⚠ Content warning I talk about using AI to do stuff in this post. I know some of you want nothing to do with that. The parts actually written by AI are indicated.
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The thing that scares me about how good LLMs are getting is that before long, everything is going to look good, and sound good. Everything will be well-written. The world is gonna be
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* STATUS: Improving design elements here at baty.net
* TODO: Yard work. It's nice outside.
* READING: Vigil, by George Saunders
I used Kevin's Boring Weather app instead of my janky
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synapsmedia/ghost-theme-editor:
Edit theme files directly inside Ghost Admin with a completely client-side editor.
This solves a real problem with running a Ghost blog and just wanting to make a few little tweaks
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I put the first roll (HP5) through the new (to me) Yashica-Mat LM. The frame spacing is too large, so I only got 10½ frames, but the ones I got turned out pretty
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My dad brought home a Yashica-Mat from Florida in April, 2026. He saw it at a garage sale, thought I might be interested, so he paid $10 for it and stashed it in
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Here are a few things I've been happy with this week: Obsidian (gasp!), Neofinder, Capture One, Xteink X4.
Whenever I'm feeling like living in Easy Mode, I go all
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I shouldn't use multiple tools for a single task, but I do it anyway.
Speaking of multiple tools, why am I posting here instead of at baty.net? Probably because I
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My mom and dad are home from Florida. They seemed glad to be home. My uncle (82) has been suffering from dementia and is nearly immobile. It took him nearly 5 minutes to
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Now that I have the various post types sorted here, I'm pretty sure I can live without the daily blog. The wildcard now is Coping Mechanism. I like using Ghost. I
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I have this unproductive habit of abandoning things once I get them how I want them. Blogs, for example.
A few weeks ago I started this blog using Ghost. I finally found a
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I plan to avoid most news and all social media for a week. It's to the point where, between the daily barrage of horrible, incompetent people doing stupid, horrible things and
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Jane Bown is one of my favorite photographers. She commonly used an Olympus OM-1n with the Zuiko 85mm f/2 lens. I happen to have that exact setup, so I went Jane Bowning
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Alan Jacobs on the Iron Laws of the Comment Section:
Those who have read and understood the post, whether they agree with it or not, will email you if they have something to
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"README-driven development" is a phrase Simon Willison used and it's kind of perfect.
I'll never understand why people get such a boner over ridiculing someone else'
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