Too much rope
I may have hung myself using all the rope that Emacs gives me
Now - May 24, 2025
Blogging: I've moved to Ghost. Again. I've also returned to putting daily notes in the wiki.
Living in Ghost, day 2
So, how's it going now that you've committed, Jack?
Self-portraits with the Rolleiflex
Putting the new Rolleiflex through its paces by subjecting it to some self-portraits of me
Dante Stella pokes fun at the Fuji X Half
Dante Stella - Fujifilm announces Fuji X Half 2 digital camera:
An innovative subscription service by which to enter Film
Roll 214 (Rolleiflex 2.8D)
Took a walk with the new Rolleiflex this afternoon
What if I didn't change anything?
This week has been a whirlwind of blogging changes. Or, more accurately, a whirlwind of me thinking about blogging changes.
Domains, Identity, and Inertia
You may have noticed that I’ve been toying with the idea of moving my main blog to Ghost at
Ghost and ActivityPub
I am considering a move to Ghost for my social identity
Jim Nielsen on working with multiple computers
Multiple Computers - Jim Nielsen’s Blog:
I’ve spent so much time, had so many headaches, and encountered so
First roll with the Nikon FE2
Burning through a roll around the house to test the new camera.
The MP is back from repair
I sent my lovely Leica MP to DAG to fix a minor rewind issue
I miss my wiki
Maybe abandoning my TiddlyWiki wiki wasn't such a great idea after all.
Nikon FE2
You know how when one you're on Facebook Marketplace trying to sell some snow tires, and you accidentally
What do I even mean by "simple"?
It's hard to simplify things when I don't know what the word even means to me.
Some old cameras I found in storage
While doing some spring cleaning this week, I ran into a box of old cameras that I had marked "
Roll 210 (Leica M3)
Roll of HP5 from the Leica M3. All frames were using the Summilux 50mm ASPH. Developed in HC-110(b). Scanned
Monday, May 12, 2025
Screw it, I just want to take the things in my head and vomit them onto the internet, but which
Why Ghost?
I'm still working through the next blogging option
I've made things too complicated again
Remember my Reduce and Simplify goal for 2024? That was a good idea, eh?
Here's the thing, even
Folder Preview
Folder Preview is a quick look extension for previewing the contents of folders on macOS. It's $1.99
Set point at first heading when opening Org mode file
I recently discovered Org mode's speed keys option and it's pretty great. One caveat with speed
Nick Cave on everyday beauty
The luminous and shocking beauty of the everyday is something I try to remain alert to, if only as an
Printing my Journelly journal
An early attempt at exporting my Journelly journal to PDF
Friday, May 2, 2025
Do I like putting daily notes here in Ghost? I don't think I do. It's easy,
The Year of Magical Thinking
This powerful book is Didion’ s attempt to make sense of the “weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ... about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Each morning, I wake up not knowing how I'm going to feel about things. Will I feel like
New Collected Poems by Wendell Berry
a straightforward search for a life connected to the soil, for marriage as a sacrament, and family life
Ghost on Magic Pages
I've migrated this site from Ghost(Pro) hosting to Magic Pages
Some time over at Coping Mechanism
I'm still mad at Hugo, so I'm spending time in Opposite Land. Blogging with Ghost, that
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
I spent 2 hours this morning trying to automate a task that takes me 30 seconds, once a day. I