‘Your World Is Burning. Here’s What You Can Actually Do About It.’ 🔗 Joan Westenberg / joanwestenberg.com
You can doomscroll, or you can create.
You can rant, or you can build.
You can theorize, or you can act.
You can wish, or you can work.
The Rest of the Daily Shots | February 13, 2025
You can see the daily shot at 365Pixels.
More experimentation today. Not happy with anything, but learning has occurred. ☺️
The Rest of the Daily Shots | February 12, 2025
You can see the daily shot at 365Pixels.
Here are the others from the day I shot and had to choose from. Would you have picked a different one for your daily shot?
Inspired by @maique@social.lol, who posted some rainy-day windshield shots, I thought it was perfect that it was raining in BNA.
This is how we used to change a nose tire on the Twin Otter; this technique is probably frowned upon today 😆
I spent many hours working and flying on ol' 100AP; I miss that plane.
#oldschool #aviation #arcticmaintenance #twinotter
KIWIX - A User Report
I’ve seen this posted about Mastodon a lot, and then @amerpie posted about it yesterday, and I thought, why the heck not? Let’s check it out; I’ve got some time to kill.
So, yeah, this KIWIX is really cool. I’m not a Super Bowl kind of guy, so I downloaded Kiwix and then proceeded to download the entire Wikipedia, then iFixit, then Gutenberg. Sheesh, why not? I have a Synology with ample space, so why not lock some of this stuff in and have it on local storage?
🔗 How Your Thinking Changes at 60 | Andy’s Blog
Then you turn 60. And something shifts.
You stop caring about things that don’t matter.
You don’t need to prove yourself anymore.You don’t need permission.
You don’t waste time on people who drain your energy.You’ve seen enough trends, fads, and “next big things” to know they all pass.
And most importantly, you realize time is no longer on your side.
Carl Griffith’s 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter
Want a Sourdough Starter that’s been active since 1847? I can’t verify that the offer is still active, but we did it several years ago. Follow the directions exactly, or they won’t send it to you.
‘Source’ 🔗 Griffith / carlsfriends.net
Exposed to Light | 02 - Hippo Love by Unknown
Photographer: Unknown.
Camera: Unknown.
Title: Unknown; I’m calling it Hippo Love.
Link: Unknown.
I have two desktop screens. One’s background picture constantly changes; the other has this, which never changes. The love, care, and trust that this picture imparts makes me smile every day. I would love to know the background of this shot. I would love to talk to this man and find out about his relationship with this hippo. What is the hippo’s name? How long was he a part of this hippo’s life? Was this a daily ritual? How long did they sit there? Who took the picture?
I love the working-class feel of the picture. I had that lunch box for a while growing up. I love the tape on it. Mostly, I love the hippos' look of complete security and peace. No matter what was going on in this hippo’s life, at this moment, all was well with the world.
When I look at this picture first thing in the morning when the computer whirls to life and the screens pop on, all is right in my world, too.
This is not good. 😔 Nome was home for many years…
Breaking: Bering Air flight into Nome overdue with 10 aboard; search is on - Must Read Alaska
(⭐️3.75/5) - Finished reading: CABIN by Patrick Hutchison. It’s a good book, makes you laugh, and brought back many memories for me building forts in the woods as a kid. A writer with zero handyman skills buys a $7000 cabin in the woods of Washington State and tells the adventures of fixing it up along with the joys and life-changing memories of having an off-grid cabin that eventually changed his life and career. 📚
What TV series intros do you watch every time?
Does watching the intro to every episode mean something?
Netflix, AppleTV, Hulu, etc., allow you to skip intros. What does this say about the intro quality or the show? Or about us as humans who are always in a hurry. This behavior of skipping intros may reflect our impatience and desire to get to the main content quickly. As a designer of intros, do you get the data on how many people skip your intro? Does it make you want to change it? Why do some shows change each season’s intro and others do not? Budget? How much does it cost to change the intro each season? Is this a metric that is used at all?
Such curious questions.
What we do: We always watch the whole intro of the first episode; it can be a source of insight into the show, somehow set the tone, or even give hints, and then we don’t watch it again until the last episode. But there are exceptions. When the intro is fantastic, the show is an all-time favorite, or it seems an essential part of the show, or maybe it’s because you don’t want the show to end, and you want to watch every second of it. This has been the case for Chefs Table, Game of Thrones, Murders In The Building, Severance, Westworld, and others.
What about when the intro or trailer is better than the show itself? Maybe the folks making the intro need a raise because they condensed your mediocre show/movie into something good!
I’m talking just about intros, but the same could be said about the credits. How many times do you watch the credits? For me, it’s rare, but when I do, it’s because I want to know where it was filmed, the names of the people who made such an amazing piece of art, or the show was so powerful that you want to absorb every last drop.