Hi there. I'm Jack Baty and this is my blog. I write personal stories and notes about photography, tech, analog tools, digital workflows, blogging, and more. I'm glad you're here!
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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The first roll using the new Mandler 7-element 35mm f/2
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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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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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This lost me in the first 10 minutes and never really got me back. It tried so very hard to be cool, but failed. A few chuckles was about the best it could
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I'm not sure if this was good or not. I was a little distracted by the naked woman walking around the whole time.
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It's been years since I've watched this. Still pretty great. I've been in love with Debbie Harry since high school.
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Creating a static archive of my Medium.com blog using Mel
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In Andreas' latest and always fun Link Dump 100, he links to So where are all the AI apps?. That article contains all sorts of data, interpretation, and the conclusion that AI
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You shoot a frame on a Phase One IQ4. One hundred and fifty-one megapixels. The sensor is larger than the 35mm frame that defined professional photography for sixty years, its closer to 645
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I really like Rachel McAdams, but I thought the character's "mousy-ness" early in the movie was overplayed. Otherwise, it was...uninspiring I guess. What's with the unnecessary
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ghst is a a new CLI for managing Ghost CMS from John O'Nolan.
I installed it, launched Claude, and had it create this post. Nifty. I love having CLI access to
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I'm about to tell my entire technology-dependent existence to piss up a rope.
Let's see, in the past few days:
* My iPhone won't charge using a USB-C
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I was rewatching Videodrome the other night, and thought I'd finish up a roll of film in the Nikon FE2 by making a couple of stills from the TV. I'
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I have created a simple app and site with links to all of my blogs and a single RSS feed that combines all of them.
feeds.baty.net
(By "I have created.
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I feel like doing my daily post from here today.
This is one of those days where I want things to be simpler. Simple tools. Simple workflow. Simple ideas. Emacs is none of
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I occasionally suffer from what I call "Text File Fatigue". It gets worse after I've spent a few days dialing in my plain-text/Emacs/CLI workflow. This is happening
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