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Film photography as late-stage Burning Man

Original photo: Depositphotos I’ve never been to Burning Man, but for years I really wanted to go. I mean c’mon, a bunch of normies heading out to the beach (at first, but later, the desert) to do drugs, walk around half (or fully) naked, and opt out of society for a while. A place to really hippie it up for a week or so. I think I would have loved it. ...

September 4, 2023 Â· 360 words Â· Jack Baty

Org-journal stays

I’ll probably continue using Org-journal no matter what

September 3, 2023 Â· 295 words Â· Jack Baty

At my analog desk

Desk with notebooks and paper tools I still call this my “analog” desk. It’s for reading real books and articles. It’s for journaling. It’s for painting and drawing. It’s for sitting and staring out the window, even if the view is only that of a cul-de-sac in a boring middle-class suburb. I sat here for a good portion of two days during a recent power outage. It was refreshing and mentally invigorating. ...

September 1, 2023 Â· 95 words Â· Jack Baty

Silver is better

Back in photo.net’s and rangefinderforum.com’s prime, there was a gruff, opinionated, brilliant, and helpful forum member and photographer named Al Kaplan. He helped me a great deal after I got my first Leica. When he died in 2010, his family sold mugs and T-shirts to raise money. I’ve kept the mug on my desk ever since. Silver is Better Al Kaplan mug. Leica MP. HP5. ...

August 28, 2023 Â· 69 words Â· Jack Baty

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What’s the deal with Baty.net?

August 28, 2023 Â· 184 words Â· Jack Baty

Unexpected side effects of throwing away ruined film

Throwing some old film away has made me think about what I actually need to keep

August 27, 2023 Â· 281 words Â· Jack Baty

The Emergent Task Planner

Let’s try the paper-based Emergent Task Planner again

August 21, 2023 Â· 181 words Â· Jack Baty

Using both Denote and Org-roam

Using both Denote and Org-roam packages seems crazy, but I’m trying it.

August 20, 2023 Â· 370 words Â· Jack Baty

A new (old) theme for baty.net

I needed a change, so I brought the Papermod theme back.

August 16, 2023 Â· 72 words Â· Jack Baty

The Leica Q2 (again)

I got tired of waiting for a Fuji X100V so I skipped it and got another Q2

August 16, 2023 Â· 273 words Â· Jack Baty

Changing Emacs keybindings is not trivial

Technically, it’s easy. Actually doing it is a nightmare.

July 22, 2023 Â· 415 words Â· Jack Baty

Whither Daily Notes?

So yeah, I’ve been putting Daily Notes at that other blog.

July 14, 2023 Â· 162 words Â· Jack Baty

Monday, July 10, 2023

Being nice. The Little Mermaid and my daughter.

July 10, 2023 Â· 96 words Â· Jack Baty

I just can't get into Obsidian

My thirty-days-of-Obsidian lasted nine days.

July 9, 2023 Â· 248 words Â· Jack Baty

Saturday, July 08, 2023

Street photography

July 8, 2023 Â· 37 words Â· Jack Baty

Thursday, July 06, 2023

Threads

July 6, 2023 Â· 60 words Â· Jack Baty

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

Forcing myself to use Obsidian

July 5, 2023 Â· 58 words Â· Jack Baty

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Keyboards. No longer using Hugo bundles by default. Handling daily posts.

July 4, 2023 Â· 165 words Â· Jack Baty

Monday, July 03, 2023

What of my wiki? Pinky and the HHKB.

July 3, 2023 Â· 220 words Â· Jack Baty

Saturday, July 01, 2023

Bombs with blinking lights. Obsidian? Harvard. Bluesky.

July 1, 2023 Â· 179 words Â· Jack Baty
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