While preparing to stage some of the shots for this past Tip Jar, I was rearranging things in Deep 13 and needed to prop something up for a few minutes, so I went out into the yard to get a brick. I’m smart enough (and have past experiences that remind me) to check such things first before bringing them indoors, and so turned it over to ensure there were no spiders or fun things clinging to
Category: Random
Getting to it
Trying to get back into things now, after a beach trip this weekend – not the best time for it, but the opportunities weren’t coming up earlier. After a ridiculously hot summer, autumn weather came in abruptly, and Saturday was perpetual overcast and a little chilly, so scenic options were extremely limited and it wasn’t a good time to get in the water. Sunday
In and out of a jam in 30 minutes
I have something coming up that may need the camcorder, and wanted to charge the batteries, but on getting out the charger, I could hear something rattling around inside, never a good sign. Nonetheless, I tried plugging it in and nada – no response. I don’t have a backup charger for those batteries (I know, right? Stupid,) so if I wanted those batteries charged inside of the
Universally celebrated
Too many of the holidays that are featured here are rather narrow in scope, or appeal, or culture photography-related, or specific to the US (like we need any more reasons to be self-absorbed,) or even, dare I say it, almost resembling contrived excuses to put up handy content. Today, however, is a holiday that we all can celebrate, and indeed, have probably celebrated
Dafuq, man?
Yeah, it’s been nine days since my last post, skipping over the Tip Jar even – readers, were they not imaginary (or even if they were I guess,) gonna think I died or went over to the Dark Side, i.e. some form of lame-ass social media. But no – I’ve been singularly lacking in motivation while at the same time tackling far too many other things. There are
Does a bear…
… yark in the yard?
A few days ago, The Girlfriend pointed out this curious mound of… something… in the grass not 7 meters from the window to Deep 13. Initially, I said, “Bear shit,” based on what appeared to be berry seeds, then looked closer and suspected it was an old patch of fungus that was fading away, but I wasn’t sure of that. Later on, I put on some rubber
I need a break
I mean, it’s been three days without a post – what am I breaking from? From sorting video clips, of which I got too far behind on. I am doing what I should be doing with the still photos, which is adding details to a spreadsheet as I go – species, behavior, location, et cetera. It’s virtually necessary with the videos since there is no adequate thumbnail
By the most remarkable of coincidences
I really, really wonder* who comes up with these holidays. I mean, seriously – this one is far too much of a FaceBlerk kind of thing, and I don’t blame anyone for ignoring it, because it accomplishes nothing**. That said, I’m in the rare position to address/celebrate it, so we’ll grudgingly recognize What Were You Doing A Decade Ago? Because exactly a decade
Tip Jar 33: Recording and editing audio
I was very close to doing this as a podcast or video post, and eventually realized it was far easier to type it out and use illustrations than it was to try and juggle the recording and screen capture processes, so here we have it – I would apologize to those who hate facing a wall of text but unless you have an actual, physical handicap, go fuck yourself and deal with reading. If you do
Tip Jar: Hiatus
Nothing for the Tip Jar right at the moment – my time, motivation, and desire simply didn’t coincide this week to permit me to have something up here right now. While I have tried quite seriously to adhere to a schedule from the moment I started doing regular posts, this isn’t a job, isn’t producing income, and shows no evidence of people really counting on seeing the new