The full moon was so bright this morning that I had to squint just to look at it.

Interesting: Hyperuplink: Discuss like it's 1998

Still noodling about Pure Blog. It's so nice...but Emacs!? :)

I'm sure there's a Petosky stone in there somewhere

I'm not supposed to be putting journal entries on this blog, but it's what I reached for without thinking this morning, so here we are. I enjoy using Pure Blog quite a lot.

I promised myself that I wouldn't post about any more social media dustups, but I broke my promise recently, and I wish I hadn't. It's just so hard to watch people on "my team" do things I wish they wouldn't, whether that's retreating to a platform that disgusts me, like X, or scolding someone for choosing for themselves to do that.

Dave says:

So here's the thing, our performative virtue signaling seems to be alienating the very people we need to persuade to come over to our side.

I remain convinced that Trump is president because "regular folk" were sick of being scolded and shamed for simply living their lives in the world they were born into, their only sin being that they were maybe a little behind the curve.

Anyway, my wife and I had a lovely weekend up north. Turns out that "the Outdoors" is pretty neat.

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 didn't bother. I've been having issues with Emacs, so my Hugo workflow is wonky. The daily blog would have been suitable and easy enough, but I'm wrestling with Markdown vs Rich Text in Tinderbox. I'm here in Pure Blog writing about writing about it, which is some kind of meta nonsense. Some days I miss Ghost, tbh.

I post more frequently even on my once-in-a-while blogs than many people post on their only blogs, so where's the guilt coming from, then?

*Yin/Yang/Urinate. Leeloo and Katie (2009). iPhone

One of the draws of macOS has always been its level of polish. That's increasingly no longer a thing. Still, it's a few lengths ahead of Linux on the available software front.

The last thing I need is a 7th weather app on my phone, but Acme Weather

I'm trying hard to get good enough at using Darktable that I don't mind using Darktable. It's slow going.

macOS or Linux...one of them should go. Using both is crazy-making and I don't know if it's sustainable. I spent most of the day with Linux. I've gotten to the point where I almost prefer KDE and Gnome to macOS. It's the software, though. Darktable could eventually pull me from Capture One and/or Lightroom. We'll see. Emacs works well on both. But I want Tinderbox and BBEdit and TheBrain and Curio. I want Emacs bindings everywhere, by default. I want PopClip and Keyboard Maestro and Raycast. There are alternatives on Linux for some of them, but most feel...lesser. Thing is, I don't need any of it. I just want it. If I can get over that, I'd go all in.

Wearing my hat (2026). Leica M3 / HP5 @1600

I spend many, many hours changing and tweaking my photography workflows, just in case I actually take photos one day. Also, I've made a mess doing it.

People sometimes take the things I say too seriously. My whole blogging history is littered with temporary opinions and untested theories. I write what I'm thinking, at that moment. I'm moody and impressionable. It's my fault. Do not expect consistency.

"That's the difference between intention and drift, which is a thread running through your whole life plan." No shit, Claude. :)

Thought I'd bring back the status block here and see how it feels. Should it go at the bottom of the daily post instead? Dunno.

I made the mistake of reading the news this morning. It made me furious (like most days), so I went to visit my grandson and now I feel much better.

“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...”

—HUNTER S. THOMPSON

Current is a new RSS reader. It looks interesting, but damn that page uses a lot of words to describe it. It makes simple seem complicated.

So is this going to be my main blog or what?

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 having them, so I always catch up.

Gotta say, using a CMS that is tailor-made for running a simple blog and nothing else is pretty refreshing.

I don't feel much like computering today. Most of the weekend was spent over-computering about everything, and I'm weary of it. There are no other plans, but the weather is supposed to be rather nice for a change, so I should take advantage of that. Otherwise, I'll end up on another dead end like with Raw Therapee yesterday. Hours and hours with no gains. I have too many days like that.

Took the dog to the park for some roaming about. It's a beautiful day here. Gets my mind of all the horrible stuff...for a few minutes.