Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "did they have any feedback on the design (in the meeting i wasn't invited to)?"

a nice relaxing* lunch of subminiature camera repair * mostly relaxing

just guys being dudes posting Ws

a nice relaxing* lunch of subminiature camera repair * mostly relaxing

it's too cold to work on the car today, so tomorrow i'll return to dropping suspension parts on the concrete floor. suspensions are strange magick that i still barely understand. geometries and preloads and measurements and, you know, generally keeping the correct parts of the car on the ground.

i started the new corporate business conduct training and it's going places i did not expect

Austin emerged from the ice storm to make the most of a lovely day #photography

i love taking black & white pictures of trees in snow #photography

i started the new corporate business conduct training and it's going places i did not expect

gutter ice is dangerous, though not something to be feared. it is thinner than it looks. warmth from above and weakness from within inevitably make it easy to shatter.

Austin emerged from the ice storm to make the most of a lovely day #photography

i love taking black & white pictures of trees in snow #photography

current conditions

it's where Mr. House's family fortune started

gutter ice is dangerous, though not something to be feared. it is thinner than it looks. warmth from above and weakness from within inevitably make it easy to shatter.

current conditions

hey, it's my first time taking apart a suspension, OK? (nothing was damaged.)

some light work on a Sunday

some light work on a Sunday

grumbling "you fuckin' noobs" as auction bidders almost triple the price with two days left. have we lost the honorable combat of eBay sniping?!

this reminds me there's one rangefinder i've always had my eye on: a Minox subminiature. they're not that expensive, surprisingly, but the packaged film is >2X the price of 35mm.

hell yeah: culinary endeavors, a worker-owned co-op, *and* a scathing indictment of the current media climate! "The legacy brands largely botched the transition from print to digital [...] and diluted their missions in the process. In an attempt to reach everyone, they no longer speak to anyone."

enthralled, yes. maybe horrified.

Aaron Moten.

i'm enjoying Fallout S2, but, boy howdy, the Prime Video folks just really don't give a shit about spoilers! the preshow ad shows a big event, the interviews (which are fun!) reveal a character's concealed identity, a per-ep BTS talks about future eps, and even thumbnails reveal people and places.

Major Studios Hire More UX Designers and User Researchers Challenge (Impossible)

i really like this one (45mm, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 1/400) #photography

Dick Cheney is smiling from the grave

Ruby Skye, 2007 #photography

macOS Tahoe's Liquid Glass UI is so bloated and wasteful that windows which aligned for years now overlap

they are keeping strong with one of my favorite writing details from S1: Lucy has good karma (obeys a code of morality, even at cost to herself) Maximus has neutral karma (obeys a code at cost to himself or others) Ghoul has evil karma (everything is at cost to others, even when doing "good")

Marty Supreme was fun, and it's a treat to see Abel Ferrara in his natural environment (NYC sleaze)

every time i use it, i'm angered that their design team has vastly more resources than mine, and yet *that* is what they make. (you know, from the classic novel "Do Not Make the Ludovico Technique".)

the tradition continues: A Very McClane Christmas

Ruby Skye, 2007 #photography

how many Soul Gems are we talking about?

Marty Supreme was fun, and it's a treat to see Abel Ferrara in his natural environment (NYC sleaze)

i will never go back to shooting film full-time. BUT. a K1000 and 50mm f/2 with Tri-X 400? no question. few superlatives can encompass this combination: a reliable & rugged camera, a light-gulping lens, and a flexible film with a look that "iconic" barely begins to describe.

The Ghoul Log is delightful, and it's a treat to have Wayne Newton back as Mr. New Vegas my all-time favorite line from NV is his perfectly charming "The women of New Vegas ask me a lot if there's a Mrs. New Vegas. Of course there is. You're her. And you're still as perfect as the day we met."

S-tier Christmas melodies: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Good King Wenceslas"

how many Soul Gems are we talking about?

Mundi update: still a menace to nasturtium

i really like this one (45mm, f/2.8, ISO 6400, 1/400) #photography

i heard they announced a new Street Fighter movie with game-style characters

waiting at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport - including a Tiny Guy sighting!

i demand all my elected representatives take a Buffalo Stance

Mundi update: still a menace to nasturtium

i'm visiting California and relaxing in mom's backyard. the neighbor is blasting Freddy Fender - it's like i never left Texas. though, i guess if you're gonna hear Fender in the Bay, it'll be in East San José.

oh, we talkin' stabilization? your neck strap is a shoulder strap: size it to hang the cam about elbow height on your dominant side. hook your dominant thumb in the strap, wrap to take up the slack, then pull the camera away from you. for a third point of contact, press your brow in it.