2021-08-25: Remember when I said I was going to use up all my old film first? Yeah, well KEH had a sale on HP5 …
2021-08-25: The “charm” of vintage lenses?: copingmechanism.com/2021/the-…
2021-08-24: Binged season one of “Brand New Cherry Flavor” and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s …
2021-08-24: Changed things up for a while yesterday. Calming.
2021-08-23: I was bored, so baty.blog is back on Ghost. baty.blog/2021/if-i…
2021-08-21: The notetaking dream is real 😆 : www.baty.blog/2021/dev-…
2021-08-21: Challenging myself to use up my old film stock: copingmechanism.com/2021/old-…
2021-08-20: I ran a roll of TMAX 100 through the Nikon F3. (Yes, sorry, more dogs). …
2021-08-19: Even the comments on Instagram have essentially become ads.
2021-08-18: I mean, it’s not like I couldn’t see that I still had the dark slide in my mouth.
2021-08-18: Action photography with the Hasselblad :).
2021-08-18: I’m bringing two wildly different rangefinders out today.
2021-08-17: Yet another 4x5 failure, but I’m optimistic about the Grafmatic film holder. …
2021-08-17: I see there’s now a PhotoPrism droplet at Digital Ocean. This means I could spin up an …
2021-08-17: Oh look, I changed my photo process again :). copingmechanism.com/2021/phot…
2021-08-14: I’m glad I picked up a couple JOBOs while they were still practically giving them away on …
2021-08-14: You know, there’s always Pass :). www.passwordstore.org
2021-08-14: I’m jbaty on Glass. I like it. I don’t love it. It looks nice, but behaves strangely in …
2021-08-14: Avoiding the daily news cycle has done wonders for my mood and mental health over the past few …
2021-08-14: Almost forgot about this meme from 2002 that showed up in public restrooms.
2021-08-14: I found this photo in an old folder on my Mac. It probably deserves a trigger warning. Not for the …
2021-08-13: Had lunch with my mom yesterday. She’s pretty cute.
2021-08-12: “And as it is such, so also as such is it unto you”
2021-08-12: Electron is the Nickelback of the internet 😝: www.baty.blog/2021/1pas…
2021-08-11: Huh. Didn’t know that. Go to any GitHub repo and press "." 😉 — Joel Califa …
2021-08-11: 1Password 8 uses Electron and the internet is already collectively shitting its pants before even …
2021-08-11: Twitter threads are awesome
2021-08-10: I was given half a box of expired Ektar on 4x5 so I thought I’d try it. Vivid! Still hard …
2021-08-10: Looking forward to trying Glass as an alternative to Instagram: …
2021-08-09: I might be firing up “The Lathe” newsletter again. Some changes: …
2021-08-04: There, that’s a little better.
2021-08-04: Whoops. Framing! (Linhof 4x5)
2021-08-04: Large format challenges: copingmechanism.com/2021/4x5-…
2021-08-01: My daughter is getting the hang of focusing and metering the rangefinder. Here’s one she took …
2021-07-29: Can anyone explain to me the rules for “Pinned” browser tabs in anything other than …
2021-07-28: First impressions of the Linhof Master Technika copingmechanism.com/2021/linh…
2021-07-26: A few from roll 2021-020 (Leica MP/HP5+): copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
2021-07-26: I’ll need more practice hand-holding and focusing the big camera, but it’s fun.
2021-07-25: All boxes should look like this Linhof box (for the “Anatomical grip”)
2021-07-24: Totally natural self-portrait pose. Yep, totally. I’m home alone today so testing the new …
2021-07-24: This seems excessive 😁
2021-07-24: I’ve decided to experiment with a photography-only Instagram account. …
2021-07-24: Everything is too complicated. I don’t think it’s just me being old that makes me feel …
2021-07-24: Well then it’s not really a newsletter, is it? www.baty.blog/2021/just…
2021-07-23: First test with the new 4x5 camera. Focused using the rangefinder and viewfinder. No ground glass at …
2021-07-23: It arrived! A Linhof Master Technika. What a rig. I have some test sheets drying now.
2021-07-23: Had a new roof put on yesterday and this morning it is absolutely pouring rain. 🤞
2021-07-22: I’m either going to have to start shooting this faster or stop drinking Diet Coke
2021-07-22: Instagram can be good entertainment, but Flickr remains 1,000 times better for sharing photos.
2021-07-22: Derp
2021-07-21: Kind of the opposite of my usual setup.
2021-07-21: The big new camera is scheduled to arrive Friday. I’ve got new C-41 chemicals, a bunch of …
2021-07-21: Experimenting with shooting more color film. Here’s Alice, since she’s usually …
2021-07-20: Settling in to read the always detailed, thorough, and mercifully non-silly release notes for BBEdit …
2021-07-19: This giant “Magnum Contact Sheets” book makes me want to catch up on my own contact …
2021-07-19: A few from roll 2021-017 (HP5+ in the Olympus Stylus Epic): copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
2021-07-19: I’m happy to see recent discussions around printing photos. Prints are important, not only for …
2021-07-18: From roll 2021-012 (Hasselblad). Not a lot of keepers on this one. …
2021-07-18: From Roll 2021-013 (first with MP) copingmechanism.com/2021/from…
2021-07-18: “She is a thing of beauty” (I agree!). Possible final roll through the M6. If I can …
2021-07-18: Ouch 😁 - Sh*t large format photographers say:
2021-07-18: I’ve been shooting more large format with the Wista 4x5 lately, but don’t enjoy focusing …
2021-07-15: Safari in Monterey beta 3 reverts to a separate tab bar and yet somehow Apple made it even worse.
2021-07-15: A fine tweet: twitter.com/tomcritch…
2021-07-15: OK, I’ll start 😋 (For reference) /cc @Ron @Pilchuck @mbkriegh @bbohling
2021-07-15: I have 3 invite codes for literal.club. If anyone would like to try it, let me know. I still …
2021-07-15: I keep making contact sheets for every roll but almost never use them or even look at them again. …
2021-07-15: Hey Apple, stop doing this.
2021-07-15: Money Heist is completely ridiculous and I love it. It’s nice when the laws of physics apply, …
2021-07-14: Speaking of watches, Bill Murray is wearing two of them and please please let this become a thing.
2021-07-14: Sky Rojo was way better than I expected. And more fun than the last 10 or so Marvel movies. Combined …
2021-07-14: I haven’t been wearing my Apple Watch because I guess I don’t feel the need for a $500 …
2021-07-13: Breaking in the new camera. 😲
2021-07-12: The 26 best new productivity apps for 2021. Sweet! By the time I try all these it’ll be time …
2021-07-11: Does Black Widow get any better after the first half-hour because I hated the first half hour and …
2021-07-10: Sorry, it’s yet another 4x5 film self-portrait. This one is interesting to me because …
2021-07-10: How many times am I going to swear off shooting and processing color film, only to dig everything …
2021-07-10: Large format self-portrait with MP on expired (2011) Delta 100. I needed to find out if the box of …
2021-07-09: The new camera arrived today and it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. …
2021-07-09: For anyone shooting film and scanning it, if you’ve not heard of Negative Lab Pro (for …
2021-07-09: And speaking of large format film, I have all of this in my fridge. Most is very expired and the …
2021-07-09: I’ve been poking around looking at my old large format (4x5) film images and am reminded how …
2021-07-08: Put a roll through the Hasselblad today, so we get one more of Alice. Speaking of lenses, the Planar …
2021-07-08: I had the strobe out and she was already sitting there, so…
2021-07-08: One nice thing about film photography is when looking at blog or forum posts for information, it …
2021-07-07: The Leitz Focomat v35 is the only enlarger I’ve had that fits nicely in my small …
2021-07-07: It must be awful to walk around every day not trusting anyone or anything. Wake up, assume the worst …
2021-07-06: Well poop, the M4 has a broken shutter curtain. I suppose since the camera was built in 1966 it …
2021-07-05: It must be opposite day today because I’m taking the EOS-1V with a zoom lens loaded with …
2021-07-03: I can’t pass up a yawning dog photo, even when its a bit of a miss.
2021-07-03: Here’s a photo of some dust with me in the background. I need to fix the dust problem in my …
2021-07-03: Leica M3 with 90mm Elmarit-M (2021). The .92 magnification on the M3 makes focusing the 90mm lens …
2021-07-02: I swear, every time I go to adjust the day/date on my watch, it’s 3:15.
2021-07-02: “Alexa…”
2021-07-02: I had hoped that I could migrate from Google Photos to Synology Photos but after a half-dozen …
2021-07-02: Another Safari 15 critic: First Look: macOS Monterey Public Beta – Six Colors Jason Snell: As for Safari, I hope Apple is listening to the criticism of its choices and is …
2021-07-01: My Cloudron instance is getting busy.
2021-07-01: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Bitcoin, Currencies, and Bubbles: www.baty.blog/2021/bitc…
2021-06-30: Seven years I’ve crossed these tracks and I’ve never seen a train. I was beginning to …
2021-06-30: I think 75mm is just a little too long for walk-around use. This is uncropped, at lunch. I’m …
2021-06-30: When I think Emacs has focus but really iTerm has focus.
2021-06-29: At least they let me disable the annoying and jarring color changes in Safari 15’s title/tab …
2021-06-28: The iPad is my favorite computer peripheral :) v6.baty.net/2021/ipad…
2021-06-28: Forced Social Engagement: Slack and Discord are garbage user forums. Got that right. At least use a …
2021-06-28: I’ve been trying to talk myself out of org-roam for a while now
2021-06-27: The new Polaroid film won’t win any technical quality awards, but Polaroids are still cool.
2021-06-26: I hate the future Sorry, we replaced that old technology, "see-through glass," with these …
2021-06-26: “History of Grand Rapids and Its Industries”, published “prior to 1923”, is …
2021-06-25: I’ve had a soft spot for Styx since wearing out “The Grand Illusion” and friends …
2021-06-25: Ok one more from my dad’s album. This is he (right) and a friend on some street in France …
2021-06-25: How awesome is this photo of my mom after feeding like one seagull? (1979-ish).
2021-06-25: Made a minor-but-non-trivial adjustment to my photo workflow: copingmechanism.com/2021/a-tw…
2021-06-25: Some days it’s fun making posts on the Multiverse instead multiverse.plus/jack/frid…
2021-06-25: Here’s my dad at the Acropolis in 1963, before Instagram showed up. Can you imagine having the …
2021-06-25: I miss having a pen store nearby. This is Bertrand’s, which shut down in 2009. 🖋
2021-06-24: We’re pals
2021-06-24: I’m seeing reports that Instagram is now allowing uploads from the desktop (web) app. …
2021-06-24: Leica released a black-paint version of the M10-R and it’s just gorgeous.
2021-06-24: Spent two hours this morning failing to find a reasonable way to publish the wiki via the iPad. So …
2021-06-24: My right Airpod Pro stopped working a while ago. And today they’re both dead. Won’t …
2021-06-24: Easily Build Static HTML Sites from JSON with AWS Lambda and TiddlyWiki. I’m not doing this …
2021-06-23: I’m mixing things up and trying to live on an iPad for a little while: …
2021-06-23: Another cool behavior of tabs in Safari 15 is that on iOS they make the browser crash every time I …
2021-06-23: I am going to spend some time pretending I’m an iPad person to see how it feels being an iPad …
2021-06-23: My “workbench” has become a standup desk instead
2021-06-21: The tabs in Safari 15 change from showing the page title to the URL when you click them. Heaven …
2021-06-21: I just found an unopened set of the entire Harry Potter series on DVD. I’ve never seen the …
2021-06-21: The fact that this is even possible is reason enough to wear a mechanical watch: Magicians do exist. …
2021-06-21: After much internal debate and hand wringinng, I’ve decided to sell the Leica Q2 Monochrom. …
2021-06-20: Finished the roll with a self-portrait of Alice and I.
2021-06-19: Apple’s right about one thing, the new Safari 15 tab bar “takes up less space”. …
2021-06-18: I’m having one of those “it’s plain text, but!…” sort of mornings: …
2021-06-17: All these 🖋 posts are awesome. Here’s my “quiver” right now. I love pens.
2021-06-17: I’ve started a running list of things I’m “forced” to choose between on a …
2021-06-17: Now that I’ve paid for a year of Cloudron, I’ve been installing apps willy nilly, just …
2021-06-17: I recently learned about Blade, “the Uber for helicopters”. Back in the early 90s a …
2021-06-17: At least I’m not hobbled by consistency.
2021-06-16: Does anyone else use Zotero as a bookmarking/read-later service? I do: …
2021-06-16: Dug this little fella out of a drawer and put a roll in it: copingmechanism.com/2021/dust…
2021-06-16: My dad. We call this “Ronsplaining” :)
2021-06-16: Too many “Digital Gardens” end up as not much more than a record of someone dicking …
2021-06-15: Colorful vinyl is fun. This is Waltzer’s “Time Traveler”
2021-06-15: Speaking of Day One, I can never decide between option A: creating one post per day named, e.g. …
2021-06-14: Good morning. Here’s pug’s butt.
2021-06-13: Goodreads is sort of the de facto standard, but recently it reminds me of the TV shows on …
2021-06-12: I’m selling the fine-nibbed Pilot Custom 823 fountain pen, as I’ve replaced it with a …
2021-06-11: Updated my post about the Pilot Custom 823 after trying one with a medium nib: …
2021-06-11: Went to an actual party last night with actual people together in an actual room. It was weird and …
2021-06-11: This Hodinkee report from the secretive Rolex facilities describes what makes a Rolex a Rolex. …
2021-06-10: I’m a little afraid of heights, but still played Richie’s Plank Experience on the Oculus …
2021-06-10: The headlining feature of latest Lightroom Classic release is support for Apple Silicon. Sure …
2021-06-09: Um: www.lego.com/en-us/pro…
2021-06-09: I’d never heard of Amazing Marvin. It looks like a feature-rich task management/productivity …
2021-06-08: Pretty much sums it up, today.
2021-06-08: Does anyone know how to stop this cycling, animated thing at the bottom of Apple Photos? It’s …
2021-06-08: Both sides of the work-from-home argument are wrong.
2021-06-07: For all the fancy statically-rendered, text-based blogging options I have, I kind of just want to …
2021-06-07: I hate to keep harping on this, but it keeps getting worse and eventually they’ll be literally …
2021-06-07: Risky admission: I don’t enjoy Harry Potter, LOTR, Dr. Who, or Star Trek. There must be …
2021-06-07: I’ve spent three hours already this morning just staring at my screen and clicking things. …
2021-06-07: And it’s all I can do to answer the letters I get and to answer the phone answering machine. Why …
2021-06-06: Frustrated by the way my fancy new pen was writing, I tested it in other notebooks. Turns out the …
2021-06-06: Japanese and German pen makers have wildly different ideas of what “fine” means. Pilot …
2021-06-06: A little pudding always helps.
2021-06-06: Well the bottles from Pilot are certainly nicer than those from the Noodler’s stuff I’m …
2021-06-05: I’m thinking of moving out of 1Password and just using Keychain, but that means I need a …
2021-06-04: Email is great, and so is “Email from first principles” wow. …
2021-06-04: The only thing I can count on is paper.
2021-06-04: Marcus Aurelius wrote a journal. He ended up with a life-changing book about how to become a better …
2021-06-04: I should shoot this Super8 film but processing is very expensive and the results are fun but …
2021-06-04: Setting up a Gitea instance again reminded me that too many things depend on Github.
2021-06-03: I’d happily give back that tiny sliver of vertical screen real estate if I could have real, …
2021-06-02: Trying a way of indexing my paper notebooks: v6.baty.net/post/2021…
2021-06-02: I don’t think I’ve hand-written a date in years. I stamp everything.
2021-06-01: I finally got a Pilot Custom 823, but I’m worried: v6.baty.net/post/2021…
2021-05-31: Chemacs makes it almost too easy to tinker with Emacs configs: v6.baty.net/post/2021…
2021-05-28: I should sell some of them, but I’m not going to. Yet. copingmechanism.com/2021/sell…
2021-05-28: I love this adorable little Leica. It was originally a IIIc (made in 1946) but has since been …
2021-05-28: An entire blog managed in a single Org mode file. v6.baty.net/post/2021…
2021-05-27: Capture One Pro v14.2 released with Apple Silicon Support. First impressions are that it’s …
2021-05-27: My wife tells me this is called an “Ear Kaboom!”
2021-05-27: I’m a sucker for the “Hollywood Glamour” preset in Silver Efex Pro. I can’t …
2021-05-27: Messing around with Hugo, Go Modules, and theming: v6.baty.net/post/2021…
2021-05-25: I somehow missed that Soren recently published the first “edition” of Grok TiddlyWiki. …
2021-05-18: Landed in Lightroom Classic again. For now. copingmechanism.com/2021/a-re…
2021-05-08: Writing everything in TiddlyWiki and publishing just the public parts: …
2021-05-01: I’m so upset by the reactions to Basecamp’s policy changes that I’m going to go …
2021-04-30: reMarkable is sleeping. Some notes on how I’m using the reMarkable tablet: …
2021-04-29: And it’s about time, too: ‘Paddington 2’ Replaces ‘Citizen Kane’ as Top-Rated Film on Rotten …
2021-04-29: 3 stars by default: copingmechanism.com/2021/3-st…
2021-04-28: Started using Syncthing again last week and so far I haven’t even noticed it’s there. …
2021-04-28: There’s a difference between tools and toys: copingmechanism.com/2021/tool…
2021-04-28: There’s something wonderful about the simple consistency of browsing Gemini Space. Gemini is …
2021-04-27: I have never once held a Hasselblad level
2021-04-27: I love reading about people’s morning routines. What I don’t like reading is someone …
2021-04-27: With Emacs I’m in complete control of everything. I love that, but it’s also a …
2021-04-26: Tags in Flickr are metadata. Tags in Instagram are advertising.
2021-04-26: Made a 4x5 self-portrait with the Wista field camera. It was a 2-second exposure using a bulb …
2021-04-25: Just shot and processed 4 sheets of HP5+ 4x5 film that I’d loaded a while back. Unfortunately, …
2021-04-24: I’ve solved my HEY vs Fastmail dilemma by not solving it at all: …
2021-04-23: Gemini feels like the 90s web and I am having so much fun. Get a Gemini client and try it. My …
2021-04-23: I don’t want “HEY for Domains”. I wan’t “HEY” with my own …
2021-04-22: The erosion of personal ownership - Vox: Everything from your fridge to your tractor can change …
2021-04-21: I’m trying out a “planner” with the reMarkable. www.youtube.com/watch
2021-04-20: I put bacon on my Impossible Burger is that allowed?
2021-04-20: I installed a local instance of ArchiveBox after letting my Pinboard archive subscription expire. …
2021-04-20: I wanted to learn about creating a Gemini capsule/server to publish stuff, so I did: …
2021-04-19: I’ve run out of things to read on the regular web, apparently.
2021-04-18: I have no doubt that digging out the ThinkPad and (re)installing Pop!_OS is a terrible idea.
2021-04-18: Finally, I can use the current book’s cover as the Kindle’s lock screen …
2021-04-18: Just downloaded my email from HEY.com and loaded the mbox file in Mutt. This means something, but …
2021-04-18: Question for Obsidian users: Is it really not possible to navigate search results (CMD-Shift-F) …
2021-04-16: I’ve avoided going down the Home Assistant rabbit hole because I figured it would be a pain to …
2021-04-16: Haven’t used this original Amazon Echo for years. I thought I should at least keep the …
2021-04-16: I love these “library” cards from my grandfather’s movie club. That $5.00 fine …
2021-04-16: Things I like: Flickr
2021-04-16: Gates: "I want to help fund a vaccine." Internet: "No way! You'll use it to …
2021-04-15: It’s been a while since I’ve printed anything. Tonight was just a few contact sheets, …
2021-04-15: I don’t think I’d use pencils nearly as often if I didn’t have this super nice …
2021-04-10: Calling my pile of notes a “Zettelkasten” imbues them with a cachet they don’t …
2021-04-09: Just listening to the good Iron Maiden before Bruce Dickinson ruined everything 😜
2021-04-08: The older I get, the more I seem to value convenience and low-friction over cleverness or …
2021-04-08: Since I started using Minus.app I’ve been auto-hiding the Dock and menu bar on my Mac and …
2021-04-08: The Former Netflix DVD Library Is a Lost Treasure We’ll Never See Again - Paste Jim Vorel, Paste: It might not happen tomorrow, but DVD.com’s days are surely numbered. The service …
2021-04-07: Here’s a crazy alternate-universe (aka Multiverse) version of my recent post about Minus and …
2021-04-06: Working through an implementation of Johnny.Decimal over the past few weeks has reminded me that a …
2021-04-04: This photo of me was in the bag of cassettes from my sister. It’s me and my daughter in, I …
2021-04-04: I tried an impromptu portrait of my dad today. I would be happy with it if it weren’t for my …
2021-04-04: Sometimes after dubbing an album from vinyl to cassette, I would draw my own version of the cover …
2021-04-04: My sister found a handful of my old cassettes. Sweet! Here are a few of them. I bet you can guess …
2021-03-31: This is the first photo I uploaded to Flickr. It was July 5th, 2004. …
2021-03-30: First project of my “sabbatical” was to install a pegboard behind the workbench. Much …
2021-03-29: Our dog isn’t lacking for attention.
2021-03-29: I still have this 1962 Minolta Autocord so I took a few photos of it, and included a couple of …
2021-03-28: I find people’s workspaces fascinating. The older the better. This is my dad’s garage …
2021-03-28: Every couple of days I run CleanMyMac and restart. Minus.app is set to launch on boot so everything …
2021-03-28: It’s nice having a macro lens because it turns the whole house into a new place to explore.
2021-03-27: I rage-quit Ghost today after over-reacting to a comment by John Nolan on the forums. I’m not …
2021-03-26: It’s been 10 months since we sold Fusionary, and my time there ended today after more than 25 …
2021-03-26: 17 Gazillion dollars spent on camera gear and all I do is walk around the house and take snapshots …
2021-03-26: Remind me in 6 months what a dummy I was for selling my M-mount lenses. Even the 35mm ASPH is going. …
2021-03-25: I’m writing stuff in TiddlyWiki, Markdown, and Org mode. This means I have to keep three …
2021-03-24: So I painstakingly tweak a blog’s layout, fretting over making things clean and tidy. Then …
2021-03-24: Some updates to my wiki - backlinks mostly I’ve made a few changes to the way my wiki (RudimentaryLathe.wiki) does things. I’ve …
2021-03-24: So, I had a couple of bourbons during a lunch Zoom meeting and I’m thinking about doing this …
2021-03-24: Watched “The Last Blockbuster” last night and have been trying to wash the nostalgia off …
2021-03-24: Unpopular opinion: Either use Markdown or don’t. If you want your editor to replace the …
2021-03-24: I had no idea 10cc was so weird and fun. The only song I remember was “I’m Not in …
2021-03-23: It doesn’t matter how many times I read it…
2021-03-23: Maybe don’t make a link every time I mention something? Backlinks be outta hand.
2021-03-22: The RealForce R2 Keyboard is back in rotation I’d nearly forgotten I had this Realforce R2 keyboard. It’s a great keyboard. …
2021-03-22: I like my wall clocks to be simple, inexpensive, and unadorned. Boring, even. I believe this one …
2021-03-21: The enlarger in my darkroom (aka bathroom) only supports 35mm. I do have two 4x5 enlargers in …
2021-03-21: I finally published The Lathe #8 after missing last week. It’s mostly about recent workflow …
2021-03-21: One of my favorite movie scenes is the Diva Dance from “The Fifth Element”. The opera is …
2021-03-20: They talk about great lenses having good “micro-contrast”. It’s true, but …
2021-03-20: Baty.blog - brought to you by Micro.blog It’s no secret that one of my pastimes is tinkering with blogging/publishing tools. This, …
2021-03-19: I just had to replace the original tip in my reMarkable tablet’s Marker due to wear. …
2021-03-18: Remember yesterday when I linked to the Slack channel for Johnny.Decimal? That’s changed. …
2021-03-18: This app/window layout is working great for me on the 32-inch monitor. iTerm split into two panes on …
2021-03-17: Mr. Noble, the person behind Johnny Decimal was kind enough to fire up a Slack for chatting about …
2021-03-17: Hey @twelvety I just wrote this on the wiki: I feel like I want to talk about Johnny.Decimal with …
2021-03-16: Am I really going to have to reinstall the command line tools after every macOS update now? I …
2021-03-16: Ghost 4.0 is out. I don’t love their focus on “creating a sustainable business” …
2021-03-15: I’m giving Mylio another go at being my photo library. I want device sync, privacy, a little …
2021-03-15: This is so cool. remarkable_news is a tool for the reMarkable tablet to automatically download daily …
2021-03-15: Just got back from my 1st dose of the (Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine. Around 1 year from “oh shit, …
2021-03-15: Thinking through Blot.im vs Micro.blog for most of my blogging Thoughts around moving my baty.blog posts from Blot to Micro.blog have been pestering me for weeks. …
2021-03-14: Buddy is tiny but he has loads of personality.
2021-03-14: I assumed Minus app would be another anti-distraction gimmick but I’ve been using it for a …
2021-03-14: TextBuddy is super handy for all sorts of quick text transformations. I’ve only had it for a …
2021-03-13: Johnny Decimal is “A system to organise projects” and I find it wildly intriguing.
2021-03-13: I am unabashedly a fan of Rob Zombie. Rolling Stone says of “The Lunar Injection Kool Aid …
2021-03-11: I wouldn’t give you a nickel for an “original” Beeple.
2021-03-11: JACK! Stop reading comment threads around any mention of crypto/BTC/NFTs/etc. It’s just morons …
2021-03-11: Writing is nature’s way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is – Richard …
2021-03-10: I’m not sure “Doom Emacs from scratch” even counts as a thing, but I’m …
2021-03-10: Remember that time I used Lotus Agenda via DOSBox for a few months? That was fun.
2021-03-09: Decided to revive a 2021 version of the Daybook I’ve kept in Tinderbox (on and off) since …
2021-03-08: Speaking of tracking books. Tinderbox is also great for that. If I put in start/end dates I get a …
2021-03-08: This video might be the most helpful introduction to what TiddlyWiki can do that I’ve seen: …
2021-03-07: Sort of phoned in the newsletter this week, but thelathe.substack.com/p/the-lat…
2021-03-06: It’s cool seeing people using simple tools for book logging. I’ve been keeping a plain …
2021-03-06: Book logging in plain text Of all the ways I’ve logged books, I’m thinking that plain text remains the best. …
2021-03-05: Sometimes I’ll barely notice a scene in a book while reading it, but then find that it haunts …
2021-03-05: No one to replace the fish There’s a scene in Lexicon by Max Barry in which Emily is sitting in a waiting room watching a …
2021-03-04: 10 years ago I gave my now son-in-law an “Early 2008” MacBook Pro. Yesterday, he was …
2021-03-04: If your thing doesn’t work in Safari it’s a non-starter for me. I understand that you …
2021-03-03: I made this one deliberately a little low-key but I like the look. The Q2 Monochrom floors me.
2021-03-03: I’ll shoot you in the fuckin' face if you think about coming ‘round here. I’ll …
2021-03-02: Usually when I go to kick Emacs to the curb I end up instead making it feel new by starting over. …
2021-03-02: Why is it so hard to copy text off web pages lately?
2021-03-02: Emacs from Scratch...again Occasionally, maybe two or three times a year, I become determined to move away from Emacs. I swear …
2021-03-01: Was it Google that started the trend of putting the “Add new thing” button at the …
2021-02-28: I just sent The Lathe #6. It keeps happening! thelathe.substack.com/p/the-lat…
2021-02-27: I have not posted anything in a week that didn’t contain a gross typo or accidental extra word …
2021-02-27: Dependabot and friends are useful, but kind of ruin the commit log as a place to track updates.
2021-02-27: I’ve noticed that when using digital tools for thinking I end up mostly thinking about how …
2021-02-27: I’m bored and almost certain this means something drastic will happen to one or more of my …
2021-02-26: Ulysses 22 beta One of the tentpole features of the upcoming Ulysses 22 is support for posting directly to …
2021-02-26: Well, I can’t not try every text editor I learn about: www.baty.blog/2021/oniv…
2021-02-26: What I really want is a modern modal editor geared toward writing prose/documents rather than code. …
2021-02-26: I ranted this morning about what I consider unnecessary images in blog posts. It rang familiar …
2021-02-26: Onivim 2 - a new (to me) modal editor I’m pretty sure I’ve tried every text editor that exists in the world. Whenever I learn …
2021-02-25: Is “Super Follow” per tweet? I can’t think of a single thing with fewer than 280 …
2021-02-25: I like Substack but confirmed with them that there’s no way to not include tracking pixels in …
2021-02-25: I Was In Charge of the Deck Chairs On the Titanic, and They Absolutely Did Need Rearranging - McSweeney’s McSweeney’s: Did the chairs I so lovingly arranged ever sink beneath the weight of a wealthy, …
2021-02-25: I grumbled at the price of the CalDigit, but I now know why it’s so highly-regarded. …
2021-02-25: I won’t apologize.
2021-02-25: Please go back to putting always-visible borders around your search fields, thanks.
2021-02-24: Leica bravely makes cameras with black & white only sensors and I finally have one.
2021-02-24: Supertramp seems like one of those bands I’d tire of after 30 or 40 years, but I never do.
2021-02-24: I don’t know if Configuration Fatigue is a real thing but I seem to be suffering from it.
2021-02-23: The Grovemade desk shelf came and it’s awesome. I’ll probably move things around a bit, …
2021-02-23: I’m tired. Why? I think it’s from configuring things.
2021-02-23: I’m not sure the “Follow My Delivery” UPS map is good for me. I just keep hitting …
2021-02-23: Instagram Stories are a borderline-painful assault on the senses, an affront to good taste, and …
2021-02-23: Most YouTube videos would be improved by shortening them by at least 30%.
2021-02-23: Configuration Fatigue Why am I so tired? I think it’s from spending so much time and energy configuring things. I …
2021-02-23: Tim Ferriss Is No Longer Living the Tim Ferriss Lifestyle. Neither Should You - Inc Magazine …
2021-02-23: Leitz Focomat v35 Enlarger. If I were to stop shooting 35mm film, something I’m considering, …
2021-02-23: Something made me think of this record, today.
2021-02-23: It’s just not the same, somehow.
2021-02-22: Very happy with HomeChef tonight. Scallops are my favorite.
2021-02-22: I often think about the Synology sitting upstairs, waiting to fail in some way. I dread these …
2021-02-21: I published The Lathe #5 this morning so I guess the newsletter thing is still happening.
2021-02-21: It really is a Remarkable tablet: www.baty.net/2021/a-re…
2021-02-21: A Remarkable Tablet You’ll find a paper notebook near me most of the time. Writing on paper helps me remember …
2021-02-20: Grey Matter (On Leica and Monochrom cameras) - Macfilos Roderick Field: I have, in retrospect, invested unreasonably heavily in Leica cameras and lenses. I …
2021-02-19: Well @BestofTimes now I have also ordered a Q2 Monochrom!
2021-02-19: I haven’t listened to anything by Edie Brickell since “What I am” was everywhere …
2021-02-18: One of these is flexible, hi-res, and has bluetooth and wifi. One of them always works.
2021-02-18: Has anyone else watched Friday Night Dinner because I just watched the first two episodes and …
2021-02-18: I’m so happy I found CleanShot X. It’s the first screenshot utility that does everything …
2021-02-18: the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when …
2021-02-17: Emacs makes me crazy because it’s both ridiculously simple and wildy complex all at once. I …
2021-02-16: Here goes with the Remarkable tablet!
2021-02-16: Let’s build a world free of ?utm_source=...
2021-02-16: Tempted to try Underline for newsletters because it feels audacious. “Basically just a text …
2021-02-15: I like this Leica ad very much: youtu.be/Ek6oElr7M… Use this not to capture and log every …
2021-02-14: Podcasts saying literally nothing for 20 minutes: twitter.com/jogdenUK/…
2021-02-14: Grainy, high-speed film, in this case Kodak TMAX P3200, is best with shapes and suggestions or …
2021-02-14: Still trying the newsletter thing. Here’s The Lathe #4: …
2021-02-14: I’m often reminded how much I love the Roon->Qobuz Hi-Res->KEF speaker setup in the home …
2021-02-13: Happy to report that the new development canister doesn’t leak at all, yet. No more fixer …
2021-02-13: I decided not to install iStat Menus on the new Mini. I don’t want to constantly fret about …
2021-02-13: One of those records that I could listen to every day and it would never get old.
2021-02-13: “BE AWARE, EL SOMBRERO DOES NOT HAVE AN ONLINE SITE” I’ve been driving through El …
2021-02-13: As far as I’m concerned, PopClip is part of macOS.
2021-02-12: Whenever I see a reference to “Taking Smart Notes” I cringe because I know that it means …
2021-02-12: Uses This is fun. I love seeing the tools used by people who actually get shit done in the world. …
2021-02-12: WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update - Webshit weekly, n-gate I sometimes forget to check in on n-gate’s Webshit Weekly posts for a while and am thrilled …
2021-02-10: I wish I was somewhere other than driving my car this morning when taking this. Apparently I’d …
2021-02-10: I changed my mind. When the new Mac Mini arrives I’m not going to use a Time Machine backup …
2021-02-10: I’ve been tracking the shipping progress of the new Mac Mini. Last night at 7:41 it was in …
2021-02-10: I hesitate mentioning it, but I’ve been testing the idea of writing a newsletter. It’s …
2021-02-09: It’s hard to ignore how pleasant Craft is to look at, especially if you make the mistake of …
2021-02-09: Roon 1.8 is out. Looks good and is supposed to be even smarter. The numbers make it seem as if I …
2021-02-08: I chickened out on the Leica SL sale: copingmechanism.com/2021/keep…
2021-02-08: I never fully commit to any of my tools because that would mean I’d actually have to do …
2021-02-08: Best thing about Tenet is that its Letterboxd page is mirrored! Wonderful :)
2021-02-08: Nolan should have watched a David Lynch movie before (or instead of) making Tenet Rewatching Mulholland Drive last night reinforced my opinion that Tenet is a failed movie. I’m …
2021-02-07: I have successfully avoided ordering a Remarkable tablet but people keep saying how great they are, …
2021-02-07: I usually prefer B&W but the color from the APO-Summicron-SL 35 is really very nice and has made …
2021-02-06: Finally ordered my 2020 Day One book. Such a great feature. Took about five minutes and I’ll …
2021-02-06: My wiki contains nearly 2,000 tiddlers and all anyone sees are the latest 10 that are tagged …
2021-02-06: A mouse and a trackpad?! Absolutely! I prefer using a (good) mouse but then I miss gestures. I …
2021-02-06: I just replaced “Amelie” with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” to my Favorite …
2021-02-06: The Hey team is on a roll. Here is a smal, but welcome update: They now show me where I left off on …
2021-02-05: When I rate a film on, say, Letterboxd, it is based solely on how much I enjoyed it. It has nothing …
2021-02-05: Given the choice, I’ll take a 32" 4K monitor over a 27" 5K monitor. Size is more …
2021-02-05: Existential Roam crisis: I rarely actually go back and use my Roam db. I track a few things and …
2021-02-04: OK, now all I want is a Vestaboard
2021-02-04: Hey.com now lets me send email via other SMTP servers so I can now send as my baty.net email …
2021-02-03: My 2 favorite keyboards of all time. The Happy Hacking Keyboard and the Apple Extended Keyboard II. …
2021-02-03: The Kindle is great but I love the experience of reading “real” books so much more. For …
2021-02-02: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future : NPR NPR: So I put this other very basic question to Ethan Diamond: Is Bandcamp a streaming service? His …
2021-02-02: I kept adding the the makeshift standup desk and went too far. Going to back down to just the laptop …
2021-02-02: Mmmm, paper: www.baty.net/2021/anal…
2021-02-02: Analogging It only takes a few seconds to write something down in a notebook, and look what it gets you. It …
2021-02-01: I’ve got the makeshift standup desk just about situated. I took this photo from above, and …
2021-02-01: The Sennheiser HD650 are better headphones than the Sony WH-1000XM4 in every way except for making …
2021-01-31: Turns out that less is not actually more. I looked it up. – Me, Twitter, 2013
2021-01-31: Man, 83, shows off Britain's biggest personal journal - Daily Mail Online Dear diary…: Weighing half-a-tonne, comprising 151 volumes, covering 21,000 pages and …
2021-01-30: Tinkering with twt.social www.baty.net/2021/twtx…
2021-01-30: I’m digging NextDNS: www.baty.net/2021/next…
2021-01-30: I don’t want to be in the audience of someone who’s only trying to build an audience
2021-01-30: My newest new system (2010) - Jack Baty Me, 10 years ago this month: Every 6 months or so I tend to throw out whatever “systems” I’m using …
2021-01-30: NextDNS It was fun setting up a Pi-hole on my home network. I learned some stuff, found an excuse to play …
2021-01-29: Medium has really improved features for writing blogs on their platform. It’s too bad then …
2021-01-29: The difference between Letterboxd and Goodreads is that Letterboxd feels like it’s working for …
2021-01-29: I’ve seen a some articles lamenting the demise of link posts. I miss them, too, so thought I …
2021-01-28: Once in a while I get a nice email from someone telling me they enjoy my blog/wiki. That always …
2021-01-28: My baty.net email is forwarded to Hey.com. I often (lazily) reply directly from my hey.com address. …
2021-01-28: So, you coming up, or what, guy?
2021-01-28: Typical. I dug the large format printer out of the closet and am using it to make 5x7 prints.
2021-01-28: I have an adjustable-height desk at the office but I’m never there, so I thought about …
2021-01-28: I just want Letterboxd for books. Nothing I’ve found comes close to the single-minded, tight, …
2021-01-28: It is absolutely OK to do the right thing now even after doing the wrong thing before.
2021-01-28: I log books in at least three places: at Goodreads, at StoryGraph and as a text file on my website …
2021-01-28: I just want to read books and write letters for a while.
2021-01-27: I Am the Designer of This Restaurant’s Outdoor Seating Space, and This Is My Artist’s Statement - McSweeney’s McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: What if you could get infinitely close to being indoors, while …
2021-01-27: HoudahSpot is now available via SetApp. Cool. It’s way better than Spotlight. …
2021-01-26: Zzzzzzzz
2021-01-26: WhatsApp Scare and Signal - The Art of Not Asking Why JTR: Last night, Signal stopped working for many folks including me due to “technical difficulties” …
2021-01-26: I think I’m the only person who doesn’t like this latest series of “The …
2021-01-25: Pretending to simplify: www.baty.net/2021/apps…
2021-01-25: I see plenty of Zettelkasten followers, I still don’t see any Luhmanns – unknown
2021-01-24: This office from a relative’s former construction company looks like a perfect place to really …
2021-01-23: Remember when I stored my color processing stuff because I wasn’t going to shoot any more …
2021-01-23: Speaking StoryGraph, this is almost enough to prevent me from rating a book.
2021-01-23: Am I the only one who switched their book logging to StoryGraph but can never remember the name …
2021-01-23: I still don’t know the difference between the solid blue and outlined in blue buttons on Big …
2021-01-23: Tweeted this 8 years ago today. “Tinderbox, Curio, TheBrain, DEVONthink, Yojimbo, OmniFocus, …
2021-01-23: Whenever the author ends a blog post with a question (“How do you do this thing?"), I …
2021-01-23: I may be experiencing Backlink Fatigue
2021-01-21: I was planning to watch a Blu-ray of one of Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies. Probably “The …
2021-01-21: What happens when you clean out the junk drawer
2021-01-21: This is all I’ve been using: Baron Fig “Squire”, Staedler pigment fineliners, and …
2021-01-21: If I see one more Bernie meme photo……..I’ll be grateful. Keep ‘em coming.
2021-01-21: I wholeheartedly recommend CleanShot if you’re looking for a good screen capture utility. …
2021-01-21: I’d be thrilled to use Adobe’s stuff if someone could successfully explain to me how to …
2021-01-21: Pretty sure I’m spread too thin online, but not sure what to do about it, given my tendencies.
2021-01-20: Dreamscrolling
2021-01-20: Some days I wish Day One didn’t have an “On This Day” feature. Today, for example. …
2021-01-19: I prefer manipulating windows, menus, buttons, files, etc. on my computer with a mouse, but once I …
2021-01-19: During the recent baty.net updates, I switched from using git submodules to Hugo modules for …
2021-01-18: I love trying new apps for doing everything. Everything except reading RSS feeds. NetNewsWire is …
2021-01-18: Honored to be considered royalty by Emo Phillips :)
2021-01-18: Some people claim it’s somehow “wrong” to use modern lenses on an M3. Balderdash! …
2021-01-17: I gutted baty.net and archived 20 years of history. Don’t know if it’ll stick, but it …
2021-01-17: Or maybe it’s about drawing (semi-arbitrary) physical boundaries in digital spaces: I need ways to …
2021-01-16: I’m having one of those weekends during which I convince myself that I want everything to be …
2021-01-16: The problem with Medium is that it’s full of people for whom being read is more important than …
2021-01-16: I’ve been using Hey.com for more than 6 months for my personal email, (forwarded from my …
2021-01-16: Maybe stop burying so much good stuff in audio. www.baty.net/2021/i-wi…
2021-01-16: New watch! I’m not a fan of digital watches, but this is such a classic, and it costs a …
2021-01-16: I wish podcasts would go away You know what I hate? I hate when I’m reading a nice article or blog post or whatever and the …
2021-01-15: I’ve had most of this setup for more than a dozen years and I feel no pressing need to upgrade …
2021-01-15: Camera snobs irritate me: copingmechanism.com/2021/use-…
2021-01-12: Some photos of my sort-of darkroom copingmechanism.com/2021/its-…
2021-01-12: If I knew how to make stuff like these retro computer terminals I would make stuff all day …
2021-01-12: I was going to do a Fitness+ workout but I haven’t been wearing my Apple Watch and the battery …
2021-01-11: As a defensive move against blowing nearly $600 on Apple’s AirPod Max headphones, I instead …
2021-01-10: So much for not shooting film in 2021: copingmechanism.com/2021/i-fo…
2021-01-10: Alice enjoying the sunshine, from the first roll of the year (Leica M6. Tri-X @800 in HC-110).
2021-01-09: I told myself that I probably wouldn’t be shooting any film this year. That lasted, what, a …
2021-01-09: Hey @twelvety, stop contaminating my recs! 😆
2021-01-09: I’ve been feeling analog lately so I’ve been wearing my “real” watches. I …
2021-01-09: I’ve given up the idea of consolidating my blogs, so I consolidated their RSS feeds instead 😋. …
2021-01-09: Dammit I accidentally posted to my Blot blog at baty.blog.
2021-01-09: What might I use Craft for? Kevin asks, “I’m curious to know what kind of stuff you are tinkering with in Craft Editor?”. …
2021-01-09: Bi-directional linking between anything using Hook A few apps have offered some form of bi-directional linking, but it was Roam Research that made it …
2021-01-08: Time Traveler, by Waltzer Bought my first new vinyl in like a year. This is “Time Traveler” by Waltzer.
2021-01-07: I stopped forwarding email to Hey.com a couple weeks ago. I grew uncomfortable with the idea of not …
2021-01-06: I’m enjoying StoryGraph as a pleasant, quieter alternative to Goodreads. thestorygraph.com
2021-01-04: I know I sometimes like to bitch about the always-on, too-synchronous feeling of Slack but when …
2021-01-03: She’d rather use her iPhone, I think.
2021-01-03: I seem incapable of staying off social media and I am certain it’s damaging me.
2021-01-03: Trying to make Hook part of my process copingmechanism.com/2021/bi-d…
2021-01-03: That was a close one, Adobe, but I’ll be doing it myself, thanks. …
2020-12-31: If I add any more vignetting to my photos in post I’ll end up with solid black rectangles. I …
2020-12-31: I’ve almost convinced myself to go with Lightroom for a while even though it’s not even …
2020-12-30: The ongoing debate about my photo workflow: copingmechanism.com/2020/who-…
2020-12-30: A little pre-workout playtime
2020-12-30: We used to build websites differently. Remember image maps? We made this one in 1998. It’s a …
2020-12-29: Flowers. Still testing the new lens on anything within range.
2020-12-29: This is genius. Why didn’t I know about this sooner.
2020-12-29: Shooting 8mm film is fun once in a while but it’s too expensive to do very often. And the …
2020-12-28: I prefer ordering books from bookshop.org, but my last order took 29 days to arrive. I can live …
2020-12-28: I’ve gone and changed the (Ghost) theme at copingmechanism.com and y’all are going to …
2020-12-28: “Synthesizing knowledge” oh FFS I think what you mean is “playing with Roam”
2020-12-27: A few notes about the new lens: copingmechanism.com/2020/leic…
2020-12-27: The size difference between the 2 Leica 35mm Summicrons (M vs SL) is kind of nuts.
2020-12-26: It’s useless, but I can’t bring myself to throw it away.
2020-12-26: My perennial dilemma about taking notes: www.baty.net/2020/why-…
2020-12-25: I could watch flashmobs do this all day every day and I’d still cry every time: …
2020-12-25: I’m not likely to ever try this, but it feels good knowing I can. …
2020-12-25: My wife knows me.
2020-12-24: Still not convinced I’ll be replacing the HHKB. www.baty.net/2020/can-…
2020-12-24: The variable-resistance keys on the Realforce R2 Keyboard may be a little too variable. The pinky …
2020-12-22: I may have finally found the best way to manage my local TiddlyWiki files: …
2020-12-18: No prize inside. Robbed! 😩
2020-12-18: Your job is probably not the same as Cal Newport’s job.
2020-12-17: Love this from Simon Collison about personal websites: colly.com/articles/…
2020-12-17: Nightmare scenario that just occurred to me: The COVID-19 vaccine has a delayed but debilitating …
2020-12-16: I’m glad I’m not the only one who despises notifications in Big Sur. …
2020-12-16: I wanted to try one of those newfangled Apple Fitness workouts but by the time all 3 devices had …
2020-12-16: Things got easier for me once I stopped caring whether the apps I want to use are also available on …
2020-12-15: Confession: Reaction videos are my favorite thing and I watch them for hours
2020-12-13: I know there are a few Fuji users here, so if you’re interested in any of my X-T3 kit and …
2020-12-13: There are many things that can signal that it’s time to leave a platform or service. One of …
2020-12-13: Doyle, looking a little fatigued and has let his guard down.
2020-12-12: I was only 12 at the time. Too young to participate in “Van Life” but old enough to want …
2020-12-11: I’ve started highlighting the important/relevant words in my notebook. This really helps with …
2020-12-11: It doesn’t look fancy, but Topre switches are the absolute best. In the love-em-or-hate-em …
2020-12-11: Thea newp Realforce R2 Keyboard is haerey anp I"m typong om it rihgt nowly. :)
2020-12-11: I’m beginning to think that the one to watch isn’t Obsidian, it’s Logseq.
2020-12-10: I’ve never gone so fast from seeing a new camera announcement to pressing the Order Now button …
2020-12-09: The technical quality of individual Polaroids can be pretty lousy, but put a bunch of them in a …
2020-12-09: After just a few days with the M1 MacBook Air, I’ve learned that I no longer have much use for …
2020-12-08: I personally don’t need any more ways to create documents, but Craft - Docs and Notes Editor …
2020-12-08: I’ve only spent a couple hours with the new Synology Photos app, but so far it looks to be a …
2020-12-08: Dammit! www.apple.com/newsroom/…
2020-12-08: I moved the Dock to the left side of my screen and now I don’t know how to use my computer.
2020-12-07: Me, setting up a new Mac. Every time… 8:00am I’m just going to start from scratch. …
2020-12-07: I avoid “smart” devices, but there is one that makes me happy every day. It’s this …
2020-12-07: I keep forgetting about the dadjoke command I’d added to Fish Shell at one time. dadjoke: I …
2020-12-06: Logseq is getting quite good. It’s very Roam-like, but local-first with version-controlled Org …
2020-12-05: It’s a tinker-with-Emacs sort of day: www.baty.net/2020/yasn…
2020-12-03: I like taking photos of people and I was the only people around at the time so it’s yet …
2020-12-03: Polaroids, old and new. I love them both. When I say I’m off film for a bit, of course I …
2020-12-03: SetApp comes to the rescue yet again. I needed a safe way to merge 2 giant folders and using Finder …
2020-12-02: Hitting the up arrow after sending a message in Slack had stopped opening the message for editing. …
2020-12-01: I tried using a normal keyboard. Failed. Back to the HHKB, but with a twist: …
2020-12-01: Each morning I start my day by trying to remember what I’d decided the day before: Was it Roam …
2020-11-30: Do I want a gaming laptop? Nope. Do I want an ASUS gaming laptop with a wild and crazy design, LED …
2020-11-29: I fell off one of the wagons: www.baty.net/2020/i-go…
2020-11-29: Has this made the rounds already because it’s perfect. I feel attacked! :) (from …
2020-11-29: I spent a couple hours yesterday tidying up my Emacs config and rebuilding my Mu4e setup for email. …
2020-11-28: I just downloaded the updated edition of “Mastering Emacs” and I just know that …
2020-11-28: My last two Leuchtturm notebooks have used dotted grid paper and what I’ve learned is that I …
2020-11-27: So wait, if I export an image from Photoshop (2021) there is absolutely no way to preserve all of …
2020-11-27: Not being able to automatically maintain a reverse (newest-first) date order in Flickr albums is …
2020-11-27: ‘00: How do you change the <title>? ‘20: You can’t. Paul Ford sums up my …
2020-11-26: I just learned that Capture One Pro doesn’t yet support HEIC files. That’s nuts and is …
2020-11-26: Just got an email from Apple about a change to the M1 MacBook Air’s delivery date! It was …
2020-11-26: I’m learning that the paper doesn’t matter if the pen doesn’t matter and the pen …
2020-11-25: I received this Montblanc Meisterstück rollerball as a gift nearly 30 years ago. It’s been a …
2020-11-25: Remember going to concerts?
2020-11-24: For some reason I don’t mind so much when the Polaroids fail. Because wow, did this one fail.
2020-11-24: I’m not going to touch it. You touch it. www.cnn.com/style/art…
2020-11-24: Never heard of Creeper before yesterday but this record’s been on repeat since. It’s an …
2020-11-24: Where should I record the day’s minutiae? copingmechanism.com/2020/dail…
2020-11-22: I seem to be incapable of forcing myself to read. I really (really!) love books, but 3 or 4 months …
2020-11-22: Wow. Powerful and intimate.
2020-11-22: Back at The Lathe for my daily notes: copingmechanism.com/2020/tidd…
2020-11-21: Another bonus from my break from film photography is that I moved the big enlarger, which made room …
2020-11-21: There’s a lot of things I may start to miss during my break from shooting film, but scanning …
2020-11-21: Playing with the old wiki has been a blast today, but will I stick with it? rudimentarylathe.org
2020-11-20: I’m glad I no longer smoke, but I kind of wish I could. I was good at it. Also, the …
2020-11-20: Back at it with Flickr: copingmechanism.com/2020/all-…
2020-11-20: Viewing Instagram stories feels like staring at racks of magazine covers and useless impulse items …
2020-11-20: AC/DC is good for my soul
2020-11-20: I don’t know what to make of this
2020-11-19: Does it matter if it’s film or not? copingmechanism.com/2020/not-…
2020-11-19: Dug out the Keychron keyboard and am giving it as spin today, just for giggles. It’s no match …
2020-11-18: I’d love to use Lightroom CC but I get the output I like much faster in Capture One. Also, if …
2020-11-17: C’mon, throw it already!
2020-11-14: Simple fuzzy rock riffs all day.
2020-11-13: I got a new (to me) camera. copingmechanism.com/2020/my-n…
2020-11-12: The Leica M to L-mount adapter came today so I’ve started doing silly things like mounting …
2020-11-12: Corners are pretty rough at the wide end with the Sigma 24-70 f/2.8. DO NOT make me buy the Leica …
2020-11-12: Pretty much.
2020-11-11: It’s interesting that while they don’t label the buttons on the back, they happily …
2020-11-11: I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a better looking rear on a modern camera. What kind of …
2020-11-11: I must admit that I’m very excited about having a new (old) SL. It may be 5 years old but it …
2020-11-10: Well, I’ve put away nearly all of my film stuff. There’s an Instax Square and Leica M6 …
2020-11-10: Back to doom-scrolling, I guess.
2020-11-10: I’m perfectly aware of the difference between “their” and …
2020-11-10: Film photography feels like more trouble than it’s worth, lately. …
2020-11-10: It goes like this: I buy a new camera and get all fired up about photography, so I create a photo …
2020-11-09: Visited my mom yesterday. She’s always smiling, even while wearing a mask.
2020-11-08: Any Fuji shooters here looking for a terrific zoom? I’m selling my Fujinon XF 50-140mm f/2.8 …
2020-11-08: Daily Notes: November 7th, 2020. 219 words about analog, a new camera, teensy bit about election
2020-11-07: I’m going back to calling them “Self-portraits”
2020-11-07: Still working through Isaacson’s “Leonardo Da Vinci”. Da Vinci’s notebooks …
2020-11-07: Thought I’d try a roll of CineStill 800T. It’s basically modified motion picture film …
2020-11-07: The state of my desk.
2020-11-07: You know what’s dangerous? Having an entire Saturday in front of me with no plans or …
2020-11-06: Daily Notes: November 6th, 2020
2020-11-06: Thought I’d switch from the metal Hewes reels to the Paterson plastic ones, because the big …
2020-11-06: Ordered a CineStill TCS-1000 the minute I learned it existed. It’s like Sous Vide for film …
2020-11-06: Thinking about posting to the socials each morning a link to the prior day’s “Daily …
2020-11-05: baty.net is now running on my Digital Ocean “static” droplet via Caddy instead of …
2020-11-05: Me, at Fusionary. (1996). Nice rack.
2020-11-05: “Wow, did you see how many COVID cases there were today?!” “Yeah, it’s …
2020-11-05: Delicious Library was such a cool app. It introduced data entry via scanning UPC codes in like 2004 …
2020-11-05: Still a perfect record.
2020-11-04: My personal internety/server stuff has been using AWS for a couple of years. AWS is wickedly …
2020-11-02: Have I mentioned how much I enjoyed The Queen’s Gambit? Took me by surprise. The …
2020-11-02: I’ve used HomeChef for years. They do a good job of helping me avoid meals involving ketchup …
2020-11-02: I think I’ll pass on the new Zeiss ZX1: copingmechanism.com/2020/fina…
2020-11-01: I’m learning to prefer fully automatic cameras. copingmechanism.com/2020/manu…
2020-11-01: Alice was falling asleep in a patch of sunlight.
2020-10-31: What remains of my 35mm film cameras: copingmechanism.com/2020/a-va…
2020-10-31: Remember way back this morning when I posted about how I was using WordPress for this blog? …
2020-10-31: Sometimes I just punt and go with the flow copingmechanism.com/2020/gett…
2020-10-31: My wife doesn’t care a whit about mechanical keyboards or large format camera lenses or obscure …
2020-10-31: Played with Notion again. Still don’t like it. Some say, “You have to get used to it!” and I totally …
2020-10-31: Sitting here with an Org journal entry, a WordPress draft, Roam, and Micro.blog ready and waiting. …
2020-10-28: I started buying ground coffee beans and they taste the same to me as my freshly-ground beans, so …
2020-10-25: Expired film surprise. copingmechanism.com/2020/very…
2020-10-25: I’m determined to burn through my fridge full of old film, so I ran this roll of Ektar 25 …
2020-10-25: I threw a singe strobe off to one side. It was too hot. Learning how to light things while using …
2020-10-24: New blog post about how I’m scanning film negatives without hating the process: …
2020-10-24: I went with the copingmechanism.com domain for the blog refresh. It’s longer and less personal …
2020-10-23: If, hypothetically of course, you wanted to reboot your online presence and you had the choice of …
2020-10-23: I thought about trying Superhuman again but had canceled my account so couldn’t log in. …
2020-10-23: Everyone wants their tools to make life easier, but almost no one wants to work at it. On the other …
2020-10-23: “Diamond Life” never gets old. It still makes me stop what I’m doing and listen …
2020-10-23: I contain multitudes. I just don’t like most of them.
2020-10-23: When will I learn that just because an album gets a high score on Metacritic doesn’t mean …
2020-10-22: This is the first frame I exposed with the new Wista 45. Place the camera just so. Meter the scene. …
2020-10-22: Mike Johnston: A photo on Instagram just creates this nagging itch in my brain—I’m looking at …
2020-10-20: I’m really going to have to find a better subject if I’m going to keep doing this. …
2020-10-20: Processed transparency film (E-6) for the first time. Temp was too low so it came out dark but …
2020-10-20: I’m testing the “Skier Sunray Copy Box III” for digitally scanning film. I have …
2020-10-19: The new iPod Classic is here! 256GB Flash storage. Corded headphones, a clickwheel, and an …
2020-10-18: Sometimes I sit on the couch and fiddle with a film camera while watching movies. Why not snap a few …
2020-10-18: TheBrain version 12 implements Roam-like backlinks and mentions and it’s pretty great. …
2020-10-17: Oh no! The new v12 (beta) of TheBrain implemented backlinking, mentions, and completely redesigned …
2020-10-17: I’d intended to type “Editor agnostic” but unintentionally wrote “Editor …
2020-10-17: With Emacs, I feel like I’m in a long-term, intimate relationship with my editor. A toxic, …
2020-10-17: Playing Joanna Newsom a little too loud on good speakers does wonderful things with her playful …
2020-10-17: A question from @jeremycherfas reminded me of our “CD Wall” in the lobby of the old …
2020-10-15: Every time I bring the iPad to bed I immediately find some cool thing that only works on a Mac. …
2020-10-13: Self-portrait at my usual perch for #adayinthelife. 6:30pm Grand Rapids, MI USA. Shot on 4x5 with …
2020-10-11: I’ve gotta find a new subject, but since I’m only testing the color processing part I …
2020-10-11: I picked up some expired Provia transparency 4x5 film like five years ago and it’s even more …
2020-10-11: Both the camera and lens have arrived, which is great, but I neglected to think about lens boards, …
2020-10-11: Just when I thought I was done with Lightroom www.baty.net/2020/had-…
2020-10-10: Here’s another test of the new Rodenstock Sironar-N. Same process (expired everything with …
2020-10-10: Testing Sironar-N lens on Crown Graphic 4x5. Made with C-41 chemistry I mixed over a year ago. Film …
2020-10-10: Me at my old desk at Fusionary. Probably 1996.
2020-10-08: If I’d have always written things down in the same place all these years I’d have built …
2020-10-08: I’ve upgraded my desktop music streaming setup: www.baty.net/2020/upgr…
2020-10-08: I’ve had Sonos speakers in several rooms for years, but not once have I taken advantage of any …
2020-10-06: I’ve long wanted something nicer than my beat up, leaky 1950s Crown Graphic. I finally stopped …
2020-10-06: Sad about Eddie. R.I.P. 😢
2020-10-06: I can’t believe I never thought to use the vinyl shelves for display, too.
2020-10-05: This one, other than a few stray hairs, is a front-runner for the senior portrait pick.
2020-10-04: Testing the Codespaces beta on Github: www.baty.net/2020/gith…
2020-10-03: I love making these little Instax Square photos.
2020-10-03: If you do something consistently over time, it turns into a thing. For example, I started …
2020-10-02: BTW your email newsletter click-tracking links are almost always blocked by my network filters so I …
2020-10-02: I’ve been watching Raised by Wolves and I’m not sure it’s objectively good, I kind …
2020-10-01: Even though I don’t have a medium format enlarger set up I can still make these fun contact …
2020-10-01: I’ve been trying Chrome again because of a couple handy extensions. I set up a bunch of my …
2020-10-01: I’ve been working with selectric mode enabled in Emacs today because why not?
2020-10-01: I may test Render for static site hosting. www.baty.net/2020/usin…
2020-10-01: Future Man is stupid and I love it.
2020-10-01: My goodness, this is such a great record. Still a favorite. It has a little bit of everything.
2020-09-30: Tweak New Twitter is saving my sanity right now.
2020-09-28: If I weren’t addicted to Roam I’d definitely take a closer look at the next version of …
2020-09-28: I should never read articles about cool old technology because I just ordered a “new” …
2020-09-27: I’ll probably go ahead and share most 4x5 images I shoot. They’re a lot of work to make …
2020-09-27: 4x5 practice with Aidan. Need to stop down a bit when it’s more than one “person” …
2020-09-27: I botched the shot I was most excited about by not inserting the film holder properly into the …
2020-09-27: This Harrison changing tent should be a huge improvement over the tiny changing bag I’ve been …
2020-09-27: Maybe “fallacy” isn’t the right word, but still. www.baty.net/2020/the-…
2020-09-26: Released 50 years ago this year, but Paranoid still sounds fresh to me.
2020-09-25: Hey @twelvety, have you started a public Roam database yet? 😉
2020-09-24: I forgot how much I liked Acros www.baty.net/2020/acro…
2020-09-23: I am really enjoying Crazyhead. Solid mix of funny and dark.
2020-09-22: I like pretty heavy vignetting on photos and drop-shadows on various UI elements. I don’t …
2020-09-22: It’s been like an hour since I posted a photo of my dog, so here. :)
2020-09-22: I used Lensrentals.com for the first time this week and I’m here to tell you they really seem …
2020-09-21: I was asked to take photos at a wedding over the weekend. Used the Leica M10-P and Fuji X-T3. Oddly, …
2020-09-21: My attraction to Roam is unusual in that I don’t love it because it offers so many cool things …
2020-09-20: Technically, this is a miss, but it’s still one of my favorites from the day
2020-09-20: Even the best lenses will flare if pushed hard enough. It can work, though.
2020-09-18: Gail hugs Alice.
2020-09-13: Alice says it’s time to retire my Stewie pajamas.
2020-09-13: I love that I have these Polaroids.
2020-09-13: I wonder if deleting all my Adobe apps will help. www.baty.net/2020/dele…
2020-09-13: Darn you, Twitter. www.baty.net/2020/twit…
2020-09-12: The right AirPod Pro has stopped working. This is my 4th set of AirPods where one of them stopped …
2020-09-12: I can, reluctantly, live with the transparent menu bar in [[Big Sur]] but I despise the grayed out …
2020-09-12: There might be a nice view here, but how would one know? Can’t escape televisions even …
2020-09-12: I’ve finally gotten my negatives in some sort of order. www.baty.net/2020/orga…
2020-09-10: Tried Vercel for hosting the site. It’s nice, but I went back to Netlify. …
2020-09-10: One less self-hosted app: www.baty.net/2020/move…
2020-09-09: Lightroom Classic and CC should be a great match but I give up. www.baty.net/2020/givi…
2020-09-04: This is the correct amount.
2020-09-03: Processing org-journal entries each month www.baty.net/2020/proc…
2020-09-02: Small prints with large negatives? www.baty.net/2020/4x5-…
2020-09-01: “Old shit is better” – Jason Lee
2020-09-01: Updated the ox-hugo config now that I’m posting to baty.net again for some reason: …
2020-08-30: Still happy with the modus operandi Emacs theme. High-contrast, low-noise. Accessible themes for …
2020-08-30: The build outages appear to be related to a failure in a third party network provider (which is …
2020-08-29: My least favorite change in Big Sur.
2020-08-29: I need to look everything up in Emacs. e.g. how to respect visual line mode in Doom Emacs
2020-08-28: The fact that Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) is getting mostly, uh, excellent reviews, gives …
2020-08-28: I feel bad about neglecting my tools www.baty.net/2020/negl…
2020-08-28: I still listen to this record and you just be quiet and go judge someone else :).
2020-08-28: I think I’d enjoy working for Internet Archive. www.baty.net/2020/an-a…
2020-08-27: I spent 30 minutes trying Muse — your tool for thought on the iPad and I think they’re on to …
2020-08-25: Beside myself (1983). Remember when clever photo tricks had to be done in camera? Cover half the …
2020-08-25: This is the view from the side door of the office. How does any work get done around here?
2020-08-25: I rarely move, and I never shake.
2020-08-23: I love “Ted Lasso”. Binged the first 4 episodes and couldn’t be happier. …
2020-08-23: Did I mention that I slipped on a banana peel earlier this week? No? Well, I did. Really. An actual …
2020-08-23: The album title in the US is “Hell Bent for Leather”, which I like better. Either way, …
2020-08-23: My desktop clutter was getting out of control. Now it’s not. Sooo calm.
2020-08-20: One of my favorite things about using HEY! for email is that I don’t have to decide which mail …
2020-08-17: Today I opened a Tinderbox document from 2005 and the Map views gave me immediate context and the …
2020-08-16: I love how she sits
2020-08-16: Typically before one goes through the trouble of making a portrait using a large format camera, one …
2020-08-16: I finally took the big camera out today. It was only a couple of quick selfies in the yard, but …
2020-08-16: Did a workout on the Great Wall today. Sort of. Day 3 with Supernatural on the Oculus. Never thought …
2020-08-15: I would trade my big iPad Pro for a modern 11-inch MacBook Air in a heartbeat.
2020-08-15: An inconsistent soundtrack but I come back to it often.
2020-08-15: Forums are where we talk about ideas. Social media is where we perform about ideas.
2020-08-15: Signed up for 30 day trial of Supernatural for workouts on the Oculus Quest. It’s basically …
2020-08-15: I love my blog. I may not always love its current implementation or platform or design or even …
2020-08-14: I won’t unfollow you because your opinions or beliefs differ from mine. But I will unfollow …
2020-08-13: I keep a list of words to avoid using in 2020. “Orthogonal” remains the front-runner.
2020-08-12: I’ve settled in to a decent mix of Emacs, Roam, Tinderbox, and Drafts. But will it last?
2020-08-12: Hasselblad’s 907X with CFV II 50C back is finally available for order and now I’m …
2020-08-11: Based on the commercial, I’d have bought one even if I didn’t need a ladder. …
2020-08-11: I’m going to hate to see this lens go, but I need to dig myself out of the Leica hole I find …
2020-08-10: Can someone nudge the weather thingy? I think it’s stuck.
2020-08-08: Well that’s certainly optimistic of me
2020-08-08: While going through my RSS feeds I ran into a post by someone who feels exactly how I do about …
2020-08-08: My creative output is inversely proportional to the complexity of my process
2020-08-08: The entire world is constantly trying to upsell me something and it’s exhausting.
2020-08-07: I’m selling the Leica Q. Anyone looking for a superbly-built full-frame Leica with a 28mm …
2020-08-06: A dumb thing I do is purchase the annual plan for new software subscriptions, to save money, then …
2020-08-06: A couple weeks into Big Sur and now whenever I use a Mac running Catalina it looks… old, …
2020-08-05: Derek Sivers changed is site’s domain from sivers.org to sive.rs and I don’t approve. …
2020-08-04: On the desktop, anyway, I can’t fathom why anyone would prefer looking at photos on Instagram …
2020-08-02: I have some very nice Fuji digital gear for sale, including an X-T3, X-Pro2, and great lenses. …
2020-08-02: Just a periodic reminder that Micro.blog remains my favorite place to hang out online. Thank you to …
2020-08-01: 50 years of innovation. Leica is not a speedy company.
2020-08-01: My good friend Wayne passed away a few years ago. He was one day younger than me and his 56th …
2020-07-30: Yawn. (Also, needs a brushin')
2020-07-30: Cheating with digital Photographs should not be significantly altered in post. It’s cheating. This is how I feel. I …
2020-07-29: Add Logseq to the list of Roam-alikes: “A local-only, non-linear outliner for organizing your …
2020-07-28: But but what if it turns out that I don’t need backlinks?! 😳
2020-07-28: Whenever I need to be reminded why I like shooting film, I just spend some time in the darkroom.
2020-07-28: What I’d like to try is Bear but with each note as an outliner rather than markdown editor.
2020-07-27: I’ve re-enabled cross-posting from Micro.blog to Twitter. Who cares? Everyone just scrolls by …
2020-07-27: My wife got me an Ember mug for my birthday. I didn’t even know I needed one but I needed one. …
2020-07-27: Re-retiring the old iPhone SE I’ve only had it out again for a few weeks, but I’ve already put my beloved iPhone SE …
2020-07-26: My home office fridge. 1/3 Diet Coke, 1/3 beer, 1/3 various film stocks
2020-07-26: The MyHeritage Photo Enhancer I ran one of my favorite found negatives through the MyHeritage Photo Enhancer and I have to admit …
2020-07-26: I sometimes wonder why I keep 20 years of blog posts just sitting around doing nothing. Then I run …
2020-07-25: I’m now using Instagram as a place to share snapshots with friends and family rather than …
2020-07-24: From my new perch. I’m all alone on the loft. I somehow ended up with the most space and I …
2020-07-24: I’ve only shot a few sheets with this Burke & James Press Camera, but it sure looks cool.
2020-07-21: Cameras I'm using and cameras I want Here are the cameras I use regularly enough to claim that they are “being used”, in …
2020-07-20: sudo chown -R (whoami):admin /usr/local chown: /usr/local: Operation not permitted WTF?! If I want …
2020-07-20: I can’t see the menubar icons in Big Sur because they’re white on light. Had to change …
2020-07-19: I know there’s a new Kansas record but I prefer old Kansas. Especially very old Kansas like …
2020-07-19: Updated my iPhone SE OG post. Short version is that I loved it, but ran into dead ends without my …
2020-07-19: I’m very surprised that I, so far, am not at all annoyed by the iOS-ification of macOS in Big …
2020-07-19: Film “presets” for Lightroom or Capture One do a decent job of emulating film emulsions. …
2020-07-19: Big Sur beta issues The macOS Big Sur beta has been stable overall, but hasn’t been without issues for me on the …
2020-07-18: No big surprises in Big Sur so far, but I’m guessing there are a few lurking in the (rounded) …
2020-07-18: Me, every year: “No way I’m installing the beta again this year. Too much hassle” …
2020-07-17: If only there were something I could do with cameras other than think about which new ones I’d …
2020-07-14: So far I’m not redirecting the older WordPress feed URL to the Blot one. Last time I …
2020-07-14: Moving the blog around again (and again) A funny thing happened recently. I was sitting at my desk one afternoon playing with the new iA …
2020-07-14: WordPress templates are an onslaught of desparate, “hero” image riddled, cookie-cutter, …
2020-07-12: Lathe Updates: Week Ending July 12, 2020 After moving my daily notes back to the wiki, a couple people mentioned that they missed having the …
2020-07-12: Reading Long-Form Web Articles By Printing Them First This tweet by Mike Lee Williams started something: I look at a lot of articles on the web. And by …
2020-07-11: I love that brief moment when the rain noise stops while I’m driving under an overpass.
2020-07-08: My Blot subscription ends next week. While I’ve moved away from Blot for my own blog, …
2020-07-08: I love desks. No such thing as having too many! One day I’ll have a giant, antique rolltop …
2020-07-08: Using the old, small iPhone SE has reminded me how nice it is to be able to control my phone …
2020-07-08: I see that AdGuard is available via SetApp. I used it before installing a Pi-Hole and it seemed to …
2020-07-08: Well the Keychron K2 only lasted a day. I’m already back to using the Happy Hacking Keyboard. …
2020-07-06: I’m using my old SE this week, which has turned the X into a $1,000 darkroom timer 😜
2020-07-06: Don’t pin your header, it’s in the way. We know how to scroll up and don’t mind …
2020-07-05: Unpopular opinion: Paul Di’Anno Iron Maiden is as good as or better than Bruce Dickenson Iron …
2020-07-05: In my all-time top 10.
2020-07-05: Leave me alone, Dropbox! (This is one reason I’m moving to other sync options).
2020-07-04: I was given a Buddha Board. I’d never heard of it and now it’s my favorite thing today.
2020-07-04: A reminder in my pocket.
2020-06-30: This Aeron chair has been sat in nearly every day, all day, comfortably, for more than 20 years. …
2020-06-27: Headphones. Very loud.
2020-06-26: Using HEY for Email Last week I posted my First impressions of HEY email. Today, I paid the $99 for the next year, so I …
2020-06-25: This might be my favorite combination. It’s not the fanciest, but it’s stood the test of …
2020-06-25: Dropbox asked me one too many times to upgrade!/buy!/try!/look!, so this morning I dragged …
2020-06-23: I never seem to stray for long.
2020-06-20: My iPod Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil My 3rd Generation iPod Shuffle no longer holds a charge. It’s not like I’ve used it much lately, but …
2020-06-20: User stories on index cards, from 2006.
2020-06-20: Most WordPress sites that are about WordPress are hellish landscapes of popups, sticky headers, SEO …
2020-06-18: Between using Roam for notes and Hey for email, my world has gone all topsy-turvy on me.
2020-06-18: That’s a pretty broad brush you got there.
2020-06-17: Thinking about keeping my Daily Notes here Here’s what I’ve been thinking. You may have noticed that my Rudimentary Lathe wiki has evolved into …
2020-06-16: I cannot remember the books I have read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have …
2020-06-16: Somehow my “Light table” has become more of a “Snack table”. I have mixed …
2020-06-14: You know what? I give up. I’m going back to Chrome. I love Safari but it’s hobbled. And …
2020-06-14: If your establishment does not enforce the use of facemasks, I will no longer be your customer.
2020-06-13: My dad helped me stain our deck this weekend. At 79 he still paints circles around me.
2020-06-12: Iceberg editor for WordPress When using WordPress, I often use a separate app for writing, editing and publishing posts. This can …
2020-06-11: I had lunch in Founder’s Taproom today. First time since early March. I was nervous but …
2020-06-10: Well, Default Folder X is now included in SetApp so I no longer have an excuse not to install it. I …
2020-06-07: One nice thing about Roam is that I can edit the backlinked content directly within the page …
2020-06-07: Flickr > Instagram whasamatter with everyone?
2020-06-06: Our friends' dog Buddy watching for something to bark at.
2020-05-31: Ran a roll of Tri-X through the Hasselblad 500C/M. Alice again.
2020-05-31: Alice, waiting patiently to go do something with me. Anything. Soon, Alice!
2020-05-31: The stock Hasselblad waist-level finder is inexpensive, compact, and is by far the best-looking …
2020-05-30: I just want to hit “Play” and listen to music. I don’t want to have to first …
2020-05-30: I may take a break from 35mm film As much as I love using my old 35mm film cameras, I haven’t been enjoying film lately. …
2020-05-29: I have lost control of the situation. — God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 28, 2020
2020-05-29: “Now” vs “Not” is one of the worst one-letter typos.
2020-05-29: Org-roam vs other Roam-alikes As you probably know, I struggle with where to keep my notes. For a few months now it’s been a …
2020-05-29: Keeping Org-roam Daily Notes in a separate folder Org-roam continues to impress. I use org-roam’s “Daily Notes” feature every day as …
2020-05-28: While using Emacs I often say things like “Wow!” and “Holy shit that’s …
2020-05-28: I’m so good at lying to myself about learning Clojure that I even bought a book.
2020-05-28: If {SOFTWARE} would just implement {MY PET FEATURE} it would be a game changer in the market!
2020-05-28: Obsidian looks like a viable Roam competitor using local Markdown files. I shouldn’t go …
2020-05-25: Good list of movies: 30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before - The Atlantic
2020-05-23: I didn’t know about org-roam-server but now I do. A Web Application to Visualize the Org-Roam …
2020-05-23: Decent headphones and a lossless signal path sending Clutch directly into my head this morning.
2020-05-19: Getting to a link I have stored somewhere in Org-roam takes me about five seconds longer than …
2020-05-19: I have an impossible choice between these two modes.
2020-05-19: Own Your Second Brain: Set Up org-roam on Your Own Machine looks like it could be useful when …
2020-05-18: Part One of My Battles with Emacs - macosxguru macosxguru on learning Emacs: There was no good reason to do this. Absolutely no damn reason. and …
2020-05-18: We brought Alice home from the rescue org a year ago today. We have yet to inform her that she is …
2020-05-17: I often consider completely wiping my online presence but I worry that by doing so I’ll …
2020-05-15: It seems I can only work in one of two ways with Emacs: I either live in Emacs or I live without …
2020-05-13: Five pinned tabs plus five open tabs, max.
2020-05-12: When I was a smoker I was a smoker from 1983 until 1996. I loved smoking and I was good at it. I’ll probably start …
2020-05-11: It always surprises me how quickly the yak’s hair grows back.
2020-05-10: I almost posted this photo with an “Analog” tag. Maybe “Vintage” would have …
2020-05-10: The SM3 is so much cooler than the SM9 but if I’m honest, I prefer actually typing on the SM9. …
2020-05-10: The Olympia SM9 is now cleaned up too.
2020-05-09: Hayley Williams is new to me. Where have I been? This is a good record.
2020-05-09: I’d forgotten how weird Jack White’s Lazaretto vinyl was so it took me a minute to …
2020-05-09: Got a little workbench for tinkering on.
2020-05-07: All set for now, thanks.
2020-05-07: It’s a little thing, but I look forward to reviewing a few highlights via Readwise each day. …
2020-05-06: I make no excuses. I love “The Fifth Element”. It’s so weird and unique and fun. …
2020-05-06: Always good to see a new Christopher Moore Novel… Shakespeare for Squirrels
2020-05-03: Same thing applies for every conspiracy theory.
2020-05-02: I keep a JOBO in the bathtub. I’m fortunate that my very patient wife lets me get away with …
2020-05-01: Just look at the instructions for syncing audio on one of my grandpa’s movie club films. …
2020-05-01: ::narrows eyes::
2020-05-01: Catching up on contact sheets, finally.
2020-04-30: From 2012. Still valid.
2020-04-30: Scanning film negatives with a digital camera Scanning film negatives with a flatbed scanner is a pain. All scanning software sucks. Every one of …
2020-04-29: Bare prints taped to the wall. If I waited until I framed them they’d never get hung.
2020-04-29: How do you know which one you like best if you don’t try them all?
2020-04-29: I’m not paying for Roam until there are native blockquote s. And no, convoluted hacks using …
2020-04-28: I’ve never really tried Linux on the (literal) desktop. It’s better with a bigger screen …
2020-04-26: I thought I’d lost my TWSBI pen in the move so I bought another. Today I found the original so …
2020-04-26: “Stargazer” is just the best damn song.
2020-04-25: I ran into this old screenshot of my blog from 2003 and it looks like I use to include the …
2020-04-23: Whenever I feel like complaining about my small-bathroom darkroom, I remember my first darkroom. It …
2020-04-22: I want more forums, fewer Slacks.
2020-04-22: Early memes, eh?
2020-04-21: Drawing I did in 1981 of the Kansas “Leftoverture” album cover. Must’ve been …
2020-04-21: Bad Company - Desolation Angels 🎵
2020-04-21: This was fine and I’m not sure why I ever changed any of it.
2020-04-21: “Cheese just doesn’t agree with me.” Found this photo of an index card doodle I …
2020-04-21: Having exposure and date info between frames is reason enough to own a Nikon F6. I often wish I …
2020-04-19: org-mode In Your Pocket Is a GNU-Shaped Devil - Mike Hall Mike Hall: With Emacs, you don’t just go “la la la … I’m gonna add org mode back and call it a …
2020-04-18: Curio 14 public beta Curio is one of the nicest, best-looking, useful, and thoughtful apps I’ve used. George, the …
2020-04-18: Painting Eddie I started this painting of Iron Maiden’s “Eddie” from their “Killers” …
2020-04-17: Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters 🎵 Wonderful, weird, powerful new record from Fiona Apple; and I’m very very happy about it. I …
2020-04-14: More notes about Mylio for photo management I started using Mylio for photo management a few days ago and it’s gone swimmingly so far. I …
2020-04-14: My wiki is more Roam-like thanks to TiddlyBlink I’ve finally gone and added TiddlyBlink’s modifications to my TiddlyWiki-based wiki at …
2020-04-14: Getting started with TiddlyWiki: a beginner’s tutorial - Ness Labs Anne-Laure Le Cunff on getting started with TiddlyWiki: If you are looking for an open source …
2020-04-13: Arq 6 upgrade issues - Michael Tsai Michael Tsai’s notes on the Arq 6 update: Overall, it just seems like the app was shipped …
2020-04-11: Gallery of meals The only thing I’ve been photographing lately are my meals. It started as a way to test Lychee …
2020-04-10: Using Mylio for photo management In Bringing my photos in from the cloud I wrote that “Photo Mechanic is my Librarian”. …
2020-04-09: I'll be using Org-roam for the time being It’s been a challenging week for me using Roam. For the past several days my Roam database …
2020-04-07: Back to boring keyboards I’ve been using a Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional (HHKB) for almost exactly 2 years. …
2020-04-05: Yet another domain move You’re all probably tired of this by now, and I don’t blame you. I reinstated my …
2020-04-04: Falling in love
2020-04-03: YouTube TV and ads Our family cut the cable TV cord last year, but we sometimes missed watching “what’s …
2020-04-01: Making Day One permanent In Thoughs vs Records as Notes I didn’t address journaling directly, but I implied that …
2020-04-01: I almost forgot about blog-cli for Blot Now that I’ve (re)fired up this Blot.im-based blog, I needed to go through the usual round of …
2020-03-31: Theme change I ran a quick poll to see which theme people preferred for this blog. Opinion was split, but since I …
2020-03-30: Wall for Blot Wall for Blot from Amit Gawande and David Merfield. I have been working with David Merfield on a …
2020-03-29: Quick poll, if you have a moment. If I were to resurrect my Blot.im blog for something, which …
2020-03-29: I miss Blot Since archiving my Hugo blog at baty.net and moving my blogging to copingmechanism.com, I’ve …
2020-03-26: I'm not ignoring the pandemic, I'm just not writing about it People have been criticised for writing about trivial things during the Coronavirus pandemic. By …
2020-02-29: I watched the entire season of “Hunters” and I don’t know why because I thought it …
2020-02-26: Kansas, “Point of Know Return”. Still a favorite. Still best on vinyl.
2020-02-25: By what mechanism might I send highlighted passages from an article in @NetNewsWire to my …
2020-02-23: From my first roll of Film Ferrania P30. ASA 80 box speed in HC-110.
2020-02-20: Even though I can get to my account’s subscription page in App Store, I could not manage …
2020-02-20: It’s no secret that I change up my tools often. It’s not always simply indecision or …
2020-02-20: There’ve been some fun posts showing Volkswagon Beetle’s today. Here’s me with …
2020-02-20: Seems like good advice
2020-02-19: She sleeps like this. I don’t mind.
2020-02-18: How do I install this?
2020-02-17: Alice loves her “Snakie”
2020-02-16: Doom Emacs vs my custom Emacs config I’ve become catatonic over whether to use Doom Emacs or my home-rolled Emacs configuration, so …
2020-02-15: I’m firmly in the “Don’t Recline” camp but I’m also in the …
2020-02-14: Tractor (2011). The last frame I ever shot on Kodachrome.
2020-02-13: My day so far in Roam and/or Emacs A quick rundown the chaos in my head around Roam and Emacs and how it has affected my day so far. …
2020-02-13: Post Title It looks like Red Oxx is finally making their C.C. Rider messenger laptop bag a permanent part of …
2020-02-13: Tot When Tot was first announced, I rolled my eyes and dismissed it as yet another “minimal” …
2020-02-13: I swear to god if I waste any more time (over)thinking about how to effectively manage my use of …
2020-02-11: Reining in Emacs So far this year I’ve deleted Emacs from my Mac’s dock at least 4 times. You know this …
2020-02-11: Yes, of course I want a rotary cell phone. The power switch is an actual slide switch. No holding …
2020-02-11: Looks like I’m using Roam as a personal CRM :)
2020-02-11: Is it possible to configure the Touch Bar to display keys that are broken on the actual butterfly …
2020-02-08: I seem happy about the new lens, but camera shake, poor exposure, and improper development took a …
2020-02-06: Steve and Kevin
2020-02-06: My dream has come true!
2020-02-06: 15 years ago I sold a 35mm Summicron ASPH and I’ve regretted it ever since. I corrected that …
2020-02-05: Does anyone know of a way to use Emacs for some things but without then immediately trying to use it …
2020-02-05: Jess and I saw the “Toys!” exhibit at the GR museum. This photo of the “Generation …
2020-02-04: Oh great, Cloudron just added the interesting Grav “flat-file” CMS as an app. That means …
2020-02-03: Installing Mojave on a 2012 MacBook Air takes a while.
2020-02-02: Alice just isn’t into having her photo taken. She’s still cute, though.
2020-02-02: 4x5 Self-portrait (2020) Killing time on a Sunday. It’s tricky making selfies with the big …
2020-02-01: Mirror selfie. Camera Identification Photo.
2020-02-01: I’ve settled on HC-110 for developing my black and white negatives. Easy to mix and lasts …
2020-02-01: Software becomes “bloated” the minute it includes a feature I don’t need.
2020-02-01: I get to have lunch with these two knuckleheads at Founders at least once a week. (Leica M3. 50mm …
2020-01-30: “Affordances are not clutter.” – John Gruber.
2020-01-30: Is there a “system” I haven’t tried? This is the Chronodex from 2013. It was neat, …
2020-01-29: I put this giant notebook to use as a “Media Log”. I write the title and year of every …
2020-01-29: (Train, 2010) Ok, fine, I won’t.
2020-01-28: Loading a new roll is my second favorite part
2020-01-28: My Cloudron instance emailed me and let me know my blog (Ghost) ran out of memory so it restarted it …
2020-01-28: The whole concept is not merely inconsistent, it’s incoherent Gruber, on Multi-tasking on the iPad
2020-01-27: I’ve been using Tumblr for micro-blogging the past few weeks. I like how Tumblr handles …
2019-12-23: What, why? Was I getting too comfortable with my own Emacs config or something?
2019-12-22: I LOVE year-end lists. Can’t get enough of ‘em.
2019-12-22: My Roam graph after a couple of weeks.
2019-12-21: Finally dug out the film dryer. Cuts my drying time from 2 hours to just 15 minutes. I should …
2019-12-20: Flickr could really use more people paying for Pro accounts. Flickr remains the best photo sharing …
2019-12-20: “Arbitrary Datalog queries over the Roam instance” Cool! roamresearch.com
2019-12-19: brew install clojure
2019-12-17: Too many companies seem to think that a redesign of their control panel only requires making …
2019-12-16: If the only thing your site is good at is SEO optimization I hate you.
2019-12-16: I’ve officially stopped loving The Mandalorian. For a while I thought its episodic nature was …
2019-12-15: Mike Johnston uses an appropriate caption, which is nice to see.
2019-12-15: I’ve been putting short posts directly on mastodon and I’m not sure why I started doing …
2019-12-03: First thought about Roam is that it’s Workflowy+TheBrain+TiddlyWiki. If it can strike the …
2019-12-02: Young people are actually pretty nice. I got into a mildly heated discussion with a young gal …
2019-12-02: When I pay full price a few days after “Cyber Monday” I feel like I’ve won because …
2019-12-01: My M3 is on its way home after CLA and repairs. Don sent some photos of the process. I wish I had …
2019-11-29: I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything – Charles Darwin …
2019-11-26: I was always working steady I never called it art I got my shit together meeting Christ and reading …
2019-11-26: You know how there are certain games that can sell a video game system? Are there any Linux-only …
2019-11-24: Focus Check. I feel like tinkering so I’m setting up a little pop-up portrait studio in my …
2019-11-22: My wiki has turned mostly into a collection of short notes and thoughts that aren’t really …
2019-11-21: Never let me near an all-you-can-eat pizza buffet. OMG I may never eat again. (At least not until …
2019-11-19: I’ve gotta say, using Ghost for blogging this past week has been an entirely pleasant …
2019-11-16: I can make shitty photographs with any camera, so why not make them with a nice one?
2019-11-15: “Every machine is as individual as a set of fingerprints. So, every time you type something on a …
2019-11-12: I don’t care about posterity. I won’t be there anyway – Werner Herzog Herzog’s the …
2019-11-11: I don’t enjoy Instagram stories nearly as much now that everyone plasters stickers and shit …
2019-11-10: I think she’s bored this morning
2019-11-09: Met Steve today
2019-11-09: The internet is exhausting my good humor, so this is the phone I’m bringing with me today.
2019-11-09: I don’t rely on Apple Photos but I do use it. It’s been like this for a week. Tried all …
2019-11-09: By all means, whenever you don’t have a thoughtful response to someone, simply insult them …
2019-11-09: FFS now half of the posts on a Twitter thread are “unroll” posts for that very thread.
2019-11-08: I’d like to see more websites like the one by Jeff Bridges
2019-11-07: This barely even looked like a hamburger. Maybe that’s why it was called the “Meat …
2019-11-07: Stella’s Lounge for lunch today. It’s just so inviting!
2019-11-07: The urge to set up a decent Linux machine (either desktop or laptop) has not abated.
2019-11-07: This is way better than passing a phone around.
2019-11-07: I admire people with reasonable attention spans.
2019-11-06: I just recently started trying it, but so far org-ql is kind of amazing for Org mode searches.
2019-11-04: Castlemacs is a simple Emacs config starter that has some nice defaults. I’ve merged it with …
2019-11-04: There’ll be none of that “Netflix and chill” nonsense at dad’s house.
2019-11-03: My dad set up the 8mm projector and a makeshift screen. Here’s my sister watching herself as a …
2019-11-03: Alice rarely poses nicely for me, but she made an exception today with Jess and Brandon.
2019-11-02: Trying something. I now have more input devices than I have hands.
2019-11-02: Michael Tsai I prefer the old strategy where Apple makes its money from hardware, so it’s free to …
2019-11-02: I’m not a gun person, but the story behind this negative is fascinating. The entire image is …
2019-11-02: My grandfather’s footage from Halloween in1948 is terrifying. www.youtube.com/watch
2019-11-01: Seems like every time I find a cool new blog and add it to my RSS reader, they stop posting shortly …
2019-11-01: “content creators”
2019-11-01: Tri-X 400 was introduced into the market in 35mm and 120 formats on November 1, 1954. It had been …
2019-10-30: My Leica M6 is (based on the serial number) one of the last 10 produced (1998). It has an upgraded …
2019-10-30: The thing I’ve noticed when using Linux is the sense of agency it gives me. I’ve never …
2019-10-29: I’m once again thinking about building a desktop workstation running Linux because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
2019-10-27: Whenever I receive my “Monthly TextExpander Report” I’m reminded that I’m …
2019-10-25: Look what we found in the office basement. So much for productivity.
2019-10-25: Lunch at Founders. Watching Ghostbusters is way better than watching sports.
2019-10-25: I am once again feeling like I don’t want to use any software other than Emacs, a file …
2019-10-24: This is what the last frame looked like before the shutter came apart. Ah, film.
2019-10-23: Well, the shutter just came apart on my M4. That cheap-ass Leica only lasted 53 years! 😆. The good …
2019-10-23: CIP (for “Camera Identification Photo”, my new term) from latest roll of T-MAX P3200. So …
2019-10-21: Finished up a roll of T-MAX 3200. Not even all that grain can detract from her cuteness. (Nikon F3. …
2019-10-20: The gamification of StackOverflow is out of control Has StackOverflow Become An Antipattern?.
2019-10-19: This existed. Someone made this in 1934. What have we been doing since?
2019-10-19: I’ve been unable to save or open files to the Desktop folder in Emacs since upgrading to …
2019-10-18: I know, I’ll buy an old 11" MacBook Air and use the new mac to mac mode in Luna Display …
2019-10-17: I couldn’t stay away, so I installed Manjaro Gnome edition on the ThinkPad this weekend and …
2019-10-17: Dialog policy… If it’s in my browser, “Deny”. If it’s on my Mac, …
2019-10-16: This new bag that came with the MK1 negative holder from Negative Supply fits in quite well with the …
2019-10-15: After a few quick test “scans”, this setup looks to be a game changer for me. I can …
2019-10-14: Thank you, social media, for teaching me what I should be outraged about today. I spent a few hours …
2019-10-11: Vim clutch to make Vim even faster (Of course you don’t need a clutch in Emacs, you can just …
2019-10-11: After spending 2 weeks with the trainers, Alice is back!
2019-10-10: I’m in the middle of a second listen to Nick Cave’s new record “Ghosteen” …
2019-10-08: Add Tasks to our TiddlyWiki Page is a step-by-step demo showing why TiddlyWiki is so handy and …
2019-10-08: …the Internet is an amoral force that reduces friction, not an inevitable force for good …
2019-10-08: I have an exercise bike, so I don’t go to Spin classes, but I enjoyed this: I was an ex-wife. …
2019-10-07: Just finished dismissing all of the notification alerts after upgrading my MBP to Catalina and now I …
2019-10-07: Week 2 of training started today for Alice. Just look at her sit there in front of Target with loads …
2019-10-06: It’s nice being able to print again
2019-10-06: It makes me sad that we have a need for Twitter “thread readers”. Maybe …
2019-10-06: Me (morning): I gotta get away from all this surveillance craziness! Me (later that day): ::installs …
2019-10-05: I’ll be limited to 8x10" prints from 35mm negatives and in a bathroom but it’s a …
2019-10-05: Some look forward to a new novel by their favorite author. I, on the other hand, eagerly await the …
2019-09-28: Roughing it at MSU tailgate
2019-09-17: A Polaroid of me reading “Instant: The Story of Polaroid”
2019-09-16: 140 pages on tilde.club have been updated in the last 24 hours. That’s about 138 more than …
2019-09-14: Our website in 1996 Built with…
2019-09-13: An early Tilde.club thing for me was a Fargo-driven blog I called “Snippets”. I still …
2019-09-13: Signs of life for tilde.club
2019-09-13: Paper Your Way to the Top with Tips from Journalist David Sax
2019-09-13: It’s very easy for people to have incredibly strong opinions about magazine articles they have not …
2019-09-11: Tornado sirens oh goody
2019-09-11: Stoicism is the new David Foster Wallace 🤣 Nadia Eghbal
2019-09-11: Continuous Publishing by James Yu. Yep! It’s how my wiki is supposed to work and it’s …
2019-09-09: I haven’t made a Micro Monday recommendation in a while, but I enjoy having @hollyhoneychurch …
2019-09-09: I love cheesecake
2019-09-09: I still listen to Nu metal shut up.
2019-09-08: “We Ride a Dune Scooter, 1955” by Richard Baty. Home movie by my grandfather …
2019-09-08: Instant
2019-09-08: I’ve got a half-dozen boxes of Polaroid i-Type film that isn’t getting any younger. …
2019-09-08: I carefully curate my Twitter feed but even so, after 10 minutes of catching up I’m angry and …
2019-09-07: I’m ready for skeuomorphism to make a comeback
2019-09-07: I should probably trim this before it falls right over.
2019-09-06: Another thing I don’t do: Write blog comments pointing out trivial typos in the post. If a …
2019-09-05: I use org-mode. I need to remember that so I stop asking myself, “But, but I wonder if I …
2019-09-03: My daughter’s dog Sage is a nut.
2019-09-03: I’m about fed up with Catalina. Pervasive permissions dialog. Can’t open apps I want to …
2019-09-02: It’s Hobonichi ordering time again.
2019-08-30: Got the M3 out, put the 50mm on it and noticed that the rangefinder doesn’t move between 0.7m …
2019-08-30: My wiki, blogs, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, etc. They all sit around waiting for my mood to swing …
2019-08-16: I think about switching to Linux. A lot. I’ll probably never do it, though. Still…🤔.
2019-08-15: By far the best edition of Christopher Moore’s “Lamb” is this leather bound, gold-edged, bible-like …
2019-08-15: Woman looking at horizon, a new cliche for book covers? - Smashing Company.
2019-08-15: Alice and I got absolutely soaked on our walk this morning. She barely noticed the rain. Dogs are …
2019-08-14: In a cautiously optimistic celebration of Tumblr’s acquisition, I thought I’d post a few …
2019-08-13: Finally, after months of impatiently dealing with the rescue organization, Alice is officially …
2019-08-12: Gail. She’s very patient with me. (Leica M4. Tri-X at 800)
2019-08-12: If TheBrain actually pulls off what they plan for the new notes editor in v11, it could throw my …
2019-08-11: I’ve been hanging onto this Lady Gaga concert shirt since I saw her with @Jessicaskibbe in 2011. We …
2019-08-11: Keyboard and iPad. Expose for the keyboard, I guess? (Leica M4. Tri-X at 800)
2019-08-11: Mirror selfie so I know what camera I shot the roll with. (Leica M4. Tri-X at 800) …
2019-08-11: The hair on this negative had its own ideas about market trends (Leica M4. Voightlander 35mm f2.5. …
2019-08-08: Some days it feels like the internet is mostly people complaining about how their pull request was …
2019-08-07: I should have 2 beers at lunch every day, because after which I tend to finish and send all of the …
2019-08-07: I’m almost certain to stop reading your article/post/tweet at the first occurrence of a …
2019-08-06: The problem isn’t that I have too many bags, necessarily, but that there are cameras in all of …
2019-08-06: I wonder if I should spend less time learning new things and more time getting better at the things …
2019-08-05: Well at least one of us can sleep
2019-08-05: We all worked ourselves into an immediate lather about Facebook backdoor-ing WhatsApp, but it looks …
2019-08-05: we’ve designed Cloudflare to treat any personally identifiable information that passes through our …
2019-08-03: I’m fine with both Instax and Polaroid instant film. This one is new Polaroid from the SX-70.
2019-08-03: Aww, the Letter Writers Alliance is shutting down. I joined in 2012 and it inspired me to, well, …
2019-08-03: I always take a mirror selfie somewhere on each roll so I remember which camera it was shot with.
2019-08-03: These don’t belong on a shelf (Canon EOS-1v. Portra 400)
2019-08-02: Caution, Fire is Hot. (Canon EOS-1v. Portra 400. Noritsu scan)
2019-08-02: Moved my emacs config into a “literate” org file today. Now at least it’s …
2019-08-01: I was given a new coffee mug. It helps me get through the nightmare that is the daily paper.
2019-08-01: Fuji makes an X100T and an X-T100. Maybe this shouldn’t bother me but it does.
2019-07-31: I love the look of color film. It’s simple and subtle. (Hasselblad 500C/M. 80mm Planar. Portra …
2019-07-30: Seems like a decent direction: Apple joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in data-sharing project
2019-07-30: I just imported an org-mode (.org) file into Typora and it automatically converted it to Markdown …
2019-07-30: Catalina seems to be accelerating the disturbing trend of the operating system trying to hide things …
2019-07-30: Screens (@profmusgrave@twitter.com) Person 1: welcome home. Did you have a good day looking at screens at work? Person 2: yes, my …
2019-07-29: I like ordering supplies from Baum-kuchen. They wrap everything so nicely.
2019-07-29: Fun cardboard desk organizer. I’m using it on a desk at work.
2019-07-29: Don’t know how I missed this. “The Hustle” both cracks me up and makes me …
2019-07-28: Cups at local restaurant, Zoco. (Leica M6. 50mm Summicron. Tri-X in HC-110).
2019-07-28: Silverfast crashes when trying to “batch scan” in Catalina so I have to scan one frame …
2019-07-28: Kelly and her beautiful German Shepherd, Apollo.
2019-07-26: Everyone everywhere seems to love Notion.io. I don’t get it. It always makes me feel like …
2019-07-26: I feel like it’s time to bring the Roterfaden back into rotation. I have an MD Notebook and a …
2019-07-26: I could have sworn I’d seen a WordPress -> Blot importer script somewhere but I can’t …
2019-07-25: Kicks: What if TiddlyWiki becomes the new blockchain? Like what if everywhere you go people are …
2019-07-23: It was kind of an accident.
2019-07-22: I have no choice but to post photos of Alice.
2019-07-21: Test post. It’s Alice again. (Leica M6. 50mm Summicron. Tri-X in HC-110)
2019-07-21: 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 …
2019-07-11: Just married
2019-06-27: Just when the tedious barrage of Apple-related speculation starts to die down. 🤢
2019-06-27: Par
2019-06-26: I own a small amount of Bitcoin and friends but I’d happily lose it all if it meant I …
2019-06-23: A new digital back for the Hasselblad V-series. Want! copingmechanism.com/2019/hass…
2019-06-22: Thinking about Instagram. Don’t hate me. copingmechanism.com/2019/what…
2019-06-19: Her incision has become infected so she has to wear the cone of shame. She is not thrilled.
2019-06-19: My parents' living room is pretty high-tech.
2019-06-18: I notice there’s been a few nice tweaks to the @Blot control panel recently. It just keeps …
2019-06-18: I spent the weekend improving (aka “complicating”) my photo processing workflow and now …
2019-06-18: Tinkering with the Eleventy SSG for no particular reason
2019-06-18: Royal Republic’s Club Majesty is a cartoon rock-n-roll disco blast. It makes me feel good. …
2019-06-13: Liking things by default rather than disliking everything by default is life-changing.
2019-06-13: The latest Forklift update gets a “Search in HoudahSpot” command, which will be handy.
2019-06-12: Maybe I should have opted for the Kindle version of this one.
2019-06-12: I’ve been trying them for a couple of months, but outside of very specific tasks, I just …
2019-06-11: Removed my post poking fun at WordPress VIP’s problems today. Not the kind of tone I want to …
2019-06-11: It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew The Day …
2019-06-11: I love Elliot Erwitt’s photos. Once in a while, Magnum sells signed prints and I always buy …
2019-06-10: Soulver 3 is out and what a great update. Soulver is almost always open on my Mac.
2019-06-09: Word from the rescue is that we get to adopt her, pending paperwork details. We’re confident …
2019-06-08: I have to fast-forward every scene in which David Tennant wears those silly, fake-looking demon …
2019-06-04: Just shy of 900 pages. Stephenson has a lot of words at his disposal – and he’s not …
2019-06-03: I’ll probably install the iOS developer beta on my iPad Pro because I won’t miss it that …
2019-05-29: Founders Mas Agave is weird and delicious.
2019-05-29: Is there a social network I can join on which people don’t spent the entire time complaining …
2019-05-28: When I want to use a computer but not really I have an iPad Pro Audrey Eschright - Uses This
2019-05-26: I am always either actively using Org-mode for everything or on the verge of going back to actively …
2019-05-25: When the dog photobombs a Facetime call
2019-05-25: Dreaming of new cameras again: I want a Hasselblad 203FE but I don’t need one
2019-05-24: I don’t use Drafts on iOS because I don’t really use iOS. I am however, getting the hang …
2019-05-24: For many companies, domain renewal might be the most important administrative task there is.
2019-05-23: I’d love to see Bokeh funded. You have 12 more days to back it, but don’t wait until the …
2019-05-23: I could be featured on Uses This once a month and my story would be entirely different each time.
2019-05-23: Diarly is now included with SetApp. If this keeps up, pretty soon all the good apps are going to be …
2019-05-22: One more t-shirt before it goes…
2019-05-22: I can’t keep all my old t-shirts forever, so I take a photo of myself in them before passing …
2019-05-22: Aeon: Street photography, 1838-2019: a photo for every year
2019-05-20: Nice to see @Blot get a mention in the latest Dense Discovery
2019-05-17: She’s 100% sweet and totally irresistable. Where do I sign!?
2019-05-17: A friend is fostering a 3-year-old Burnese/Border Collie mix rescued from some amateur puppy mill. …
2019-05-16: I just called a local independent book store and they were very sweet and helpful and are going to …
2019-05-16: I need to remove two or more of these from my daily toolbox: TheBrain, DEVONthink, Tinderbox, …
2019-05-16: Oh neat, MarsEdit is now in SetApp!
2019-05-15: Using Apple Pay on websites fails for me as often as it works. “Can’t find Apple …
2019-05-15: When asked, “Should this element be animated?” my default answer is always …
2019-05-15: 📘Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Marukami was so weird and wonderful. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2019-05-15: Netflix Saves Our Kids From Up To 400 Hours of Commercials a Year. One could probably question the …
2019-05-14: Bunch, by Brett Terpstra, is “a batch app launcher for your Dock.”
2019-05-14: Remember, you can always follow me with twtxt using… twtxt follow jbaty …
2019-05-13: Fine! I’ll try using Drafts. This is the last straw.
2019-05-12: Mom and I
2019-05-12: “…they don’t sing about emotions; they obliterate them” – Drowned in Sound …
2019-05-12: I’m enjoying “Barry” much more than S08 of Game of Thrones. Why isn’t …
2019-05-12: Sports bars are over-stimulating, but with well over 100 beers on tap, I make an exception.
2019-05-12: My mom is awesome. Can’t wait to go hang out with her this afternoon.
2019-05-11: After much consideration, I’m ready to declare Lizzo’s “Cuz I Love You” a …
2019-05-11: The battery in my Apple Magic Mouse died this morning, without any warning, so I had to plug it in …
2019-05-11: I love the little Fuji Instax Square camera copingmechanism.com
2019-05-11: I kind of sort of miss listening to cassettes: copingmechanism.com
2019-05-09: Remember, the AlphaSmart Neo2’s battery life is rated at SEVEN HUNDRED HOURS.
2019-05-07: If I write a witty, clever, and airtight response to something I disagree with, but delete it before …
2019-05-06: Backed Bokeh on Kickstarter. The world can use all of the independent, privacy-first services it can …
2019-05-05: Made a 4x5 selfie with the Speed Graphic…bad hair, wrinkled shirt and all. (Expired Ilford …
2019-05-05: “Signal Path: Lossless” and decent headphones and Pink Floyd mmmmm.
2019-05-05: One of the guys doing Jello shots with us after 11:00pm last night was my age (mid-50s) and had to …
2019-05-05: I went through a “street photography” phase. Street
2019-05-04: Ran across this 1996 invoice today and it reminded me that people now complain when an app costs …
2019-05-04: The best way I’ve found to bitch online about something is to post it on the wiki so that …
2019-05-04: How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat - NYT The New York Times: The documents show that a trade group called the Sugar Research Foundation, …
2019-05-04: org-journal now supports monthly files. This is nice because that is how I’ve always organized …
2019-05-03: An update on my feelings about cropping film images
2019-05-03: Seems like an odd limitation for a pencil case. Maybe I should have double-checked the measurements …
2019-05-03: Of coUrsE emAcs ComeS with studlify-region BUilt In
2019-05-03: Sacha Chua’s Emacs News is just chock full of wonderful links this week.
2019-05-02: Bokeh gonna burn your eyes. I’m with Dante on this one.
2019-05-02: Never thought I’d try this…
2019-05-02: Is it really not possible to copy a link to a “sheet” in Ulysses? Or to link between …
2019-05-02: I’m going to go ahead and assume that all of the performance jankiness I’ve seen with …
2019-05-01: Typora really does offer A different editing experience from what I’m used to.
2019-05-01: Fired up Ulysses after a time away recently. One of the first notes I saw was about what tools I was …
2019-05-01: I arrive at the office before 6:30am. I’m bringing back my neglected rule of not checking …
2019-04-30: I burned down my “system” again: State of the System - Spring 2019
2019-04-30: I always create an index at the front of new notebooks and then never update them.
2019-04-30: The problem with Twitter for me is not so much the content/toxicity (still, yuck), but the fact that …
2019-04-29: I wish I hadn’t logged into my Milanote account. I really don’t need to add any more …
2019-04-29: See if you can guess my favorite ingredient in this meal
2019-04-29: I’m dipping my toes back into Twitter, but I have rules
2019-04-29: “And great for them, I guess. But sometimes one might pine for a less aspirational time, when …
2019-04-29: Started experimenting with Plausible as a privacy-conscious web analytics tool this morning. Had no …
2019-04-29: I used my MBP’s keyboard a lot this weekend and tried to keep an open mind. I mean, it’s …
2019-04-28: Game of Thrones prep
2019-04-23: I was bored over the weekend so I set up a WordPress blog at an unused domain of mine: …
2019-04-22: Advertising shits in your head
2019-04-12: I know I’m getting old because my first reaction was, “Oh what’s this bullshit …
2019-04-09: I missed that Curio 13 was released recently. Such a great app, and the addition of layers and …
2019-04-06: I haven’t been keeping up with the TiddlyWiki Google group or Discord channel. This is …
2019-04-06: Devin Townsend’s new album is a nutso, all-over-the-map, beautiful, noisy mess and I love it.
2019-04-04: co-owner Gianlucca Casaccia felt so exploited by demands for free lodging and food in exchange for …
2019-03-29: I’ll be busy burning out my retinas staring at this every day for the next week or so.
2019-03-24: I lost my keys on Wednesday. A few minutes ago I found them again. It’s a good feeling.
2019-03-24: When I’m in the mood for something more interesting than Blue Valentine but not as weird as …
2019-03-23: A bit of a different setup this afternoon
2019-03-23: I wanted new in-ear monitors and went with wired ones because I don’t like charging things all …
2019-03-23: Espresso is included in SetApp. Cool.
2019-03-23: Canceled my Apple Music membership and upgraded my Qobuz subscription to “Sublime+”. …
2019-03-23: Robin Trower, at 73, is still kicking ass. Love the new record.
2019-03-23: A Saturday with no set plans is a wonderful, dangerous thing.
2019-03-20: David Rees, in Chapter 11 of “How to Sharpen Pencils”, says, “Mechanical pencils …
2019-03-20: It is impossible for me to use Emacs and not spend half of my time farting around with …
2019-03-18: I would like to be able to upload public photos to Flickr and not have them appear in the …
2019-03-18: Mini-Me has been hanging around our offices since the beginning.
2019-03-18: I’m told this is “The most ‘Jack’ photo in existence”. I hope this is …
2019-03-16: The HHKB remains my second favorite keyboard of all time. Some day it may even take over the top …
2019-03-16: Over-complicating things is my superpower
2019-03-16: If you post an article even remotely date-sensitive, please include the publication date somewhere …
2019-03-16: This is a terrific record.
2019-03-16: I missed an important task this week due to overwrought OmniFocus Perspectives. This is what happens …
2019-03-15: So many choices! (I went with Lizard of Koz, “Deep Cut”)
2019-03-15: A few years ago, we created Journey Jug. I just cracked another one open and will fill it with …
2019-03-14: My willingness to try living with Windows is an indication of how much I dislike my 2016 MacBook …
2019-03-14: I want everything to be in One Place™ but I’m unable to choose that place. Well, that’s …
2019-03-14: Relics
2019-03-13: I haven’t felt like shooting film lately and it makes me sad
2019-03-12: It seems that the new version 7.0 of MacJournal is free. Dan Schimpf
2019-03-12: Another reason I can’t deal with weather.com.
2019-03-12: I love seeing new TiddlyWikis popping up. Here’s one from Joe Jenett
2019-03-11: Power Macintosh 6150 Workgroup Server we bought in 1995. Would have tried booting it but no longer …
2019-03-10: Had dinner with my daugher. We have fun, but we lose big-time at Keno.
2019-03-10: I’m so glad my grandfather kept good notes. Makes scanning and documenting 75-year-old films …
2019-03-10: Got the 8mm scanner running again
2019-03-09: I love this knife. Thanks to @Mtt for the recommendation. Understated, as a “Gentleman’s …
2019-03-09: Yellow Gloves
2019-03-09: Charlie got a new “baby”
2019-02-09: Heading outside with my favorite camera and a roll of Tri-X.
2019-02-09: With apologies to the neighbors…
2019-02-09: Instead of more whining about the internet being down…
2019-02-06: Trying to select text on the iPad is like trying to tie a ribbon around a fish. Charlie Sorrel, …
2019-02-06: I will always spell “publicly” as “publically”. I can’t help it.
2019-02-03: I try to post at least one photo from each roll, but this last one was a bit of a mess. Anyway, …
2019-02-03: I name my folders of scanned film rolls like this: YYYY-Roll-000. With that 3-digit numeric counter, …
2019-02-03: I’m not going to have a real darkroom ready until sometime in the spring, so I put enough …
2019-02-02: I hadn’t seen the nice introductory video about how Blot works. If you’ve ever remotely …
2019-02-02: I don’t understand Emacs Lisp. At all. This is going to take me forever.
2019-02-01: I’ve spent just enough time learning stock Emacs key bindings that now I’m equally inept …
2019-02-01: Founders had Lizard of Koz “Deep Cut” on tap today and it was deeeelicious.
2019-01-31: Two weeks with a home-rolled Emacs config and stock Emacs keybindings and I’m not sure …
2019-01-31: An early “database-driven” e-commerce site I built was done in ColdFusion against a …
2019-01-30: Oh no, another writing app: Strike (iTunes link since the website appears to be missing)
2019-01-30: Think I’ll work from home today
2019-01-29: Me: Buys or otherwise arranges everything I need in order to do that thing I want to do Also Me: …
2019-01-27: Derek Sivers: Benefits of a daily diary and topic journals
2019-01-27: The response by the Roon CTO to a question about “Roon Radio” makes me believe the Roon …
2019-01-27: I received an email today from sphygmus letting me know she had written me a note on her wiki. …
2019-01-23: An aspect of TiddlyWiki that I find exciting is the ability to copy and paste tiddlers, macros, …
2019-01-22: I learned that first version of TiddlyWiki was released 20th September 2004. Here’s what it …
2019-01-22: I love the fman file manager but it doesn’t have Emacs keybindings or a plugin to add them so …
2019-01-21: My brush with Greta Van Fleet, Sept 14, 2017 before they performed at a nearby club. They probably …
2019-01-20: There are always empty Diet Coke cans nearby.
2019-01-20: Aidan playing sax in the jazz band he put together called “Groove Essentials 3.0”
2019-01-19: Sometimes when I reload the Micro.blog feed there’s nothing new. Guess it’s time to …
2019-01-19: Charlie, my nemesis…some days
2019-01-19: Emacs update: I’ve been using my home-rolled config with stock Emacs (non-evil) bindings for 3 …
2019-01-18: By default, Emacs considers a period followed by two spaces or by a newline as the end of a …
2019-01-18: Just as I was getting a fix on where to post what online, my stupid wiki comes along and now all …
2019-01-18: How to Fix Social Media by Injecting A Chunk of the Blogosphere - Kottke.org Tim Carmody, Kottke.org: A lot of the efforts to reshape social media, or to walk away from it in …
2019-01-17: Impulse buy from Discogs
2019-01-16: If I were going to use Linux more than occasionally I’d stick with a tiling window manager …
2019-01-16: The Biggest Flaw I See in Pictures - Online Photographer Mike Johnston, The Online Photographer: Many pictures without a particular accent (in which case we …
2019-01-16: Reading rationalizations for branding redesigns is one of my least favorite things to do. TL;DR we …
2019-01-16: What would a world without pushbuttons look like? | Aeon Essays Rachel Plotnick, Aeon Essays: [buttons] honked automobile horns, and called for service in hotels …
2019-01-16: Side-by-side: The first book I ever read and the first Kindle I owned.
2019-01-16: I don’t know of any someformat->PDF conversion that makes as nice a document as LaTeX.
2019-01-16: The Olympia on my desk sure looks great, but I haven’t been using it much lately. I say …
2019-01-16: Big Win for Web Accessibility in Domino’s Pizza Case – Lainey Feingold Law Office of Lainey Feingold: The case is about whether a blind person can sue Domino’s Pizza for …
2019-01-15: Brett Terpstra: Stuff I’ve made and actually use I use Brett’s doing tool all the time. …
2019-01-15: Although, sad to say, Medium didn’t let us export the comments, so those are gone Signal v Noise …
2019-01-14: I’ll expect this completed and on my desk in the morning.
2019-01-14: brew install fish
2019-01-14: AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source - Stratechery It’s hard to not be sympathetic to MongoDB Inc. and Redis Labs: both spent a lot of money and effort …
2019-01-13: I despise the AppleTV remote. Related: UX rant: The nightmare horrorshow that is the Apple TV remote
2019-01-12: G. is fighting a cold so she thought a nap would do her good. I don’t want to disturb her so …
2019-01-12: “Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ‘79 Granada Last Night” is something.
2019-01-09: I should maybe take a photo of someone besides myself now and then, but I wanted to dust off the …
2019-01-08: It just seems so random.
2019-01-08: The most compelling reason I’ve found yet for switching to the “normal” Emacs …
2019-01-07: I finished reading a book last night. Just now, without really thinking about it, I posted a note …
2019-01-07: They should have just called it “How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Medium from your life …
2019-01-07: It’s always an inspiration when I re-read the article about John Gadd’s journals. 4 …
2019-01-07: “Lorem Ipsum” is the past, “Jefsum” is the future.
2019-01-06: The cool thing about shooting reversal film is that you can just look at the negatives and see tiny …
2019-01-06: Current status: Browsing position.
2019-01-06: My inclination to use WordPress is inversely proportional to the amount of time I spend thinking …
2019-01-05: The sun was out today.
2019-01-05: A nice experience with Updown.io: rudimentarylathe.org/Updown.io
2019-01-05: I’ve used a number of server monitoring services but for the past year I’ve been very …
2019-01-04: I just changed the theme (“doom-one”) and font (Iosevka) in Emacs and I’m suddenly …
2019-01-04: New mug, same place.
2018-12-29: The end of a year is so wonderfully overwhelming. I want to both finish everything and start new …
2018-12-27: I can feel myself getting pulled, inexorably, back into all-in Emacs. Just spent a couple hours …
2018-12-26: It’s only been an hour with the UHK, but I feel like it may have been a mistake. I can remap …
2018-12-25: I would normally wait until January 1st to start a new journal, but Christmas morning works too.
2018-12-24: It’s Christmas eve, guess it’s time to put these two away.
2018-12-24: Gave up on running my Tiddlywiki wiki directly via Node on the server. Love the new anonymous …
2018-12-24: I am so back into fountain pens right now
2018-12-22: Tried the new Lightroom CC for a week. Still not ready. Maybe next year. I’m keeping my notes …
2018-12-22: Found Negative #112
2018-12-21: I was feeling like my notebooks have been too-much-unused these past couple of weeks and I missed …
2018-12-21: She started out by preparing for an ugly sweater contest but now I don’t know what she’s …
2018-12-21: Elf soundtrack on vinyl!
2018-12-20: Found Negative #42
2018-12-20: Yes, as a matter of fact, I did see your previous email.
2018-12-18: I rarely have more than 4 or 5 browser tabs open at a time. It is possible.
2018-12-18: I see that Luminar has released version 3 with the long-awaited Library features. Looking forward to …
2018-12-18: Could publishing words on the internet get any easier than txt.fyi?
2018-12-17: Filed away just in case: Photography and Linux
2018-12-16: We were a couple of margaritas in at this point.
2018-12-16: Found Negative #50
2018-12-15: I sure wish they’d stop splitting login forms in two.
2018-12-15: Two words that make a compelling case for using Lightroom Classic over something like Capture One: …
2018-12-15: Found Negative #114
2018-12-15: Mindnode just showed up in SetApp. Yes, SetApp requires a subscription, but I don’t know of a …
2018-12-14: What I’m supposed to do: Get things just the way I like them and keep them that way What I …
2018-12-13: Found Negative #19
2018-12-12: Found Negative #21 (What’s with the knives?)
2018-12-12: Text selection and manipulation on iOS is a nightmare for me
2018-12-12: Found Negative #142
2018-12-11: Found Negative #67
2018-12-11: I much preferred “The Sinner” to “The Haunting of Hill House”
2018-12-11: Found Negative #68
2018-12-10: NetNewsWire doesn’t sync, yet. At first I thought of this as a problem, but it’s ended …
2018-12-10: Shades of notion.io and Curio… Webjets
2018-12-10: Found Negative #78
2018-12-10: WordCamp Nashville and WordPress 5.0 - Manton Reece Manton Reece: As WordPress becomes more sophisticated to meet the needs of web folks who want more …
2018-12-10: Found Negative #92
2018-12-09: I ran into the old, found negative from which I’d made the avatar I use in several places. I …
2018-12-09: One could also argue that the worst thing that ever happened to the Mac was the iPhone. – …
2018-12-08: I’ve never, since the first iPhone, dropped it in a significant way and have never broken a …
2018-12-08: Saw a few posts go by today (e.g. from @joshsullivan and @craigmcclellan) that reminded me that I …
2018-12-08: You know what editor I find has the best Vim key bindings? Vim
2018-12-07: Size difference between the Fuji Instax Square and the Polaroid (SX-70). I love the square format, …
2018-12-07: The Lost Kitchen Only Accepts Reservations Via Mail Grub Street: It was already difficult to eat there, in other words, and it may soon get more …
2018-12-07: Proof That iOS Still Hasn’t Gotten Undo Right - Daring Fireball John Gruber: What it comes down to, I think, is that the menu bar has become a vastly …
2018-12-07: My desk is unacceptably cluttered, so I’m going to distract myself from work I’m …
2018-12-05: Daisy and Tim.
2018-12-03: Trying something new. My first Baron Fig notebook (and pen).
2018-12-03: Panther Cub at Founders. It was fine but not my favorite.
2018-12-02: I just grabbed my Lamy 2000 after not using it for a while and the ink flowed immediately. …
2018-12-02: I’m starting to think I don’t really need a separate cloud backup solution (e.g. …
2018-12-01: Old Nation Boss Tweed is good
2018-12-01: I’d love to know how many hours I’ve gotten back since Let’s Encrypt and certbot …
2018-12-01: The Truth About Vinyl - Vinyl vs. Digital I didn’t watch the entire video because the Vinyl …
2018-12-01: Stumbled upon my old Tinderbox notes document that I once used to generate a static blog at …
2018-11-30: There aren’t many things that make me happier than watching “Raising Arizona”
2018-11-29: Digital or analog? I say both, and lots of it! (This is getting out of hand)
2018-11-29: The new Capture One Pro 12 update looks nice but I’m not sure I can stomach the $149 upgrade …
2018-11-27: 100 Best Pens - NYMag
2018-11-25: Making sourdough bread is the new ToDo app.
2018-11-25: Request for opinions from those of you who regularly use both macOS and iOS: Of (only) the …
2018-11-25: I have been using the free version of ProtonMail for a while now and have found it to be reliable, …
2018-11-24: I just did my first day of “Couch to 5k” (since last time) and I already regret telling …
2018-11-20: My writing tools are very confused
2018-11-20: I was across the room minding my own business when the iMac screen suddenly did this…
2018-11-20: I got sucked into some “minimalism” blog posts this afternoon. Thankfully, I remembered …
2018-11-20: Things is not enough, OmniFocus is too much, Org-mode isn’t worth the effort on iOS. How am I …
2018-11-19: I just love reading blog posts. The topic barely matters. Write a few paragraphs about something …
2018-11-19: Universe - “Make an awesome website from your phone”
2018-11-18: Records all back on shelves and organized.
2018-11-17: Got the turntable set up at the new place today. I love listening to records.
2018-11-17: I measured it and found that the new Apple Pencil is 1,000,000 times better than the old one.
2018-11-17: I think I’m doing it wrong.
2018-11-17: I’ve been making an effort to use fewer exclamation points in my writing. It’s …
2018-11-17: I miss having a darkroom, but I’m beginning to make plans for one. I can’t wait to be …
2018-11-15: I haven’t been able to find my TWSBI 580 for months, so it’s probably time to admit …
2018-11-14: Drinking beer with twins can be confusing. I hold my hand over one eye and they’re both still …
2018-11-13: It’s fun to ridicule Twitter, but I also think people underestimate the challenges involved …
2018-11-13: For grins, I changed the theme of baty.blog to the most boring one I could find and am leaving it …
2018-11-13: I’d just like to repeat my appreciation for Blot.im’s author, David Merfield. He’s …
2018-11-11: G doesn’t enjoy the snow, but I don’t mind it. As long I don’t have to drive in …
2018-11-10: Grunkle Stan and Mable are headed to the local Comic Con.
2018-11-10: What if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well?" – Kurt Vonnegut
2018-11-10: I’ve spent many hours searching for WordPress and Hugo themes that I like and am never …
2018-11-09: I keep trying to go with Apple Mail on the desktop, but nope. Fixed the send-using-wrong-server …
2018-11-08: Reading BBEdit release notes is soothing to me.
2018-11-08: I’m not obsessed with site analytics or anything, but I do like having a clue what’s …
2018-11-08: As WordPress continues its move toward becoming Squarespace, Micro.blog just keeps becoming a better …
2018-11-07: I’ve rushed it a bit, but the new home office is at least usable now. I’ll tidy things …
2018-11-07: Steven Sinofsky, I’m fascinated by the technical “class” obsession w/ iPads replacing laptops. I …
2018-11-07: So Manton just added crossposting support for Mastodon. I’ve been waffling between Micro.blog …
2018-11-05: Whenever I find myself with nothing to say, I spend time looking for better tools to help me say it. …
2018-10-03: Jess introduced me to her local hangout, Hank’s Tavern.
2018-10-02: I always get to my haircut appointments early so I can play with Dutch
2018-10-02: I generally avoid using spreadsheets but I’m smitten with Airtable
2018-10-01: I’ll never understand why Clutch hasn’t taken over the world. “Galaxy, …
2018-10-01: If it weren’t for HomeChef, most of my meals would probably involve ketchup packets. …
2018-10-01: I haven’t done a Micro Monday recommendation in a while, sorry. Today I’m going with …
2018-10-01: Please don’t let me order one of these. traveler.getfreewrite.com
2018-09-30: Aidan and Christi looking sharp before homecoming.
2018-09-29: Flickr beats the snot out of Instagram in every what that matters to me.
2018-09-29: The similarity of these two app icons is a constant source of confusion for me.
2018-09-28: Getting a feel for the new camera by taking snapshots everywhere. Here’s Gail while we waited …
2018-09-27: I am VERY excited about this.
2018-09-26: Poor Lula is terrified of just about everything and even when she’s not, she looks terrified.
2018-09-25: Today I prefer the Paul Di’Anno Iron Maiden era to that of Bruce Dickinson
2018-09-24: Sometimes it’s fun to deploy things and, what the heck, include the merge conflicts.
2018-09-23: I love when they let Nicolas out of his Cage
2018-09-23: Netlify notified me that I had 229 mixed content issues (images not using https) on my blog. That …
2018-09-23: End of the season
2018-09-23: I tend to prefer high-contrast, narrow depth-of-field images.
2018-09-23: One of my favorite snacks
2018-09-23: She’s taller than me. Not by quite as much as this makes it seem, but still.
2018-09-22: Let’s hope this doesn’t find anything
2018-09-20: Apple Mail on all my devices suddenly started saving all sent messages to the wrong account’s …
2018-09-18: Spent a good part of the day editing and emailing a lengthy Word document back and forth. This must …
2018-09-17: Why isn’t the YouTube “Autoplay” feature ever suddenly in the off position instead …
2018-09-16: I’ve had a very nice afternoon just perusing the internet. Now I’m off to do something …
2018-09-16: Calm
2018-09-15: Holy crap that was fast. Less than 48 hours from listing to accepting an offer.
2018-09-15: I put a Leica Q in my cart and hovered over the “Place Order” button. Then I backed away …
2018-09-11: Not many of these left this year
2018-08-26: He’s been gone for a while now, but I still miss this guy.
2018-08-19: Aliased rm to rm -vi hoping that I’ll never do something as stupid as I just did again.
2018-08-18: Do you ever miss using Vim? I do.
2018-08-17: Currently reading: The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) by N.K. Jemisin 📚
2018-08-17: Well there’s no way I’m getting rid of this
2018-08-17: Literary Clock Made From E-reader Now I know what to do with my old Kindles.
2018-08-16: Wealth of Choice? Really? - The Online Photographer Mike Johnston: So. Another comment that rises above the waves regularly is that “we’ve …
2018-08-16: How to use 1Password as a digital will – The Sweet Setup The Sweet Setup: Unlike a conventional will, this document (or database) is not as much about who …
2018-08-16: I just can’t stick with Mail.app, so back to MailMate I go. I tried. I want to use Mail, but …
2018-08-16: Apple forced me to change my iCloud password, which also invalidated all of my app-specific …
2018-08-14: Daring Fireball: Apple Is Privately Pushing Paid App Developers to Move to Subscriptions: Up front …
2018-08-14: GLOW season 1 wasn’t clicking (understatement) for me, but pressed on until the final 5 …
2018-08-13: I just don’t know how I’m ever going to get it down to fewer than 3 notebooks.
2018-08-12: I’m supposed to be packing today but instead I’m just sitting here staring at stuff and …
2018-08-11: In the middle of N.K. Jemisin’s “The Obelisk Gate” and having a great time. …
2018-08-11: Two Years With Emacs as a CEO (and now CTO) - Fugue Josh Stella: Emacs is a portal into the power of the computer itself, and that is a rabbit hole …
2018-08-10: Ok, I’ve done it. I’ve imported (380) posts from my WordPress microblog (jack.baty.net) …
2018-08-10: WordPress? Hosted Micro.blog? Wordpress! No, hosted Micro.blog! Neither? Both?
2018-08-09: I haven't used my cue in at least 10 years. It's a lovely J. Pechauer custom cue and it's a shame I …
2018-08-09: I was going to post something about how tired I am of dealing with technology but realized I'd …
2018-08-08: Deleting tweets is this year's "I don't even HAVE a T.V.!"
2018-08-07: Roger Waters - Amused to Death Sometimes I pour a dram of Scotch or two, put on Roger Waters' "Amused To Death", turn it up loud, …
2018-08-06: Fifty-Six Questions for Young MC Upon Hearing “Bust a Move” for the First Time in Twenty-Two Years - McSweeney’s 20. In regard to the vignette where one of us fellas goes to a movie alone, sees a yellow-clad woman …
2018-08-06: Taking down content created by and for conspiracy theorists could only be pulled off by a …
2018-08-05: Everything Goes in a Context Bucket - Rands In which Rands suggests that we should all work the way he works because it’s better. …
2018-08-05: I'm strangely in love with Haru Nemuri's new record, "Haru to Shura". …
2018-08-05: David + David - Welcome To The Boomtown [www.youtube.com/playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT6pgcDCy_w6GY0vCII0LfQSTKPvu2faZ) …
2018-08-05: I've decided to re-rip all of my remaining CDs to FLAC. Somehow I convinced myself they sound better …
2018-08-05: BASIC Engine The BASIC Engine is a very low-cost single-board home computer with advanced 2D color graphics and …
2018-08-05: What I'm supposed to be doing today is packing more boxes. What I'll probably do today is sit here …
2018-08-04: Free Mallrats "Operation: Drive-by" Blueprint Mallrats "Operation: Drive-by" poster I still have this crazy Mallrats drawing as a giant actual …
2018-08-04: Time to let go of this Power Computing mousepad. Those were strange days.
2018-08-03: “To Oswald, from Mr. Dasker. 12/24/14.” The book is Jack London’s “South Sea …
2018-08-03: Nerds ruminating on Apple’s valuation is the least interesting thing filling my feeds this …
2018-08-01: I reeeallly wish I hadn’t installed the Mojave beta. Now TheBrain doesn’t work. Things …
2018-07-31: All the recent talk of deleting Twitter history reminded me that I typed (with a typewriter) all of …
2018-07-29: I still have the manuals. Wish I still had the system.
2018-07-29: From before we had Final Cut Pro. I edited all kinds of video with this thing. I can’t believe …
2018-07-15: My Oldest Postage Stamp I found my stamp collection today. I had written it off as lost for at least ten years, so I’m …
2018-07-15: The Red Trailer Mystery The first real book I ever read was “Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery”. I read …
2018-07-15: I have a box of Saturday Evening Post magazines from the late 1950s and I just can't bring myself to …
2018-07-14: A Remaining Problem with Title-less Posts When showing title-less posts in the archives, I would prefer to show the first few words of the …
2018-07-14: It makes me so happy to have found my first computer. It's a TRS-80 Pocket Computer PC-1 from 1980. …
2018-07-14: I was thinking about learning more JavaScript but maybe I’ll freshen up on my COBOL instead
2018-07-13: This is why I can’t be left alone with plants. Even the “easy” ones.
2018-07-12: Stella’s is a fine place to have lunch.
2018-07-12: Today's Productivity Tip $ sudo vi /etc/hosts Then... 127.0.0.1 www.twitter.com 127.0.0.1 twitter.com Saves me at least an …
2018-07-11: I could bikeshed until the shaved yaks come home
2018-07-10: It's okay to not like things [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI) I watch this pretty regularly …
2018-07-09: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now I probably shouldn’t read Jaron Lanier’s “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social …
2018-07-09: Sunshot webcam covers The paranoid part of me made me buy these Sunshot webcam covers
2018-07-09: Another fun discovery on bandcamp.com is Darkness Is My Home by The Ugly Kings. Heavy blues rock. …
2018-07-09: I noticed that micro.blog now shows how many people each account is following. I’m following …
2018-07-09: Working across the street from Founders Brewing is both a blessing and a curse. Mostly a blessing, …
2018-07-08: Shark Razor Blades, lots of 'em I’ve been shaving with a safety razor for years and recently ran out of blades. Ordered 100 more of …
2018-07-07: Glenmorangie port finish. Good.
2018-07-07: New Music: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Today I bought my first digital album from Bandcamp. Buying and downloading lossless (FLAC) music …
2018-07-06: AC/DC is in my faces I’m adding names to faces on my photos in Synology Moments. I wonder who these guys are. :)
2018-07-05: Finally ran out of ink in the Lamy I finally ran out of ink in the Lamy 2000. Refilled it with Noodler’s Bernanke black & …
2018-07-04: There goes Facebook I finally, officially deleted my Facebook account today. No need to make a big deal about it. We all …
2018-07-04: Contention on micro.blog Conversations on Micro.blog have been getting a bit feisty lately. I like this, as for a while …
2018-07-03: My Org-mode TODO keywords are all the same length It pleases me that all my tasks line up nicely in org-mode. I used to use keywords like …
2018-07-03: The Surface Book 2 is everything the MacBook Pro should be - Owen Williams The Surface Book 2 is everything the MacBook Pro should be - Owen Williams: If, like me, …
2018-07-03: If it runs Emacs, it's a computer. Otherwise... Remember, kids! If it runs Emacs, it's a computer. Otherwise, it's a peripheral. – jwz
2018-07-03: Accidentally using WordPress For the last week or so I’ve been posting to jack.baty.net, a WordPress-managed blog. This …
2018-07-03: Guess I shouldn’t order chocolate covered caramels from Amazon when it’s 95 degrees outside.
2018-07-02: Emacs from scratch - Huy Tran Huy Tran Spacemacs is the first Emacs version I used, so I'm kind of attached to the evil-mode and …
2018-07-01: Deciding whether to keep shooting 35mm film Should I continue shooting 35mm film? I ask myself this question regularly, but never make a …
2018-07-01: n-gate's "Webshit Weekly" is one way to keep up on tech news n-gate.com,s Webshit weekly.: Some DIY electronics-repair people write a hit piece about a company …
2018-06-30: Today's camera is the Canon EOS-1v Bringing something a little different today. The EOS-1v loaded with Portra 400 and sporting a zoom …
2018-06-30: My dad keeps cutting down trees Trees don’t stand a chance against my dad with a ladder, a chainsaw, and some rope
2018-06-30: Oh great now all my books are broken
2018-06-30: I need dogs [caption id=“attachment_1424” align=“alignnone” …
2018-06-30: The macOS Mojave public beta interrupts me so often with little warnings and permissions questions …
2018-06-30: Luminar, Skylum, DAM - Skylum It’s time: Re-think your post-processing workflow: Have you ever seen an Apple TV remote? It …
2018-06-29: Westworld Season 2, aka "Bernard wanders around looking flummoxed" I’ve given it a few days but I’ve decided that I hated I’m angry with Westworld …
2018-06-27: Mojave Dark Mode so far
2018-06-27: Sure why not
2018-06-27: I love a big negative
2018-06-27: Xah Lee on Frames vs. Window in Emacs - Irreal Xah Lee on Frames vs. Window in Emacs – Irreal: Lee’s argument, as I understand it, is that …
2018-06-26: About installing beta software Be sure to only install beta software on a device dedicated to development or beta testing …
2018-06-26: Timeular My never-ending quest to make time tracking not suck continues with Timeular. timeular.com
2018-06-25: Making Larger Darkroom Prints I made a handfull of 11" x 14" darkroom prints last night. Bigger prints are cool, but I …
2018-06-25: transfer.sh - Easy and fast file sharing from the command-line transfer.sh: This should come in handy. Via Brett Terpstra
2018-06-24: Random photo by my grandfather
2018-06-24: Simplicity vs More - Mo Bitar Simplicity vs More – Mo Bitar Well, there’s no winning. I want peace, I want simplicity, but I also …
2018-06-24: Well this can't be good
2018-06-24: New Vinyl: TV On The Radio
2018-06-23: Gene (2018) My future father-in-law, 90, ready for his flight from Grand Rapids to Denver.
2018-06-23: Airbnb and React Native Expectations - Ash Furrow Ash Furrow: The reasons that Airbnb chose to move away from React Native are cultural as much as …
2018-06-23: Watching 8-year-old Yoyoka Soma play Led Zeppelin Good Times Bad Times - LED ZEPPELIN / Cover by Yoyoka , 8 year old drummer Everything about this …
2018-06-21: There's a man reading the newspaper in my mom's dollhouse My mom loves tinkering with her dollhouse. The gentleman reading a newspaper showed up recently.
2018-06-21: Synology users: Do you prefer Photo Station or the newer “Moments” for photos?
2018-06-21: Why I miss title bars Here’s how windows used to look. Guess where you click to drag the window: That’s right! …
2018-06-21: Egg on my face with the Mamiya 6 [caption id=“attachment_1357” align=“alignnone” …
2018-06-20: One side effect of using titles on "micro" posts Blog posts with a title are not displayed in full on the micro.blog feed. Micro.blog will only show …
2018-06-20: Just enter your email address... No, I don’t think I will. I thought we were past this.
2018-06-20: We have stopped blogging – Johann Savalle Johann Savalle: So yeah, I wish blogging would make a come back. Me too.
2018-06-20: We got blogging right 20 years ago I’m feeling especially nostalgic for the Good Old Days of Blogging™. Looking at my blog from …
2018-06-20: I’m starting to think all of my posts should have titles, no matter the length of the post.
2018-06-19: Ran across the blogroll from my blog in 2004. Not as many of the links still work as I’d like.
2018-06-18: Looking good, Dad. #hasselblad #filmphotography #portrait [gallery size=full columns=1]
2018-06-18: Took a quick portrait of my dad on Father’s Day. He’s pretty great.
2018-06-17: Kelly and Sage (2018) #hasselblad #filmphotography #portrait [gallery size=full columns=1]
2018-06-17: Brandon, Jess, and Sage #hasselblad500cm #portra400 #filmphotography [gallery size=full columns=1]
2018-06-12: Dinner at The Deck in Muskegon. I liked the sign. Had a little fun overdoing it with Silver Efex Pro …
2018-06-11: One day I’ll have to throw away my Lady Gaga shirt but today is not that day #polaroid [gallery …
2018-06-10: Finally got a long release cable and bulb for the Crown Graphic. That explains my left hand in the …
2018-06-10: [caption id=“attachment_1333” align=“alignnone” …
2018-06-09: Tim (2018). #nikonf3hp #analogphotography [gallery size=full columns=1]
2018-06-09: Automating the End of Movies on Physical Discs - Subtraction.com Khoi Vinh: No one pays attention to Netflix’s discs-by-mail business anymore The linked video …
2018-06-09: I enabled “Show website icons in tabs” in Safari Technology Preview and was surprised to …
2018-06-09: Even if exactly zero other people read it, I’d still love my blog.
2018-06-08: Quartz: $1.046 billion: Global fountain pen retail sales in 2016, according to Euromonitor, up 2.1% …
2018-06-07: I’d totally pay $49 for an updated, supported set of Nik plugins. I’ve missed Silver …
2018-06-06: I’m supposed to be reading The Joy of Missing Out but instead I’m farting around with …
2018-06-06: [caption id=“attachment_1305” align=“alignnone” …
2018-06-06: Andrew (2018). #fujixpro2 #portrait [gallery size=full columns=1]
2018-06-06: I’m having a tooling crisis today. iOS updates caused me to launch OmniFocus, which led to …
2018-06-06: I can’t believe I’m considering putting iOS 12 on my phone. It seems to work on the SE …
2018-06-05: Kyle. #fujixpro2 #portrait [gallery size=full columns=1]
2018-06-05: Kyle
2018-06-04: I get the feeling Steve doesn’t always approve of me taking photos all the time.
2018-06-04: I get the feeling Steve doesn’t always approve of me taking photos all the time. #fujixpro2 …
2018-06-02: Going on five months since I stopped using Instagram and I hate to admit that I miss it. I miss some …
2018-06-01: I’ve updated and moved my “Life Stack” page over to the main blog. I can’t …
2018-05-31: Tinderbox has been updated to 7.5 and it includes some really nice improvements. Maps in Tinderbox …
2018-05-31: My Chemex broke a year ago so I went back to the Aeropress. I’m not a coffee nerd but I do …
2018-05-30: I know I’m making a mistake when I download an app first and then start looking for a reason …
2018-05-30: Haven’t been using my paper notebook for managing personal tasks (or anything else) much …
2018-05-29: Just watched “Paddington 2” by accident and what a delightful, joyous, beautiful …
2018-05-29: I spend a lot of time thinking about gear and technique and “art” but I mostly just like …
2018-05-29: No excuse for not catching up on those letters now.
2018-05-29: Forgot to bring my keyboard to the office so today I’m back to using this monster.
2018-05-28: From my walk today. The combination of the circle and the line of rocks was supposed to look like an …
2018-05-27: Chair, unused. (Leica M6, 50mm Summicron, Tri-X, HC-110)
2018-05-27: If this scanner ever dies I may have to stop shooting 35mm film.
2018-05-27: Was given this early 20th century Kodak No. 3A Folding Hawkeye Special. It’s lovely. I hear …
2018-05-26: Finally got a plant for my fancy pen holder. He’s adorable.
2018-05-20: My dad is 77 and hardly ever stops moving. Here we were tearing down an old shed and once again I …
2018-05-19: Why yes I did leave the house wearing two different shoes this morning. Why do you ask?
2018-05-18: I’m feeling especially saucy at the moment so I’m just going to back away slowly and go …
2018-05-17: I love this. My Grandfather’s Memory Book
2018-05-17: The RSS feed from Mastodon also includes my replies to other people so that doesn’t work very …
2018-05-16: So, how many suspiciously empty towns is William going to just wander into this season?
2018-05-16: Nuage for Org-mode (in a browser) Nuage v0.1 release brings a lot of the sweetness that makes org mode awesome without denaturing it …
2018-05-15: I was worried that my turntable was broken when I first put on my new Clipse record from …
2018-05-15: I am no longer taking my phone and AirPods with me when out walking. No Audible. No podcasts. No …
2018-05-15: After listening to Sam Harris: “Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A Conversation with Dan …
2018-05-15: In Silicon Valley, Software Uses You – Standard Journal We were promised an open web, federated information, and utility to save humanity. Instead we have …
2018-05-14: You’ve got something on your nose. flic.kr/p/HvxDDR
2018-05-14: I prefer Safari but if I’m going to use Linux even part time I am going to have to use …
2018-05-14: Some Thoughts on Google Photos vs Apple Photos – Om on Tech Om Malik: I am not comfortable with Google’s stance. But I am also human – lazy & convenience …
2018-05-13: I guess they still don’t have all of the bugs worked out of the new Polaroid film.
2018-05-13: Hung out with my mom today. She’s awesome. [caption id=“attachment_1247” …
2018-05-13: My sister’s dog Roxie is ancient, wears diapers, and can barely walk, but she still enjoys …
2018-05-13: Have I mentioned lately how much I love using Roon by @roonlabs for managing my music? It’s as …
2018-05-12: Firing up Beeminder again after a year or so. I need a push. Also, discovered there’s a Beeminder …
2018-05-12: New Vinyl: “Lord Willin’” - Clipse
2018-05-12: Listening to popular music has become the equivalent of looking at Photoshopped fashion magazine …
2018-05-10: Just recording this in case I think about changing my mind (again) later: Tags will always be …
2018-05-10: I’ll have one of each, please.
2018-05-10: I’ve had to go back to using TextExpander for expansion. I tried using Alfred’s …
2018-05-09: When I forget to bring my Happy Hacking keyboard home I’m condemned to using the Magic …
2018-05-09: The Google-Assistant-making-a-phone-call demo makes me want to fall back to communicating only via …
2018-05-09: I spend a lot of time thinking about cameras, formats, sharpness, color fringing, distortion, …
2018-05-08: The Digital Glow - The Online Photographer Mike Johnston: learning what you want done is more important than slight differences in how it’s …
2018-05-07: I often wish Fargo.io was still a thing. I found it to be a great, simple micro-blogging platform.
2018-05-07: iCloud Drive Breaks the macOS Command Line mjtsai.com/blog/2018… I don’t knowingly put any files into iCloud.
2018-05-07: I haven’t done a Micro Monday in a while, sorry. Today I’m going to go with @yaykyle in …
2018-05-06: We should all be wearing fancy hats Ann-Derrick Gaillot, The Outline: No matter what happens, I urge everyone to come away with a …
2018-05-06: Spent the morning setting up Memacs again. Struggling with the RSS format on my micro.blog. Says …
2018-05-06: One thing about a static blog that I struggle with is editing later. I often read a post and want to …
2018-05-05: My mom came by and planted flowers for me today. Proof that I helped is right there under my …
2018-05-04: After a week of GDPR-induced stress I’m ready to just abandon comments and webmentions. Or any …
2018-05-02: I feel better knowing that all my email is just a bunch of text files in these folders.
2018-05-02: Clever, but shouldn’t be necessary. I can’t tell you how annoyed I am by not having a …
2018-05-02: Olds like me think this is magic. lobe.ai/tour/ (via @gruber)
2018-05-02: I would not have thought of using Do Not Disturb While Drive when not driving as a way to reduce …
2018-05-02: If you were going to replace (or at least augment) Dropbox, would you choose Syncthing or Resilio? …
2018-05-01: I can only imagine
2018-05-01: So Dropbox resolves symlinks to files outside of Dropbox? This means I can keep files in e.g. ~/org …
2018-04-30: I don’t know why I do this to myself
2018-04-28: I wonder if there are plans for micro.blog themes to display webmentions out of the box. Or short of …
2018-04-26: I find the arguments by pro-remote team apologists to be just as annoying as those made by whatever …
2018-04-26: Anyone looking for a digital project “notebook” should have a good look at Curio. …
2018-04-26: I’m already ignoring every GDPR-related email. That didn’t take long.
2018-04-24: With Spacemacs startup times hovering around 45 seconds, I declared Emacs/Spacemacs bancruptcy and …
2018-04-23: Did I miss #RailsConf? What year is this?
2018-04-23: Is there such a thing as a decent, non-flimsy 3x5 index card anymore? Levenger-thick, but horizontal …
2018-04-23: Kicking off outdoor-beers-for-lunch season at Founders. Finally. Bonus: CBS was on tap.
2018-04-21: This little fella is now in charge of all my digital and streaming music. So far I couldn’t be …
2018-04-21: I’ve been in an unreasonably good mood ever since the SmugMug/Flickr announcement. It could …
2018-04-21: Getting Roon and the NUC set up was a breeze. Now for some music.
2018-04-20: La Villa Strangiato is at least as good as YYZ
2018-04-20: The first photo I uploaded to Flickr. Shot with my first Leica (M6TTL). July 5, 2004.
2018-04-20: SmugMug bought Flickr!? I’ve been using both services for sooo long. This feels like it can …
2018-04-20: Tonight I’ll be putting a NUC together for running Roon.
2018-04-20: OmniFocus and Things are great but knowing that Org-mode exists makes them both feel woefully …
2018-04-19: This is quite a list of Python resources: medium.freecodecamp.org/python-co…
2018-04-19: Steven Frank is correct twitter.com/stevenf/s…
2018-04-18: Beer comes from hops. Hops are plants. Beer is salad. – Bill Murray
2018-04-18: Drafts 5 looks like a great update. Trouble is, I take notes either on my Mac when at my desk or a …
2018-04-18: This was just sitting on the counter at the Founders store so yes please.
2018-04-17: Huh. “Emacs Org Mode for Visual Studio Code” github.com/ajtoo/vsc…
2018-04-17: I just love how the note icons in Tinderbox… Indicate how much content is in the note and …
2018-04-17: Happy New Christopher Moore Novel Day!
2018-04-16: I’ve been carrying my HHKB between office and home since I don’t want to pay for two of …
2018-04-15: I always break the yolk.
2018-04-15: I’ve simplified my Book/Movie/TV rating system: ★ = Didn’t like it ★★ = It was okay ★★★ …
2018-04-14: I dreaded migrating all of my snippets from TextExpander to Alfred until I discovered I’d …
2018-04-14: Some things never change. Me (originally from 2010), “Still on the GTD Merry-Go-Round” …
2018-04-14: Now playing: Arctic Monkeys - “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”
2018-04-13: DEVONthink Bankruptcy
2018-04-13: I’ve always wanted to try BetterTouchTool and now that it’s included with Setapp I have …
2018-04-13: “The truth is that we made a deal with Facebook; we gave up our information for free. Unable …
2018-04-12: “I can’t begin to tell you the things I discovered while I was looking for something …
2018-04-11: I swore it would never happen but I’m getting the band back together.
2018-04-11: A problem I have with plain text is that while I can usually find the thing I’m looking for, I …
2018-04-11: I really want to back this Myst 25th Anniversary Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/…
2018-04-11: I’m having one of those weeks where I miss OmniFocus and Mailmate and The Archive and MarsEdit …
2018-04-10: I think the only thing I’d need in order to replace my Wordpress-based micro blog with the one …
2018-04-10: I don’t own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time. If someone …
2018-04-09: I may need to take a break from using Emacs/Mu4e for email. Too many times during the day I run into …
2018-04-09: Well that was easy. Plus I’m controlling it all via the Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Music …
2018-04-09: I get magazines
2018-04-09: It’s only been a couple of days, but Roon may be the greatest thing to happen to my …
2018-04-08: The most underrated Scorsese film is “After Hours”. I love this movie!
2018-04-08: Well it’s been 24 hours and the novelty of not having internet has worn off. I’m going to the …
2018-04-07: I love this book, “The Stanley Kubrick Archives”. Included was a section of an original 70mm print …
2018-04-07: Movie night decision made 🎬
2018-04-07: Still no internet so here are my movie choices for the evening.
2018-04-07: Now playing: Led Zeppelin III
2018-04-07: Something fun to do while offline is to read a real book about film photography.
2018-04-07: Catching up on some printing while the internet is (still!) down.
2018-04-07: Another benefit of a static blog is being able to look stuff up on it without an internet …
2018-04-07: (Streaming my own music to HomePod via AirPlay) Me: “Hey Siri, turn it up”. Siri (pausing the …
2018-04-07: No internet at home this morning means listening to music the old fashioned (and still best) way. 🎵
2018-04-05: Imagine how great macOS could be if everyone wasn’t so distracted by all this iOS nonsense.
2018-04-03: One nice side effect of disliking my laptop’s keyboard so much is that I’m not as easily …
2018-04-03: After four days in beautiful surroundings, I’ve taken maybe a dozen photos. I’m feeling …
2018-04-02: The Touch Bar is basically unusable in any sort of sunlight. I’m sorry to be so bitchy about …
2018-04-02: I’m not moving from this spot until they kick me out.
2018-04-02: If I ever have to travel with this MacBook Pro again I’m packing an external keyboard even if …
2018-03-31: She said “Yes!” 💍
2018-03-29: I still love this song so much. Les Claypool is a crazy genius. www.youtube.com/watch
2018-03-29: Let’s just say that I’m not a fan of two-factor web forms that don’t automatically …
2018-03-28: I don’t think there are enough new features in the world to convince me to use Pages for …
2018-03-28: I was worried about my commitment to using Linux (Manjero i3 in my case) and wondered if maybe I …
2018-03-28: Front Matter Fatigue™
2018-03-28: I think Standard Notes may be onto something. End-to-end encryption, every platform, sync. Super …
2018-03-27: I’m not sure I can sustain the energy and motivation it takes to run Linux successfully for …
2018-03-26: Ical2org-go is at 1.0. I’m hopeful it can replace the fragile collection of scripts I’m …
2018-03-26: Sometimes when I feel like using something other than Emacs I just change themes and that tricks me …
2018-03-25: I just realized I’ve had the permalinks misconfigured on baty.net since updating the theme a …
2018-03-25: I have got to get this contraption fully functional. It’ll do 35mm but not 120. [caption …
2018-03-25: [caption id=“attachment_1092” align=“alignnone” …
2018-03-25: “The Glory That Was Yahoo!” www.fastcompany.com/40544277/… I miss Yahoo! Or maybe …
2018-03-25: Observability Isn't Monitoring www.xaprb.com/talks/sfm…
2018-03-24: What’s in my camera bag (today)
2018-03-23: I didn’t know about Google Data Studio until today. datastudio.google.com
2018-03-23: The SX-70 really was (and is) kind of a marvel. (Nikon F3. T-MAX P3200 @3200. HC-110)
2018-03-21: Being able to swap out focusing screens is a cool feature of the F3. Trying the H2 Matte version.
2018-03-21: Ooh grainy! (Nikon F3. T-MAX P3200. HC-110)
2018-03-21: The new T-MAX P3200 arrived. Can’t wait to try it.
2018-03-21: Derek Sivers on using Facebook: It’s like I’m still visiting friends in the smoking area, even …
2018-03-20: Backing this Kickstarter project seemed like a good idea at the time. It looks cool and works fine …
2018-03-20: Also, I originally defended Apple’s decision to put the lightning port on the bottom of the mouse …
2018-03-20: Dead batteries in Watch, iPad, and mouse at the same time. We’ve gotten used to constantly dealing …
2018-03-20: When an HTML form field’s placeholder text is too dark I often mistake it for actual text and …
2018-03-19: This looks like a nice resource for learning about Linux linuxjourney.com
2018-03-19: I’m finding org-cliplink to be super handy. Call it and it makes an org link from the URL in …
2018-03-19: Merlin tweeted about a thing you can push in on the ends of aluminum foil boxes to prevent the roll …
2018-03-19: Airfoil is streaming Spotify to both HomePods at the same time. rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/
2018-03-18: Now Playing: REO Speedwagon - “Live: You Get What You Play For”
2018-03-17: It’s good.
2018-03-17: “50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach” …
2018-03-17: Still love my HomePods. Still don’t love Siri.
2018-03-16: Well I guess my keyboard needs replacing. Again. This time the A key is sticking. Everything about …
2018-03-15: We have a visitor at the office today. I’m going to try very hard to not steal her.
2018-03-13: I didn’t know about Google Takeout. takeout.google.com
2018-03-13: Smart devices aren’t
2018-03-13: Pingdom may be fancier but I really like Updown.io. Works great and is so simple updown.io
2018-03-13: “How To Sharpen Pencils” by David Rees (the number one #2 pencil sharpener). The …
2018-03-13: And speaking of pencil sharpening lunacy, here’s my “artisinally sharpened” pencil …
2018-03-12: My grandfather’s Bolex 8mm camera. (Crown Graphic. Atomic-X. FF Monobath)
2018-03-12: The Death of Stalin (2017) ★★★ letterboxd.com/jackbaty/…
2018-03-12: Another one of my favorite shirts
2018-03-12: Now playing: Nina Simone Sings the Blues. 🎼
2018-03-12: Founders KBS 2018 is a darn fine beer. I like it much better than last year’s.
2018-03-11: Lettera 32. I don’t use it much because it has a script typeface but it sure is cute. (Crown …
2018-03-11: Oh I see how it’s going to go. Not a great trend there.
2018-03-11: A lovely Sunday night for some Larceny at the writing desk.
2018-03-11: I was deciding between these two books when I realized how tired I am of complaints about tech …
2018-03-11: Nature’s perfect food
2018-03-11: I’ve moved all of my static sites (other than baty.net) from my Linode VPS into S3 buckets …
2018-03-11: I finally deleted my Mint install after I don’t even know how many years. haveamint.com …
2018-03-10: Another of my highest bang-for-the-buck photographic purchases is this film dryer. Purchased in 2009 …
2018-03-10: The pencil sampler from JetPens arrived today!
2018-03-09: This is almost as good as having lots of beer in the fridge.
2018-03-09: According to Netflix, the first DVD I received was “A Simple Plan” in 1999.
2018-03-08: For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned (Farhad Manjoo, NYT) I …
2018-03-08: Of all the money I’ve spent on all the cameras I’ve purchased over the years, this …
2018-03-08: I’ve settled on HC-110 for development of any small-format film shot anywhere near box speed. …
2018-03-08: I love my shirt.
2018-03-07: The AlphaSmart Neo 2. (Olympus Stylus Epic. Tri-X. HC-110)
2018-03-07: A little snow this morning. Bus station lights. Random pipes on a wall. Veggies for dinner.
2018-03-07: If Michael Shannon was in every movie I’d be ok with that.
2018-03-06: Shavings
2018-03-06: I just discovered that Dropbox has not been running on my MBP so today is brought to you by …
2018-03-05: I consider this a defensive, long-term move.
2018-03-04: Selfie with the SX-70. Shooting Polaroids is so much fun.
2018-03-03: Successfully replaced a headlight bulb in my car this morning without injury to myself or the …
2018-03-03: I often wish phone calls worked like DMs. If I don’t have your phone number in my contacts you …
2018-03-03: Whatever the Spacemacs crew did on develop this week did wonders for my crazy Emacs startup time. A …
2018-03-03: I wonder if I’ll have the energy to do this today. forestry.io/blog/sear…
2018-03-03: I’ve lost the power I had to distinguish between what to ignite and what to extinguish …
2018-03-03: I love fountain pens, but as long as there’s a good sharpener nearby, I have been using a …
2018-03-02: If I were to start programming again, what I should learn is JavaScript. Yet I have almost zero …
2018-03-02: I’d like to learn a little lisp. Maybe just enough so that I can totally screw up my emacs …
2018-02-28: Nice tips from Michael Johnston for shooting the revived T-Max P3200 film from Kodak. …
2018-02-28: Vero has no feed algorithm, no ads, and media-specific post types. I’ll I’ve ever wanted …
2018-02-28: For when I’m forced to edit more than a few words outside of Emacs: …
2018-02-27: I just said, “Hey Siri, play some ‘blue mood’ music.” to the HomePod and she …
2018-02-26: I tried setting my phone display to grayscale a few weeks ago when the first round of this silliness …
2018-02-26: “Whatever you spend your time on…it’s all you have.” A Philosophy of …
2018-02-26: “Why should I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google?” www.quora.com/Why-shoul… …
2018-02-25: I should probably not admit how much I enjoy returning from a few days of travel and just plopping …
2018-02-25: “Leica M: that distinct feeling of ennui” …
2018-02-25: I agree with this: www.nytimes.com/2018/02/2… I can almost feel people seething and screaming …
2018-02-24: I’m at least as inept at Alto’s Odyssey as I was with Alto’s Adventure.
2018-02-24: Almost couldn’t find our room HAHAHAHA! #sorrynotsorry
2018-02-23: Sure, I’d love to shoot some new TMAX-P3200 thanks. emulsive.org/articles/…
2018-02-22: A good example of how fickle I can be is my post from 2016 about how I prefer the Freewrite to the …
2018-02-22: Spacemacs (on my Mac) takes 150 seconds to start up when on the “develop” branch and 11 …
2018-02-21: Sure, it could just the novelty of it all, but right now I enjoy using this 2015 ThinkPad more than …
2018-02-21: The big Sonos has been usurped by the HomePod so it’s now part of Project Gone. (Crown …
2018-02-21: I use AirPlay to send music from Spotify to the HomePod way more than I ask Siri to play something. …
2018-02-21: Peak “Build Process”
2018-02-20: Sometimes my Micro.blog feed looks like this for a few minutes and I think that it must be nice to …
2018-02-20: I just ran across the page for my PHPetal app for posting to Blosxom blogs. Seems I’ve been …
2018-02-20: I didn’t think I was a soft-cover person but I like using this Leuchtturm so maybe I am.
2018-02-19: I love this crazy stamp.
2018-02-19: Photos on my phone are convenient and all but this is where I really like them.
2018-02-19: Polaroid Selfie. (OneStep2)
2018-02-18: This is so much fun.
2018-02-18: Just discovered the passmenu command that comes with pass. Works with dmenu and that makes grabbing …
2018-02-17: Microsoft on Linux. What a world.
2018-02-17: Sometimes I find a thing I want to try and it makes me change my mind again. Case in point: …
2018-02-16: Oh no I’m suddenly frustrated by how my blog pages load. Janky is the word. Whenever I blame …
2018-02-15: I know video games are fun and all but I just discovered the ranger file browser on linux and …
2018-02-15: There are like a million ways to set timers and if my fantastic-sounding speaker can only set one at …
2018-02-15: That crazy blue eye tho.
2018-02-14: Good vs. Better at Bad Joe Cieplinski: At least Apple knows the difference between a tech demo and an actual product. More …
2018-02-14: Working with AWS · Vicki Boykis Vicki Boykis: In a way, finding your way through AWS documentation is not unlike being dropped into …
2018-02-14: I read email in a text editor so I consider anything that’s not plain text to be an attachment …
2018-02-13: Limiting Your Child's Fire Time: A Guide for Concerned Paleolithic Parents | The New Yorker For many children, fire is a harmless, pleasant addition to their lives. But for some it can become …
2018-02-13: “But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything.” – Charles …
2018-02-12: Micro Monday time. This week, I’d like to suggest you follow @oyam for his thoughtful …
2018-02-12: Apple HomePod - The Audiophile Perspective + Measurements! WinterCharm (reddit): Apple has managed to extract peak performance from a pint sized speaker, a …
2018-02-12: Also gone: This rice cooker. Superseded by the Instant Pot. I think I may have started a …
2018-02-11: Two Days With the HomePod Remember that time I wrote that “I don’t think I need a smart speaker”? Well, I …
2018-02-11: Bought this fancy juicer the day after watching “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”. …
2018-02-11: Scanning 8mm films this morning.
2018-02-11: I’m halfway through season 3 of “Toast of London” and I never want it to end.
2018-02-10: Now and Then
2018-02-10: Another large format image of something I’m getting rid of. [caption …
2018-02-10: Think Before Ranting The first draft of my earlier rant about images on blog posts used the following screenshot as an …
2018-02-10: Maybe your blog post doesn't need that 2000-pixel header image Allow me a brief rant about the trend of putting ginormous, unnecessary images at the top of every …
2018-02-09: Everything Easy is Hard Again – Frank Chimero Frank Chimero: If you go talk to a senior software developer, you’ll probably hear them complain …
2018-02-09: I’ve been trying Pocket as my “read later” service for a week or two and it turns …
2018-02-09: “[new device] doesn’t do the one very specific thing I want it to so STUPID FAIL!” …
2018-02-08: Just went to plug my awesome new Grado headphones into my iPhone and remembered that I can’t …
2018-02-07: Most of the time I pour through longer, more thorough or challenging articles from Aeon, Brain …
2018-02-07: Now playing: Rush - Fly By Night.
2018-02-07: Seeing how the big digital Hasselblads are made is fun. Good thing, because reading about them is as …
2018-02-06: It’s a small thing, but this may be my favorite feature of my ThinkPad. I may never need to use it, …
2018-02-06: What I Learned from Watching My iPad’s Slow Death - NYT Magazine John Herrman (NYT Mag): I wouldn’t say my old electronics always aged gracefully, but their …
2018-02-06: How to decide.
2018-02-06: I ordered an extra power supply for the ThinkPad: $19.00. I recently ordered an extra power supply …
2018-02-05: He may be remembered as Frasier’s dad to many, but to me he was Diane’s dad in …
2018-02-05: Using a tiling window manager with no real desktop environment seems like Linux at its most weird …
2018-02-05: Sometimes, tonight for example, when I’m meditating all I can do is think “When is this …
2018-02-05: Fixing Babel in Org mode Once in a while Emacs and/or Org mode throws me a curveball. Today’s example is that suddenly …
2018-02-05: On this Micro Monday I’d like to suggest following @vasta. He is always constructively …
2018-02-04: Simple Technology My electric kettle stopped working recently, so I decided to make a large format photograph of it …
2018-02-04: My Linux Experience - Manjaro i3 After spending a few days with Ubuntu and Gnome (see My Linux Experience Day Two) I wanted a chance …
2018-02-04: Why the drinking bird toy is actually a brilliant piece of thermodynamic engineering Fascinating! I …
2018-02-04: My "Life Stack" - updated I’ve updated the “Stuff I Use” page and renamed it “Life Stack” …
2018-02-02: I updated my Tilde.club page with a link to a note about it on Micro.blog so that my Micro.blog page …
2018-02-01: The Square, 2017 - ★★★★ That was wonderfully uncomfortable. Via Letterboxd
2018-02-01: She got me this adorable mix of two of my favorite things: Cameras and Office Supplies. Love it!
2018-02-01: I Quit Twitter and It Feels Great - Lindsey West (NYT) Lindsey West (NYT): I no longer feel like my brain is trapped in a centrifuge filled with swastikas …
2018-02-01: Some days all I do is type 6-digit numbers into little boxes
2018-01-31: Ear
2018-01-31: Fixing two-finger scrolling with the ThinkPad and Ubuntu 17.10 Let me start by saying that I have no idea what I’m doing when it comes to desktop Linux. …
2018-01-31: Where to Microblog? Where should I keep a microblog? I have gone back and forth on this since the early days of Tumblr …
2018-01-31: Organize Your Life With Org-Mode Karl Voit: Never in my life have I seen a more beautiful piece of software that scales well from …
2018-01-30: Listening to Miles Davis on vinyl and drinking a manhattan makes me feel like some other person I …
2018-01-30: Current beverage
2018-01-30: Current sounds
2018-01-30: Current view
2018-01-30: The most interesting people tend to have blogs – Brent Simmons
2018-01-30: ~ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 17.10 …
2018-01-30: Testing the change to mb.el by @hjertnes.
2018-01-29: I need to say it again… I love Micro.blog. It feels like something new and it’s pretty …
2018-01-29: I watch a lot of YouTube videos and I am completely happy having paid for Red. The lack of ads makes …
2018-01-29: Just finished “The Punch Escrow” by Tal M. Klein. I like teleportation stories and this was a fine …
2018-01-29: My Linux Experience - Day Two So here I sit in front of a new-to-me Thinkpad X1 Carbon from 2015. It’s running Linux. I …
2018-01-28: There goes my Sunday.
2018-01-28: Found these in one my daughter’s old scrapbooks. She didn’t catch ’em all but she tried for a while.
2018-01-27: Just flashed a disk image to a micro SD card meant for the Raspberry Pi using Etcher on my Mac and …
2018-01-27: Farrago: Robust, rapid-fire soundboards Rogue Amoeba | Farrago: Robust, rapid-fire soundboards: Farrago provides the best way to quickly …
2018-01-27: [gallery ids=“852,” type=“rectangular”] Josie likes to bury her face
2018-01-27: Well which is it, Apple?
2018-01-27: If forced to describe my favorite breakfast, this might be it: A custard-filled “long John” from …
2018-01-27: I don't think I need a smart speaker Lots of chatter this week around Apple’s (belated) release of the HomePod. It’s mostly the usual …
2018-01-26: Is it weird that not wanting the latest thing from Apple is grounds for incredulity and criticism?
2018-01-25: The new Polaroid SX-70 film is expensive, finicky, and lacking in image quality. The camera itself, …
2018-01-25: I like miniflux for RSS and I see v2 is a rewrite in Go. This is cool, but I also see that v2 no …
2018-01-25: I didn’t have the best luck with the original R5 Monobath but I’m willing to give the …
2018-01-24: Here’s a Polaroid I took just to confuse my future self.
2018-01-24: Dunkirk, 2017 - ★★★½ Christopher Nolan is an exquisite craftsman. Dunkirk had moments of tension, grief, and glory. As …
2018-01-24: Cellar Days at Founders (left to right): Barrel-aged Devil Dancer Barrel-aged City IPA Tank Bender …
2018-01-24: I just wanted to remind everyone that the internet, though flawed and seemingly under siege, is …
2018-01-23: Is there really still no way to search emojis on iOS? It’s faster for me to drop the phone and …
2018-01-23: Ursula K. Le Guin has died. I’ll be reading this one next. 📚
2018-01-22: I skipped meditation for a few days and I shouldn’t do that. Tonight I barely slogged through 20 …
2018-01-22: I’ve taken to cutting out semi-random bits from The Economist and adding them to the day’s Hobonichi …
2018-01-22: On Micro Monday, I’m recommending @hjertnes. (Yes, he did the same for me today, but this …
2018-01-22: I’ve been saving articles to Evernote again recently and have yet to go look at any of them so …
2018-01-21: Good Time, 2017 - ★★★★ A frenetic, lurid, feverish joy ride and I’m exhausted. Via Letterboxd
2018-01-21: My formula for surviving social media is to follow people who want to like things rather than those …
2018-01-21: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 2017 - ★★★★½ Star Wars movies have almost always made me happy. This one sure did. Via Letterboxd
2018-01-21: Portrait Lighting on the iPhone [caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“960”]Kelly. (iPhone …
2018-01-21: 1.5 hours with an Apple Genius yesterday and we just ended up wiping the drive and reinstalling OS. …
2018-01-20: Productivity is dangerous | The Outline Vincent Bevins, The Outline: If you’re waking up at 4 a.m. to write 1,000 words about how you write …
2018-01-19: Oh goody my MBP kernel panics and reboots repeatedly alluvasudden
2018-01-18: I’m sad to hear about Dean Allen’s passing. He was influential in my early blogging days. I ran my …
2018-01-18: I like Tristan Harris, but my guess is that making one’s phone screen grayscale has no …
2018-01-18: This is fun. A random sampler of brush pens from Jetpens.
2018-01-17: Baywatch, 2017 - ★★★ I thought it was really going to suck but I laughed so I didn’t mind. Via Letterboxd
2018-01-16: Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening - NPR James Jackson Toth (NPR): Missing from a larger discussion is the radical idea that maybe it is the …
2018-01-16: Relaxing
2018-01-16: Oh good, another "I'm quitting _______" post I want to love Instagram. Really. It’s the least toxic of the big social networks and …
2018-01-16: After years without a decent pair of headphones, I’ve finally replaced my original Grados… …
2018-01-16: I want to use and enjoy Instagram, but I don’t think I can. Its algorithmic feed is awful, …
2018-01-15: The "glory days" are still here for me, Dave Dave Winer: The "glory days" of news readers are as irrelevant as the print edition of the NY …
2018-01-15: I know everyone has linked to this already but I’ve been grabbing a pencil more than any of my …
2018-01-15: Got to use one of the new pseudo vintage stamps! I love them.
2018-01-15: The seals don’t always turn out perfect but I like them anyway.
2018-01-15: This is a handy cheatsheet for Ledger CLI devhints.io/ledger
2018-01-15: Inessential: Evergreen Diary #4: Send to Micro.blog (Sent to Micro.blog via Evergreen, just like it …
2018-01-15: I’m working toward using fewer apps on my Mac. Not simpler or better apps…fewer apps. …
2018-01-15: For this Micro Monday I recommend @belle, who posts fun things about development, notebooks, …
2018-01-14: Going to try giving this one a good cleaning
2018-01-14: Found the instructions
2018-01-14: For a few years I put together a photo album from darkroom prints made throughout the year. Not sure …
2018-01-14: Test post from Emacs to Micro.blog using [@hjertnes](https://micro.blog/hjertnes) new mb.el. If you …
2018-01-14: Adding to blocklist: “Dopamine”, “Silo”, “You’re the …
2018-01-14: Lost in Translation (why smart speakers are often more useful than the assistant built into your phone) – BirchTree Matt Birchler: Meanwhile, a stationary voice assistant is always in the same place and is always …
2018-01-14: Little Deaths, 2011 - ★★½ Gross. Nope.
2018-01-13: Came across this while going through (organizing?) a pile of old index cards.
2018-01-13: I sure do love listening to records. Now playing: Moby’s “Play”
2018-01-13: I haven’t taken a single photo in 2018 beyond a few random snapshots. I don’t know what …
2018-01-13: Oh dear I suddenly have an urge to buy a laptop for running Linux. Please help me by telling me what …
2018-01-13: I’m trying to let things roll off rather than irritate me, but people who do this …
2018-01-13: Friends vs Followers on Micro.blog If I’m honest, the reason I originally backed and then joined Micro.blog by Manton Reese is that I …
2018-01-12: I really like the latest Firefox, but at my age switching my daily driver for browsing feels like …
2018-01-10: I haven’t used a Moleskine in a while but wouldn’t mind seeing one of these leather …
2018-01-10: I’ve been meditating for just 15 minutes/day and I think there might be something to it. Hard …
2018-01-09: My signed Elliot Erwitt print arrived and I love it. He’s my favorite.
2018-01-09: Oh FFS www.kodak.com/US/en/cor…
2018-01-09: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Neat. einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu
2018-01-08: On this first Micro Monday I’d like to recommend eli for always posting super fun kid photos …
2018-01-08: The streak continues. I don’t live in a Hobonichi but I usually have one nearby. I prefer paper …
2018-01-08: The worst job I ever had The worst job I ever had was as part of the cleanup crew at a slaughterhouse. It’s gotten …
2018-01-08: Lucky, 2017 - ★★★★★ Absolutely wonderful. When Stanton started to sing at the fiesta I almost cried. Hell, I did cry.
2018-01-07: Ingrid Goes West, 2017 - ★★★ This was probably really good but I was too busy cringing to death.
2018-01-07: Another reason to dislike winter…all the prints curl.
2018-01-07: Plain text accounting can be, well, plain. these scripts for Ledger by Shaodong Di have been helpful …
2018-01-07: Crown Graphic shot with the Polaroid.
2018-01-07: During a politically-charged argument I said, “Hmm, that’s a good point. I hadn’t …
2018-01-06: Finally found stamps that look like stamps.
2018-01-06: Time to write some fancy letters.
2018-01-06: Tried a bunch of CSV-to-Ledger conversion methods and have settled on icsv2ledger. It was easy to …
2018-01-04: I'm not leaving Twitter - yet Om Malik, “The Internet of Love”: I share these stories, not to laud these individuals, …
2018-01-03: Not my usual style but not bad
2018-01-02: Safety Not Guaranteed, 2012 - ★★★★ Safety Not Guaranteed is my kind of movie. Quirky people talking and underdogs winning. And I’ve …
2018-01-02: Force Majeure, 2014 - ★★★ Watched on Tuesday January 2, 2018.
2018-01-02: I’ve used Portrait Lighting on the iPhone X maybe a half-dozen times and it’s only made …
2018-01-01: I want to accuratly track my steps/workouts but don’t like having to always wear my Apple …
2018-01-01: As soon as my Bitcoin hits I’m buying one of these. www.lovehulten.com/cary42.ht…
2018-01-01: A good resolution is maybe to stop telling other people how they should make resolutions or whether …
2018-01-01: “The old promise of the internet…never really lost its appeal, but this year it came …
2018-01-01: Happy Offsite Backup Day!
2017-12-31: Without a case the iPhone X feels as good as it functions. With a case it could be any old phone.
2017-12-31: 2018 projections. Imaginary, but let’s see if optimism is predictive.
2017-12-31: The Untamed, 2016 - ★★★½ Creepy, unsettling, surprising, and yes, a little sexy. I’m not sure I’ve figured it out …
2017-12-31: Working with the Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter My Notebook intentions for 2018 didn’t take into account my work projects, so I’ve been …
2017-12-31: The OneStep has a self timer so…selfies!
2017-12-30: Relaxed Nikon F3. Nikkor 28mm f/2.8. Tri-X @1200 in Diafine.
2017-12-30: A learned a new word recently and now I see it everywhere.
2017-12-30: One from the last roll of the year. Leica M6, Tri-X @1200 in Diafine.
2017-12-30: Microblogging status I didn’t think I needed a microblog but I think I need a microblog. I like writing short posts …
2017-12-30: Shelving 35mm film for a while I’m taking a hiatus from shooting 35mm film, so I thought I’d share some notes about why. My use of …
2017-12-29: iPad Pro with Penna Keyboard vs. Hermes 3000 Typewriter Try as I might to make using an iPad feel like I’m typing in “the good old days,” …
2017-12-29: My Reading Pile (aka The Graveyard of Good Intentions) Patrick Rhone posted a photo of his pile of unread books. I’m glad I’m not the only one suffering …
2017-12-29: Private Git hosting using Gogs on Amazon Lightsail There are many options for “private” Git hosting. I put “private” in quotes …
2017-12-28: Books I read in 2017 I read 27 books in 2017. A book every couple of weeks is about my usual pace. The list contains a …
2017-12-27: Kingsman: The Golden Circle, 2017 - ★ A stupid cartoon of a movie.
2017-12-27: Shot some old Impossible Film I found a box of color film for the SX-70 from the early days of The Impossible Project so I thought …
2017-12-27: Streaming Services and the End of Music Collection – Variety Janko Roettgers in Variety: And there’s simply no room for your 10,000 meticulously tagged MP3s in a …
2017-12-27: Blade Runner 2049, 2017 - ★★★★½ I very much enjoyed Blade Runner 2049. Seeing Harrison Ford emerge as older versions of characters …
2017-12-26: Senior Class Picnic 1933 I just found these awesome tiny photos tucked into my grandfather’s high school yearbook. Written on …
2017-12-26: Bright, 2017 - ★★ All I’ll say is that I watched the entire film, but you probably shouldn’t. I’m …
2017-12-26: Paper Notebook Intentions for 2018 [caption id=“attachment_700” align=“alignnone” …
2017-12-24: Testing a post via Org2Blog This post is being written in Emacs (Spacemacs) and is being posted to WordPress via Org2Blog. If it …
2017-12-23: Strand, Under the Dark Cloth, 1989 - ★★ Paul Strand is interesting. “Strand, Under the Dark Cloth” is not.
2017-12-23: Blog Consolidation (I originally posted this as the last post on www.baty.net but thought I'd copy it here.) The …
2017-12-23: Annie Leibovitz Teaches Photography A Masterclass featuring Annie Leibovitz looked like a great idea, so I paid the $90 and signed up. I …
2017-12-19: Dynamicland Dynamicland: No screens, no devices. Just ordinary physical materials — paper and clay, tokens and …
2017-12-17: Polaroid SX-70 I made a couple large format photos of my SX-70. The camera has been fully restored by 2nd Shot and …
2017-12-17: Tracking my weight using Org-mode and R I record my weight nearly every day. My bathroom scale uploads the data to a couple of tracking …
2017-12-16: Josie today
2017-12-16: Org-mode radio targets - Marcin Borkowski Marcin Borkowski: The idea is quite cool: you mark some word (or a combination of words) in your …
2017-12-15: Org Mode Mailmate Bundle I’m so happy to have discovered this bundle for Mailmate which lets me create a TODO in my Org Mode …
2017-12-10: A Microsoft Excel Artist - swissmiss swissmiss: For over 15 years, Japanese artist Tatsuo Horiuchi has rendered the subtle details of …
2017-12-10: ‘Handwritten letters belong to you like your DNA’ - The Guardian Kiran Sidhu: Some things in life need distance for us to acknowledge their true value – youth, …
2017-12-05: MarsEdit 4.0 I don't even remember when I first started using MarsEdit, but it was a long time ago. It's been a …
2017-12-03: Running Josie (2017) Josie (2017). X-Pro2. 56mm f/1.2 The 56mm Fuji isn't the fastest focusing thing I've ever used, but …
2017-12-03: Miniflux Eli Mellen mentioned Miniflux one too many times so I had to give it a go. Miniflux is a bare-bones …
2017-12-03: Anatomy of a Polaroid Picture Polaroid Originals Magazine: Creating a photograph with instant film is part imagination, part …
2017-12-03: I've activated the Gutenberg WordPress plugin here. I like trying new things.
2017-12-02: I'm bored Josie (2017). X-Pro2. 56mm f/1.2
2017-11-29: I nearly forgot about this blog. I’d say that means I have too many of them.
2017-11-26: Ron (2017) Ron (2017). Leica M6. 50mm Summicron. Tri-X @1250 in Diafine. From a recent roll, here's my dad …
2017-11-26: Digital Black and White I have always disliked the idea of converting digital photos from color to black and white. As with …
2017-11-24: Good Cameras In my previous post about the X-Pro2 and 56mm I wrote, “I feel like I could actually make some …
2017-11-23: Gene at the buffet [caption id=“attachment_125” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”]Gene …
2017-11-22: First day with the Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R I’ve only had the Fujifilm XF 56mm f/1.2 R for a few hours and I can already tell we’re …
2017-11-21: Polaroid SX-70 [caption id=“attachment_69” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”]SX-70 …
2017-11-08: Time for a refill
2017-11-08: I like dogs. I like taking pictures of dogs. I like sharing pictures of dogs.
2017-11-08: Some discounts on Tinderbox and DEVONthink here: www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox… Tinderbox has …
2017-11-08: Having an office across the street from Founders Brewing is pretty great. 🍺
2017-11-08: Allow me to vent for a moment… Managing AWS accounts and services is a clusterf*ck of …
2017-11-07: My brother in law made this cool marble pen holder for me. Even included felt inside the bottom to …
2017-11-06: This a/v setup from early 2000s actually worked pretty well. Or at least it worked (Says the guy …
2017-11-05: xkcd
2017-11-04: Podcasts release schedules should be based on when people feel they have something interesting to …
2017-11-03: Less is still more - Bijan Sabet Bijan Sabet: Yes, your users are smart. But they want to be delighted. Too many features can feel …
2017-11-03: Medium and Large
2017-11-03: Your search "Nicolas Cage Hairstyle Whiteboard" did not match any products. C’mon Amazon, get …
2017-11-02: Ran into the old Tinderbox document that managed baty.net for a while. I tidied it up, hit …
2017-11-01: Bought a signed Elliot Erwitt print from Magnum because I love Elliot Erwitt.
2017-10-31: George Saunders' 'Lincoln in the Bardo': Audiobook Cast George Saunders' ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’: Audiobook Cast: When it came time to record …
2017-10-30: I’m having fun with the new Polaroid One Step
2017-10-30: Founders Backwoods Bastard remains a favorite
2017-10-30: Leaves and drain
2017-10-29: Scanning more of my grandpa’s 8mm films.
2017-10-29: “Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts.” …
2017-10-28: Josie sat long enough for a 4x5 portrait. I missed the focus a bit but I was using ground glass in …
2017-10-28: Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, 2017 - ★★★½ A sometimes emotional greatest hits collection from Didion, a writer I’ve always admired.
2017-10-28: After one year my “new” MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is still the most disappointing Apple …
2017-10-28: It’s pretty obvious how I feel about wasps.
2017-10-27: I have misplaced my Vanishing Point but I think I’ll survive. I almost never need the quick …
2017-10-27: This has gotta stop.
2017-10-27: What If the Newspaper Industry Made a Colossal Mistake? Jack Shafer, Politico: ...conventional newspapers, for all their shortcomings, remain the best …
2017-10-27: Atomic Blonde, 2017 - ★★★★ I have no idea what “Atomic Blonde” was about or why but I could watch Charlize sit, …
2017-10-27: Don’t tell anyone but Super Mario Odyssey is downloading to the switch right now. My work may …
2017-10-26: Remember that time I typed each tweet onto an index card for a year (2012)?
2017-10-26: Little Evil, 2017 - ★★★½ I like Horror/Comedy so “Little Evil” interested me. I just let it do what it wanted and …
2017-10-25: On the wall of the upstairs bedroom of my mom’s dollhouse hangs a tiny painting of dogs …
2017-10-25: Lots of fun talk about using paper today on micro.blog. I’m for it :).
2017-10-25: Catching up on my contact sheets is the least fun part of darkroom work, but it yields wonderful, …
2017-10-25: War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017 - ★★★★ I enjoyed War very much. Moving, thoughtful, and beautiful to look at. Andy Serkis as Caesar was …
2017-10-24: Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2017 - ★★½ I’m not a fan of the Spider-man films but this one got such good reviews that I gave it a …
2017-10-23: :s/folks/people/g
2017-10-22: Blow-Up, 1966 - ★★★★ Mostly an interesting artifact from the 60s. I half expected Austin Powers to jump out any moment. …
2017-10-22: The Conversation, 1974 - ★★★★★ Wonderful. I’d never seen it and it’s wonderful. Sound design makes it. Really loved it.
2017-10-22: I don’t mind grain so much but HP5+ @1200 in Diafine is pretty darn grainy. (Leica M6. 50mm …
2017-10-22: Josie (2017) I don’t mind grain so much but HP5+ @1200 in Diafine is pretty darn grainy. Leica M6. 50mm …
2017-10-22: American Made, 2017 - ★★★★ I want to dislike Tom Cruise but I keep enjoying the films he’s in so ¯_(ツ)_/¯. This was good …
2017-10-21: Josie enjoying a sunny day in the yard
2017-10-21: Uninstalled NeoVim until I have my regular Vim configuration nailed down. Switching between them was …
2017-10-21: Why I switched to [new thing] from [old thing] in 2017
2017-10-20: I spent the afternoon wrangling Vim into just the way I like it for writing. Could use maybe a touch …
2017-10-20: You know how people fight about Vim vs Emacs? I’ve been doing it with myself for weeks now. …
2017-10-19: A problem with apps that depend upon their own convenient “cloud” library is when they …
2017-10-19: Replaced the flashlight in my car. Feels like an upgrade.
2017-10-19: Other than wanting to eat a small Pug, Josie did well at group class tonight.
2017-10-19: My favorite app is always whichever one had a major release most recently
2017-10-19: For those complaining that Adobe is breaking their promise to “offer a standalone version of …
2017-10-19: I need Vim keybindings in Ulysses. Just me? Probably just me.
2017-10-18: She’s just a blur coming into the frame. Nikon F100. HP5+.
2017-10-18: I love old things that still work. Going on 80 years and I can pop this into the projector and watch …
2017-10-18: The new Lightroom CC is going to be so divisive! I’m already conflicted, but leaning toward …
2017-10-18: Polaroid! #polaroid [gallery size=full columns=1]
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2017-10-18: Well this is fun. Who would have thought I’d be able to buy a brand new “Polaroid” …
2017-10-16: This Caran d’Ache pencil sharpener is overkill and expensive but I love it and don’t …
2017-10-16: My working notebook (aka a sort-of “bullet journal”) is now a large Boorum & Pease …
2017-10-16: It’s been a while since I last used Mutt for my email but the keystrokes come back quickly and …
2017-10-16: Ftrain.com @20 - Paul Ford Paul Ford: Our software is bullshit, our literary essays are too long, the good editors all quit or …
2017-10-16: Soon!
2017-10-16: Posting this from the Micro.blog app on my Mac. This is better. A couple of things… I really want …
2017-10-16: My yard has a lot of Acorns, but this is really just an excuse to test the Micro.blog Mac app)
2017-10-16: I don’t know what the answer is, but I do know that it doesn’t involve being mean on …
2017-10-15: Amer, 2009 - ★★½ Yes, Giallo. Yes, visually interesting. Did not enjoy it.
2017-10-15: Just for fun I brought back my old mutt config and oh how I love mutt. www.mutt.org “All mail …
2017-10-15: I just discovered iTerm’s tmux integration: gitlab.com/gnachman/…
2017-10-15: I need to find something to distract me from wanting to host my own Mastodon instance, because I …
2017-10-14: Book: Words for Letters ★★★ Words for Letters: Writing Personal Letters for Deeper Friendships by Keith Winnard My rating: 3 of …
2017-10-14: Book: Barking Up the Wrong Tree ★★★ Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is …
2017-10-14: All I want is to copy a file from my PC to my Mac without error. They’re 6 feet apart and it …
2017-10-14: Catching up on some 8mm film scanning. This one is my grandfather’s “Florida Vacation …
2017-10-14: Rediscovering jrnl for text-based, command-line journaling. I’ll wean myself of Org Mode yet! …
2017-10-13: I switched to using Column view in my Mac’s Finder and it’s like I’m running a …
2017-10-13: I walked across the room to sharpen my pencil and by the time I returned I’d forgotten what I …
2017-10-13: With today’s Twitter boycott (and the boycotts of the boycott), I’m reminded that …
2017-10-13: The old Fuji Instax Wide might be the ugliest camera I’ve ever seen. Fitting it’s …
2017-10-13: I didn’t have anything else to do while we’re all boycotting Twitter today so I updated …
2017-10-12: Speaking of email clients, I also tried Airmail for Mac and it doesn’t properly support …
2017-10-12: Did a side-by-side taste test in the Founders taproom yesterday. Conclusion: I prefer last …
2017-10-11: Why didn’t anyone tell me that Mastodon is performing 1/2 mile from me tonight? No graceful …
2017-10-10: Josie with stick (2017). Nikon F100. Nikkor 85mm f1.8. HP5+ in HC110 for 6min. Pakon scan. …
2017-10-10: Tear down the new institutions – Ethical Tech Ben Werdmuller: Facebook is what you get when you don’t have any ethical quandaries about building a …
2017-10-10: She sleeps funny
2017-10-10: micro.blog has become one of my favorite spots to visit throughout the day.
2017-10-09: Love, 2015 - ★½ Well that was certainly chock full of un-simulated sex. Otherwise, it was nothing. Maybe it was …
2017-10-09: Spielberg, 2017 - ★★★½ I can’t explain why I didn’t enjoy this more. I don’t feel like I learned much of …
2017-10-09: The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears, 2013 - ★★★★ If film is meant to be a visual art form, then “The Strange Color of Your Body’s …
2017-10-06: Looks like I’ve forgotten to stop posting here.
2017-10-05: Hey apps, stop begging me to turn on notifications. I turned them off for a reason. Leave it alone, …
2017-10-04: I love picking an ink and filling a fountain pen. Bernanke Blue is one of my favorites
2017-10-04: Propeller [caption id=“attachment_354” align=“alignnone” …
2017-10-04: Propeller [caption id=“attachment_55” align=“alignnone” width=“819”]A boat …
2017-10-03: Escapes, 2016 - ★★★★ Watched on Tuesday October 3, 2017.
2017-10-03: Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises
2017-10-03: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Hard Promises #nowplaying #vinyl #tompetty [gallery size=full …
2017-10-03: Had a brisk morning swim yesterday in northern Michigan.
2017-10-03: I love design and designers, except on the days following any well-known brand introducing a new …
2017-10-02: Nice day for a swim in northern Michigan [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-10-01: Josie and our shadows during a morning walk
2017-09-30: Apple is really bad at design - Topolsky Joshua Topolsky, in an unabashedly clickbaity article: Ok fine, Josh, I’m not going to argue …
2017-09-29: A bunch of people blogging every which way all scattered around who-knows-where is such a hot mess …
2017-09-29: How did Amazon become my Smart Home hub before Apple? How many years are we going to continue saying, “Well, Apple is going to do something amazing …
2017-09-29: Why I always write with the audience in mind
2017-09-29: WordPress announces 4,294,967,295 character count limit Heh.
2017-09-28: The Little Hours, 2017 - ★★ This group of people should have been able to make a funnier film.
2017-09-27: Letterboxd Patron I just renewed my annual Letterboxd membership. This time I paid $49 for a year at the …
2017-09-26: Put me down as against a move to 280 characters. Might as well just “Blog, You Idiots”.
2017-09-26: Elle, 2016 - ★★★½ I didn’t enjoy the film, and I probably wasn’t supposed to. But, I adore Isabelle …
2017-09-26: Wonder Woman, 2017 - ★★★½ I keep saying that I’m done with super hero movies, and I keep being wrong. I did enjoy Wonder …
2017-09-26: How I do my Computing - Stallman Richard Stallman: I edit the pages on this site with Emacs also, although volunteer helpers install …
2017-09-25: The Field Notes Dime Novel Edition might be my favorite so far. I like the larger size.
2017-09-24: Looks like the Speed Graphic has quite a light leak. (Speed Graphic. HP5+ @400 in HC-110 dilution B …
2017-09-24: The Speed Graphic has a light leak. [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-09-24: Setting up the Pakon scanner again Every once in a while I get the urge to shoot color 35mm film and scanning that film is no fun at …
2017-09-24: Oh the things I go through in order to make scanning color film less painful. (See this post about …
2017-09-24: I have zero concerns about “the notch” in iPhone X. I’m getting a X (pronounced, …
2017-09-24: Josie with Stick (2017) [caption id=“attachment_48” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”]Canon …
2017-09-23: JavaScript development is not fun for me anymore – Paul Verbeek-Mast Paul Verbeek-Mast: Fast-forward to 2017. I’m slamming my keyboard in frustration as another …
2017-09-23: Cloud backups I am no longer backing up my drives using a cloud backup service. Namely, Arq to Backblaze B2. This …
2017-09-22: There isn’t a single Wordpress theme that I really like. I may just make my own. If only I …
2017-09-22: Just dropped the X-Pro2 from waist high onto concrete. No visible or functional damage as far as I …
2017-09-21: I’m fascinated by Keybase. They just added teams, also fascinating. …
2017-09-21: Technology exhausts me.
2017-09-21: Keepers of the Secrets | Village Voice James Somers in the Village Voice: “It’s a real person — the stationery they commissioned, the paper …
2017-09-21: Tried updating my (Gravatar) avatar to what I thought was a nice B&W photo of me. Don’t …
2017-09-21: Things I installed on a fresh iPhone (SE) After weeks of flakiness with my iPhone SE, I decided to wipe it and start over. This always seems …
2017-09-20: My Car Has 51 miles on it
2017-09-20: Mr. Gyro (2017) [caption id=“attachment_46” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”]Mr. …
2017-09-20: Car Wash (2017) [caption id=“attachment_42” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”]Fuji …
2017-09-20: Car Wash (2017) [caption id=“attachment_39” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”]Car …
2017-09-20: This is Ron, co-founder of Russ & Ron’s auto service. I’ve been taking my cars to …
2017-09-20: Starting from scratch on the SE I’ve been running the iOS 11 betas on my iPhone SE for a while now. I installed the GM a week …
2017-09-19: This is the construction equivalent of pulling up carpeting and revealing the beautiful old wood …
2017-09-19: Well that’s a little scary but so far so good.
2017-09-19: Josie Eats Dirt
2017-09-19: I’ve been running the High Sierra GM on the iMac without too much grief. Thinking of …
2017-09-18: I can understand when, all else being equal, you would avoid using an Electron-based app. But if you …
2017-09-18: Keep It, by Reinvented Software I'm going to need an Everything Bucket for my Everything Buckets. The latest “Everything …
2017-09-18: Courage – Marco.org Marco Arment: Apple just completely changed the fundamental shape of the most important, most …
2017-09-17: It’s been over two weeks since I made my drastic keyboard change and I have to admit that …
2017-09-16: Some day there will be a static site generator that makes things as easy as Wordpress. I’m …
2017-09-16: Is there any value in people who cannot write JavaScript? Mandy Michael: The worst part about pushing the “know everything” mentality is that we end up …
2017-09-16: Josie relaxing after a long walk.
2017-09-16: The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die #nowplaying #vinyl [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-09-16: I am completely unable to decide whether or not to keep smaller, microblog-type posts (like this …
2017-09-16: I just clicked “Install” on the High Sierra GM build on my iMac. I’m almost certainly going to …
2017-09-14: Selfie with the band. Sort of. #gretavanfleet
2017-09-13: She only gets red-eye in one eye. [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-09-13: Polaroid OneStep 2 Polaroid (really The Impossible Project) has a new instant camera: The Polaroid OneStep 2. You bet I …
2017-09-13: More Josie (2017) These days my favorite subject is Josie, so here’s another. [caption …
2017-09-13: Everything is gorgeous and I am lost – Track Changes Drew Bell: Lately, though, I’ve often found myself halfway through a poorly-considered post before …
2017-09-12: I’m probably as excited about whatever Polaroid announces tomorrow as I was about the Apple …
2017-09-12: @manton Have you ever considered a post form right here? I think it would be nice to see the context …
2017-09-12: Thinking about shooting more color film. Scanning is a bitch and I can’t make darkroom prints …
2017-09-11: Josie with Portra 400. Nikon F3. Self-processed. Silverfast scan. #filmphotography [gallery …
2017-09-10: CNN Lite may be the greatest news website ever I could not love this more. Can we get all of the news sites to do this? http://lite.cnn.io/en
2017-09-10: Almost done #filmphotography [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-09-10: No more local options for color film processing I learned today that Meijer, the last nearby option for C-41 processing, is no longer doing C-41 …
2017-09-10: Nobody’s Version of Dumb Sherri Spelic, reacting to a tweet by George Siemens: I, for one, came because I was looking for …
2017-09-09: I just want everyone to start blogging again Would you all please just start a blog? I don’t care which platform you choose. Pick one and …
2017-09-09: The Places I Can Write People make fun of me for having too many blogs. I don’t blame them. I just like to try …
2017-09-09: The simplest thing that could possibly work I always begin by following the advice I first read on the XP portion of Ward Cunningham’s …
2017-09-08: Decline and return of indie blogs - Manton Reece Manton Reece: The solution isn’t fewer link blogs, but more of them. By taking microblogging back …
2017-09-08: It is rather nice just typing stuff in a box and clicking the “Post” button.
2017-09-08: Static site publishing is still (mostly) a pain I love that static websites can just sit somewhere behind a simple web server and always just work. …
2017-09-07: Jessica and the Animals (2004) [caption id=“attachment_27” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]Leica …
2017-09-06: Sage (2017) I got to watch my daughter’s Weimaraner, Sage, over the weekend. He rarely stops moving, so it …
2017-09-06: Josie (2017) [caption id=“attachment_8” align=“alignnone” …
2017-09-06: The RSS feed from my 1999.io experiment isn’t being pulled into micro.blog and I don’t …
2017-09-05: Remember Kodak Disc cameras? #filmphotography #kodak [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-09-05: I'm no longer cross-posting I’m beginning to feel like cross-posting everywhere is rude to readers in many cases. Who …
2017-09-05: I’ve removed Twitter cross-posting from all of my configured Micro.blog feeds. Feeling like …
2017-09-04: Sage [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-09-04: Sage (2017). Nikon F3. Tri-X @1200 in Diafine.
2017-09-04: I enjoy playing with software. So, I’ve (once again) set up a 1999.io server. This time, on an …
2017-09-03: Dog-sitting tonight. This is my daughter’s weirdo, Sage.
2017-09-03: Josie been at a 2-week training course and comes home on Tuesday. I can’t wait.
2017-09-03: This photo of my mom (1982) looks like she’s in a remake of The Birds
2017-09-02: Replaced a retaining wall this morning with my mom and dad’s help.
2017-09-01: Ev’s thoughtful response to a critic of “Claps” medium.com/@ev/hi-ro… I …
2017-08-30: This Aultmore 18 is delicious.
2017-08-26: The SX-70 is going out for repairs
2017-08-26: Testing photo posts from MarsEdit with this shot of my daughter’s dog, Sage.
2017-08-26: Reconfiguring my iMac reminded my how much I rely on Chronosync. The new beta has some nice …
2017-08-24: My dad windsurfing in Hawaii - 1991. Nice waves for a 50-year-old.
2017-08-24: I mean this 8mm
2017-08-24: Need to have this 8mm processed soon
2017-08-23: My Mac vs iPad usage
2017-08-23: I’m getting a lot of use and value out of Setapp. It’s easily worth the $10/month to me. …
2017-08-23: Amused by all the fretting over how-many-claps-mean-what!? on @Medium this week.
2017-08-22: Installed watchOS 4 beta. Battery lasted about 6 hours today. Not recommended.
2017-08-22: Switched from Crashplan to Arq->B2 a month ago. Just in time it seems. May be better off just …
2017-08-22: I spoke too soon. I should not have installed the iOS beta on my phone. I know better, but I …
2017-08-21: Running iOS 11 b7 on my phone all day. No problems so far.
2017-08-20: I could use a little less disorder.
2017-08-20: I brought her a stick from the shore of Lake Michigan. She seems to like it.
2017-08-18: [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-08-18: Our room has a nice view. [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-08-17: This’ll do
2017-08-16: Surprised by how frustrating it is to tap the screen of my MBP and find that nothing happens but a …
2017-08-15: I think I might be doing it wrong
2017-08-15: You know it’s an off week when you find yourself searching for “Low carb fast food …
2017-08-15: Two reasons. First, it should be harder to lose. Second, I can tell at a glance and by feel which …
2017-08-15: Going all-in micro.blog for microblogging/syndication. Also, as a vote of confidence, I’m …
2017-08-13: This is a good way to seal a love letter. [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-08-13: I think it’s time for this “Super Road Whiz” to go.
2017-08-13: Waiting for breakfast
2017-08-12: Nine black cars (and Gail).
2017-08-12: Incompatible threads: App Store pricing is an unsustainable race to the bottom Subscription pricing …
2017-08-12: I’d tried and failed to shoehorn Foursquare/Swarm into a personal log. Happy to see that v5.0 makes …
2017-08-12: Nice overview by Jason Blevins of my new favorite, Blink Shell: jblevins.org/log/blink…
2017-08-12: I have been manually adding photos to Google Photos. Decided to enable “sync” and now of course I …
2017-08-11: Giving Things 3 an honest go and today was the first I’ve hit it hard on the iPad. No keyboard …
2017-08-11: Today I snapped a few photos with the little Fuji X100T. My iMac is out for repair so I plugged in a …
2017-08-11: Well of course you can have a treat, looking at me like that and all. [gallery size=full columns=1]
2017-08-11: There’s a German Shepherd service dog in the Apple Store and not petting him is the hardest …
2017-08-11: Something I never thought would happen: Preferring the iPad to the MBP. Will the effect wear off? …
2017-08-11: All I want is a way to get an email into Things on iOS with a link back to the original message that …
2017-08-10: The Ulysses team’s decision to move to Subscription pricing is 100% cool with me. This is a …
2017-08-09: Micro.blog is a simple, reverse-chronological feed of people/blogs I follow, with replies and …
2017-08-09: I wish App Store on iOS would stop moving things out from under me when I’m trying to update apps. …
2017-08-08: Is it true that there’s no way to edit photo titles/descriptions in Apple Photos in the iPad. That …
2017-08-08: I love a Manhattan. I’ve changed the bourbon:vermouth ratio from two-to-one to two-to-one-half and I …
2017-08-08: Feeling a little whimsical this afternoon
2017-07-09: Join me at stream.baty.net My new site at stream.baty.net is the place to be.
2017-07-06: Moved chemicals into new glass bottles. Should last longer and definitely looks cooler.
2017-07-05: Expired Delta 3200 I’m trying to use up a bunch of expired film in my freezer, so I put a roll of Delta 3200 (exp 2011) …
2017-07-04: Spirited Away, 2001 - ★★★★½ Beautifully drawn. I suppose it was about overcoming fear but all I cared about was seeing what …
2017-07-04: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, 2014 - ★★★ I expected black, deadpan humor with a surreal twist and that’s what I got. The trouble was …
2017-07-03: “Did you say Wendy’s drive through?!!”
2017-07-03: This is a quick post using the updated micro.blog app on the iPad. I never write anything on my …
2017-07-03: Micro.blog on the iPad is going to be handy.
2017-07-02: Whenever I make a quick, hand-held portrait with the Hasselblad the subject’s face ends up …
2017-07-01: Reconfigured the camera bag. Hasselblad 500C/M and Fuji X-Pro2
2017-07-01: Still coming to terms with trying a more iPad-centric workflow. Posting to baty.net via Hugo is a …
2017-07-01: Thank goodness it has a screen, eh?
2017-06-28: The Hasselblad is Back After spending several months out for repair with David Odess, my Hasselblad 500C/M kit is back! …
2017-06-28: Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 4 Public Beta Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 4 Public Beta: The good news? MarsEdit 4 is finally shaping up. I plan …
2017-06-28: Today’s workstation. Seeing how the other half lives.
2017-06-24: Theme designers sometimes underestimate the number of posts a person might write.
2017-06-23: I hadn’t considered adding my Letterboxd RSS feed to Micro.blog until I saw that @bitdepth was …
2017-06-19: Still figuring out where all this stuff should go. Consider this a test.
2017-06-19: Captain Fantastic, 2016 - ★★★ Had its moments, but not enough of them to recommend seeing it.
2017-06-19: Tried a couple rolls without the motor drive on the F3. Didn't like it. Put it back on. Handles much …
2017-06-17: I want to cross-post to Instagram, not from it. Instagram is isolationist and I don’t care for …
2017-06-16: I’ve played games on the Switch more in the last month than I have on the PS4 in the last …
2017-06-16: I find myself checking micro.blog more often than Twitter.
2017-06-16: Steve at a Radio Shack. At a what?!
2017-06-15: My RSS feed was only showing .Summary content, counter to the @GoHugoIO docs. Overrode the internal …
2017-06-15: Testing Webmentions to baty.net If baty.net gets this via webmention.io I’ll be thrilled This post, for example …
2017-06-15: I love hot dogs
2017-06-15: 90+ degree weather is the most interesting time for my Air Conditioner to fail.
2017-06-14: I love office supplies way more than what most would consider normal
2017-06-14: Day 3 of not using Org Mode. I miss it already.
2017-06-13: Replaced Google Analytics with self-hosted Piwik. That feels better. I like to pretend stats …
2017-06-13: A drawback of the welcome new end-to-end encryption feature of Day One is that I can no longer …
2017-06-12: Every time I update Spacemacs many of the keybindings change. I see what they’re getting at, …
2017-06-11: Helpful post about setting up a Hugo-based site. www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/jeky…
2017-06-11: While thinking about Medium’s value, I realized that consistently I get more out of @aeonmag …
2017-06-11: I give fidget spinners about another week and a half
2017-06-10: This was a nice way to start the day
2017-06-06: Watched season/series finale of The Leftovers. I am satisfied.
2017-06-05: Josie doing her stick dance
2017-06-05: Get Out, 2017 - ★★★★½ Get Out made me uncomfortable in so many ways. Loved it.
2017-06-05: Ghost in the Shell, 2017 - ★★★ It was fine.
2017-06-05: I have a 9.7" iPad which seems too small and a 12.9" iPad which is way too big. Could …
2017-06-05: At some point over the past few years I’ve grown content with skipping keynotes and just …
2017-06-05: Thankfully, the unnecessary and tedious cycle of speculation is almost over.
2017-06-05: Went to a concert and didn’t take a single photo. I don’t know if this represents …
2017-06-05: It's just that I love static sites so much It may be happening again and I don’t know how to stop it. The better I get at using my …
2017-06-04: “To perform those functions 20 years ago, you needed a map and a sense of direction” …
2017-06-04: Logan, 2017 - ★★★★ I’m exhausted by comic franchise films but Logan was a surprising thing to watch. It …
2017-06-02: 10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee www.youtube.com/watch This was amazing and it helped me better understand what an awful …
2017-06-02: Kodachrome Magazine, 2017 Issue 1 I completely understand that Kodak is messing with all my nostalgia dials with Kodachrome Magazine, …
2017-06-02: I based the design of my archived static baty.net blog on this and now I kind of want to try a …
2017-06-02: Likes on social networks should be private It feels good to know when someone enjoys what I’ve written. There’s a discussion around …
2017-06-02: Facebook vs the Open Web Lots of discussion this week around Facebook vs the Open Web. Colin Walker: The sad thing is that …
2017-06-01: Kelly Graduates My niece Kelly graduated tonight. She seemed very happy. Here she is posing with her grandma and …
2017-06-01: I distrust google by default, but built-in ad blocking of “bad” ads in Chrome seems like …
2017-06-01: Having a common enemy can be useful. I just wish we didn’t have to call him “Mr. …
2017-06-01: Fuck Facebook indeed. Gruber: daringfireball.net/2017/06/f…
2017-06-01: Pinboard acquires delicious, what? blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/p…
2017-06-01: Evergreen: A new feed reader from Brent Simmons Ranchero Software: Evergreen Evergreen is an open source, productivity-style feed reader for Macs. …
2017-05-31: Google’s Proprietary Fork of HTML Is Taking Over the Open Web Nick Heer Consider this: Google owns the most popular search engine and the biggest video hosting …
2017-05-31: stevenf.com What’s not to like about Steven Frank’s new site at stevenf.com Nothing, there’s …
2017-05-31: Scripting News: May 31, 2017 Dave Winer: Innovation. I am now storing the OPML file for this blog in my Dropbox folder. I think I …
2017-05-31: John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017 - ★★★★ It’s good to see Keanu back. Great, escapist fun.
2017-05-30: Still the greatest keyboard ever made
2017-05-30: Glif – Studio Neat Glif – Studio Neat "The all-new and completely redesigned version of the Glif holds your smartphone …
2017-05-30: More from Dave Winer on JSON Feed scripting.com/2017/05/3…
2017-05-29: Gregg Allman - Laid Back via Instagram
2017-05-29: Discombobulated? via Instagram
2017-05-29: I went to 4 social events this weekend. I’m glad I did, but the introvert in me was screaming …
2017-05-28: Josie with Stick. Nikon F3. Nikkor 105mm. Tri-X in D-76 for 9:00
2017-05-28: Notifications: A Tragedy Of the Digital Commons – Scott Belsky Scott Belsky "The most effective mobile notifications are finance related, fear related, or have …
2017-05-27: The internet seems to think everything is a zero-sum game.
2017-05-27: Jessica sent me this photo of her dog, Sage, sleeping with a new puppy. Melt.
2017-05-27: When site speed metrics make you do something silly A few weeks ago I moved my blog from a static site at baty.net into Wordpress at baty.blog. I …
2017-05-27: I’ve been clicking through a bunch of my old link posts on baty.net and almost none of the …
2017-05-27: If you think Schrodinger’s cat is weird, then... Oxford Academic on Bell’s Theorem "In doing so, it undermines the entire basis for ‘local …
2017-05-26: Hate Mowing Your Lawn? Good! Don’t Do It - The Nib Ted Steinberg and Shannon Wright: It’s environmentally destructive and a huge waste of time. Let it …
2017-05-26: I’m going to try not buying any new pens for a while. I have enough pens.
2017-05-26: JSON Feed Now Available for baty.blog I’ve gotten over my initial shrugging-off of JSON Feed (see Dave Winer on JSON Feed). There is …
2017-05-25: I (still) find personal blogs to be the most interesting places on the web
2017-05-25: How do I get out of the how-do-I-get-out-of-vim joke cycle?
2017-05-24: Trying this: If it could benefit from a title, it goes on the baty.blog. If not, it goes on …
2017-05-24: I’m a sailor. I sail.
2017-05-20: Back to the Apple Watch for a Week – The Brooks Review Ben Brooks: Whereas, when I look at one of my traditional watches on my wrist, I get joy from …
2017-05-20: Dave Winer on JSON Feed Dave Winer: "If developers have a hard time using XML in their apps, if that's the problem, why not …
2017-05-19: Kottke's social media fast Kottke: "Mostly, I’ve resolved to use my phone less. Being on my phone was my fidget spinner…this …
2017-05-14: Love you, Mom! Wishing my mom a very happy Mother’s Day. She’s the best.
2017-05-14: Silicon Valley: A Reality Check - Slate Star Codex Scott Alexander: "Here’s my theory. If you’re an average well-off person, leading your average …
2017-05-13: I Don’t Believe in Blockchain - Tim Bray Tim Bray "First off, I should say that I like blockchain, conceptually. Provably-immutable …
2017-05-13: Moom removed from sale Many Tricks Blog "Tonight we received notice that Moom is in violation of US patent number 8434019, …
2017-05-12: When introversion collides with the desire to connect Kottke "I don’t know about you, but my inner dialogue is fucking weird and sometimes not fit for …
2017-05-12: I’m pretty sure we’re all overthinking this microblog thing but I can’t help …
2017-05-12: Polaroid Type 108 - Expired August 1977 Polaroid type 108. Expired August 1977. What are the odds of getting anything at all out of it? via …
2017-05-12: Rolodex via Instagram
2017-05-11: First time printing with the Focomat IIc I’m still working on restoring a Focomat IIc. It’s been a bit of a struggle, but I …
2017-05-11: I’ll probably get the new Amazon Audrey. (ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Com_Audrey)
2017-05-11: Haven’t used Evernote in a very long time. I think the timing coincides exactly with the …
2017-05-11: Another thing I don’t need is an unsolicited, mocked up “redesign” of anything by …
2017-05-10: I know, I know, but this kind of shit always makes me cry so good: …
2017-05-10: I have zero interest in what Apple might be working on. If they haven’t shipped it, then shut …
2017-05-10: The Lure, 2015 - ★★★★★ The best horror-musical-comedy-mermaid movie you’ll see this year! “The Lure” was …
2017-05-09: Does my hosted micro.blog still work? It would be great if it did, as I’m considering …
2017-05-09: Everyone should have a blog. Or restart an abandoned one, as Sebastian Kippe has done: 9 Years Later …
2017-05-08: hello advertising, my old friend - Kottke Kottke "Before I let you go, I need a tiny bit of your help with this. If you use ad blocking …
2017-05-08: I’m going to cross-post everything automatically from the blog to Twitter and see how many …
2017-05-08: The antidotes to populism: stoicism and civil society Thomas R. Wells (3QD) "Something has certainly gone wrong in how we do democracy. We have forgotten …
2017-05-08: Finally set up a Yubikey for Two-Factor on most of the sites that support it. Now to always remember …
2017-05-07: Kong: Skull Island, 2017 - ★★★ A fine diversion.
2017-05-07: About that Ari Marcopoulos Camera Bag | The Machine Planet Dante Stella: "In fact, all camera bags now look like diaper bags" Ha! It's true. Also, I own the …
2017-05-07: Moving on from Baty.net - or not I’ve been maintaining a blog in some form since 1998. Everything before 2000 has been lost, …
2017-05-07: Sunday Art - Poop [caption id=“attachment_55” align=“alignnone” width=“700”]Poop …
2017-05-07: G.A.S. Attack Outflanked - Bruce Robbins Bruce Robbins: So with considerable self-restraint, I decided not to buy the Autocord. £150 is too …
2017-05-07: After a couple of weeks, I’m finding that I prefer using Micro.blog to Mastodon. It’s …
2017-05-06: I love my new dog but she’s going to need a lot of love and time and work before she’s …
2017-05-06: Moving from a static blog to Wordpress feels a little dirty but oh man do things get easier.
2017-05-06: Josie Today
2017-05-06: Baty.blog I’m moving my blogging to a new domain: baty.blog I wanted to change the way I handle my blog …
2017-05-05: @manton Should my posts to jack.micro.blog be fed into micro.blog/jack automatically or do I need to …
2017-05-05: I wonder why none of my new posts to jack.micro.blog end up at micro.blog/jack. It used to work ¯_( …
2017-05-05: Testing photo posts. These are my shoes.
2017-05-05: I am unable to decide whether to post at a hosted micro.blog with a custom domain or keep using my …
2017-04-29: Had to change my Keyboard Maestro shortcuts from function keys to chords because the Touch Bar is a …
2017-04-28: Finished a giant bottle of Founders' “Lizard of Koz” and it made me happy. It’s my …
2017-04-28: Mastodon is cool and I love the ideas behind it, but it’s just so…I don’t …
2017-04-28: Experimenting today with using Hashbackup (http://www.hashbackup.com/) with Backblaze B2 storage as …
2017-04-28: Working on my road rage. I’m a pretty mild-mannered fella but while driving I get unreasonably …
2017-04-27: I just added my Radio3 feed to Micro.blog. Seems like a good way to make link posts.
2017-04-27: I just changed my username on Micro.blog from @jackbaty to @jack. That’s going to break things …
2017-04-26: I’m probably just still resentful that I’ve not yet been “verified” on (by?) …
2017-04-26: As I was typing this complaint about having to deal with charging too many things, the batteries in …
2017-04-26: I’m looking forward to the ability to “follow” other micro blogs here. So far my …
2017-04-25: Wikitribune Evidence-based journalism New gig from Jimmy Wales. I’m in for $10/month.
2017-04-25: Let’s try testing this from MarsEdit shall we? This is me posting on a new platform from one …
2017-04-25: I think it’s best to disable cross-posting to Twitter for now. At least while I work through …
2017-04-25: Write first/socialize (maybe) later seems like a good approach.
2017-04-25: I’ve been using Mastodon as a sort of micro blog but prefer something like Micro.blog, which …
2017-04-25: Well this is exciting.
2017-02-19: Leica M6 My first Leica was an M6 TTL. I sold it in the mid-2000s and have since gone through a number of …
2017-02-04: More Shooting With The Hasselblad And A Flash While many move toward carrying only an iPhone or small, mirrorless system, I’ve been thinking …
2017-01-12: The Lomo'Instant Wide Camera A photograph becomes real only when it’s printed. I love photographic prints of all kinds. This is …
2016-06-04: The Nikon Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AI-S I just bought one of Nikon’s classic lenses : The Nikkor 105mm f2.5 AI-S. [caption …
2016-02-24: Some Recent Large Format Photos I’ve been having a lot of fun with my 4×5 cameras lately. Most of the images have been made using a …
2016-01-09: 4x5 photo of 8mm Projector [caption id=“attachment_268” align=“alignnone” width=“625”]8mm …
2016-01-03: New55 1Shot Film [caption id=“attachment_264” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]Jess …
2015-05-31: Using Flash with the Hasselblad [caption id=“attachment_259” align=“alignnone” width=“791”]Kelly …
2015-05-03: Around the yard with the OM-2n I was cleaning out a closet and found my bag of unused Olympus gear. I couldn’t remember why it was …
2015-03-17: I prefer the imperfect [caption id=“attachment_241” align=“alignnone” …
2015-03-07: First attempt using New55 R3 Monobath Developer That didn’t go well. This was my first time using the R3 Monobath Developer from New55. Other people …
2015-02-04: The Kodak Pakon F-135 Plus Film Scanner I’ve always hated scanning color 35mm film. It’s fiddly to work with and no matter what I’ve tried …
2014-12-22: The back of a Leica M3 [caption id=“attachment_253” align=“alignnone” width=“600”]Leica …
2014-12-13: Every Picture Tells a Story Every picture tells a story, don’t it. —Rod Stewart Here is one of the few photos on which my …
2014-09-20: Crystal points out my flaws It’s as if my sister is saying, “Dude, you’ve got a hair on this negative”
2014-04-14: Vivian Maier Film Spool [caption id=“attachment_222” align=“alignnone” …
2013-11-04: Leica IIIf shutter capping I bought a little Leica IIIf on a whim a year ago and have become rather attached to it. It’s …
2013-10-13: Now, about that 35mm film… My recent foray into large format has made me consider abandoning 35mm film. This started years ago …
2013-08-18: Print Sizes I’ve been trying to determine which print sizes I prefer. In the darkroom I usually print …
2013-07-28: My life with large format photography so far I’m wrestling with an old shirt in the wind as a focusing cloth while using the loupe to view …
2013-07-21: Large Format Color [caption id=“attachment_207” align=“alignnone” width=“768”]Ron …
2013-06-26: Peters Camera Repair [caption id=“attachment_204” align=“alignnone” width=“1024”]Mr. …
2013-06-22: Keep the Nikons or the Canons? I find myself with a collection of some of the finest film SLRs ever made (and one really nice …
2013-06-22: Canon AE-1 Program as Nostalgia When I think of my introduction to photography, the Canon AE-1 Program is what I remember. It was my …
2012-11-04: Replacing my Olympus Stylus Epic You will almost always find an Olympus Stylus Epic on or near my person. The unassuming little …
2012-10-28: Leica IIIf I’ve always wanted a “Barnack” Leica, if for no reason other than the nostalgia of using a piece of …
2012-07-06: Leica M7 [caption id=“attachment_311” align=“alignnone” …
2011-01-23: Color Film Photography Isn't Worth the Trouble [caption id=“attachment_185” align=“alignnone” …
2009-11-21: In a Dark Room I have a darkroom. This has happened before. [caption id=“attachment_182” …
2009-10-31: Always Carrying a Camera [caption id=“attachment_178” align=“alignnone” width=“383”]Photo …
2009-10-29: Olympus OM - 1 and 2 [caption id=“attachment_174” align=“alignnone” width=“500”]Leica …
2009-09-23: F*ck Film There is a terrific scene from Adaptation in which John Laroche describes his obsession with …
2009-08-16: Olympus OM-1n [caption id=“attachment_128” align=“alignnone” …
2009-08-04: Getting Over Ken Rockwell Reading photography forums could lead one to believe [Ken Rockwell](http://www.kenrockwell.com/) is …
2009-08-01: Medium Format with the Hasselblad 500 C/M About a month ago I bought a Bronica SQ-A kit after spotting it on Craigslist. I wanted to try …
2009-06-22: Medium Format with the Bronica SQ-A As a kid, I would notice when someone on T.V. was taking photographs with a Hasselblad. I had no …
2009-05-08: Leica M8 First Impressions [caption id=“attachment_156” align=“alignnone” …
2009-03-21: Another Photography Workflow I thought I’d share the latest iteration of my photography workflow. I recently bought a nice used …
2009-02-15: Light-tight Box My Ass! A camera is most decidedly not just a light-tight box to hold the film. This one isn’t anyway. …
2009-01-04: I Shoot Film In 2005 I sold a nice Leica M6 TTL with a mint Summicron ASPH 35mm to some random stranger on eBay. …
2007-12-18: Leica Lust Revisited James Russell has a piece at Luminous Landscape called Leica M8 Revisited. The reason I bring it up …