Goodbye Asia, 2004-2023
Today we had to say goodbye to our beloved cat, Asia, aged about 19 years … and probably 11 of her 9 lives. I’ve never been comfortable with euthanasia, not even the concept of it. The idea that we can take …
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Photo Sharing, Version 4
Tired of these yet? So I ran into a weird problem with my V3 site. I decided I had too many pages with no introductory text and it was proving to be awkward to use. Because of the way I had set up the Hugo site, I also …
Mother's Day with my Mom
I’ve been struggling with this memory all day. I think the last time I celebrated Mother’s Day in the presence of my mother, I think I was 18, still in high school. There might have been one, maybe two years …
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Adobe Lightroom's Denoise is Magic
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke Holy cow, Artie couldn’t have been more right. So last night, whilst gathering together more pictures to populate my new and …
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Another Site, Another Hugo
You might recall that I tried to make a simple photo sharing site. It worked, but … it wasn’t enough. When you’ve built as many websites as I have, you recognize features almost at a genetic level and …
Mom Moves to Calgary
A couple of years ago, just as COVID hit, my mom decided it was time to move into a “home”. She’d lived on her own for nearly 20 years at that point and her condo was no longer as fun as when she moved …
Starship goes BOOM!
The news today was pretty full of SpaceX getting Starship off the ground, finally, after years of hard work. The news seems to be somewhat split, however – while most seem to be pretty up about the whole thing, …
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I've left my internet presence untended
I’m not an egomaniac, let’s just get that clear. I don’t google myself regularly. In fact, I’m not even sure when I last googled myself … it’s been years. Yes, I actually did used to …
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Building Better Image Sharing
A few lifetimes ago, I had a rather sizeable Flickr library. It grew over many years, from many vacations, many photos of my growing kids and extended family, and more than a few company events. I liked what Flickr did …
Happy 13th Birthday, Choo Choo!
I no longer have any children. I only have teenagers. Actually, to be fair, I seem to have a teenager and a vastly underaged adult. And Choo Choo, you already know which one you truly are. There have been so many times …