I was gifted a Nikon FG with a few lenses and fun Speedlight SB-15 from a friend. It was gifted him by his parents when he graduated high school. This is my favorite way to get a new camera – when it comes from a friend with a story. I put it through its paces this evening, dialing everything in. I’m looking forward to putting a roll through it, making a few prints in the darkroom, and gifting a framed print back to my friend in return.
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Short posts, links, photos, and working notes.
Quick updates, links, reposts, photos, and small things I learn while working.
As of today I’ve deactivated the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress. I just can’t get it to work the way that I want to. It is a complex problem, I don’t envy the team working on it. And they are doing a great job so far. I hope development on it continues.
I don’t know the ramifications of deactivating it yet. I’m sure I need to do some more work but for now, it is simply offline.
The world of computer keyboards is… a little confusing. I have a Keychron K2 75% (non-backlight, brown switches) that I picked up a few years ago. I really like it. In fact I bought two of them – one for the office and one for home. But now I just work at home. So, I have a backup! I wouldn’t mind an alternative set of keycaps. But I have no idea what will work and what won’t. I’m guessing any OEM set? If anyone knows, send me an email. Thanks.
Update! Thanks to those that emailed in. 🙂
TIL on macOS > System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Widgets > Widget style > Monochrome. I have a few widgets on my desktop and I don’t like that they switch between monochrome and color when the desktop is in focus. This is a nice setting that I wish I had looked for earlier.
Went glamping. Hammock naps. Bike rides. Cool crisp nights. Puppy time.
I sometimes feel that I have so much to do that I don’t know where to start. This is when I remind myself; make a list, start at the top. It works every time.
It is starting to look like I’ll delay updating to Apple’s “26” family of OSes this fall. Not only because of the obvious waffling on the Liquid Glass UI that I’m seeing in the betas, but also because it really seems like they are lost as a company.
Perhaps it is time to go to Linux? (I’ve done this in the past, it is more possible today than ever.)
Did some wildflower picking.
Tracy Durnell thinks self-web mentions need to be displayed slightly differently on WordPress. Consider upvoting the GitHub issue if you agree.
Eliza and I have been thinking about buying some e-bikes for a long time. We live in a mountainous area and a traditional bike is fun, definitely a good workout, but also limits the number of times and places we’d bike. Having the e-bikes broadens our horizons quite a lot.
Most used e-bikes are sold at nearly retail price, I would have no idea how they were treated, and don’t come with any warranty. So, after searching for used e-bikes for many months, I decided to buy new.
I picked up two bikes from Lectric. An XP4 750 for me, and an XP Trike for her. We really love both of them. I particularly like that Eliza is on a super stable system that reduces my anxiety when she’s riding.
I find myself in need of new Apple TVs, AirPods, and AirTags. But I have the feeling that Apple is on the cusp of releasing new versions of all three. I must be patient!
I’ve been running macOS in “Increase contrast” mode for nearly a year. Yesterday’s WWDC keynote, which debuted the Liquid Glass design across all of Apple’s OSes, reminded me to look at my settings again. Toggling that off again is an entirely new experience using macOS. It is like I don’t even need to download the beta! (I won’t be downloading in betas, btw. But I appreciate those that do. Thank you.)
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So, this happened. 😄 🐶 I hadn’t posted about our new family member Kona Barkley because several in the blogging community have lost their special pets recently.
For the past two months, Eliza and I have been chasing this little guy around, cleaning up after him, training him every day. We’ve been on several travel adventures, he’s spent some nights in the camper, lots of miles on the road, and enjoys playing fetch in the backyard.
Purchased a few new-to-me audio goodies over on Bandcamp including Somebody by Stefan Bohacek and FLOW by Mr Jennings.
Purchased Under Tangled Silence by Djrum at Simon Collison’s suggestion. I suggest you consider doing the same (that is, follow Simon’s advice on all music).
TIL that when people said they read a book they sometimes mean they listened to a book. Ok, it wasn’t today that I learned this but I am hearing it a lot more often.
After over 8 years my Logitech MX Master 2S had a button jam. It was a fantastic mouse and I’m very happy with the life it had. So I immediately purchased the 3S which is better in a number of ways; USB-C, better buttons, better wheel.
The Logi Options+ application, which Logitech provides to configure the mouse, is pretty nice but I’m having issues with it. For example, App Expose sometimes works sometimes doesn’t when mapped to one of the thumb buttons. Hide Others, a keyboard shortcut on the Mac I use liberally, is also a little flaky via the new mouse.
Does anyone else have these issues? Does anyone have a solution for not using Logi Options+ at all but configuring the mouse with some much less bulky?
My personal OneDrive has seemingly gone off the rails. It reported that I had deleted thousands of files when I hadn’t. I’m also seeing many duplicated files for no known reason. Stranger still, my 2021 blog post about resetting OneDrive was my most popular post last week. Coincidence?
Finally watched Perfect Days. Still swooning.
After purchasing the new MacBook Pro with a matte display (and loving it), this weekend I converted all of my devices to matte using screen protectors.
TIL about the iOS Camera app’s QuickTake video feature.
TIL what a digital mending circle is.
What, you ask, is a digital mending circle? A virtual co-working session for the kinds of oft-neglected maintenance tasks that accrue around our digital lives. Instead of darning socks and patching jeans, we update personal websites, delete unused accounts, work on side projects, or even just catch up on email.
Oh I need this.
I feel like computer hardware (processing units, graphics/neural processors, memory, storage) has gotten mind bending fast while at the same time the software we run day-to-day has gotten noticeably poorer.
I often think “what if the software engineers of the early days were to develop software today?” You know, the men and women that had to find a way to use every single bit and byte to their advantage. The engineers that created games using systems less powerful than the processor in my AirPods. The designers that made low resolution displays display smooth type. The audio experts that somehow got single speakers to make aliens come alive.
Give those people our modern tools, gigabytes of memory, and processors that handle billions of calculations every nanosecond – I’d bet that they could make modern software sing.
I had no idea Anthony Bourdain had a Reddit account. I’ve only just recently begun to be able to start watching / reading his work again. /via Mia Quagliarello via Rolling Stone.
It turns out The Browser Company is just a company that is going to continue to build new web browsers ad infinitum. I suppose I should have known.
TIL That in macOS Sequoia you can connect to your iPhone wirelessly to use as a camera for Zoom, etc. Perhaps this was always the case? But I have been plugging it into my Mac this whole time!
Switcheroo, the small open source macOS app I use as my default browser to recreate a feature I miss from Little Arc, has reached 1.0.1 and has a new icon! Thanks to Zhenyi Tan for continuing to contribute updates. (See also)
TIL The Apple News app has a setting to only show stories from channels I’m subscribed to. I wish I had known this sooner!