Black and white photo of trees. There's a hole in the negative.

Hole in the universe

Looks like I accidentally took a photo of a hole in the universe. (Either that, or there’s a problem with the film negative.)

May 31, 2025 Â· 23 words Â· Jack Baty

Now Playing, Rush - Roll the Bones

I can’t explain why I like listening to my old cassettes so much. All I can say is that I’m having a blast. Now Playing: Rush, “Roll the Bones”

May 30, 2025 Â· 29 words Â· Jack Baty
Black and white photo of a spring

Spring

In 2010 I would walk around with the Hasselblad and a roll of Tri-X and take photos of just about anything. This is a spring from a train car. I like how it turned out.

May 30, 2025 Â· 35 words Â· Jack Baty

YouTube again is a mistake

I spent hours yesterday watching YouTube videos about photographers. Ernst Haas, Winogrand, Helen Levitt, Irving Penn, Tish Murtha, etc. I loved it, but so help me if I don’t get out and make some of my own pictures soon what am I even doing?

May 29, 2025 Â· 44 words Â· Jack Baty

Stupid YouTube thumbnails

What happens if a YouTube thumbnail doesn’t include someone making a stupid face and pointing? I assume there’s a fine involved.

May 29, 2025 Â· 21 words Â· Jack Baty

Weird, but sweet

In Junior High, I asked a girl I had a crush on to sign my yearbook. She wrote, “You’re weird, but sweet!” I was a teeny bit offended at the time, but I like to think I’ve stayed true to her summary ever since. It now feels like a compliment.

May 28, 2025 Â· 50 words Â· Jack Baty

Notes on Baty.net -> Mastodon via EchoFeed

I’ve set up EchoFeed to “echo” the content from the new /notes area on Baty.net to Mastodon. No link, just the content. If you can read this, it worked.

May 28, 2025 Â· 29 words Â· Jack Baty

Adding blog notes via Emacs

This note was added via my new jab/hugo-new-note function in Emacs.

May 28, 2025 Â· 11 words Â· Jack Baty

My first note

Hello, this is the first “Note” post I’ve added to my Hugo blog. The idea is for these to be short, title-less posts, syndicated to social media.

May 28, 2025 Â· 27 words Â· Jack Baty