: Having only seen my first cattle egret around here a month ago, here's another one this morning. …

: Amazing This is a long video in today's world. I watched the whole thing. It's pretty remarkable. I found it …

: This morning's birds are these mourning doves. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 08:50 Thursday, 14 …

: New Shiny My 2019 27" iMac will update to Sonoma on the 26th. I'd have installed one of the betas, but I kind …

: Dew point was reasonable and the sky was clear, so I pointed the EM-1 Mk3 to the sky with the …

: Put the drone up this morning. On the flight back from Miami, Mitzi had the window seat so I only …

: Down a Couple Pints Showed up to donate blood this morning, and my octane* was high enough to meet the requirement this …

: Jokes' On Us Our travel insurance just covered illness. It must cover something because Mitzi said we'll probably …

: And We're Back My caution that the marmot would be silent until Monday "at the earliest," was appropriate. We …

: Multi-modal A year ago we flew to Boston for the wedding of my late friend's daughter. Today we're flying to …

: Cranking Widgets Jack linked to a post by Cal Newport (FWIW, I've never heard of Cal Newport.) about the Mythic …

: Unremarkable photo. What is remarkable, and disturbing, is this is only the second bird (the first …

: Memory Mitzi and I are watching season 5 of Unforgotten. It's good, though I relate to Sunny and his grief …

: Everything Old is New Again Jack laments the current fad or fashion of film. I can relate. I was never as much into photography …

: Very pleasant morning today. 67°F! Supposed to get over 90° later today though. Still, I'll take it. …

: Pretty pleasant this morning! 74°F, though the humidity was still rather high. It's fine until you …

: Le Sigh All fixed now. Had the computer photo post fail to export because the HTMLDontExport boolean …

: Fixed Ah, mystery solved. Mark Anderson just emailed me that the September archive wasn't resolving. …

: Further to the Foregoing My workflow is flawed. I recently read something and my unreliable memory suggests is was about a …

: Further to the Foregoing My workflow is flawed. I recently read something and my unreliable memory suggests is was about a …

: Conceit We had kind of an "open mike" session at the Tinderbox meet-up yesterday, no planned program and no …

: Conceit We had kind of an "open mike" session at the Tinderbox meet-up yesterday, no planned program and no …

: This morning's moon. Had a glitch yesterday, posting the handhelds. Everything seemed fine at Marmot …

: Hey, It Keeps Me Off the Streets <img src=“https://nice-marmot.net/Archives/2023/Images/IMG_7326.JPG" alt=“From …

: And the Results Are In... Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice... Check it out: N 1 to 1000 - HP-75 exponentiating (N^2) - …

: Weird I looked in the TI-74 manual to see if it had anything to say about the SQR() function, and it only …

: Retro Update I've been trying to configure an HD image for Virtual II with the appropriate system software and …

: A New Month My "edict" for 2023 properly created September. So, "Yay for automation!" I've been spending time …

: Don't Fall For It Like a dumbass, I tried to take advantage of Bud Light's 4th of July $15.00 rebate. I submitted …

: Started walking at 0700, so it was still pretty dim. Brought along the E-M1 Mk3 with 12-100/f4 …

: Retro It was something of "lazy" day yesterday, if that word has much meaning for a retired guy. We'd tune …

: Blue Moon Idalia passed well to the north of us. All we experienced in my area were some clouds and gusty …

: This and That Sunday was Tinderbox meetup day. Mark Bernstein gave a master class in using action code stream …

: Little luck with birds the last few days. Stuck my head outside to look for the moon last night …

: Soup Stuck my head outside shortly after I got up and we're back to being a sauna. Blech! Yesterday …

: Retro Rockets Kind of a pun on the way "retro" technology can kind of "slow" your progress in other areas. Still, …

: Went out to get the paper this morning, and it actually felt nice. Almost cool. That's because the …

: Boil Water I've mentioned before that I try to take a moment each morning, as I'm filling my water bottle, to …

: Spell Checker As I'm eating breakfast this morning, Mitzi and I are discussing the Republican debate. All of a …

: The "Debate" The marmot did not watch the Republican Presidential Pageant last night, as the judges interviewed …

: This morning's (non)bird: St Johns County Mosquito Control District airborne asset. Heard a …

: For Jack Baty Hey Jack! Spotted this on my (birdless) walk yesterday. It made me chuckle. Figured some osprey had …

: Shut out on birds yesterday and today. This morning the second of Mitzi's three bird of paradise …

: So True Looking at southern California, Maui, Canada and I'm reminded of William Gibson, 20 years ago:"The …

: Funky In a funk all day yesterday. Didn't sleep well Saturday night. Surprised at how the death of a …

: This morning's bird. I took some shots from farther away, unsure if it'd let me get closer. This is …

: Mediocrity While Donna Deegan's new mayoral administration holds the potential for rousing Jacksonville city …

: We are going to have to reinvent the notion of insurance. The current model is unsustainable. …

: G'night Moon Spotted the crescent moon last night and had to take this. Used the E-P7 with the 25mm/f1.8. Already …

: Mistakes Were Made Wasn't my night, last night I guess. We'd finished watching season 4 of Unforgotten, not season 3. …

: Terminology Sitting here doing nothing else, I figured I might mention that I used the term "identity" this …

: Unforgettable Finished watching Unforgotten Season 3 this evening. Real punch in the stomach. Great series. DCI …

: We haven't had any rain in over a week. Seems to keep falling all around us! Originally posted at …

: Coming Around The other day, I mentioned something that I've long believed. That technology isn't the solution to …

: Math Help Buying the HP-75 has turned into a new, and likely passing, obsession. While it's burning, I've …

: No birds this morning. Well, a couple of vultures. Gator though. Originally posted at Nice Marmot …

: This morning's bird, a green heron. Cloud cover made conditions somewhat dim. I heard one across the …

: The Limits of Technology I like to keep up with Dave Winer's Scripting.com blog, because he's been around for a long time and …

: Didn't see much this morning. A green heron, but it was a little too far away. Shot it anyway. But …

: Unforgotten While the writers and actors are striking, and I hope they get everything they want, Mitzi and I …

: With the slightly cooler temp, I walked later yesterday morning, with enough light to carry a …

: Cool If you care to notice, the temperature recording for this post is somewhat less than the previous …

: It Figures Calculators and handheld computers consumed what time I might have spent with the marmot yesterday …

: With regard to the previous post, I modified the program in each of the machines to eliminate the …

: Distractions I've been playing around a bit with the HP-75C. I received a replacement battery pack, which takes …

: Dawn Patrol It's been about a week now where the morning low is 79°F or higher, with the humidity above 90%. The …

: I concur with Jack Baty and Petapixel. I don't make enough use of all of Flickr's features, but …

: I thought this was worthwhile to read. A brief interview with a social scientist about climate …

: Rabbit Hole Got little I'd planned accomplished yesterday. Went looking for my Dad's other pics of Nagasaki, …

: Dropped a card in the mail to Mom this morning. Timed it perfectly, as the garbage truck was just …

: Nagasaki Dad was on occupation duty in Japan immediately after the war. While it was clearly the desire to …

: Fascination While things may be pretty grim, there is no denying that a lot of exciting things are going on as …

: You Can't Go Home Again Tom Murphy of Do the Math offers some consolations of the pastoral life of the hunter-gatherer in …

: An Illustration Perhaps this might help with regard to the previous post. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 17:34 …

: Maintenance Update At the end of last month, I was working on trying to automate some of the aspects of maintaining the …

: Backup We had a power glitch yesterday, FPL had a transformer fail. I never saw it while I was working on …

: Insured Got our flood insurance renewal notice yesterday. $800 for this year, 16% increase from last year. …

: Ok, Doomer It's been interesting watching the change in tenor in the conversation about climate change over the …

: Wave Power I was an ocean engineering major at the Naval Academy. I wasn't an outstanding student by any …

: Damn the Torpedoes, Indeed Heather Cox Richardson with a worthwhile history lesson. Go Navy. Originally posted at Notes From …

: Better Today Slept normally last night, and I feel pretty well today. Still a little groggy, but much closer to …

: Uninsured Florida I'm sharing this Washington Post piece with a "gift" link, so you can read it behind the paywall. …

: This mourning dove. Got a killdeer and a bluebird too. Up on Flickr. Originally posted at Nice …

: Update We learned a bit more about the young man lost in the woods behind the house. Turns out, he …

: Not Sleeping Second night in a row I'm awake a little before 0200 and can't really fall back to sleep. I wasn't …

: Dogears In the blogosphere, a dogear may be a starred entry in NetNewsWire. It is for me anyway. AKMA …

: Can't sleep? Well, bark at the moon. Or photograph it. E-M1X handheld high-res, 400mm (800mm efl), …

: Planning Over on the marmot, I called this post "Bullshit." It's about a report on Gate Petroleum working to …

: This Morning's Bird Overslept because Oppenheimer kind of disturbed my sleep. Rather than walk in the Florida sauna, …

: Bullshit This made me laugh out loud. "About four years ago, we started really looking at both the Ponte …

: Enjoyed the conclusion to Hijack last night. I suppose I might have liked all the loose ends neatly …

: Not So Fast, Rogers While I was busy basking in the warmth of well-deserved accolades, it occurred to me that my little …

: Life's Little Joys So yesterday's project got sidetracked by old Hewlett-Packard handheld computers. That's another …

: Maintenance At last Sunday's Tinderbox meetup, I mentioned how much I've been enjoying working in Tinderbox, and …

: This is an untitled post. It does have a title in Tinderbox, but it includes an exclamation point, …

: Maybe it's just because I'm getting old, but I find John P. Weiss is always worth a read. Originally …

: Blogging This post is prompted bysomething Jack Baty posted, and so is kind of directed toward him, but is …

: Bitter Taste I'm not of fan of Cory Doctorow's work. I've never met the guy, maybe he's a warm and wonderful …

: Saw a snowy egret and a little blue heron too, but the bluebird made the best shot. The Wikipedia …

: Things I'm Too Old to Deal With A few items not mentioned in the Huffington Post listicle. Elon Musk. Life is too short to waste any …

: Coincidentally, I put the drone up yesterday afternoon because it was such a nice day and we'd had …

: Sleep Hygiene Hygiene... One of those words that, the longer you look at it, the less you think it's spelled …

: Rain We got 3.6" of rain yesterday, which seemed like a lot. The retention ponds were all full. So I …

: No Lies Detected Huffington Post listicle from a Reddit thing. Mitzi and I went to see Jackson Browne at the Moran …

: Commander Dave gets his name in the paper again. Along with several paragraphs of text. Originally …

: "Properties" Good morning, Jack. I saw that too. I immediately thought of "attributes." And Tinderbox. (Which is …

: Difference Between Florida and Texas From the Houston Chronicle in Apple News+: Olivarez said earlier in the day that troopers are told …

: "Ya wanna know what I think?" The whole world has gone nuts. We live in a simulation and the admins are screwing with us, that's …

: I have, of late, eschewed commenting on the whole "X" fiasco. But I will link to this, because I …

: Shamble On Lying awake since 0400, debating whether or not to "exercise." A little squall rolled through and …

: Always pleasant to see the bluebirds. There were a couple of turkey vultures grooming themselves in …

: Memory Nothing philosophical, just an update on my 2019 27" iMac, now with 128GB of RAM. Right now I'm …

: Cloudy this morning, which keeps the intense heat of the sun off you but makes it kind of dim for …

: Fight Our efforts to address the climate emergency are taking place as our democratic institutions that …

: Public Service Announcement The phrase, "the new normal," is non-operative. Misleading. False. There is no "normal" now, at …

: This morning's bird. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 09:14 Sunday, 23 July 2023

: Bird of Paradise Mitzi planted three of these bird-of-paradise plants last year and this is the first of them to …

: The Way We Live Now Figured this post belonged here rather than in the marmot. Mitzi and I have been watching events …

: Born to Shamble Was on the street by 0505, but didn't get off to a smooth start. For some reason, the interval timer …

: Gremlins I guess I blogged too soon about "mission accomplished." I tried to post G'night moon with the …

: Shadow Test Another test post. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 09:45 Friday, 21 July 2023

: G'night moon Went to lock the front door last night and spotted the crescent moon. Originally posted at Nice …

: Traffic Mission accomplished! In the Photos to Tinderbox script, now a system service with a keyboard …

: Cake This is a test post, the latest of many. This one seems to be successful. The next post will …

: Bloggin' like it's 1999! AKMA tips his metaphorical hat at my fitness efforts. He's been doing …

: Lights CTRL-Shift-P (Post pic? Photo to marmot?) seems to work. Now if I can only remember it. Originally …

: Weather Approaching Works from the Services menu. Couldn't find it in the System Settings to assign the keyboard …

: Rainbow Test This is a test post. I've embedded the Photos to Tinderbox AppleScript into an Automator action, …

: Movement I mentioned the other day that walking was about the only exercise I got. I used to run a fair …

: Kind of a test post to see what happens with the title. Went out with the E-M1x to try and shoot …

: Sustainable There's a piece in Ars Technica that speculates on how long Apple will continue to support intel …

: The Arena There's something I was thinking about this morning, which I plan to write about in a different …

: This morning's bird I brought along the decade old E-M5 with the 14-150mm zoom mounted. I've usually carried the …

: This morning's bird(s) Didn't see any birds on my walk this morning, but on our way back from the farmers' market (really …

: Born to Run (I used my newly revised Photos to Tinderbox script to post this image I just took with my iPhone.) …

: Moving Meditation Just got back from the walk where I thought of several things to blog about, but now can't seem to …

: Storm Cloud I seem to have an issue with the DJI mini recording all the DNG files, or with Image Capture …

: Incoming Put the drone up when I saw the clouds approaching. This is a 7-shot pano stitched in Affinity Photo …

: Waves Back See how this works? Pretty cool. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 13:56 Friday, 14 July 2023

: Dawn of Another Day I posted a later shot from this morning on Mastodon, but looking over the images later, I prefer …

: Will Rogers "It takes nerve to be a Democrat, but it takes money to be a Republican." -Will Rogers Being a test …

: Oh, and Jack, one more thing... There's a glitch in your RSS from Jack Baty's Weblog. The link in the RSS item referenced in the …

: A Note to Jack Baty I know Jack reads the marmot because when I post something about Tinderbox, I look for a post about …

: This Morning's Bird Normally I post "this morning's bird" on Mastodon, as I used to do on Twitter. I get some likes and …

: Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive This is well worth your time and captures what I spend much of my time thinking about these days. …

: ISS Pass 13 July 2023 Got a notification yesterday of another pass this morning at around 0500. They often come in threes. …

: Blue sky blue bird Well, alrighty then. This seems to work! I shall declare victory and go home. Originally posted at …

: iPhone Camera Test Export This is the happy result of some frustration and study, trial and error. I suspect it's too early to …

: Photos Export I post a lot of my pics to Flickr, and I did so with the ISS shot from last night. I export the …

: Bluebird. Smilin' at me? Wasn't a great opportunity because of the light, but it turned out well, I think. Muggy out there! …

: Star Trails and ISS Get a text from NASA whenever the International Space Station should be visible overhead, weather …

: Wetlands Preceding test was unsat. I have two versions of an Export Photo Automator application, and the …

: July 6th Moon Test post to check script modifications. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 14:38 Sunday, 9 July 2023

: Pygmy Rattler 2021 The gator wasn't the first time we had an uninvited guest on the patio. From September 2021. In this …

: Florida Living II Another view for size perspective. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 10:09 Saturday, 8 July 2023

: Florida Living Neighbor texted me this morning, "David, there's a gator on your lanai." Looked out the kitchen …

: It Ain't the Heat, It's the Stupidity "Sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists." Now, I'm no expert, no genius, no …

: One Step Up The Florida legislature (Republican controlled for a generation), enacted asales tax "holiday" on …

: More here than meets the eye... I came to believe, some time ago, that we inhabit what I call a "responsive universe." That as our …

: A Beautiful Day Yesterday was a day unlike any other day, for me, if only as a witness to pain and sorrow, joy and …

: Electrifying Our wireless, remote, off-site fusion reactor power solution went live on May 12, 2020. We have 7KW …

: Old Florida A few years ago, I participated in something called the Northeast Florida Regional Leadership …

: Thinking Out Loud We've reached that time of the year when it's warmer outside first thing in the morning than it is …

: Good morning gator. 🐊

: Bluebird With a Case of the Mondays I feel ya, bird. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 08:44 Monday, 26 June 2023

: Serendipity Found a new blog I like via Mastodon. This is one of the redeeming features of social media, that it …

: Collateral (Netflix) Finished Collateral last night. It's only four episodes. More polemical than procedural. Ambiguous …

: Lenny I listened to outgoing Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry's "exit interview" on First Coast Connect, the …

: Sighted I did see the Delta 4 Heavy, about two minutes after launch. Bright orange dot in the sky. Took some …

: Early Bird There used to be a news clipping service for the U.S. government, or maybe just the military, called …

: Viewing We watched Dungeons and Dragons, Honor Among Thieves last night. I guess Hasbro is trying to use its …

: Bluebird Shot this yesterday morning. This morning I'm making sure the script still works, and I remember how …

: Judge Not... I've mentioned that I've noticed that I become much more self-conscious in the afternoon, that I'm …

: The Shape of Things A note about shapes. But first, a caution. You should never look to the marmot for tips about …

: Untitled Sometimes I get stuck trying to think of a clever title when I have at least a vague notion of what …

: One Think Leads to Another I was reading something yesterday, which, for a moment just now, I couldn't recall. Instantly, I …

: The Cartographer's Dilemma This "mind map" idea, to use the various map views of Tinderbox to depict many of the things that …

: Dopamine: Still a Hell of a Neuropeptide In the weird way things sometimes go, I posted my thoughts on Tinderbox and The Brain yesterday, and …

: Saving Private Ryan Again I watched Saving Private Ryan again last night. The movie came out in 1998, but I didn't see it …

: Dopamine Is a Hell of a Neuropeptide Someone's going to say dopamine isn't a neuropeptide. Whatever, close enough. We're not dispensing …

: The Tube An update on some things I've been watching. The Silo continues to be interesting/entertaining. …

: Spatial Computing I watched the WWDC thing, ("State of the Union"? "Keynote"? I don't know. The one with Tim Cook and …

: Unwelcome Suprise I've been a client or patient of Mayo Clinic's Community Internal Medicine department for over …

: Weekend Update It's been a while. We went to Kennedy Space Center last weekend for my birthday. Mitzi had made …

: This morning’s moon. #Olympus #EM1X #mZuiko100-400 #DTC #Florida #Photography #Moon

: 2 groups cancel Orlando conventions as worries over political climate grow. #Florida …

: Jacksonville Stadium Renovation www.bizjournals.com/jacksonvi… “Regionalism is the future of economic development. If …

: Leadership Heather Cox Richardson: But for all those noisy accolades, it was the letter of June 5, that he …

: Anger Management This could go in either the marmot or here, but since "It's darker here," I figured I'd put it here. …

: So Long, Ted Lasso Enjoyed the series finale of Ted Lasso. Seems like they left enough hooks for another season sans …

: Maintenance Update This is a test post to check the operation of a bit of automation. HTML Export has changed in …

: Little Victories I'm now two weeks out from quitting Twitter, and it's feeling great. Thus far, I haven't replicated …

: Focus I'm reading Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again (The Kindle …

: Radio Report Got the Panasonic RF-2600 back from being re-capped and having the lamp replaced with an LED. Works …

: Viewing On a recommendation from Mark Bernstein, I watched the very recent documentary Turn Every Page – The …

: Return The other day I posted something that came out untitled. It had a title, it was "Jane! Stop this …

: After Action The show I saw yesterday was part of a series called After Action, and the episode we watched was …

: Memorial Day Another entry in the Insomnia Files. My wife's brother-in-law, Abe, passed away very recently after …

: Good Faith Saw a local pol on television last night and heard him say he acted in "good faith." I knew it was a …

: Still going through Twitter withdrawal. Feeling as though someone is doing or saying something …

: Noise Jammer Like many people in Nocatee, Florida, we have a golf cart. Nocatee requires that all golf carts be …

: Withdrawal I'm a few days into being sans tweets, and I must say, it is challenging. One of the reasons I …

: Anachronism After I posted the preceding piece, I went back to bed. Waiting to fall asleep, I realized I had …

: Un-Just Politics It's almost 0300, and here I am, unable to sleep. Figured I might as well just get up and write the …

: A Glitch In The Matrix Okay, having some weirdness here. Marmot Speaks didn't post with weather data. Trying to figure that …

: My Dinner With AI I started an account at OpenAI.org and I've installed a couple of apps on my iMac and iOS. It's …

: I nuked my Twitter account last night. Well, I guess it has a delayed fuse. The account will sit …

: Moving On This will auto-post to Twitter from my Buckaroo Banzai micro.blog, which cross-posts from the marmot …

: New Day NFTU is a place I created for my "darker" thoughts. But today is a good day, so I'll let some light …

: D-Day Just got back from a trip to Pennsylvania and New York. Spent time with some Naval Academy …

: Merry Merry Month of May Figured I'd better drop by here and flip the calendar. Did a couple things over in 'chuck hole, but …

: Something Useful This should probably go in the marmot, but here I am. Read this piece this morning in Financial …

: Flexible Ethics County sheriffs are elected in Florida. They have the chief law enforcement responsibility in …

: Blind Ambition “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Søren Kierkegaard I know …

: Problems In the Supply Chain Productivity has dipped here. Content is not being created at the pace it once was. Part of that may …

: I'll Try to Remind You Had a pleasant evening last night with friends. When I go to bed, sometimes I like to listen to a …

: Sleepless Woke up at 0200, tried to go back to sleep. Did some twitter. Tried to go back to sleep. At 0400 I …

: Collecting I would guess, though I'm by no means certain, there exists within psychology some study of the …

: Recommended Viewing I know it's been out for over a year, but Mitzi and I finally watched Lincoln's Dilemma on Apple …

: When Will AM Be Hip Again? I haven't dug into my AppleScript bug, I've been too busy playing around with radios. For all the …

: Non-Attachment to Results In western culture, we're sometimes introduced to this concept as children when we're told, "It …

: April Fool Forgot to kick off a new month! So Life's Little Frustrations is going to appear in March's archive. …

: Life's Little Frustrations I was going to post a pic of the radios sitting on the table outside, but I can't. Or rather, it's …

: Listening to the Ether "Ether" being, of course, the anachronistic notion of what the medium was that propagated …

: The Marmot Goes Down Rabbit Holes It never fails. I see a news item, a blog post or get an email that kind of sparks a question. Next …

: Dispatches Chuck Rippel, the gentleman who is re-capping the GE Superadios I bought, reports that one is …

: The Slump Test Again with a late reading of a blog post, Dr. Drang offered an amusing insight into one of the …

: The Behinder I Get Trying to catch up on my blog reading. Just read this post from Woeter Groeneveld from over a week …

: Death of DP Review So Amazon's killing DP Review. Unsurprised. Pretty stupid taking down the site though. I haven't …

: Blood Money The local blood bank comes to our community regularly and I donate. It's convenient and they give …

: Signal to Noise Both GE Superadios arrived, separately of course. The photos in the listings didn't include the …

: The Death of Democracy in Duval County They held an election in Jacksonville Florida last night. Ennui won walking away in a landslide. It …

: Extrapolations We watched the first episode of Extrapolations, an Apple TV+ series that looks at what the future …

: "Calling Rangoon, Come in Rangoon" Or Yangon, rather. The Panasonic RF-2200 arrived safely on Thursday afternoon. We were getting ready …

: True North Governor DeSantis made something of a revealing statement in theclosing of his State of the State …

: Going Broke "Thrifting" Technically, I suppose, I haven't been "thrifting." That is, I've just been buying junk online at …

: Living I think a thoroughgoing analysis will have to wait for another day, but do see this film. It's a …

: A Quick Test For Mark Just checking some export behavior here. Nothing to see. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 12:29 …

: So Many Rabbit Holes I can't say I've ever been diagnosed as having attention deficit disorder, but I do have a short …

: Little Blue Heron Crossed the street to walk on the multi-purpose path since the landscapers were edging the sidewalk. …

: Little Blue Heron Crossed the street to walk on the multi-purpose path since the landscapers were edging the sidewalk. …

: My New Toy I should probably set this up and do a glamour shot with a "real" camera, but I wanted to do a quick …

: This is why AI will destroy humanity. Skynet becomes self-aware, discovers what everyone is texting …

: The Fondness of Absence Or something. I am the master of the meaningless non sequitur, if that's not a tautology. Obliquely, …

: Daring Fireball, John Gruber: Josh Marshall: ‘The Deep Archeology of Fox News’ Republican reality is …

: Like a Hawk This morning's keeper. Not a great shot, but I hadn't seen a hawk in a while. The OM-1's bird …

: Jupiter and Venus Redux Clouds cooperated yesterday evening. Shot this with the 75-300mm zoom on the OM-1. Could've used the …

: Tinderbox Community On Sunday, I joined the weekly Tinderbox Zoom meet-up. (Alternates between Saturdays and Sundays at …

: Note to Mom I've undertaken a new project. Along with printing photo books (two completed so far), I'm going to …

: On Mark from St. Augustine, the Good German We have a public radio station within FM radio range of the 'chuck hole, (It's also available as a …

: This morning’s birds. Not necessarily “of a feather.”

: Venus and Jupiter Venus and Jupiter nearing their closest appearance in the sky. May not see them tonight, when …

: Almost There It was a busy week. Mitzi and visited the Cummer Museum and Gardens on Thursday to view a new …

: The Asterism Across the Street I don't think this evening's is as dramatic as yesterday's. Shot this with the E-M1X in handheld …

: Asterism Stepped outside yesterday evening to go collect the mail and was greeted by this. Having some …

: Of Toadies and Lickspittles and Sycophants It's funny, the things I think of in the shower. While we may recoil at the spiritual hollowness of …

: On Not Taking Money for NetNewsWire. I love this. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 06:40 Tuesday, 21 …

: Lost I played with the Suggested Links feature of Tinderbox this morning, looking at what it surfaced as …

: The weakness of "strong men." Originally posted at Notes From the Underground 09:02 Sunday, 19 …

: Exploration Just because I'm excited, not that you should be, a short post before I take my walk. I picked a …

: Serendipity, Part Deux Recently I mentioned that Spotlight wasn't behaving as advertised in my install of MacOS Ventura. …

: Serendipity The marmot is made with Tinderbox, the tool for notes. It's a remarkable application, very powerful. …

: Erasing Black History Florida faces genuine existential threats from climate change and sea level rise, which require …

: Ephemera Certain eastern spiritual traditions adhere to the notion of "the transient nature of all …

: Yellow Rumped Warbler An otherwise unremarkable shot, but I'm refining my process. (Fumbling around with it is a more apt …

: Sunday It was cloudy and breezy on the walk this morning. Brought along the E-P7 because I didn't think I'd …

: Nice Sunday read for creatives. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 13:20 Sunday, 12 February 2023

: The Weakness of "Strong Men" It's so commonly known, it's nearly a universal trope in narratives about bullies and bad bosses. I …

: Florida Leads the Way Heather Cox Richardson puts her finger on what's happening in Florida without mentioning it once. A …

: Poor Man Wanna Be Rich Rich man wanna be king. And a king ain't satisfied 'til he rules everything. For more than a …

: Get Cash Now Heard back from KEH.COM today. It seems I was a bit more conservative than I thought. They quoted me …

: Last Macs? Colin Devroe writes about something I've been thinking about recently. I bought the machine I'm …

: Bluebird Just needed to post a pic to make sure I remembered how to do it! It seems giving my E-M10 Mk4 to my …

: Luckily, We'll All Be Heavily Armed Those that are fortunate enough to still have property above the mean high water line will at least …

: Meanwhile, The Insanity Continues What's the notional life-span of a new apartment complex? I figure they'll be lucky to get 25 years …

: They'll Be Moving to North Florida It's doubtful that even the ultra-rich will find a way to adapt in Miami. And without a middle-class …

: Colder The National Weather Service thinks it's 49°F, but it's 44° here. Sun's up, so it should warm up …

: Another Moon I did remember to try again, bumping up the ISO. This one is at 400, and the shutter speed is …

: Lessons Learned It's Groundhog Day, and I did a thread on Twitter that I was thinking about yesterday. I was trying …

: Groundhog Day Moon Woke up about 0130 and couldn't fall back to sleep so I figured I'd try to photograph the Falcon 9 …

: Testing making a post from micro.blog the Mac app. #XZ-1 jpgs SOOC. #CCD.

: Storage Unrelated to my efforts at eliminating non-value-added stuff in my little sea cabin here, has been a …

: Another Editor's Note I have two blogs I maintain. One, Notes From the Underground, is specifically intended for political …

: The Purge Continues Not cameras. This time anyway. No, I've opened the big file drawers of my desk and emptied their …

: Fascism has a friendly face and a soft, guitar and piano soundtrack. Originally posted at Notes From …

: The State of Education, in "the free state of Florida." Originally posted at Notes From the …

: What's Different This Time Local Duval County Public Schools teacher Gregory Sampson explains how the Republican assault on …

: We've entered Fahrenheit 451. Originally posted at Notes From the Underground 06:35 Sunday, 29 …

: Editor's Note I don't intend for the marmot to just be a link-blog, but I've been a little busy. As mentioned a …

: John P. Weiss with another blog post well worth reading on making meaning. Originally posted at Nice …

: The Enshittification Lifecycle of Online Platforms. Kottke links and comments. The marmot concurs. …

: A Palm Beach Post article outlines the criteria for textbook exclusion on the basis of …

: Florida Power and "Light" Florida's eponymous power utility announced the surprise retirement of its CEO, Eric Silagy. This …

: American Pekin Something I've never seen here before. This appears to be an American Pekin domestic duck, much …

: Florida accounted for 20% of the nation's new enrollments in Obamacare last year. 3.2M Floridians …

: Unsettled Very breezy this morning, ahead of a line of thunderstorms expected this afternoon. E-M10 Mk4 with …

: Keeping Up With RSS Since I've cut back on my Twitter usage, I've subscribed to a lot of RSS feeds. I have two feeds …

: As We May Think I think about Apple's rumored virtual reality/augmented reality device in terms of something like …

: Watched The Menu last night. Brilliant. Loved it. Hard to say anything about it without spoilers, …

: With regard to the preceding post, it may be later than anyone thinks. Originally posted at Notes …

: If you're one of the lucky few people who thinks in terms of "generational wealth," and is looking …

: To be fair, Ron DeSantis is merely a symptom, the logical consequence of a political monoculture …

: Folks considering moving to Jacksonville, Florida's largest city, might want to listen to this most …

: Roughly 1K people move to Florida every day. Probably for "no state income tax," and the climate …

: Over a generation of one-party Republican rule, here's a reflection of Florida's safety net under …

: After more than a generation of one-party Republican rule, Florida ranks 35th in overall child …

: DeSantis has had a taste of power in his first term; and now he has an insatiable appetite for it. …

: While I'm reviewing streaming series, we watched Season 3 of Prime's Jack Ryan. Meh. Better than …

: Mitzi and I have been enjoying Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler on HBO Max. I probably …

: May I Have Your Attention Please If we're fortunate enough to preserve the working elements of this civilization, and eliminate the …

: The chilling effect of right-wing radical Ron DeSantis' "Don't say gay" bill was on prominent …

: DeSantis is focusing on transgender students in the state university system. And we know it's not to …

: Falcon Launch 1-18-23 Put the DJI Mini 2 up this morning for the launch. Not spectacular, but not terrible. The bright …

: Sold my Fujifilm X20 yesterday. Buyer was a young petty officer who was a totally squared-away …

: Like It's 1999 Shooting film. Decade-old CCD digicams. Super-8 movies. Static HTML. Retro is cool. Perhaps because …

: Click on this link in Safari on your iPhone (or other iOS device). Touch the "sharrow" and select …

: Unevenly Distributed On Sunday I posted an image I took from my driveway of a rocket leaving earth and two parts of it …

: ISS 16 Jan 23 I get a text alert from Spot the Station when the ISS will be visible overhead from Ponte Vedra. …

: Caret wrangling... Had an extra "^" in the RSS template. From too few to too many. Fixed. Originally posted at Nice …

: Falcon Heavy 15 Jan 23 Camera Two I set up two cameras last night. Had a 25mm/f1.8 lens on the 16MP E-PL8 and a 12mm/f2.0 on the 20MP …

: Learning As I Go It seems micro.blog can't ingest some html in an RSS feed, or I'm not doing something correctly. The …

: 🌎 January 15, 2023. Author: Heather Cox Richardson Date Retrieved: 1/16/23, 06:25 …

: Falcon Heavy 15 Jan 23 It was still twilight when Falcon Heavy USSF-67 Mission lifted off. This was from an Olympus E-PL8 …

: No matter what happens next weekend, Jacksonville and the Jags organization can be proud of what …

: Another modification to the post export template for posts without titles. This omits the wx data. …

: This post may be an example of why I might use title-less posts. Kind of like tweeting a link. This …

: This is a test post for untitled RSS posts. If this is working correctly, I'll modify the template …

: Cool Phone Wallpaper Follow the James Webb Telescope's Flickr account, get cool wallpaper. Click through to the official …

: Imposter Syndrome? Moi? I used to subscribe to the New Yorker because I like it and I wanted to support it. But since I was …

: What Time Are We Eating? Mitzi sent me a link to this article in the Washington Post. (No subscription required.) She said …

: Landing Since I was up early, I did do a bit of sitting. I'd installed an iOS app called Oak on my phone …

: Course Correction I don't know how they do it these days, what with GPS and automated helms and so on, but back in my …

: Missed the Big Show Walked back to the kitchen and saw a red sky for the first time in a while. Hustled back to get the …

: Sandhill Crane Things you don't see every day. Vocalizing like crazy. Seems to have lost its mate. Shortly after I …

: Freedom Isn't Taken, It's Surrendered Gregory Sampson is a teacher in Duval County Public Schools, and he has a blog called Grumpy Old …

: A Cluttered Desk One of the new (to me) blogs I found recently is John P. Weiss. I enjoy his writing and his …

: A Different Perspective I don't intend for the marmot to be a meta-blog about the marmot. I suppose it looks like that at …

: Updates I think I'm going to turn off the Flickr integration with micro.blog. The images are tiny, at least …

: Deer Island Because I've forgotten how this looks, I'm copying the embed code from Flickr. This is one of a …

: This Morning's Moon 1-8-23 Just because it's there, right outside my window. I never get tired of doing this. Handheld high …

: The Space Between Stimulus and Response Yesterday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Jacksonville City Council's request to …

: This Morning's Moon 7 Jan 2023 Shot with #Olympus #E-M1X in handheld high-resolution mode, #HHHR, with the #mZuiko100-400mm zoom. …

: Good Morning, International Space Station International Space Station as it flew overhead Ponte Vedra Florida this morning. #ISS #Olympus …

: Playing around with micro.blog on iOS.

: In Darkness, You Never See Your Shadow One of the taglines I used on my old blog Groundhog Day was "It's about seeing your shadow." Much of …

: Still a Few Bugs In The System I think I've got everything wired up correctly again. I have an Automator workflow that is saved as …

: Grand Canyon This is a follow-up test. Shot last March from an overlook just south of the north entrance. …

: Moon Over Red Rocks Testing the automations set up for posting photos. This was from last March, one of my favorite …

: It's Darker Here Florida has been governed by the Republican Party for a generation. Every branch of state government …

: Brisk Business Banning Books Meanwhile, in next-door Duval County (go Jags!) the school district is doing King DeFascist's …

: Multi-Tasking For the moment, I'm posting local political stories over in the command cave. I had another …

: Not Best for Trans Kids Court backs St. Johns schools in transgender bathroom fight Hate has a home in St Johns County too. …

: Bubble St. Johns County rated best for children. St Johns County is the highest median income county in …

: In addition to sorting most of my USB cables into zip-lock bags, I’ve also been purging extra …

: Headlight Originally posted at Nice Marmot 12:49 Tuesday, 3 January 2023

: # Kind of a test post without a title. Also discovered I have to change the Automator application that …

: Things to do... Found yet another 2022 that needed to be changed to 2023. So instead of writing this post, I should …

: Fog Walk Even foggier than yesterday. Got a few shots with the Olympus Stylus 1s. Originally posted at Nice …

: Search and Replace Exists for a Reason Found another 2022 I need to change to 2023. Sigh. It was an unfortunate choice of text color and …

: Finding My Way in the Fediverse I found this link, which I will share in a moment, via Mastodon. As I was scrolling Mastodon, I was …

: Personal Blogging It feels as though there really is some momentum for a shift away from corporate social media silos …

: A Dim Sun A photo post test. I note that I have to update the script for the image URL. Manually edited in …

: Template Glitch Forgot to update the RSS template for 2023. Might work now. This is a test. Originally posted at …

: New Year Doing some maintenance around here to get the marmot configured for 2023. Dropped a post in the …

: New Year Doing some maintenance around here to get the marmot configured for 2023. Dropped a post in the …

: Last night’s fireworks at St Augustine Beach.

: Time to Make Some Changes Over at the Command Cave, I shared something that has crossed my mind from time to time. Today I'm …

: Closing Thoughts 2022 Although we have at least another day left in 2022, I thought I'd spend a few minutes down here and …

: Merry Christmas Wishing you and yours a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Originally posted at Nice Marmot 07:52 …

: Holidays We have a houseful here at Saul Hall. Mitzi's daughter, son-in-law, 6-month-old son and their dog …

: Test Sat It worked. So what's shaping up right now is that I can use micro.blog as a service to cross post to …

: Template Test Trying a new template for the RSS feed. If this works, there will be a link to the original post in …

: kottke.org, Jason Kottke: The Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Trying the share action in …

: BlogNote Dec 19, 2022 at 06:46 BlogNote Dec 19, 2022 at 06:46 🌎 The Good of the World Depends On Unhistoric Acts. Author: John P. …

: BlogNote Dec 18, 2022 at 07:33 BlogNote Dec 18, 2022 at 07:33 🌎 5 Little Habits to Get What You Want in Life. Author: John P. Weiss …

: Network I've been exploring various alternatives and innovations in social media platforms, primarily …

: Radio Check Test post to see what happens.

: Federal court delays Jacksonville City Council redistricting ruling until Monday I don’t know …

: Speaking of Cameras OM Digital Solutions released a firmware update to the flagship OM-1. One of the reasons I know …

: Old Habits One of the best things Twitter has going for it right now is inertia, the tendency of human beings …

: Test post from the iPad OS app, while seated in the recliner, typing on an Apple Magic Keyboard. …

: This is a test post to see what the cross-posting feature does with Flickr.

: Trying something new.

: Trying a link post. After Ian and Nicole, pollution spreads to St. Johns and other waterways.

: Ornamental Fog Kind of a test post to see what happens over a micro.blog. More about that later...

: This is a test, using micro.blog. An interesting feature is I can subscribe to the marmot’s …

: It's That Time Again It's "that" time again. The end of another year, when we seem to try to pause and reflect on the …