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Dad roasting hot dogs in back yard. Nikon F3. I try to post at least one image from each roll. Here’s one from 2016 Roll-021 of my dad roasting hot dogs on his back yard fire pit.

The cautionary tale I keep telling, told beautifully in this video. Maintain analog copies of the things you’d miss.

Loren Brichter: My work for the last few years has been on the web, and honestly, it’s a breath of fresh air. Instant refreshing, surprisingly good debugging / perf tools, intrinsically multi-platform, and most importantly, open. Web tech gets a lot of shit from native devs (some of it deserved). But the alternatives are worse. I find the entire concept of App Review morally questionable despite Apple’s good intentions.

My fascination with static websites continues. I’ve sworn that this blog would remain in WordPress and so far I’m sticking with it, but I still like publishing static sites, so I’ve created a new version of my Notes blog: notes.baty.net. What I’m finding is that for quick notes and posts that are mostly text, I prefer using Emacs and Markdown, so Hugo works great. Posts with images or embedded videos are much easier to create using WordPress.

I have recently abandoned using Org Mode, even though I love nearly everything about it. The problem is that even though Org Mode documents are technically just plain text files, they are nearly useless outside of Emacs. Sometimes it’s nice to use a different editor. Sometimes it’s nice to edit using an iPad Pro. So I’m back to using Markdown. Writing documents using Markdown can be done in any text editor.

The thing I like least about blogging with Hugo is creating new posts. The process involves hopping into a terminal, moving into the blog’s directory, typing hugo new post/2016/ my-file-name.md and then opening the generated file in emacs and fixing the title. I found this post by Toke Høiland-Jørgensen and things got much easier. Now it’s a matter of C-x hugo-new-post, enter a title and start editing.

This is just me looking for an excuse to start another blog using Hugo. I’m telling myself that my blog at http://baty.net will focus more on photography and other creative pursuits, while this site (currently at https://notes.baty.net/) will contain more of my technical notes, journal, etc.

I shot some Super8 (Tri-X) and finally got the processed reel back. The above is from a Retro-8 scan and quick edit. It was a bit underexposed so the corrections amplify the grain, but I still like how it looks. I told myself I was only going to shoot a couple of reels just to say I did, but after watching it a few times I’m starting to think about trying more of it.

Apple doesn’t understand photography None of those images are meant to be saved ‘for later’. A year from now nobody will care about what I did at 9:06 AM while waiting in line at the coffee bar. That may be true, but 20 years from now you and probably your children are going to wish you’d saved at least a few of them. Otherwise, much of the article is spot on.

My favorite shot from a graduation party yesterday. I love the expressions, especially on the younger girl.

Dr. Drang I, of course, am stuck in the past, not willing to give up—or even share—the ownership of my words. Still clinging to a publishing model that may soon be as outdated as print. Erik’s hybrid system is probably the right way to accomodate the new realities while still maintaining control. But I’m not a fan of the new realities. I know the niche I’ve carved out is vanishingly small, but it’s all mine.