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Auto-generated description: A silhouetted bridge spans across a body of water at dusk, with a vibrant sunset sky in the background.
The Queensboro bridge at dusk.

Experimenting with RAW photography.

Auto-generated description: A nighttime urban street scene shows a bustling city street with cars, including a yellow taxi, and pedestrians under bright streetlights, alongside bags of trash on the sidewalk.
A NYC subway display for the upcoming Hudson Yards bound 7 train, but the screen is all glitchy.

Sometimes, the MTA is fun. πŸš‡

I beat the Mario RPG remake while cat sitting this past week. Lots of nostalgia for this one, and the updated graphics and sound were a fun way to reexperience it. πŸ•ΉοΈ

I’ve been cat sitting Rocco this week. Here’s how it’s going. πŸˆβ€β¬›

Auto-generated description: A black cat is lying on a textured surface, looking up with wide eyes.

Got some doodling in today.

Two doodles on small pieces of paper. One is a skeleton prancing with some flowers around. The other is a whimsical bearded crazy hair face who’s smiling.
Auto-generated description: A scenic view of a pond surrounded by greenery at sunset, with city buildings in the background.

Another old gold hour shot. I don’t remember where this was taken.

I’m thinking of being from the 1970s.

A photo of me, a white guy with a bald head long beard, wearing a bright red headband and a worried expression.
Auto-generated description: A serene landscape is depicted with a silhouetted mountain range against a gradient sky at sunset.

Another old golden hour post.

Auto-generated description: A serene sunset over a calm lake is surrounded by silhouetted trees and foliage, reflecting warm orange hues in the water.

From my old photos, in iOSs Golden Hour collection.

Follow up food shots from Sunday’s supper club.

We started with some fish in a really nice sauce. Don’t you wish I remembered anything more specific? Me too.

Close up of fish in a light white sauce, garnished with some herbs in a white plate.

Then we had slice duck with grilled eggplant with a walnut and pecan sauce. That yellow Swiss cheese cracker looking dude is fried flower oil. Bonkers.

Close up of sliced duck and eggplant in a white plate.

After that, we lightened it up with tamale, cheese, and pickled tomatillo with a unique salsa verde. Almost all the ingredients here are from pre-colonial Mexico.

A blurry close up of half eatne corn tamales and cheese smeared with salsa verde sauce on a white plate.

Finally, we finished with a moist polenta cake with some sort of sweet, tangy jam and this light, sugary cracker cookie that I forget the name of.

Close up of a thick, brown cake, almost zuccini bread looking, with a dark red jam with a fruit that looks like strawberries but isn't. There's a half eaten cookie with some of the jam on it and sugar coating. All on a white plate.

The chefs gave wonderful explanation on each dish, and I can’t remember it. Thankfully, the pictures speak for themselves. All these shots were taken by my friend Jenny.

My Chef friend Kayla ran a supper club on our roof last night. Incredible food, and lovely company. No notes.

A group of people seated around a table on a rooftop under a cloudy sky, with one person standing and speaking. String lights decorate the scene, and city buildings are visible in the background. A table holds a partially eaten cheese and crackers platter, surrounded by wine glasses and bottles. Guests stand in the background under a cloudy sky, with lights and flowers providing decoration. A group of individuals gathered around a table adorned with candles, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere.

Playing with photo filters.

A photo of an abandoned  Brooklyn street under an elevated highway. There is graffiti on the retraining wall on the left, and parked cars on the street. The image is stylized with filters to produce hightened reds and pinks, with jagged color stops.
Me, a white man, years ago. I have messy hair, thin stubble, and a tired, sunken expression. I hold a film clapper. You can make out that it reads "Ghost house Shit house scene 2E take 1"

One time, in the far distant past, I used to both have hair and make movies. I loved every minute of both. 🍿

I spent last Sunday in Central Park with my friend Lindsay, playing with her medium format film camera. She taught me how to focus, the F-stop, the focal range, and even got to peak inside and see how the entirely mechanical apparatus worked. So satisfyingly tactile. Thanks Lindsay!

It's a bright day with a metal foundtain as the focus. The fountain has a decorative angle on top. There's red cobbles on the ground, and trees in the background. Several people of various ethnicities mill around and sit on the lip of the fountain. A big dog on a leash, sleeping outside. The dog's people, a white couple wearing sunglasses, are sitting nearby, holding the leash. Green water with two box turtles, just their shells poking out from the surface. Green water with bushy, green plant clusters popping out in curated clumps. There's a fountain spilling water down in sparkled drops in the top left edge. A castle looking structure shot from a low angle against a bright blue sky. A leafy tree with twisting branches hangs between the viewer and the castle. A park square with many dozens of people enjoying the day, shot from above. There's a fountain in the middle, and behind that is green water. People in row boast glide across the surface, and there's green trees behind on the opposite bank. In the extreme forground, out of focus, is the top of a low wall overlooking the square. A plastic water bottle rests atop it.

A jury of pidgins. Five are on a bathroom break. 🐦

A fire escape outside a brick building. Seven pidgins are lined up on the fire escape railing horizontally.

Here’s Retsina, breaking in my new futon cover. 🐱🐈

A calico cat sprawled on a futon on the floor. There’s a tan blanket and a grey pillow. The blanked is pushed to one side, revealing a dark blue futon cover with white patterns which I don’t remember what they are and I can’t see them at this zoom level o. The photo.

I had a visitor this morning. 🐱

A calico cat, Retsina, cuddling in a blanket half on top of my white arm.

Taking gruvbox for a spin today for the first time in years. I’m digging it.

A screenshot of some PHP code in the Gruvbox light theme, is described as a retro groove theme.

Media Diet: August 2024

🎡 Music Tango Mangoβ€”Can Look, I’m leading off with this because I did listen to classic high brow 70s German experimental rock band Can’s classic experimental rock album Tango Mango, … Read more

3 books stacked on top of each other: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin, 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke, and Norby: Robot for Hire by Janet and Issac Asimov

I picked up two sequels to books I don’t have the previous parts to, along with a novel starring Norby the Robot, whom I can only assume is a well known, beloved character. πŸ“šπŸ€–

A Money plant hanging from the side of a full, narrow wooden bookshelf in a white planter. The planter is attached to the top of the bookshelf with rope.

Over the weekend I picked up a new plant. Put some live trees next to my dead trees.

My roommate had an extra ticket so last night I got to see Jeff Rosenstock at the Warsaw. Really fun show. 🎡

A purple lit stage with a crowd in high shadow in front. An older punk band plays on stage.

How am I doing? Well today I’m slamming assorted rice crackers 🍘

A bag of assorted rice crackers. That’s literally what it’s called.
A screenshot of the Neovim editor. There's some PHP code, and a skull and crossbones in the sign column.

I configured my Neovim LSP error symbol to a skull and cross bones, so now whenever I write bad code I feel like a pirate. πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ