I'm glad you're here!
STATUS: Thinking about darkrooms
PLANS: More decluttering. Probably the pantry.
So, here’s what happened. The toolbar in Kirby’s editor for daily.baty.net became unreadable after a theme change. I don’t feel like figuring out how to fix it, so I restarted my micro.blog subscription instead. 😵💫 Now I can just post stuff and not worry about all that. I’m nothing if not fickle.
STATUS: Up at 3:14 AM because my dog likes to get up and walk way too early
PLANS: Declutter my house to within an inch of its life.
I'm probably going to delete the WordPress instance running baty.blog. I just can't bring myself to commit to WordPress. I wouldn't mind being the kind of person who uses it forever, but I'm not that person. I haven't decided whether I'm going to replace it with something else or let the whole thing go.
A fun little image utility from Álvaro Ramirez.
xenodium/one: Transform images into character art using text from your codebase.
Alvaro Ramirez
I used it to combine my avatar with the lines from "The Shining"
STATUS: Linux
PLANS: Linux
So I've been using Linux again for a few days. I wanted to post something this morning and realized that I'd moved the daily blog back to the static Tinderbox version. Since I'm unable to use Tinderbox on Linux, I moved the blog back to the Kirby version. You're soaking in it. I doubt the churn will ever stop, sorry.
A few months ago, I disabled all cross-posting from here to Mastodon for some reason. I think it was because I felt like things were too noisy for people. Today, I'm dipping my toes back into it, slowly (still using Robb Knight's terrific Echofeed). This post should show up in my @batybot@mastodon.social account.
Sorry for the noise. This is a test post from daily.baty.net and should be syndicated to social.lol via Echofeed, but only because it contains a specific tag. please ignore.
STATUS: Using macOS-only software all day
PLANS: Leaves and laundry
I took the day off from my all-CLI experiment today.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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