Day 7: Switch 📷 Mosby went from (probably) planning the escape route used by John Wilkes Booth after assassinating Lincoln to running U S Grant’s Virginia presidential campaign.
Day 6: contrast 📷 my father the photography major and his “axe” c. a. 1957
Day 1: Switch 📷 Mosby went from (probably) planning the escape route used by John Wilkes Booth after assassinating Lincoln to running U S Grant’s Virginia presidential campaign.
Day 5: reflection. Boats off Jekyll island, Georgia.
@manton doing the challenge.
A visit to the Holocaust Museum.
I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, yesterday. It was sobering. The thing that surprised me most was the d...Day 4: nostalgia 📷 Analog. Physical media. Dropping the needle.
Day 3: shadow 📷 . Copy of Michelangelo’s “David” in Florence.
Day 2: curve. 📷. #mbjune. The man hit a lot of curve balls.
Day 1: Tree. 📷. #mbjune. My father was a professional photographer and had a thing for picutres of dead trees. I maintain the tradition (but certianly not at the same artistic level, and I’m not developing my own film and making my own prints anymore).
Cod
I’m currently reading a book called “Cod” (https://www.kitchenartsandletters.com/products/cod-p-a-biog...#emacs (text) makes a great trip itinerary builder. Cut and paste text out of reservation PDFs. Loose the cruft (ads). Paste into final document. Less is more.
Beauty in Delaware Water Gap
I spent the last week hiking and GPS mapping Delaware Water Gap. Some pretty stuff: outdoorfoo.wordpress.com/2025/04/0&h...How I use AI to write, maintaining my voice
Ever wonder how to use AI to craft compelling articles and blog posts? I’ll show you how I use ChatGPT to write an artic...AI - Just Add People
This week I designed a business card for a hiking group I’m a part of. As someone with very little design experien...It’s #emacs bankruptcy time. What’s the current best practice/options for ELPA/MALPA and friends (auto install/update in .emacs). Thanks.
Proposition: life is better with the phone off.
Corollary: Organizations that want you to turn your phone on are not interested in making your life better.
useful dired commands for denote
The following are some useful #dired commands for filtering files. “% m” :: Mark files matching regexp &ldq...For people using #emacs denote, what happens when you get a large number of files in your denote directory? Do things scale? Issues? Thanks.
I think “Don’t trust, also verify” is the right approach to info from LLMs.
I’m dusting off (literally) a #RaspberryPi to run #pihole and maybe #forgejo. It’s been a few years. Any suggestions? Anything new?
Just turn it off - #retrotech == fewer ads
After a month or so of taking a “just turn off” approach to the smartphone. Here are some observations of my...I finally admitted the truth today: I’m never going to program in #Perl again. Despite it being my main language for 10 or 15 years. Perl5 manual gone.
Henry Howe and #Ohio #History
This morning I read an article on the life of Henry Howe, the definitive historian of 19th Century Ohio. I have deep roo...Just why did I pay to have my car "detailed"?
Why do I value a clean car? Yesterday we had car “detailing” done, which I only recently learned means &ldqu...Has anybody done #twillo and #emacs integration for SMS<->email gateways?
I’m looking for ways to just leave my phone turned off, and a dedicated number for SMS<->email seems like it would be a Good Thing.