Notes – Page 13 – Colin Devroe

May 31, 2020
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The last few mornings I've been toying with making a web UI for my photo script (and extending it into a full photo library management tool). I've hit a roadblock working with files using a web app. Not sure I want to write a…

May 28, 2020
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This Obsidian app is really very good. It may replace Simplenote for me.

May 27, 2020
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The 16-inch MacBook Pro is very fast.

May 21, 2020
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Unmark version 2020.1 has officially rolled into master today. This is a huge milestone with tons of new features and improvements. It has been running on Unmark.it for months and purrs like a kitten. Unmark is still my favorite app I use every single…

May 20, 2020
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I'd like to shoot a photo for an album cover.

May 18, 2020
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Jeremy asks what our favorite photo is. Very hard question. But I'd have to choose Disfarmer #41383.

May 14, 2020
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Nick Carver is giving away 2 seats to his online light metering for film photography course for those that may not be able to afford it.

May 11, 2020
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I hope my comprehensive crash reports that I'm sending to Twitter a few times per day are helpful for their team. See example.

May 5, 2020
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I also backed up my site locally – including media and database – something I do not do often enough.

May 4, 2020
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Me, laying down, waiting in line for tickets to Star Wars in May 1999. Image Credit: Times Tribune Archives

Apr 29, 2020
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Jeremy's post on Star Wars has me thinking; now that the Skywalker story is "finished", I wish they never made the prequels or films 7, 8, 9. I'd like the original trilogy to stand on its own, keep Rogue One and Solo, and have…

Apr 22, 2020
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Magic Leap blaming COVID-19 for why it has to lay off 1,000 people is just a terrible bit of messaging. They have raised nearly $3B. And they can't raise any more right now. And the FB deal fell through. So they have no choice…

Apr 21, 2020
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The horrific and avoidable loss of life notwithstanding I believe many will wish quarantine life to continue when things begin to open up once again. I know I may be among them.

Apr 13, 2020
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Programming is a super power.

Apr 7, 2020
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I've crossed a big milestone with my photography during quarantine. I've moved on from the how, and am now focused on the why.

Apr 6, 2020
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As I mentioned, I created a PHP script that I can run on my Mac to move thousands of files into new directories based on their created date. It extremely fast compared to my previous solution. If anyone would like to improve it, please…

Apr 1, 2020
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Writing PHP for the first time in well over a year. I need to move thousands of photographs on the Mac and automatically sort them into folders by their created date. In the past I used complex apps to do this. Turns out a…

Mar 24, 2020
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I had no idea Kenny Rogers was a large format film photographer. Even in the Hall of Fame for it. Gorgeous work. Talented man.

Mar 4, 2020
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This is a great use of YouTube. Vintage film cameras in exotic locations just looking pretty. Not even taking photos.

Feb 27, 2020
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Cleaning up my blog subscriptions (in NNW). Adding some new ones (please send recommendations). Getting ready for a new push into blogging, mostly about photography, and getting some new podcast episodes out. Thinking of scaling back on Twitter and IG.

Feb 24, 2020
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I have a lot to share here. A lot! Please stay subscribed. When I come up for air I'll catch up.

Feb 15, 2020
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Shot, developed, and scanned film. Achievement unlocked.

Feb 10, 2020
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Went to Georgia. It snowed. Can’t escape February!

Feb 5, 2020
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I'm reading a lot of praise for Apple's updated map information but in my experience, even as recently as today, their information is woefully incomplete. It isn't even close to Google's offering.

Jan 31, 2020
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I'm a better photographer today than I was 1 year ago. I'm also a worse photographer today than I will be 1 year from now.

Jan 28, 2020
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Managed to expose a few frames of film while getting 12,000 steps this morning.

Jan 27, 2020
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The photos in Flickr's Best of 2019 are incredible. Especially that one of the Pacu Jawi by Andrew JK Tan.

Jan 23, 2020
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I'm rebuilding my entire photo library management workflow now that I'm back on the Mac. It is taxing.

Jan 16, 2020
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Bought a cable release for a dollar at a thrift store and put it to use last night. It is going to come in very handy.

Jan 14, 2020
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Business meetings always seem to go a bit better with delicious lattes.

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