2024 Posts
✦ November
Forging org-attach features into Tinderbox
Every note-taking app handles file attachments differently. Most of them do it poorly. What I've found surprising is
Jack Baty
2024 Posts
✦ November
Hardcover
All I want is Letterboxd for books. LibraryThing is the Craigslist of book trackers. Goodreads is icky. TheStoryGraph has a
2024 Posts
✦ November
Creating self-contained HTML exports from Tinderbox
Exporting from Tinderbox is ridiculously flexible, and I do it all the time. When exporting to HTML, images which are
2024 Posts
✦ November
Returning the Nikon FE2
I recently purchased a nice Nikon FE2 from KEH.com. It wasn't expensive, and after using the FM2n
2024 Posts
✦ November
I have neither reduced, nor simplified
At the beginning of 2024, I had grand plans to Reduce & Simplify. I was also determined to use what
2024 Posts
✦ November
Fun with software today
What if I decided to use only web-based tools? I asked myself that question this morning, and spent much of
2024 Posts
✦ November
Adding an ID property to Org-mode files in directory
This is a bit esoteric, but I'm writing it down here anyway.
I have switched between using Denote
2024 Posts
✦ November
Adding an Edit link to Ghost posts
When reading one of my posts in Ghost, it would be nice if there was a quick way to get
2024 Posts
✦ November
Floating images in Ghost
There is no built-in method in Ghost for floating an image and having text flow around it. It's
2024 Posts
✦ November
Roll-185 (Canon AE-1 Program HP5)
The Canon AE-1 Program was my first real camera. Unfortunately, I no longer own that original from 1982, so I
2024 Posts
✦ November
Roll-184 (Leica MP/HP5)
I spent the morning of the election with my daughter and grandson. It was a nice way to spend part
2024 Posts
✦ November
The pros and cons of moving back to Ghost
OK, it's happening again. Hugo broke my site for the second time in two updates. I got mad
2024 Posts
✦ November
A Doom Emacs status update after several days
Some quick notes on my move back to Doom Emacs after a few days.
After once again hitching my wagon
2024 Posts
✦ October
Diving back into Org-roam
I've decided to dive back into Org-roam and see how it feels. I've done this before,
2024 Posts
✦ October
Another Hugo deprecation
I sure wish Hugo would stop deprecating things.
This time it's site.Social. My theme uses that in
2024 Posts
✦ October
Searching baty.net
I've added a search page. It uses Pagefind. It turns out I'd already begun work on
2024 Posts
✦ October
Eleventy
You may have noticed that I've changed blogging tools again. After being mad at Hugo for a few
2024 Posts
✦ September
Roll-178 (Leica MP)
Latest roll (HP5) from the Leica MP. Nothing much here to speak of, although I did use a manual flash
2024 Posts
✦ September
Tweaks to my Dired config in Emacs
At some point during my latest round of build-emacs-config-from-scratch, I must have missed part of my Dired settings.
I want
2024 Posts
✦ September
Some quality-of-life improvements to the darkroom
I made some quality-of-life improvements to the bathroom darkroom this morning. I finally have a real "wet side"
2024 Posts
✦ September
My second sewing project is finished
I'm still taking sewing lessons. The first week we made pillowcases and it was actually fun, other than
2024 Posts
✦ September
Adding Expires headers to Caddy
Performance is important, of course, but I honestly don't fuss too much over it on my sites. At
2024 Posts
✦ September
How many times am I going to fix RSS images for the first time?
OMG I never learn. Even when I write stuff down.
Every time I switch back to Hugo, I complain about
2024 Posts
✦ September
Org-rainbow-tags
I don't normally use tags in Org-mode files, so I hadn't noticed that tags on DONE
2024 Posts
✦ September
Books.org redo
For a couple of years, I kept my reading list in an Org-mode file. I found it a bit tedious,
2024 Posts
✦ September
Roll-176 (Leica M3)
This roll of HP5 from the Leica M3[1] was shot mostly in Grand Haven during one of our frequent
2024 Posts
✦ September
Roll-175 (Canonet G-III QL17)
I first decided to sunset the Canonet, in 2022 due to a few issues making it less than ideal to
2024 Posts
✦ September
Posting to social media without being "on" social media
I'm finding it difficult being "off" social media right now. Every time there's a
2024 Posts
✦ September
Wild God
The new record from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds is called "Wild God" and it's
2024 Posts
✦ September
I wish this was something else
While walking Alice this morning, I saw a strange row of lights in the sky. It was stationary, so I
2024 Posts
✦ August
How long can I go without SetApp?
My SetApp subscription was scheduled to renew today, but I didn't let it. I figured that if I
2024 Posts
✦ August
Asking ChatGPT to do things I used to think were fun
I've been testing a version of Johnny Decimal using folders and org-mode files. While doing this, I found