exploring nature’s infinite connections
One year ago, I wrote about a bit of a rabbit hole I stepped into regarding the name of a local city-owned nature preserve and confusion over some naming on the maps of a couple of streams that run through or around the Plum Brook Nature Preserve (aka. Sterling...
Back in March, I posted about how the era of my Mac Pro desktop came to an end with the purchase of a Mac Studio and Studio Display. With a good 3 months of use under my belt, I thought I'd collect some of what I've experienced in an update post. However, I am quite...
My old Mac Pro finally has a replacement. Over the years, people may have noticed my remarks about my system getting up there in years. Apple's recent product announcements happened to fall at a time that felt right for me. As such, I purchased a new Mac Studio (M1max...
As I've already whined about on social media, I had a hard drive failure this past week. I've been pretty lucky when it comes to hard drives. Usually, they fill up and need to be replaced before anything catastrophic happens. Rarely do I consider just their physical...
The organization of my photo archive has certainly evolved over the years. The most notable change of course was in a move from analog to digital photography many, many years ago. My file cabinet full of 35mm slides sits basically untouched these days. It isn't...
I don't write about gear much here, but perhaps this is a special occasion. This week marks ten years since I received my first Mac computer, a Mac Pro Desktop, which is the very same computer I am typing this on. It also remains my primary workstation for all my...
When I upgraded to the Nikon D800, I was a bit concerned that processing 36 MP files would overtask my somewhat aging 2008 Mac Pro. I certainly did not want to invest in a new computer on top of a camera, although that is a very real consideration these days....