Another Mastodon move

I decided that a single-player Mastodon instance isn't ideal. It's overkill for one person, and it's lonely! The #local feed is just me shouting to myself. That's no fun. What's the point in having a giant Rails app with all

Blot is just right

You may have noticed that once again things have changed around here. This time, it's due to switching from WordPress to Blot. We've been around this block before, but lemme 'splain[1]. I've switched from Hugo to Eleventy to WordPress within just the

Must we become what we're near?

I’ve seen a number of thoughts similar to this from Shane Parrish: We unconsciously become what we’re near. If you work for a jerk, sooner or later, you’ll become one yourself. If your colleagues are selfish, sooner or later, you become selfish. If you hang around someone

Printing daily.baty.net

At the end of each month, I convert my Org-journal entries into a nice PDF, print it, and put it into a binder. It occurred to me that my daily.baty.net website content is just a bunch of markdown files that could be treated the same as my org-journal

My read-later service is made of paper

I’ve tried so many “read-later” services that I can’t remember half of them. They’re all basically the same: visit a website, click a button, and the article is saved to a list somewhere with all the other articles I’ve saved. Some newer services get fancy with

Wavelength Messenger

This is not a review, but I wanted to jot down some notes after a few days in a new app that I’m enjoying very much: Wavelength Messenger. You might like to read John Gruber’s post for details. My wife believes that I have some kind of processing

Nick Brandt on using a digital camera – I hated it

I brought a Hasselblad 60 megapixel medium format digital camera to Africa with me. I took photos side by side with my film camera. The digital camera’s images were sharper. They had more detail in both the shadows and the highlights. The digital camera made photographing very, very easy.

Roll-104 (Leica M3/HP5)

It’s always surprising to me how many frames I don’t screw up when using the meterless M3.

Using jAlbum for photo galleries

I’ve been a Flickr user since 2004 and a SmugMug user for nearly as long. For some reason, I prefer looking at my photos via online galleries rather than, say, my Photos library, and both Flickr and SmugMug have helped me do that. I’ve also kept standalone static

Leica SL2

The Leica SL2 felt inevitable. After an almost accidental run with the Panasonic S5, which I didn’t enjoy at all, I tried going back to the Fuji system. I’ve always liked Fujifilm cameras and their classic control layout. I purchased a new X-T5 and a few nice lenses

Sold, Leica M6

Long story, short, I sold my precious Leica M6 (Classic). I could no longer justify having two modern Leica M cameras, so I decided to keep the beautiful MP and pass the M6 on to someone else. I’m sure I’ll regret this. (It’s the second time the

Are there really only three things to photograph?

There are always cameras loaded with film scattered around my house. I don’t go out much, so sometimes I’ll pick up a camera and take a random photo just for the feel of it and to use up some film. These photos are almost always one of three