evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

OK, something a bit different. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that people were boosting some Infrared (IR) photographs around the Fediverse, which looked absolutely amazing. This pinged a deep memory that I did once buy a digital IR camera, but it was towards the end of my film photography phase so wasn't what I was interested in, and also around that time I just .. stopped taking photos for a while - I think I'd run out of creativity. If you know me, you'll have realised that of course I still have the camera, but I never really got to grips with it.

It's a Fujifilm Finepix IS-1 which is a very weird thing, it was a super-zoom "bridge" camera from 2007, with a 10.7x zoom and a 1cm macro (!), a 9MP sensor but no IR filter. Apparently it was designed for specialistic forensic and medical use? I have no idea, I bought it secondhand sometime about 12 years ago, shot a few very bad pictures with it (I had no idea about IR photography!) then totally forgot about it.

Anyway, I saw those IR images and thought, maybe I should have a go? So I grabbed the camera, stuck a 590nm filter on it and kept it with me all weekend. I probably should have done a bit more research/thinking but hey, life is short. If I had, I would have set the camera to take RAW pics, and I would have spent more time worrying about white balance, but hey ho, here we are, with some slightly overcompressed JPEGs.

As you might be aware, without changing the white balance, they come out of the camera *very* red, and you have to swap channels and mess with levels and balance to get anything decent out of them. I've not rescued many of them yet, but this one (of St John's church in Swalecliffe) seemed to come out OK I think.

#infrared #ir #photography #fujifilm #is1 #church

In this time of political instability and uncertainty, just a note that Larry has now outlasted six prime ministers.

#cats #catsofMastodon #UKpol

If your org would like help with this sort of thing, to invent guard rails, to come up with a feedback-loop the way I did, please drop me a note - dan@phobos.io - this sort of work is really fun to whiteboard, and having someone thats been in these trenches before is extremely valuable because they can help you point out where all the landmines are.

Taken from the hilltop village of Romanyà de la Selva while looking out from under a mulberry tree arbor, a post-sunset view of the waxing #moon, #Venus, & #Jupiter hanging over the #Catalan countryside.

#photography #TravelPhotography #Catalonia #Spain

The only reason I can think of to require passports for using computers (or social media or whatever) is to create an apartheid society where undocumented people are removed from any way to participate.

Plus it’s super convenient for a right-wing takeover, just take away citizenship from immigrants and descendants of immigrants.

What the fuck is everyone doing?

534) Noveltyflyingdiscbot. A robot that is a non-branded novelty flying disc. Has a great time. #SmallRobotsRemastered

hi #fedihired i'm looking for part time/contract work (remote/sydney). i'm most interested in embedded systems, linux driver dev/porting and game dev, but i can do many things with computers. absolutely no ai. i like working on things that spark joy and improve the lives of people, especially if it's open source. for the last year I've been working with MNT doing a mix of web development and driver porting for the reform, to give an idea of what i've been doing lately. boosts welcome. ty! :3

its because you dont pay out

I forgot to tell you, but I meant to tell you

that there was this group of kids at camp

ages like 6-8

and I overheard one telling the group

"We are going to be kind this year, because bullying is cringe now"

I really hope that's a new trend among the children.

We're being kind now.

Join us.

#Sunday

I'm selling a professional (very heavy) woodturning lathe - where do I advertise it?? It's in Oxfordshire.

Vicmarc VL300 ESVX +magnetic remote switch
Vicmarc 1000mm Bed Extension
Vicmarc VM120 Chuck
Woodcut Straight Head Pro-Forme Hollowing Tools
Vicmarc Camlock Banjo
Vicmarc 600 mm Tool rest

The longest function in #curl (in number of lines) is now less than half the size the longest function was for the last twenty-five years...

Solidarity.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oqr5mp25r7z3vfr3igeerxbw/post/3mota2rkyj22t

So apparently Fred Rogers Productions just started a new YouTube channel where they'll be uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

https://youtube.com/@misterrogersneighborhood?si=o9FcfHuBHytiwKZt

#Television #Children #Parenting #MisterRogers

What many people misunderstand about hosting your own content (like this social media instance) is thinking we somehow NEED a big audience or Big Tech involvement.

I'm perfectly fine if the world faded away and it was just the thousand of us here. It's like the early days of the web when we had small forums, nobody missed Reddit back then. Federation is a big plus, not a requirement.

It's the same with websites or IRC for me. I know people use Discord, but I still stick to IRC even if there are only about a hundred of us left. I know people use AI now and website visitors are dropping, but who cares? I still keep doing it for those who like to read.

I don't need the whole world involved for this to feel worthwhile. It's mine, I own it, and I host it for as long as I breathe. After that, it won't matter to me anymore, but I hope other admins keep things running the way I did.

#SelfHosted #SelfHosting #OpenSource #Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenWeb #SocialWeb

Whomever made this poster of Ukrainian mascot dog Patron catching the roof of the oil tank in Moscow, like it was a frisbee, I salute you!

Which is why we should be very careful that we don't poison wells, and why "move fast and poison wells" is bad advice.

When someone poisons the well, whether through malice, greed or ignorance, it's poisoned for everyone, and can't easily be unpoisoned. That's sort of the thing with wells and poisoning.

Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Knife Goose Blanket. He's ready to stab anyone who mistakes him for a duck.
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I wrote a poem for Father's Day. I hope it connects for at least a few of you today.