Great post.
But there’s something quietly beautiful about a place where people just… share what they know. No brand deals, no engagement metrics, no algorithm nudging you toward rage. Just someone who spent twenty years studying Arctic policy posting a thread at 2 AM because they think you should understand what’s happening. It’s the internet I was promised in 1996. It only took thirty years and the complete collapse of American journalism to get here.
The pen addiction continues. It gave me a chance to try out my new lightbox for taking product pictures. I have a lot to learn about lighting and placement.
The pen is very nice. It has a nice weight to it, and with the fine tip, I love how it writes. My only complaint is the barrel, which tapers too much toward the tip, leaving me with too little material to make it feel comfortable in my hand.
What a great artistic reuse of old license plates!
Big update to my Psion 3a palm computer post.
Turns out you can still buy these refurbished.
Jason Morley @jbmorley@mastodon.me.uk has software for Psion connectivity for your Mac.
My cables are ordered!
Really struggling today with a possible job change. I’ve applied for a new position and I just found out if I get it, I’d have to give up a big portion of my current job that I dearly love. Give up something that you know you love for something you’re not sure you love.
Parts of me want to pull the plug on the whole decision making process and reset back to where I was. Other parts want to explore something new. 8 years until retirement. Stay with what you know or venture out into the unknown.
I’m supposed to be doing taxes, and all I seem to be doing is futzing with pictures and trying to come up with curling-inspired band names! 🤪 🤣
Off to see the urologist.
📝 PSA to get your PSA checked! (Public Service Announcement to get your Prostate Specific Antigen checked)
55+ and have a prostate? Don’t trust that little walnut-sized thing. Get it checked. A simple add-on to your routine blood tests.
We now return you to your normal broadcast network. 📺
Current State: 🥌 ✈️
#roadlife #curling #crewlife
Testing 365Pixels QR Code:
22 Years of Flickr
Some interesting stats from this past year.
#photography #flickr #stats
I needed a primer on Mixed Doubles Curling. This is a good three-minute video.
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
The mass market paperback, light in the hand and on the wallet, once filled airport bookstores and supermarket media aisles. You may never buy a new one again.
Amazing Photography:
Welcome to The Top 100 winners gallery of Close-up Photographer of the Year 7 (2025). These pictures were selected anonymously by our jury of 22 experts from over 12,000 photos sent in from 63 countries.
#photography
Watched: Secret Mall Apartment 🍿
In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way.
Really well done docu, thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m on the artist’s side on this one.
Finally got around to reading this article. Good insight into software changes over the years.
blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-…
Software didn’t break all at once. It eroded slowly, one reasonable justification at a time.
Reading, Words of Wisdom from Doris Lessing:
” There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag – and never, never reading anything because you feel you ought, or because it is part of a trend or a movement. Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. Don’t read a book out of its right time for you."
Changed house filters, installed back-lighting on the new TV, tweaked Hazel Downloads Folder rules, learning about Meshtastic and Meshcore (blog post on this later). Now testing my Vercel Micro.blog Editor: started a post in Safari, saved it locally, opened Vivaldi, imported the post, and continued editing. Works as expected! I’m really liking this new tool.
You gotta love just futzing around.
Jumping right in! Hopefully, I can get it done before the shows/movies come out.
#books