Haircuts are up to $40. Shaving is free. And now I have a new look. #chromedome #baldisbeautiful #smoove #cheapass #wordtoyourmother

THIS is why the backup tool's functions were moved client side. Larger backups flatten a shared host. #photoblogging #blogging #photoblog #vibecoding.

Small town Canada Day fireworks. #photography #fireworks #strathmore #alberta #canadaday

It looked like patches of the sky were on fire in last night's #sunset. #photography #strathmore #alberta #dronephotography #dji #mini3

This is the right mix of architectural and street photography. Damn.

SUCCESS! SnapSmack (my bespoke #photoblog CMS) now natively supports #ActivityPub, publishing to and interacting with the #Fediverse. Interacting being the key part because just spamming into another network is uncool. If you're on #pixelfed, check out @[email protected]

Strathmore Radar Station, #Alberta. #photography #radarstation #cumulonimbus #cloud #skylife #weatherradar

Happy #canadaday everyone. #photography #canada #ohcanada #flag #child #drawing #sidewalkchalk #strathmore #alberta

Currently stress testing the Flickr importer tool at various upload speeds to see how it thrashes a server. #photoblog #photoblogging #flickr #vibecoding

I have gone from being that person who hates nags in software to being that person who puts nags in #software... :( #photoblogging #blogging #vibecoding

"Are you telling me you built a batch poster out of ... A Keaton film?" "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a batch tool into your CMS, do it with some style!" #photography #photoblog #photobogging #johnnydangerously #romanmaroney #itsfarginwar

When ya gotta go... #photography #outhouse #nofrills #noname #nonamebrand #itsfunny #fauxlaroid

I love happening upon neat reflections during photo walks. Don't mind if I do. #photography #window #reflection #geometric #urban #drumheller #alberta

Found a car show in Dawson Creek last summer. #photography #alaskahighway #classiccars #vintagecars #milezero

#Drumheller... #photography #fauxlaroids #dinosaurs #badlands #alberta #travelalberta

What is the most important #photography #accessory on any #photoouting? A flask of #hottea. Stop. Sit down. Close your eyes. Listen, enjoy the scent of your tea, enjoy the tea. Be in the moment. Stop worrying about how your images will look after. You're out with a #camera and that's what matters.

Great. Read most of #reversecentaur from @doctorow.pluralistic.net and I think I'm still a unicorn instead of anything else. Photographer who hates AI photo gen but has found ways to use AI and make myself a more prolific and better photographer because of it. #doctorow #AI #weirdo #photography

It's here. Now I learn if my free #photoblogging software #vibecoding project puts me ahead of the curve or behind it. Nothing better than getting a new book from @doctorow.pluralistic.net. #doctorow #books #reading

Hah. Getting there. All sites up and running, now populating with content. #photoblog #photoblogging #cms #vibecoding

Heavy rain. We got home just as it started and I got soaked from head to toe running from my car to the front door. The branches on the front lawn got ripped off the tree by the last storm. #storm #albertaweather #rain #heavyrain #rainfallevent #alberta #strathmore

I did a bit of storm chasing with my daughter yesterday. A right banger rolled in and dumped a few buckets on us. The hail went south of town, thankfully. #photography #storm #shelfcloud #skylife #albertaskies #strathmore #alberta #stormchasing

My oversized #Skatinger #paddleboard that I named the #coupedeville. Why? Because it has a cup holder. #pureluxury #photography #travelaberta #bowriver #paddling

Fixed the false positive issue, found a couple more security bugs in the process, and wrote up SECAUDIT files for them that get published to Github alongside the code. The project has full transparency about all security issues found and fixed along the way. #photoblog #photoblogging #vibecoding

I fixed the bug causing local breaches and introduced new false positives fleet wide instead. Look at me aiming higher! (Faaaaacckkk.) #photoblog #photoblogging #vibecoding #whoopsiedoodle #claudeai

Going through unprocessed images piled up from last year. Took this in #salmonarm #britishcolumbia while visiting for my niece's grad. So many #lilypads #photography #dusk #pond

The Canon 18-55mm EF-S IS kit lens is atypical. Seriously high IQ for the price with sus build quality. That being said, they're actually quite durable and are fun to point into the sun. #photography #infrared #lifepixel #canon #eos7D #falsecolour

I mostly try to avoid being political here, but I needed to say this bit after more online encouters with AB separatists. @feistywaters.com knows where I'm coming from. #photography #canadaflag #forevercanadian #proudcanadian

A picturesque pond in downtown, Strathmore, AB. Dangerous to swim in because of underground pipes that pull water out. Has killed one person in the past five years. #photography #manmade #lake #pond #strathmore #alberta

Werps. When your security works too well. The CMS takes a snapshot of the system state during install, but install.php is deleted at the end and causes a breach condition because the file system is altered. Adjusting the timing there. #photography #photoblogging #development #vibecoding #photoblog

On the bright side, I no longer need to wash the bird poop off the hood of my truck. Or the rest of it for that matter. #video #storm #hail #truck #strathmore #alberta

It was actually worse than it looked in terms of high winds. A church in Gleichen, AB, an hour east of us now has its roof sitting in the middle of the main drag. :( #photography #storm #stormclouds #dronephotography #dji #mini3 #panorama #ohshit #strathmore #alberta

There is nothing like being carried along with a 4.5 kph current, being spun in circles by it, and trying to compose a landscape image with a fixed anchor before it quickly leaves the frame. Title taken from the Dead or Alive tune. #photography #blackandwhite #paddling #river #bowriver #alberta

Just another worker #bee like me... #photography #honeybee #flowers #spring

Finished THE GRID, the first IG styled skin for SNAPSMACK photo blogging software. When used with THE UNZUCKER (free app), it takes your old carefully curated 3-across Insta scroll and restores it back the way it was with carousels and comments and likes. #photography #instagram #fuckzuck #photoblog

Gotta love how this #americancoot gives me the #sideeye as it flees my immediate vicinity. That moment when 850mm ain't long enough. #photography #birding #nobodylovesme

Late evening storm rolling past, chunks of it slid north and south of town. It didn't even spit, really. Lots of lightning and thunder for 15 minutes. Also enough wind I was lucky to get a working pano merge. #photography #dronephotography #dji #mini3 #skylife #storm #strathmore #alberta

A place I avoid assiduously every Sunday. #church #infrared #photography

Thank you to @msriffle.bsky.social for reminding me to get off my prat and use my infrared converted #canon #EOS #7D body more. #photography #infrared #lifepixel #falsecolour

Top o' ta mornin' to ya, Looking south east from Thomas Drive, Strathmore, AB, 2026-06-09 #photography #dji #mini3 #dronephotography #sunrise #aerialview

A short walk with a long lens this evening. #photography #birding #birds #telephoto #strathmore #alberta

I watched her pull two fish in a row out of the lake in light rain. The young lady had it goin' on. #teen #fishing #smalltown #grrlpower #photography

Hey @mgrasdal.bsky.social, you'll like this. SnapSmack's admin interface in SMACKBACK lockdown after I had Claude AI remotely tamper with an install. It detects files with altered sigs right away. #blogging #photoblogging #security #beingaccountable

Perfunctory #lilacs after the #rain #photograph. That moment in springtime when the smell of clean air after a shower and the smell of lilacs combine. Heaven. I waited all winter for this. #photography #samsung #galaxyS23

I have sort of become "that guy with a camera" locally because people always see me using one. This means people end up asking me what camera to buy. Here's my stock answer: The best camera to own is the one that inspires you to pick it up and use it. #photography

The first real #thunderstorm of the year finally rolled through. It was wonderful. #skylife #strathmore #alberta #photography #dronephotography #dji #mini3

Organized crime with feathers, aka the Common Grackle. This one's a right bastard. He pooped on everything in my campsite twice AND he raided my marshmallows while I was distracted (by another Grackle - I did say they're organized). #photography #birds #birding #grackle #commongrackle #bastardo

I have #subscription fatigue. Ditching #flickr this month. They just hit me with a 35% price increase over last year for 0% additional value. Eat me.

IYKYK #blogging #photoblogging #moviequotes #guessthemovie #softwaredev

This is a new skin I'm working on for my photo blogging software. Giving it a silent film vibe. It's called CHAPLIN. #blogging #photoblogging

Me: Seems like a nice evening for a paddle. Mother nature: #photography