Fish, Which is My Favorite Dish

  • Man with a Phone Camera

    The best camera you have is the one you have with you. Usually, that means my phone. It take ok pics using the regular camera, sure, but you get very “point-and-shoot” results. They work for documenting something, but meh for anything else.

    Doesn’t really scratch the itch. So why not use it as a different type of point and shoot camera? Enter an old Android favorite of mine, Vignette.

    Been using it for years with my favorite set up:

    • 1:1 aspect ratio
    • instant film frame
    • black and white

    Not every shot comes out good or as you expect. You have to think about it a little bit more, need to pay more attention to contrast and form. Some shots just don’t translate well, but that’s part of it. Getting a feel for what will look good, and what won’t.

  • Tea in the Park

  • Maui and a New Camera

    Went to Maui in January 2026, took a new camera along – Fujifilm X-E5. I’ll talk more about it later, but until then heres some pictures.

  • Sailing Away to a Distant Shore

    I gave social media a chance, I really did.

    From MySpace to Facebook and Twitter. In one way or another, they all went to crap. There’s others out there, but do I really want to be a part of that? No.

    If your not paying, your the product

    See the thing with all these sites is they make their money off of your data, your consumer profile. From the brands you like, your age, location and estimated salary. All of that shapes how the sites target you. What ads you see, what content they think you would be into seeing or in the case of Facebook, who paid to get their content in front of you.

    Like newspapers before it, rich guys got in there and ruined the party. Sure there were other after parties, but they have, so far, not been as good as the first one.

    So what now?

    I don’t want to feed the machines anymore, at least directly. There going to have come and get it. But at least this way they can’t really tell me what i can and can’t say, or bump me down because my opinion doesn’t align with the owners.

    This is all mine. It’s all here, you can read it if you want.

    That’s cool. I can post what i want, quick bits, long pieces, pictures. That’s all I really want. never cared much about like buttons or notifications.