Jack Baty

Photography, blogging, emacs, analog tools, tech, etc.

I'm so moody when it comes to blogging

"I'll only ever use an SSG for my blog!", I said, unconvincingly. Sometimes I don't want to. Sometimes Kev comes along and makes something like Pure Blog and I think, "Well, that's better!" I can't ha...

Blogging

52 Pick-Up (1986) ★★★

This was gloriously sleazy and surprisingly not bad. https://letterboxd.com/film/52 pick up/ The review image above was made possible by Kevin's super handy Media Card Generator

Movie

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Pelicans, Hobe Sound FL (2013). Leica M3. So, yeah, it's a point and click sort of day. I read a post earlier and thought I'd write a note about it, but the whole thing felt like too much work, so I d...

Journal

No reason, just for fun

I don't know that I'm back here with Pure Blog, tbh, but this morning feels like a lean back and do computer stuff sort of day, rather than the usual both hands on keyboard for everything kind of day....

Kev introduces Pure Comments

Now that I sort of went back to hugo on the other blog, of course Kev introduces Pure Comments. Now what am I supposed to do? 😁

Blogging, Pure Blog

Pausing this (for now)

I love what Kev has done with Pure Blog. It's great, but I think I need to stick with a static site for now. I'm used to it, and I have a Whole Thing built around Emacs and Hugo. It's not like Pure Bl...

Blogging

Monday, February 23, 2026

OMG why can't I choose an OS!?

Journal

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Using Darktable. macOS or Linux?

Journal

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Photography workflow difficulty. Do not take me too seriously.

Journal

Doctorow on using AI (to help publish his blog)

The guy sure works hard at blogging. Using AI to help do that seems like a fine use case. He addresses the usual anti AI backlash with a few choice quotes. Doctorow, Six Years of Pluralistic Purity cu...

AI, Blogging