Jack Baty Daily

Hi, I'm Jack

These are my daily notes about everything

Friday, July 3, 2026

Me with a small dog
Me and Flossy (2026)

Woah, I had to drag the source for this site out of an archive, rename it, and update the Emacs config to load things properly. Then I had to fix npm because I'd ruined the symlinks during the process. I'm not even using this site, so what was that all about?

I spent a lot of time working on a daily notes setup for TheBrain, but later decided I don't really want to use TheBrain for daily notes. I know, I know. Instead of simply going back to my Denote routine, I moved the process into my Org-node setup. That took a minute. The good news is, now I have at least 5 places for creating Daily Notes. Oh wait.

My in-laws are in town from New Orleans this weekend. I like them well enough, but it's going to put a serious damper on my free time until next Wednesday. Aaargh! :)

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Blue My Mind (2017)

I have a thing for mermaid movies, but this didn't make a lot of sense to me. Also, I find the title to be stupid. The gold standard remains "The Lure (2015)".

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Mirror selfie in hallway
Hallway selfie (2007)

Hey there, remember me? I almost forgot about this site, sorry. Maybe I've neglected it because it's built using Eleventy, just like baty.net is now. It doesn't feel like doing something different, which is what normally prompts me to change things up. Anyway, Hi!

Friday, April 17, 2026

Blurry black and white film photo of a train passing
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So, I have successfully converted baty.net to Eleventy, with a custom theme and handy scripts for creating content via either a terminal or within Emacs. Of course I am enamored by it, so I've been posting daily notes there instead. That's why it's been quiet here lately.

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Black and white photo of a couple with small dog sitting on pier
Grand Haven, MI (2023). Leica MP / Summilux-M 35

I'm busy this morning migrating baty.net to Eleventy with a complete redesign. I explained to Claude Code in great detail what I wanted, and I'm writing this while Claude Code handles the heavy lifting. This would never have happened without LLM help.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Black and white photo of a black Leica M10-P camera
Leica M10-p (2020). I should have kept it.

First morning with the new daily.baty.net. The script for creating new posts uses $EDITOR, which I usually have as nvim but sometimes it's "emacsclient -c" and that was failing. I pasted the error into the robot and it fixed the problem in about 5 seconds.

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The Ghost Effect

That said, for $200 a month (or $20), you have a team of cybercriminals on tap that you can call at any time. You are now an absolute elite hacker, if you take time to learn some basics. Congratulations! Seeing state-level cyberweapons become a commodity is kind of a new thing, and I thought you should know about it.

It's a wild world out there. I'm a little nervous about it.

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I had so much fun converting this site to Eleventy yesterday that it has me thinking about doing the same thing with baty.net. I prefer static sites, but Hugo has always been tricky to deal with. I like 11ty, but it means building a new theme and I'm not good at that. But Claude Code is. Trouble is, once I do that, what's stopping me from rolling some of the features here over to that blog? Does that mean One True Blog™? I doubt it, but it's interesting to think about.

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I'm excited about the Artemis II launch tonight but it stresses me out so much I won't be able to watch it. I'll catch it tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Wall art in waiting room (2026)

I'm kind of giddy about the work I did with Claude Code, today, but I'm afraid to talk about it for fear of being scolded. At some point I'm going to stop worrying about it.

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I woke up this morning wondering if Claude Code could build me an Eleventy version of daily.baty.net blog. Turns out it can (You're soaking in it). It was much easier than expected. Say what you will about LLMs, they've gotten damn good and very useful to me.

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I knew nothing about this going in. What a strange, funny movie. I had a blast.

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Field with birch trees in winter
At the park
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Just a test note to verify multiple notes render on a day page.

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One doesn't have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient.

— Charles M. Blow