Setup syncing between Obsidian and a private Github repository (automatically, as Logseq is offering). I Will have to test this some more but it could replace Resilio sync. Resilio works flawlessly but is lacking any history/version control which would be nice.
Breaking a habit is tough. The mind plays tricks and tells us “It’s not hard to quite/change/start so I’ll do it tomorrow”. And before you know it, tomorrow turns into next week moving your intentions closer towards “someday, maybe”. If you want change, do it now.
#notetoself
Quick edit of one of the shots from today. Being able to edit a photo on the go is still a huge benefit of Lightroom.
Today was very misty outside, not the greatest weather to be outdoors for photography. Still enjoyed every minute. Tomorrow night there is a unique rain of stars expected. Fingers crossed that the weather clears.
Finishing up some work and getting ready to go out this weekend for some photography. The bag is packed just waiting for the last batteries which are in the charger. Looking forward to it. Also good to have some new photos as I am evaluating my post-processing software and workflow.
Read a concerning post from Doc Searls titled is Flickr in trouble again. Last time Doc wrote such a post Flickr was indeed in trouble. Luckily the CEO of SmugMug (Don MacAskil) responded promptly that there’s nothing to worry just a minor hiccup while moving payment providers.
I’m rewatching Mr. Robot (except the last season which is new to me). Normally I’m not huge on rewatching shows but the dark storyline, accurate tech representation, and acting make this show great. Also picking up new details and hidden clues, attention to detail is top notch.
In light of last night’s post some historic news. Mount Everest is 86 cm higher than believed since last measured in 1847. The highest point in the world is now officially 8848,86 cm (29,031 feet) tall. Ending controversy between Nepal and China on the hight of the mountain.
Just saw the most remarkable documentary last night. It’s about a trek to Everest Basecamp. But what’s unique is that the maker (Nathaniel James Menninger, 26 year old privileged American) is following in the footsteps of the Himalaya Porters. Quite literally, as he attempts to make history at Everest by becoming a Himalaya Porter himself.
So impressed with how humbling his experience and how difficult the life of a porter is. This is one of the most incredible, confronting, and honest documentaries I have ever seen.
The Porter: The Untold Story at Everest
Don’t forget to turn on captions as Nathan speaks fluent Nepali throughout most of the documentary.
Planning a winter hiking trip early next year. No idea if possible at all. It all depends on how the situation will unfold. Still, half the fun is in planning. Getting outside training is getting more challenging since it’s gradually getting colder so having a goal helps.
Most Sunday’s I start with checking and updating my finances and budget. No surprises, everything is going as expected which is nice. I like this recurring process, helps to give me a bit more peace of mind.
As I have a fairly decent headphone setup for some time now. I decided to do a double-blind test1 between lossy and lossless music streams. Picked the quick 5 samples test (5 songs, 5 tests per song). The outcome? Got 74% right (statistically valid) so potentially I should be able to hear a difference. I think it helped that the test included one of my favorite artists though. And even with this outcome I still doubt how much is plain luck vs really being able to hear a difference.
It would be interesting to do the 20 sample version someday. But even from the quick test, I learned a lot.
First of all, it’s incredibly hard to spot any difference (or believe to hear a difference). But more importantly, I needed to focus on super small and minor details of the songs and concentrate to unpleasant levels. So all in all differences are super small and negligible for me. A high-quality lossy codec is impressively good (way better than I expected).
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You can do it yourself at abx.digitalfeed.net ↩︎
Solid
For some time I’ve been following the Solid project by Tim Berners-Lee. This November his startup launched the Solid privacy platform. Enabling organizations to build applications on the principle that the user owns and controls their data.
The core idea is that the data isn’t owned by an organization but by users themselves. Users have their data stored in “Pods” (Personal Online Data Stores). Applications can request access to specific data within a Pod. This concept is a huge shift away from how most of the web has evolved. As most of the web has become one big data collection machine where organizations “own” data.
The project is open source but since November there is an enterprise version available for use by large organizations.
The whole project is super interesting to follow. Time will tell if it will succeed. But if it will it’s a major step for online data privacy. Regardless, I am intrigued by the concept.
And if someone could pull off reinventing the Web, who better than the inventor himself?
Today I received the Wacom Intuos Pro Medium. First impressions are very good, as expected.
It will take a bit more time to get used to the large surface area (vs the small size Wacom tablet I used before).
The one thing that bugs me is that Adobe Lightroom Classic and Windows 10 Ink don’t play nicely together. To get the pen working with sliders in the interface I have to prohibit Wacom from using the Windows 10 Ink features. This results in working sliders at the expense of not having pressure sensitivity. This is a bug since 2015 (really Adobe? It works fine in Photoshop…).
I think have found a work-around but need some more testing tomorrow. Signing off for today.
1Password is acting strange every since I’ve installed Big Sur. Somehow the browser plugin isn’t working. First I thought the issue was with Safari but also Firefox has the same issue. Need to look in to this more later today.
For our peace of mind, a few months ago we installed a burglar alarm. Out of nowhere, the alarm went off last night. The tampering/jamming checks got triggered by an outage at our internet provider. Quite a rude awakening but luckily nothing serious.
The Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch (CTT-460 to be specific) is over 11 years old. Still working (although on Big Sur the hack to load the old drivers no longer works). Besides that, the only problem in 11 years is losing (and rediscovering) the pen so many times I have lost count.
I don’t like Black Friday/Cyber Monday craze. Still, I found a good deal for one wishlist item. The Wacom Intuos Pro M will replace my trusty Wacom Bamboo for photo editing. If only lasting half as long I have my money’s worth. Kinda funny I ordered exactly at 00:00 Monday night.
As Microblogvember 2020 has ended, I’m looking forward to a new blogging challenge to continue with daily-blogging. Starting at a streak of 30 days I will take on the #100daystooffload challenge. My goal? Writing at least one short (280 char) post for 100 consecutive days.
Today marks the last Microblogvember day. One last post where I include a daily prompt word into 280 characters and hit publish. The last month helped me to reinforce a habit of daily writing. Thanks to all who participated, I enjoyed your daily updates. This was a blast!