Matt Gemmell’s Emacs post is terrific, but what pushes it over the top is the use of the word “festooned”, which is an all-time favorite. mattgemmell.scot/emacs/

The 1934 Corona Standard works very nicely, almost.The platen has hardened. I may never use the thing, but I’m determined to fix it, so that I have the option. Shame to let it languish.

Appropriately photographed with a vintage (but not that vintage) Leica M3 film camera.

Black and white film photo of a Corona Standard typewriter

I can’t believe “The Detectorists” is more than 10 years old. I’m about to rewatch it because it’s one of my favorite shows ever.

For some repetitive typing tasks involving arrow keys, the HHKB can cause my pinky to hurt. When that happens, I go minimal with Apple’s keyboard and trackpad. That only lasts about 30 minutes before I dig out the giant Realforce.

Apple Magic Keyboard and TrackpadRealforce keyboard and Logitech mouse

I’ve come to the conclusion that all tagging systems will eventually become a tangled, unusable mess.

The wardrobe suits the mood.

Black and white film self-portrait wearing shirt saying 'I would prefer not to'

I am overwhelmed by the sheer volume of nothing I accomplish every day.

I took a photo for my daughter using my favorite and very fancy Summilux lens. I’d stopped down a lot and the background was distracting, so I used Adobe’s new “Background Blur” feature. She loved the pic, but I feel dirty and can never share it.

But for Rock? For RAWK? It’s AC/DC. It’s Powerage into Highway to Hell to Back in Black. They could’ve ended the century there. Everything that came after was sustain. 

source: Three Album Run: How Rock Music Never Bettered AC/DC’s Powerage, Highway To Hell & Back In Black | The Quietus

My notes are IMPORTANT!

Index card reading 'The average american consumes as much as 33 pounds of cheese in a year'

Divided attention.

I’m thinking of migrating off Mastodon instances and using Ghost or Micro.blog as my Fediverse identity. Ghost isn’t ready, so I’ll need to wait to see. I hesitate to admit that I’m hung up on domain choice. I assumed micro.baty.net but too long? Maybe just use “@jack@baty.blog”?

Took a cue from a recent Peter McKinnon video and impulse-ordered this cool blue metal toolbox. I’m using it as a “doodle box” with stationery, pen case, watercolors, brushes, stamps, sealing wax, etc. I didn’t need this at all, but it’s fun!

Blue toolbox with writing and drawing supplies next to a sketchbook

I keep this around for after the Big EMP hits.

Vintage manual wood drill

Well, the mulch ain’t gonna spread itself. Catch you all later. Bring ice packs.

Dump truck dumping mulch in my driveway

I love having options, but I hate making decisions.

I logged into my tilde.club account this morning, typed “mutt” and there were a bunch of threads still being posted to. Oh, and there are BBS, Gemini, IRC, finger, and other services still running out there. All on a little Linux box Paul Ford set up more than 10 years ago. tilde.club. It’s kind of great.

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While I tolerate and even encourage motion blur or slightly out-of-focus images when shooting film, I find these imperfections in digital photos to be annoying (as in the photo above).

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This gets truer every day.

I’m typing this in MarsEdit for posting to Micro.blog and makes me feel nostalgic.