I'm indexing my test Obsidian vault in DEVONthink. It's reminding me of the advantages that local files in things like in Obsidian offer over remote-first tools like Tana/Roam. The journey continues!
Generating a blog with Tinderbox is tricky but fun. One thing I’ve added is a “crosspost” field. Checking this box makes the post available in the “allposts.xml” RSS feed, which feeds into Micro.blog. This way I can easily pick and choose which posts end up here.
I don't want another blog
Friday, October 21, 2022
I don't want another blog
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I don't want another blog, but I seem have one anyway. Or, more accurately, I've re-purchased the baty.blog domain and am using that with my old Tinderbox-managed blog. It's not technically a new blog, then. It's an old blog that has been resurrected. I have no idea if it'll stay, or why I'm doing it, so you might not want to get comfortable.
I will say that the way I've built this using Tinderbox is exactly how I want my blog to work. I get individual posts, grouped by day. Each post can display a title, or not. It can have a "featured image", or not. It can be crossposted via RSS, or not (this post is, for example). I have attributes for the current weather, Topics, etc.
Plus, it's fun! I don't feel I need to make excuses for having fun :).
I love that Leica has re-released the original M6 (but with a brass top and upgraded finder). I recently tried and failed to sell mine, so I’m good for now (dust and all). leica-camera.com/en-US/pho…
The reef tank is so weird. I have all kinds of critters in there that I didn’t invite. Here’s one I spotted today for the first time. It’s an Asterina Starfish. Not harmful. It’s about the size of a US dime.
Vengeance, 2022 - ★★★½
Friday, October 14, 2022
I removed half a star about an hour after finishing the movie because I wondered why I gave it four stars to begin with. Funny and sometimes clever. Didn't stick the landing, IMO.
I think I’ll retire the little Canonet. My focusing ability can’t be /that/ bad. I don’t trust the shutter speeds. Frame spacing was all over the place, and a few frames were scratched (from travel through the camera, pretty sure).
At least the self-timer works, as you can see.
Finally caught up on creating a digital index of my current paper notebook. This is the first notebook I’m trying this with. It’s work! I’m using Soren’s mindex tool (tab-delimited file -> LaTeX -> PDF). github.com/sobjornst…
After following the Tana Slack channels for a few days I’m ready to just go back to paper.
How I plan to spend my day
Here I am looking out for bad guys with my super cool binoculars from Andor.
“I have sad news that I have decided to shut down the mastodon.technology instance.”
Looks like I’m going to need a new instance: ashfurrow.com/blog/mast…
While visiting the new bookstore near me yesterday, I was reminded how pleasant it is to wander through a bookstore instead of clicking and scrolling online. I always leave a bookstore with a sort of serene, mellow vibe. And books!
I am disabling cross-posting to Mastodon and Twitter. It still feels weird pushing the exact same nonsense to three different platforms every single time. I’ll do it by hand if needed. I’d love for Micro.blog to allow for more granular (per-post, per-service) x-posting.
“‘It Just Works’ causes a pervasive ethos of incuriosity that’s marketed to us as a luxury.”
“The Dark Side of Frictionless Technology” newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-br…
These instructions are on the TAOCP page (by Donald Knuth), but should be universal: “your message should be readable on brand-X operating systems for all values of X”: www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/ta…
Every single person pulls the handle first. Every time.
I see the race is on to be in the first group of Thought Leaders around Tana.
Vesper, 2022 - ★★★½
Monday, October 3, 2022
I loved the mood of the film, even though it was grindingly bleak. Great visuals. Interesting ideas. A bit too long and a bit too thin on narrative and characters.
If I could keep just two 35mm film cameras, these would do nicely.
