A rule of thumb, that I need to keep in mind, is that it will take about the same amount of time to edit photos as I spent shooting them.

This holds true for birding (2 hours of birding results in roughly two hours of editing), and in my experience from a decade ago it holds true for music & theatre photography. YMMV.

I'm not yet sure how it maps to photos from e.g. our Grand Canyon or Zion trips, but I bet one day of trip photos roughly equates to the amount of time I want to spend photo editing in one day.

for no particular reason other than I think it's fun,

rss.church now exists.

flickr-rss

GitHub - cdzombak/flickr-rss: Generate an RSS feed of a Flickr photostream or your Flickr Friends & Family feedGenerate an RSS feed of a Flickr photostream or your Flickr Friends & Family feed - cdzombak/flickr-rssGitHubcdzombak Happy to note I've released a small new program. It generates an …

I've long been worried that Apple will drop support for AppleScript automation in macOS updates, or at least allow it to decay into a horrible broken state.

But the fact that Claude, ChatGPT, etc. are now relying on it for high-profile features gives me hope.

A new feature, completed —

Microposts can also appear typewritten, for a semi-hand-made feeling.

I imagine these will also be used in asides in certain blog posts.

Back now to the regular programming.

A new feature, continued —

These microposts can also appear to be written in marker, for a bolder but still-handwritten personality.

A new feature appears —

I'm not sure yet exactly how this'll be used, but I've added the ability to use a few different fonts for these microposts.

My hope is that this makes these appear a little more unusual, gives them some personality, and encourages me to use them more.

How to rsync with sudo on both sides

When migrating from one server to another, you will likely want to use rsync over SSH to migrate directory trees. It's likely that these trees will not all be owned or even readable by you, meaning sudo is necessary to make the transfer. It's possible to …

Updated instructions for installing my Debian package repositories

I use these repos to distribute my own programs (the OSS repo) or Debian packages for third-party software (the 3p repo). The instructions in various project READMEs use old-style .list files; these updated instructions will install new-style .sources files. Prerequisite: Keyring sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https: …

Host Inventory for a (not-) Homelab

I don't really consider myself as running a proper "homelab." For starters, I own neither a proper network rack nor any rackable gear, and I see that as a prerequisite for calling your setup a "homelab." Nonetheless, I have a lot of physical and virtual machines to keep track of.

Tips on Brazing Copper and Stainless Steel

Copper & stainless steel can be brazed, but it's challenging and costly.

Someone please Photoshop a “Phantom of the Opera” mask onto this grackle for me

Thank you. …

RIP: Aircraft Radar Skill for Amazon Alexa

A few weeks ago I archived the GitHub repo for my Alexa Aircraft Radar skill. This was a project with which I was particularly happy when I launched it, but since then two things happened: First, when ADS-B Exchange was purchased, they cut off my access to their data feed …

Some TODOs for the new site

As I prepare to make this new version of dzombak.com live, I wanted to make a note of some things that are left for me to do.

Great Moments in Modern Apple User Experience Design

Remember when Apple cared about the end-user experience?