There’s a new vintage stereo store near me. It’s called “Bring Back Analog”. I traded him an unused turntable for this Nakamichi LX-3 and now I need to start recording mix tapes for my wife :)

I don’t know how to edit digital photos without going too far. baty.photo/2025/digi…

Me, 6:00am: I no longer want to self-host anything

Also Me, 8:00am: Oooh, Coolify looks cool!

Fred. Grand Haven. I’d have converted this to black and white like always, but I liked the pink and blue too much.

Man in hat sitting in front of a wall with a woman in pink dress walking behind him

Selfie POV

Film camera in outstretched arm pointing at taking camera. Water in background.

Hello?

Old "network phone". Very old.

Found a screen grab of my application folder in 2007. Good grief.

A giant list of apps

I just came here to post about how I was once again overcomplicating the way I post things everywhere else and thought it would be nice to type text in a box and hit “Post” and move on.

(Update: It was nice.)

See, the thing that makes me hesitate about using Micro.blog for my short, social posts is that it works quite well as a “real” blog, too. The temptation to put my longer posts here, then, is always present. I am easily confused and this doesn’t help. Still, it could work. 🤔.

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.