Today I pulled my old cameras out from storage. This was prompted by my trial of Glass, and the reminder that my Flickr account still exists. I haven’t had much time to do anything with them, except charge the battery and try to reset them back to a state where they were taking jpegs and letting the camera intelligence do the work. In a sign of how long they’ve been sitting around for, every camera needed its clock reset.
I am proud to announce that NBL Pocket Podcast finally has its own home on the web. 🎙 🌏 🏀
I’ve pulled out my old cameras to have a play. Going to pare things right back: shoot jpg not RAW, use P mode instead of A/S, and see how things turn out. Back to basics. 📷
My wife will be jumping off a building in November!
The WA Minister for Mines & Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services was kind enough to draw attention to this fact in Parliament today:
It’s all for a good cause though. Hannah is participating in the Central Park Plunge 2021 in support of Guide Dogs WA.
If you’d like to support the effort, this is Hannah’s fundraising page.
Gloomy and rainy.
Exploring Glass encouraged me to revisit Flickr. The latter is technically better (despite the bugs and UC mishmash) but people are active on Glass. If I could have only one, it would still be Flickr. Why can’t that site be more successful? 📷
Isn’t this the most Microsoft-y thing? Jargon, complexity, and obfuscation. Classic.
I finished watching Physical on AppleTV+. The first half of the series had me engaged and interested, the second half left me feeling undernourished and somewhat confused.
By way of follow-up to yesterday’s review of Tot, I can confirm I’ve bought the iOS version.
2005 doesn’t seem all that long ago. (A shared post from Glass.)
With thanks to @keithpound I’m in at Glass. My username is canion over there, too.
I have succumbed.
Update: The day after writing this, I bought the iOS version of Tot. My friend and Hemispheric Views podcast co-host Martin Feld is Mr. Default. He likes Reminders. He like Mail.app. He likes Calendar. Not for him the world of OmniFocus, MailMate or Fantastical. No sirree. Keep it simple, keep it made by Apple. Except… he uses Tot. I’m sure he uses Notes as well, but Tot. Not Drafts. I installed Tot on my Mac when it was released, because as with anything made by The Iconfactory, it’s worth a look.
This Twitter thread (which should be a blog, but anyway) from Rich Siegel regarding Electron on macOS should be required reading for anybody who takes even a vague interest in this stuff.
The situation in Afghanistan is deeply saddening. I think of all the women and children, in particular, who are now going to face extremely difficult lives, with no genuine prospect of relief. 😔
My sketchnote selfie done after watching the great Sketchnoting session at Micro Camp. @ChrisJWilson @cm
Beer in hand.
That time my son David got rocked in his pram by Luc Longley. A bunch of Perth people having a chat in Los Angeles.
Lover’s Lament. ❤️💔
Micro Camp is coming! ⛺️