GC9XPFR

2022-08-01 17:51:08

So I recently placed a second geocache in a park and received a note written in the hidden log.

Thank you so much for making a new cache in the city! We need more.

Gabriel De Rose

Thanks Gabriel, that made my day.

Map Quest Pt 3

2022-08-01 18:01:24

Over 260 images cataloged on a map with GPS coordinates and waypoints. According to my Lightroom software, I only have a little more than 200 to add.

Then I’ll start a new map for geocaches I’ve logged followed by another map highlighting all of the street art I’ve documented. Whew.

You May

2022-08-02 09:56:03

May you do good and not evil. May you find forgiveness in yourself and others. May you share freely, never taking more than you give.

Unsubscribed

2022-08-02 14:44:18

In an effort to minimize and get down to the essentials, I have decided not to renew some software applications. I’ve always disagreed with the subscription-based model of supporting developers. I prefer to use stock apps or some pay-once-and-done software.

Bear notes < Apple Notes

Day One journal < my website

Drafts < ia Writer

Fantastical < Apple Calendar

Mind Node < pen & paper

Tweetbot < no more Twitter

Ulysses < ia Writer

VSCO < OK, I’ll probably renew this for some reason.

Photo Workflow

2022-08-02 16:10:25

My current creative workflow is simple, on purpose. I’d rather be out there shooting than processing or organizing.

I don’t have the time or desire to go out for that one shot that will make me famous. I want to create a body of work. I’m not interested in social media “likes” or new followers scrolling through their feeds quickly and not caring.

Innovate your new workflow by keeping it simple, self-host your own website, create digital, or e-zines in .pdf. Offer prints and downloads of your work instead. This will generate a more positive, direct response from potential followers. 

Not Really Living

2022-08-02 23:49:07

I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.

Ernest Hemingway

App Minimalism

2022-08-03 13:59:13

Only the essentials for my MacBook Pro.

Silent Nirvana

2022-08-03 14:00:19

Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.

Jack Kerouac

GC9Y41Q

2022-08-04 22:34:19

A new Geocache hide has been placed that overlooks the city of Tulsa from the Midland Valley Trail. This will be my third stash and is currently submitted, waiting on final approval. It will be loaded with a log, pencil, trinkets and a travel bug.

**UPDATE**

This has been ”muggled” by someone and is no longer there. I’ll have to buy a nano container to replace it and try again.

A Friend Indeed

2022-08-07 23:29:53

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Ernest Hemingway

50

2022-08-08 21:46:35

‘I’ve taken a million pictures – 50 were good’

Ferdinando Scianna, photographer

No Masters

2022-08-08 21:50:17

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

Ernest Hemingway

Squandered Time

2022-08-11 12:46:59

“You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last.”

Seneca

Why Blog?

2022-08-11 21:13:31

Even if few people read it, I think a blog/archive/notebook is good to have. 

Joy

2022-08-11 21:41:35

Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for your own joy

Public Phone

2022-08-14 22:48:27

As opposed to griping about people on their phones, it may be best to make use of my own iPhone and discover some of those benefits. Some use cases that works for me:

Blog and write with the phone

I use iA Writer on all my devices to write these articles, then press send. From there it is automagically published to my websites.

Process Images

Reviewing my images on Apple devices with Apple Photos is so pleasurable that it reminds me of the analog photo contact sheets. For quick edits of images taken from the phone, to again, publishing them to my website(s.)

Voice Dictation

Forget Siri. I’ll occasionally use this tool for quick Notes or in the Reminders app. Bonus usage in iA Writer too. Writing and blogging by voice is almost 90% accurate so I need to talk slower and enunciate.

Reading

Apple Books or Libby

Reading digital books with these apps is a joy. What better way to spend your time when you are waiting in line in public?

Love and Feel

2022-08-15 00:36:22

I can never be all the people I want and
live all the lives I want. I can never train
myself in all the skills I want. And why
do I want? I want to live and feel all the
shades, tones and variations of mental
and physical experience possible in my
life.

– Sylvia Plath

On Contentment

2022-08-16 19:03:59

Lately I’ve been playing ping-pong in my brain about changing platforms. I set myself up on a 14-day trial to host this site on another server and within 14 minutes decided it was too much of a struggle.

I’ve spent hours, months and years to get this site where I want it.

As a geek, however, I have the prerogative to change my mind at any time and without notice!

Undo Regret

2022-08-17 16:21:10

‘Between life and death there is a library,’ she said. ‘And within that library, the shelves go on for ever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices… Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?’

Someone

Taking Advantage

2022-08-22 16:06:00

Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you’ve lived nearly half the time you have to live already?

Ernest Hemingway

Interest

2022-08-25 05:09:10

“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn’t”

Albert Camus, The Stranger

We Have Liftoff

2022-08-25 21:52:03

The test flight of Aero Mojo, the new drone, was a successful one. I almost lost it over the bypass but recovered nicely as shown in the video. The flight ended in a hard crash when encountering a pine tree but survived nicely!

August 2022 Geocache Finds (so far)

2022-08-29 22:37:34

Tis The Season To Create

2022-08-29 23:25:46

Every year between September and February, it seems I am my most creative and ambitious.

I am starting to feel it again here real soon.

Born To Do It

2022-08-29 23:29:38

It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

Ernest Hemingway

A Better Map

2022-08-29 23:35:51

There is a need for a Global Atlas of Pedestrian Infrastructure.

Maps of pedestrian bridges, desire paths, public parks and green spaces, pedestrian only roads, sidewalks to nowhere, trails and paths. 

No car infrastructure in any the maps.

Walk Talk

2022-08-29 23:40:33

A diary or journal of a walk is a tough format to produce. The minutia is the core of the experience but it can be hard to translate 

I prefer essays about walking and public spaces that are more philosophical but unsure of how to do it.

GC9Z580

2022-08-30 20:47:24

This geocache hide from a friend was just pure evil. Took a bit and I even put my hands on it, but Miss Adventure found it first. Aargh.

Whose Rules?

2022-08-11 23:59:11

If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?

Anton, No Country For Old Men

Distraction Blockers

2022-08-16 19:33:10

Advertisement blockers. Pop-up blockers. Social media blockers. Tracking blockers. Apple’s Hide My E-Mail. Apple’s Password Generator. Virtual Private Networks (VPN).

These are the best additional software apps to have and use.