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17 November 2025 (Monday)

A page from one of my Grandfather's photo albums.

STATUS: Using macOS-only software all day
PLANS: Leaves and laundry

I took the day off from my all-CLI experiment today.

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I took today off from my CLI-only workflow experiment. I also took the day off from Linux. I used a bunch of beloved macOS-only apps, several of which don't store data in easily-accessible plain text. DEVONthink decided to make fun of me by corrupting its database. Deleting the trash and running "Verify and Repair" fixed it, as usual, but still. A stark reminder of why we love plain text.

16 November 2025 (Sunday)

STATUS: ☀️ Sunny+38°F. Linux this morning, it seems.
PLANS: Taking parents to airport.

Just when I feel like I've figured things out, I decide to change everything. Again.

15 November 2025 (Saturday)

Wheelbarrow in my parents' back yard / Rolleiflex 2.8D

STATUS: One foot in Linux and one foot in macOS
PLANS: Figure out where both feet should go.

🌦 Light rain +17°C

I've been adding weather and date watermarks to the daily images, but today it feels like too much work so we'll have to go without. I could automate it, but that feels like too much work as well.

14 November 2025 (Friday)

STATUS: Crabby as fuck. You can tell by my use of profanity.
PLANS: Fuck around all day.

I have a strong urge to tell everyone to just fuck right off. That can't be a good sign.

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All of this nonsense attacks the foundation of photography. Photographers spending four hours adjusting color are making images that don’t look real. Light simply does not do what they are making it do.

Dan Milnor, Creative: The Entire Extent – Shifter

10 November 2025 (Monday)

STATUS: Confused about everything related to computing
PLANS: Stop being confused? Maybe paint the bathroom ceiling.

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The luminous and shocking beauty of the everyday is something I try to remain alert to, if only as an antidote to the chronic cynicism and disenchantment that seems to surround everything, these days. It tells me that, despite how debased or corrupt we are told humanity is and how degraded the world has become, it just keeps on being beautiful."

-- Nick Cave, "Faith, Hope, and Carnage"

I'm with Nick, today.

7 November 2025 (Friday)

STATUS: Updating to macOS 26.1 on the Mac Mini because I hate myself, apparently
PLANS: The Mac is on deck, just in case.

I'm typing this on a Mac. 😬

5 November 2025 (Wednesday)

STATUS: Up very early again.
PLANS: Watching grandson while daughter has a minor surgery this morning
READING: "The Courage to be Disliked" by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

I like narrating my thoughts here. But I also like narrating my thoughts here.

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