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Tuff, my static site builder, can build a simple directory for me to view my entire photo library. It creates views for each year and month and also checks various backups – both local and cloud – to make sure the files are properly backed up. It warns me if a file isn’t backed up.…
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I’m refactoring Tuff – my static site builder – to support multiple websites so I’ve been posting more on Mastodon than here the last week or so. That should change now as Tuff is able build 3 very different websites. Lots more to do but I see the light.
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Recently finished reading Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. āļø āļø āļø āļø Copious detail. Fast read if not for the length. Author a bit gushy.
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I’ve published a new YouTube video. It is a review of my portrait of The Engineer.
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I’m continuing to whittle away at my to do list for Tuff – my static site builder. Every few days I’m able to check off a task. Lots of small improvements add up over time.
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I’m putting the finishing touches on a presentation of my portrait The Engineer that I’ll be recording for my YouTube channel. I’m hoping to record better audio without spending too much money. Each presentation I make I want to improve.
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We had a possible fireball explosion tens of thousands of feet above us in Pennsylvania. Shook our house pretty good at 10:49am Eastern. Now I’m looking for how to properly document it with NASA. I figured this worthy of jotting down on the weblog.
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Zero inside knowledge here; but my guess is an Apple Event in February announcing Apple VR dev kits that cost $3,000 that come with a headset + Mac mini. With the device shipping at least 6-9 months later for less than that.
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After a 3 week break from blogging and social media (more like 2 weeks completely, 1 week just reading and replying), I’m ready to jump back in. I have lots of plans for 2023 for my website and personal projects.
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I spent January 1 in the darkroom making prints from a 35mm roll of Tri-X that I finished over the last few months.
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Last day of work done. Just deleted all social apps from my phone. Going to put my nose in a book, some food, and some bourbon. š
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My website has supported dark mode based on the user’s system preferences. But now, those among you that prefer to toggle it on a per-website basis can do so. There are options for On, System, or Off. I keep my preference at System but choose whichever option works best for you! I’ll be improving the…
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I’ve just added a new watercolor sketch of a landscape in China to my portfolio. My grandmother photographed the scene in 1987.
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Rewrote most of my static site generator over the last few days. Cut the build time in half at the same time as doubling the number of files it deals with. The latest update adds monthly blog post indexes.
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I’m trying to decide which text editor I want to write my blog posts in. Left to right: Sublime Text, MacDown, VS Code
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Looks like we’ll all be in line trying to buy the iPhone 15 EU running iOS 17 EU. iEU?
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I don’t understand the push towards self-driving cars? Do you really think a robot can merge onto a highway while eating a bowl of breakfast cereal and putting on eyeliner? I donāt think so!
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Over many years of watching YouTube videos something has become clear to me; quite often, the fewer views a video has the more information I seem to glean from it. A 3-hour presentation on fine art photography from many years ago? 55 views? <3 A poorly lit, hard to hear, video of some guy in…
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By opening Slack, Teams, and Discord on your computer at the same time youāre running all of the JavaScript ever written since the time of the Egyptian pyramids.
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This weekend Eliza and I tried some experiments in the darkroom with paper negatives that failed completely. It is good to be humbled from time-to-time.
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Making backups of my site’s content is easier than ever. Just like my photo library I now have 4 complete back ups that will seldom be very far out of date.
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Developed two rolls of Tri-X last night. One I have no idea where it came from – and it looks like the camera had a light leak (selective memory?). But the other looks terrific. I can’t wait to spend some time in the darkroom.
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Spent some time this morning making adjustments to dates in RSS feeds. I think they should be accurate now. Sorry to all subscribers for the odd RSS behaviour the last few days.
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I’m going into year 3 of learning film photography and darkroom printing. One thing is abundantly clear, both of these disciplines are wholly separate. If you find yourself good at one and struggle with the other, do not feel bad. Both require skill. Both can be raised to the level of art. It is OK…
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What is Apple’s policy for updating things like rsync on macOS? The preinstalled version is very old.
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iCloud+ email sometimes misclassifies replies as junk mail. I would think that my having emailed the person first would be enough for Apple to know the email isn’t Junk?
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I’m getting dangerously close to switching away from WordPress and onto Tuff – my personal static site generator. Like any well tended garden, I’ll need to pick weeds and cast seed, but the important bits are done.
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Spent about 90-minutes in the darkroom making this print. It is an 11×14 print from a 6×6 neg taken in 2020 at Keuka lake in New York State.
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I must be out of my mind. I started building a static site generator.
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Yesterday I took a strangerās portrait. It was quick, likely poor lighting, and may not turn out at all. But Iām super happy that I worked up the courage to ask.
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Cleaned and organized the darkroom for winter sessions.
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My favorite ways to view photographs, in order: books, iPad (someoneās website, or in Flickr app), YouTube on TV.
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I have the whole day off and I have so much internet to do.
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Why use 1 hashtag when 25 will do? š
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I took a nap. Canāt recommend it enough.
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Weāre going down down in an earlier round, and sugar weāre going down swinging. š¶
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TIL Vivaldi, in addition to building a browser chocked full of features like email, to do lists, contact management, and note taking, also has a blogging service and now a hosted Mastodon instance. Productive team!
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Poll, of sorts: How do you balance creation vs consumption? I often wrestle with myself on how much I read or watch compared to how much I write or make or create. My desired ratio is 90/10. Unfortunately it is more like 10/90.
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I’m at the age where I totally understand why Mister Rogers changed his sweater and shoes when entering his home.
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I wish Apple would transition away from using photos from Yelp in Maps. First, license the photos in such a way that we no longer need to navigate out of the Maps app. Allow people to submit their own photos to locations. Slowly remove Yelp altogether.
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Wordle is showing a full cover nag screen and The NY Times is advertising the official board game in pre-roll ads on Twitter. They must be having trouble making that milly back.
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Any tips to achieve better focus when using a lens adapter? I picked up an adapter to use FD mounts on my 90D. The results are dreamy! But, I wouldnāt mind the ability to dial in focus.
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People seem to retweet things they disagree with, or they think is downright false, thus amplifying that which they think is wrong. š¤
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Instagram is slowly turning into a worse version of YouTube and TikTok.
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If I were to direct a documentary about YouTube I would title it āAdded to Watch Laterā.
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I wonder if people that are banned on a social network know that they don’t have to spend millions or billions on acquiring a competitive social network — they can just start a blog for free. *shrugs*
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Stupid now supports Dark Mode. It automatically switches with your device settings. Keen eyes may notice a few accurate constellations fly by. Also, a new featured artist Daniel Howden.
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A Day in the Life – Pennsylvania, USA. Fall and winter is hot tub time āround here.
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If you use Apple’s Podcasts app, be sure to check the Downloads section. You may have a ton of episodes downloaded unintentionally. And they take up space.
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Tolkien did an awful lot of work to create the world of middle-earth and its histories, peoples, languages, etc. And yet he kept the month names from the Gregorian calendar?