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Remainders: 26 October 2024

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It is that time of year again. The rabbitbrush is in fall bloom and that makes my allergies go crazy. Shot with the Fujifilm X100V at f/8 using the Kodachrome film simulation in-camera. No post processing.

Well, my last remainders post was a couple of weeks ago. I wonder where the Interwebs will take me this week?

  • I know that I have some hearing loss. The tinnitus is a pretty good indicator. I saw a news bite somewhere that indicated my Apple Airpods Pro 2 can work as OTC hearing aids. The how is explained by Dr. Cliff Olson.
  • Father Nomad is a maker of adapters to connect water filters to water containers.
  • I have an Elecraft K3 transceiver for amateur radio use. This link describes how to set the Automatic Gain Control of my rig.
  • In my YouTube wanderings, the algorithm presented a video by James Fleet. He is a British photographer living in the Philippines. I have not yet explored his YT channel (but I will), but his article comparing the Fujifilm X-T5 to the X100VI for street photography is good.
  • The shutter tool is valuable for reporting the number of mechanical shutter actuations of a digital camera. Why is this important? I am preparing to sell some of my digital bodies and it is standard practice to report the number of shutter actuations.
  • I stumbled on W.G. Snuffy Walden several years ago. He turned up on one or two guitar music collections and I noticed his playing. It is quite tasty. Then I learned he scored The Stand. It is a good score.
  • Rick Oleson maintains an antique web page that has information of interest (at least to me). It is worth a look.

Remainders: 02 December 2023

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A favorite place to pause for some water. Shot with Fuji X100V 23mm f/2 at f/8 with the Reggir’s Portra film simulation.

I begin writing my remainders after the previous instance posts on Saturday evening. So each remainder is a sort of bread crumb track of my path through the Internet each week.

  • In migrating to a new Winder$ laptop, I looked at a lot of files. I came across the source for my literate programming FAQ and, in fact, a lot more that I did not expect. This includes a very nice website on Literate Programming, which I intend to revisit.
  • I am experimenting with RStudio because I use R on both of my computers. The experiment is whether it is worth the effort to use a second tool to work with the first, or should I just use the command shell that is included in R. The jury is still out on this one.
  • I also am looking at a \TeX installation on the Winder$ notebook. It looks like TeX Live is the better option. It is also the basis for my \TeX system on the MBP.
  • I ran into a wrinkle with the Winder$ laptop LaTeX install. I keep all of my custom standard macros on my Dropbox in a /texmf directory. It took me an hour to figure out how to set TEXMFHOME environmental variable to point to that directory under Winder$. This helped.
  • I have a Pentax 645 NII in my inventory. I got it out this week and it needs a little TLC. The leatherette is peeling a bit at some of the corners. A little Pliobond will fix that.
  • Nick Bedford has some thoughts on Tri-X film simulation that is interesting, but involved.
  • In a holiday saving offer from Clever Supply Co. I received a referral to another small business/maker who operates Ugmonk. I bought two of the monitor stands because I need an external monitor for my two laptop computers and I want them up on stands at eye level. This will also permit me to use the laptops’ monitors as well. I am expecting good things, especially because these units are premium price. I am done with cheap s#%(.