Jess stopped over while I happened to be messing with the Hasselblad. How convenient! Jessica (2017) Hasselblad 503CXi. 150mm Sonnar. Tri-x in HC-110 Jessica (2017) Hasselblad 503CXi. 150mm Sonnar. Tri-x in HC-110 Jessica (2017) Hasselblad 503CXi. 150mm Sonnar. Tri-x in HC-110

There is something special about 8mm movie film. First, it’s wonderfully retro. Beyond that, it’s fun to occasionally load into a projector and show on a big screen. And of course I love the permanence of it. Also, it’s fun. I bought a cheap Super8 camera a year ago and I like watching at the first reel I shot with it, shown here… I thought I’d try shooting more movie film, so I bought the above Canon Auto Zoom 814 Electronic.

As someone who struggles to maintain focus, I found Cal Newport’s “Deep Work” to be instructive and useful. The book was part theory, part practical guide to keeping distractions and unnecessary work at bay. Much of it was self-evident: don’t tweet so much, but it was good hearing ideas surrounding why. The book is well researched, but much of the evidence backing Newport’s ideas are collections of anecdotes. I love anecdotes, but collecting anecdotes is not the same as science.

Instead of posting something here each time I watch a movie, I’m just going to link to my Letterboxd Diary. Letterboxd’s lists are prettier and more useful than individual blog posts here.

I happened to see the Hugo 0.19 release announcement and didn’t think too much of it until I read this… Native Emacs Org-mode Support Well now! I installed it and tested with a few Org files and between my love of static sites and Org Mode I’ve replaced everything with a new Hugo-generated version. Again.

Here’s a quick list of reasons I still read printed newspapers. Reading a newspaper is a distinct, deliberate effort to catch up on the news I find the act of reading a printed newspaper to be relaxing, even when the content is terrifying Ads are unintrusive and do not track me No video or shitty slideshows Headlines and ledes are on front page, with the longer version just a page turn away No irrelevant and annoying clickbait to lead me astray It’s possible to completely finish the news, put down the paper, and go on with my day.

Media Center Lab: OK, look: Breaking away from old conventions is hard. I get it. But it doesn’t make sense to force the norms of 50 years ago onto people whose parents weren’t even born then. Adapting a newspaper for the modern web isn’t good enough for people who never read newspapers in the first place. We deserve something new “Deserve”, really? I think what you meant is “want”.

I’ve been reeling things in lately, software-wise. I’ll write more about that some other time, but I right now I want to share something I’ve found during the process. MailHub Mailhub is “a ‘smart’ plug-in for Apple Mail that revolutionises email management”. Sounds great, but I haven’t used Apple Mail in years. I use MailMate, which is a fantastic email client. Or at least I used to use MailMate. After reading Dr.

My first Leica was an M6 TTL. I sold it in the mid-2000s and have since gone through a number of Leica bodies, from an M3 to an M8. For the past several years I’ve used an M3 and M4. I love them, but I sometimes missed having a meter in the camera rather than on the camera. So I bought an M6 It’s the perfect M6 for me.

I recently re-activated my Facebook account after a few months away. I missed seeing updates from family members and a few close friends. I also missed some of the topic-based “groups” I was part of. I took a month or so off Twitter also, but now am back. I’m finding that being on social media isn’t much fun anymore. I’ll stay for now, but the thrill is long gone.

While many move toward carrying only an iPhone or small, mirrorless system, I’ve been thinking bigger. Hasselblad 503CXi, 150mm Sonnar, Prism finder, D-Flash 40 on a bracket A Hasselblad is big enough on its own, but add a prism finder, longer lens, and that big awkward flash unit and it becomes downright unwieldy. It’s also awesome. Most of my favorite images from recent years are from the Hasselblads.

I’m diligent when it comes to backing up my computers. I make sure to always have local and offsite copies of everything. Years ago I began using Stefan Reitshamer’s Arq utility for making offline copies (to Amazon S3) and it was great. That is, until ongoing storage costs became prohibitive. S3 was relatively cheap at the time, but I was still paying hundreds of dollars per year for storage. When Backblaze and Crashplan showed up at $5/month for “unlimited” backups, I switched (to Crashplan).