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...
My photography workflow is a disaster
I seem to have completely lost the thread when it comes to managing my photos. I blame Linux, but it's totally my fault, and has been happening in some form for years. When living on macOS, I moved be...
Thursday, February 19, 2026
macOS, status, I hate the news so I spent time holding my grandson's hand
Trying Current, a new RSS reader
There's been talk lately about why RSS readers are designed like email clients and whether they should use unread count indicators This goes back to at least 2014. The latest discussion is around Phan...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
“Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag sucking half wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids...”
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
I finally got into the darkroom this morning. Caught up on making contact sheets. They're hanging to dry. I keep telling myself that contact sheets aren't worth the effort, but I feel guilty not havin...
Monday, February 16, 2026
I don't feel much like computering today. Most of the weekend was spent over-computering about everything, and I'm weary of it.
Testing Capture One on Linux via WinBoat
In order to use Linux full time, I'll need to find a feasible workflow for my photography hobby. Weeks working with Darktable hasn't converted me. I still prefer both Lightroom (Classic) and Capture O...
Sunday, February 15, 2026
I woke up today and found that this blog was still using Pure Blog, just as I left it. I wasn't surprised, really, but sometimes I think that blog gnomes sneak blog changes into my life while I sleep,...
The all-new baty.blog
Well, I did it. After days of tinkering with Pure Blog, I've used it for this site at baty.blog. I didn't have the guts to replace my main blog at baty.net yet. Too much work. Baty.blog has been power...
TILES, an(other) Emacs notetaking package
Taking a look at TILES, a clever new Emacs package for taking notes.
Testing content migration from Hugo, just in case
Just to be clear, I don't have serious plans to migrate my main Baty.net (Hugo) blog to Pure Blog. That doesn't mean I won't explore the "But what if I converted baty.net to Pure Blog?" scenario. Thin...