2022 Thoughts
✦ March
Aligning comments in Emacs
I want my per-line code comments to line up nicely, so I’ll often add a bunch of spaces by
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2022 Thoughts
✦ March
Configuring the org-download save directory
When I drag and drop an image into Emacs, I want the attached file to end up in ./img/YYYY/
2022 Thoughts
✦ March
Feelings about the Leica M10-R
I’m feeling twitchy about owning the Leica M10-R .
The M10-R is an astonishingly good camera. World-beating build quality, timeless
2022 Thoughts
✦ March
I love this boring photo of a lamp
My wife bought an awful, kitschy plastic lamp and set it on one of the floor speakers. I, of course,
2022 Thoughts
✦ March
Adding an RSS feed to my wiki
TiddlyWiki is a single static HTML file. It does not generate an RSS feed of new entries. It doesn’t
2022 Thoughts
✦ March
Fiber-based silver gelatin prints are a wonderful PITA
I hate making fiber-based silver gelatin prints in the darkroom. But I love having them to hold and to hang.
2022 Thoughts
✦ March
Plain text can’t save you if you lose the files
Derek Sivers suggests, in a much-linked-to post , that all your stuff should be in plain text files, and I (almost)
2022 Thoughts
✦ March
I enjoy processing film
There are things that I dislike about shooting film, but processing isn’t one of them. I actually enjoy it.
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
The Kodak Retina IIIC
My dad called me from Florida and said that one of his neighbors had died and left a bunch of
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
The Daily Notes Dilemma
You see, I have a nice wiki , and for a couple of years, I have written a new entry in
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Highlighting in notebooks
One valid criticism of using paper for notes is that searching through notebooks is rather difficult. With my poor handwriting,
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Music: Stream or buy?
Which is right for me, streaming or buying my music?
TL;DR: Both
Phil’s recent note about streaming vs
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Starting with a clean desk
My home office environment was getting out of hand, clutter-wise. They say that a messy desk is the sign of
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Visual Meditation
I’m not sure I’ll ever be capable of sustaining an ongoing “meditation practice”.
The idea of regular meditation
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Holding a Leica M camera
I’ve used many wonderful film cameras from many different systems: From Nikon F to Hasselblad V to Linhof, Olympus
2022 Thoughts
✦ February
Sold the Leica SL2-S and bought a Leica M10-R
The Leica SL series of cameras are special, but not unique. I had an original SL and then bought the