I love contact sheets, especially those made from medium format film. Here’s one of my former dog, Josie. baty.net/2023/cont…
I often think it would be a smart move to sell off some cameras and use the money to buy 100 books of photographs instead.
Finished reading: Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott Scheper 📚
You don’t have to convince me that analog note-taking is superior, but Scott spends the first half of his book trying to do just that. But after all that, things got useful.
Finished reading: Walking by Thomas Bernhard 📚
Repetitive and nihilist and negative and sometimes hilarious. Weird sentences that I got sucked into. Only 86 pages but in one long paragraph.
M3GAN, 2022 - ★★★
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
I could've used more dancing.
Yesterday, I was talking about how I miss smoking even after quitting more than 20 years ago. Then today, this photo of me smoking with my ex-wife literally fell out of a photo album I was carrying. Weird. I was good at smoking (Lucky Strikes), though.
I’ve been reviewing some of my older (early 2000s) photographs and have noticed that the 20-year-old film photos look great but most of the 20-year-old digital images look like shit.
Here’s a photo of my grandparents in 1931. How do I know that? Because my grandfather wrote it on the back. “In the rumble seat of my first car. Model T Ford 1927. Grand Haven, 1931”
Please caption your photos! (And while you’re at it, print a few of them).
Here’s a (Digital) test shot outtake from yesterday that shows the superiority of double-wristing. 😆
“few things are more infuriating than a task or delay that’s foisted upon you against your will, with no regard for the schedule you’ve painstakingly drawn up in your overpriced notebook.” –Oliver Burkeman, “Four Thousand Weeks”
4x5 self-portrait on Ektar.
I have an aging box of Ektar in the fridge, so I thought I’d make use of it in the Crown Graphic.
100%. From The Oatmeal theoatmeal.com/comics/ba…
Down by Law, 1986 - ★★★★½
Monday, January 23, 2023
A somewhat slight, gorgeous, funny delight from start to finish.
I appreciate all of the feedback on my blog post format question yesterday. I summarized the results here: baty.net/2023/surv…
I was worried it would be way too chunky on my dainty wrist, but I think it’s fine. Suddenly, and out of nowhere, I’m a G-Shock fan.
It’s just a dumpster, but I like the lines and colors. At least it’s something that’s not about blogging.
Or is it? 😜
An informal survey: When visiting a blog (not via RSS), which layout do you prefer? (I like them all, so help me decide.)
- Full posts
- Titles and a brief excerpt
- Titles only
I find WordPress capable and easy. It does everything. But dammit, it’s been uncooperative the last few days and it’s ruining my plans. Custom CSS disappears. Comments missing. And that editor is killing me! So this is just me posting somewhere simple and nice instead. 👋
Continuing the conversation with myself about where to post. baty.net/2023/blog…
This is very much how I’m feeling lately.
