Everything Old Is New Again
Every now and then I ask myself why I would put so much time and effort into maintaining this website and keeping it online. I make no money from it, in fact, it does cost money to have my own…
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I’m Chris. I write, take photographs, read too many books, and go for walks.
This is my independent web journal. A place for what catches my eye and whatever happens next.
A blank page and no particular plan.
Writing here since 2000
Five articles that give you a feel for me and what you’ll find here.
01The darkroom, the digital camera, and the pleasure of keeping a photographic record.
Sometimes the next step is simply to go outside and walk.
Too many books, too little shelf space. There may already be another bookshelf on the way.
Making room to think by clearing the clutter from a digital life.
Adventure, adversity, work, play, love, and loss. The stories are us.
Every now and then I ask myself why I would put so much time and effort into maintaining this website and keeping it online. I make no money from it, in fact, it does cost money to have my own…
Read moreBecause I can not leave well enough alone...I am writing a script that allows me to highlight my text and then add scribbled notes "in the margins" for some digital marginalia. Looks great in dark mode too.
Read moreI have redesigned the website again. Anyone who has been here for a while probably saw that coming. This time I am using new-to-me programming languages and newer frameworks to make the website load and react faster. Including more mobile…
Read moreI've always loved the smell of toner and fixer solutions inside the dark room developing prints from the film negatives. Then line the negative strips out and develop the contact sheet of all the images on the film roll. Those…
Read moreSeen. Shot.