So glad that I have Claude to write code, so I can spend my time working on the actual interesting problems.
I've been shooting more film lately. In the early 90s, I was doing photojournalism (hoping to make it into a career), so I was well-acquainted with making do with insufficient light. But I am out of practice, and there are definitely some things I need to re-learn. Still, it's been a lot of fun so far. This was shot on Portra 800, with the Nikon N6006 I saved up for and bought new in high school.
When I was trying to remember if my laptop even supported 120 Hz, I found that I've had it off for who knows how long. Turned it back on, and yep... Still can't tell any difference! I guess I should be thankful that computer displays are the one thing I have cheap taste in (though I guess not really, since I have a Studio Display; I'm just not tempted at all to upgrade for better refresh rates)...
Solid cap of ice on top of the pillar at the end of our driveway.
Why does this Apple Music setting lump together 5G and wifi? Is there some way I'm missing to have maximum quality on wifi and not on 5G? (I realize that I almost surely can't hear the difference with lossless, but that's not the point. It's just bizarre that they combine this into a single setting.)
The Tahoe liquid glass effect on the editing toolbar in Preview is truly inexcusable.
(So is the fact that I have to print and mail in a form to make a medical insurance claim, but that's a longer topic...)
Also, when I was looking for that setting to take a screenshot, I remembered I had this enabled. The fact that I still cant’ even tell if it’s enabled or not is an argument for leaving it as it is, I suppose.
Probably one of the best setting changes I ever made on my iPhone. It’s shocking how nice it is to just never have the phone vibrate, buzz, or bump at all, no matter what. I flipped this switch a little over a month ago, and I wish I did it earlier.
I got a new phone with iOS 26, and updated one of my computers to Tahoe, and now the "read" state for messages on the computer that's still on Sequoia just... doesn't stay in sync with the others. As much as I don't want to do it, this might be the thing that pushes me to upgrade it to Tahoe too. (If it was easier to downgrade everything else, I would...)
Weird artifact at the top of this photo, shot at 8X on an iPhone 17 Pro. Those white posts should just continue up vertically. I guess this is “computational photography”?
