Author: sts
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Bit rot bit me in the printer
Why Your Digital Memories and Devices Can “Expire” From memory cards to thumb drives to SSDs and beyond, they all use NAND memory. Computers work with 1s and and 0s, high or low, on or off. NAND devices store a small electrical to designate a 1, lack of charge is a 0. Without power the…
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Drip, drip, drip
Before the year ends I need to make at least one post for 2025. I may as well make it about the unexpected, unwanted and forced remodel we had to do. In late July we found we had a water leak. At first we thought it was a pressurized line; it wasn’t it was the…
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Of Candlesticks, Stock Markets & RMDs
Turbulence, turmoil & uncertainty are upon us; change is the only constant in the universe. Be prepared; forewarned is forearmed. My crystal ball is no help in predicting what lies ahead, however, there are sign to read if you know where to look and recognize what you see. What I see is a significant change…
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January Full Moon -1
I prefer photographing the full moon the day before it is full. In the camera you can’t tell the difference in the moon, but the ground has more daylight the day before, making for a better lighting balance between moon and ground. Here are a few local locations for moon rise alignment comps, of course…
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Sun Marches North
December 21st was the winter solstice and the official start of winter. It is also the time the Sun starts marching north from our perspective here on planet earth. I take a prominent object on the skyline, visible from many angles and use that as a seasonal pivot. Because I’m in Oregon our most prominent…
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WordPress 101
You can do it — Steve If you can type you can create a website. If you have an artistic eye you can make a pretty website, or use the supplied proven themes. If you can take a picture with your cellphone, and use drag and drop to copy that picture, you can add it…
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What’s in the Pi Shop
The Pi shop is 3 Raspberry Pi 5s, the first model with PCIe so they can take real storage media, like NVMe M.2 drives found in modern computers. The Pi devoted to public facing traffic, like this website only has 1 TB, so there is a limit to how much I can say or the…
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Is Self-hosting safe?
How can I securely and safely run a self-hosted website from my home office you may ask? In a word, curiosity. The Pi serving this page has no original data, only copies. So there isn’t a concern with data loss. The first line of defense is a strong password, done. Second is a strong firewall…
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Planit Pro for photo planning
Ever since I discovered Planit for Photographers I’ve been hooked, it’s way better than sliced bread. Rises and sets of the sun and moon, providing time and azimuth from any point on the planet. Tides for shorelines, also anywhere. How about a planet, star, constellation, asteroids, comets, all covered in Planit Pro for a 1-time…
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DIY
I grew up working with tools, fixing, maintaining & modifying things. This was mostly out of necessity, there was barely money to buy parts, certainly not to pay someone for markup & repair. If it didn’t take an expensive tool or special knowledge, and sometime even then, we would do it ourselves or make the…
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