Typography is not my strong suit. It’s almost nobody’s strong suit, which is fine by me. I don’t know a really good font when I see one, and I don’t care that much. I’m sure it’s all critically important, but to most of us it’s just navel-gazing. When someone points out a really glaring typographical error I might take notice, and agree. “Widows” for example, are apparently an affront to typographical good taste everywhere.

Louis CK cracks me up. Love this bit on Conan. It’s funny, ‘cause it’s true.

A photographic workflow is important to professional photographers. Not being a professional photographer, I don’t need one. And yet, I tweak mine constantly, and never seem to get it right. With so many good options, I just end up confused. Given the number of forum threads and blog posts surrounding the whole workflow topic, it seems I’m not alone in my confusion. I thought it might be useful to write about some of the things I’ve tried, if only as a way to help myself sort it all out.

I recently upgraded my copy of “Tinderbox”:http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/ to 4.5.3 – a minor release. After the last few updates, this one seemed almost a non-event. I never know what to expect with each new Tinderbox version, but there’s always something useful. Once I dug into the 4.5.3 update I found my initial impression to be mistaken. It turns out this release has a few nice additions. My favorite happens to be the ability to assign badges or prototypes to multiple selected notes simultaneously.

I take pictures of my dogs. Can’t help it. Here are a few recent shots, for your viewing pleasure.

Domingo Corpus is a talented musician and a great guy. We saw he and his band play a dinner show last night at The Vernier in Port Huron. Really good stuff, and I’m not just saying that because he’s my girlfriend’s brother in law. You can hear more on his “MySpace page”:http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=81908124. Here’s a taste, it’s called _Namaste_ [audio:Namaste.mp3]

How could I have forgotten to mention what might be the simplest yet still useful note taking app around – “Notational Velocity”:http://notational.net/. I know, you think they’re all the same. Most are, but Notational Velocity isn’t. It may not be immediately apparent _why_ it’s different, but for those of you who strive for small, light, simple and powerful, there’s nothing like it. It hasn’t been updated in years, but doesn’t feel like it needs to be.

Reading RSS feeds consumes a significant amount of my spare time. Recently I noticed a change in my attitude toward feeds. Lots of mumbling under my breath. “Stupid” “Enough already!” “Been there.” Taking a step back I noticed my subscription list sucked. Okay that’s not true exactly, but I did realize that I’m not interested in the same things I was a year ago. My feed list needs an overhaul!

My first real camera was the Canon AE-1 my parents bought me in 1982. Since then I’ve gone through a few others: Nikon N6006, Olympus point and shoots, a Leica M6 and finally a series of Canon dSLRs from the original Rebel to a 1Ds. I’ve invested rather heavily in Canon lenses and associated gadgets. Recently, I decided that I wanted a new, serious camera. The plan was to hold out for the 5DMkII.

We’ve been trying “Yammer”:http://yammer.com/ at “the office”:http://fusionary.com/ for short notes and intra-office updates. Yammer asks “What are you working on?” Fair question, but I already log my daily activity in a “Daybook”:https://jackbaty.com/2008/07/tinderbox-as-a-daybook/ using Tinderbox so I thought it would save time if I could post those entries as updates directly to Yammer. Easy, here’s how I did it. The whole process took me less than 15 minutes from concept to completion.

The world would look better to me were this Onion article true. bq. In deference to the memory of Wallace, whose writing on alienation, sadness, and corporate sponsorship made him the author of the century in stock car racing circles and whom NASCAR chairman Brian France called “perhaps the greatest American writer to emerge in recent memory, and definitely our most human,” officials would not comment on how points, and therefore this year’s championship, would be determined.

An Egyptian police orchestra ends up lost and spending the night in a small Israeli town. That’s pretty much all there is to The Band’s Visit. Do not miss it. It’s quiet, charming, funny, and one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while.