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  2. [20:36 -- jg] on daft punk
    Found it!

    As expected, I was looking for something else and found the CD cases that we used to keep in the car. Got a short road trip coming up this weekend, maybe some of these will come in handy!

  3. [21:58 -- jg] on magnetic

    There wasn’t much tape left, a week later. A few bits here and there. Traffic was still slow (for no good reason that I could see), so I snapped a couple of pictures. Don’t do that.

    The central median of 85, maybe some tape at the edge of the pavement.
    This is the best picture of the remaining magnetic tape.

    Some of the bits glinted and fluttered. Most were the mute dull brown of one side or flat black of the other. A week on the side of the road is a pretty rough place for this delicate material.

  4. [14:26 -- Ali] on balm

    They really effed this one up. I am going to write to them with a tone of absolute disgust!

  5. [11:13 -- jg @ Aaron] on bean hollow

    This photo and the yet-to-be-posted next ones are from a couple years ago. It is one of my favorite beaches. I have a lot of favorite beaches.

  7. [16:19 -- jg] on recording

    Well, the camera pooped out after 15 minutes. I suspect it got too hot. The advice is to remove the internal battery and just run on the external power, and to put some shade over it. I might build a little cardboard house. Maybe reduce the image resolution? Experiments will continue until this is figured out. It’s a bummer because the sunset last night was brilliant, and there were quite a few fireworks that I was hoping to capture.

    The important thing is that the audio worked, so I got all that.

  8. [06:46 -- Jeff] on cleveland

    I think you misheard or he misspoke. It’s Bentonia MS for the Bentonia Blues Festival. Skip James’ Hard Time Killing Floor Blues is the famous Bentonian(?) song. Modern Bentonia Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXEWNwvdFzY&list=RDPXEWNwvdFzY

    This is a major bucket list item and he could easily spend a couple months at juke joints in the neighborhood. I want to go!

  10. [11:24 -- Cathy Edgett] on quicksilver

    Angle of Repose is a great book. I read it years ago and will re-visit now. Thanks for making the connection. Now I need to walk the trail.

  11. [20:53 -- jg @ Tony] on quicksilver

    Maybe I should read that. But I haven’t even finished one book this year, so that might be ambitious. Maybe I should skim the wikipedia article about that.

  12. [18:46 -- Tony] on quicksilver

    The mine is a major location in Wallace Stegner’s “Angle of Repose” — the first home that the newlywed main characters share was in the small settlement associated with the… continue on the post →

  13. [10:46 -- Tony] on grab bag vol. 7

    The most fascinating thing to me about this post is that I’ve never heard any of these non-facts before reading this.

  16. [22:44 -- Jeff] on spilt

    Opening the beef bag over the sink reminded me of the first time I was asked to reserve pasta water. I carefully put the colander over the saucepan and strained… continue on the post →

  17. [12:17 -- Aaron] on spilt

    My son and I share a frustration when The Physical Things do not cooperate. I remember one outburst he had when he was probably 6 or 7. I don’t recall… continue on the post →

  19. [10:32 -- Aaron] on grab bag vol. 6

    I actually prefer your narratives more than the grab-bags, but this one slapped. The Autoglyphs seem to live in a similar world to my brother’s work on pen plotting: https://www.patreon.com/c/j_cammarata_art/posts?vanity=j_cammarata_art His… continue on the post →

  24. [21:13 -- Jeff] on bandoneon

    How about an amazing flute solo that you’ve never heard unless you’re a flautist.

  27. [11:27 -- Jan] on backyard

    Now then, about Ebi’s parents…the jury’s still out…

  29. [20:49 -- Aaron] on lot full

    I, too, have felt annoyed. Disappointed. Thwarted, even. by Random Acts of Chaos. When I am operating at my best, I remind myself that I am not on the path I think I’m… continue on the post →

  30. [15:25 -- jg] on apple

    Maybe Apple is focusing on some of these issues this year.

  31. [12:50 -- Corrie] on middle airs

    I’m so tickled that you liked the phrase “middle airs”! Our mutual friend forwarded this post to me and it put a big smile on my face :)

  32. [06:53 -- jg] on monarchs

    Well, that was quick. The chrysalis hatched! At least one got away. I think there is a second in the blurry background there.We spotted a couple of other chrysali among the… continue on the post →

  33. [12:24 -- jg] on monarchs

    Linden and Ali spotted one chrysalis last night in the nearby flowers. There are probably a few more in there but likely the rest are gone, taken down with the… continue on the post →

  34. [09:41 -- Jerry] on banana slug

    I’ve been following you for days, Justin. I know who you are. I’ve been painting alongside you. Our day will come.

  36. [12:13 -- jg] on monarchs

    That same milkweed plant has been decimated in 24 hours. There are still a lot of caterpillars on there.

  37. [19:40 -- Jan] on brunch

    I’m sorry, I was withholding the chopsticks from you at the other end of the table.

  38. [18:58 -- jg] on about vol i.

    Oh yeah, I don’t track anything and don’t plan to. It’s not the point. If you want to read it, that’s not really any of my business.

  39. [18:05 -- Linden Skjeie] on brunch

    I took half of my sandwich home. I took all the filling out of it and chopped it all up together and put it back in the sandwich. It was… continue on the post →

  40. [09:40 -- jg] on monarchs

    We counted over 20 caterpillars this morning. There were 17 on one milkweed alone! How many can you see here?

  41. [07:33 -- jg] on monarchs

    I got a couple of pictures of these buggers yesterday morning. The big ones are so big! They are about 5 cm (2 inches) long. So big!This small one is so small!… continue on the post →

  42. [06:01 -- jg] on post comments

    I bit the bullet and added a comment form! Now I can post comments on my own posts much more easily!

  44. [20:58 -- jg] on post comments

    The comment facilities here have really developed. Each post has an rss feed for comments. Some pages have comments, the now page, the about page. Apparently I think I’m going… continue on the post →

  46. [15:35 -- jg] on style test

    Testing the file-based comment path. This whole body is a separate markdown file living next to index.md in the bundle. A blockquote, because why not: The cleanest YAML is the YAML you… continue on the post →

  47. [21:01 -- jg] on moths

    By coincidence, I had The Pudding’s article on similes open in a tab since kdo shared it earlier this week yesterday. I haven’t read it yet, I forgot about it… continue on the post →

  49. [17:27 -- jg (again)] on style test

    It’s another comment. How does it look? These comments are great, keep ’em coming!

  52. [13:18 -- jg] on style test

    I am testing out a multiline comment in the new comments section of the blog. This is great! Here is my other website.