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icy posted

colima + k3d are all you need for local k8s dev on macOS. talk about excellent software.

icy replied

@alex oh yeah, need to update that. markdown is in fact rendered now. and as for markdown library—i’ve generally stuck to blackfriday for years at this point and it’s served me well enough.

icy posted

there's this one dude at work who just can't stop saying 'namaste' when he sees me

icy posted

it's that time of the year when i have about 2 hours of motivation to try to hack on masto api for honk. and it's running out fast.

icy posted

i’m thoroughly enjoying shooting this thing!

i absolutely love the automatic frame advance. no more “oh wait i didn’t advance the frame and missed the shot” or “what if i push the advance lever and the shutter accidentally presses down in my bag” moments thanks to being able to power it off and on.

canon eos 55 in my hand

icy replied

@ru i don’t mean this as advice, but purely out of curiosity: have you considered switching to more memory efficient tooling instead? of course, keeping in mind the workflows that already exist/would change too much.

icy posted

in hindsight, i should've taken a similar stance to sqlite's on contributions to legit. open source but not open for patches (smaller bug fixes/typos or whatever i deem useful being the exception).

the reason? i built legit for myself, and envisioned more forks of it with people running customized versions, as opposed to them trying to upstream features. don't get me wrong, there were some excellent fixes/QoL improvements sent my way and they were merged -- because i happened to find them useful. the rest are others' opinionated features which i won't use. while i initially tried engaging, i guess i eventually just lost interest -- owing to the fact that i didn't deem it necessary/useful.

icy replied

@monoxane yeah, i agree fully. i did attempt to run a cluster a couple years back but that didn't last very long -- likely due to a) overly complex architecture, b) lack of maturity of the chosen software stack.

i think this time around i'll stick to as simple as possible. probably also helps that stuff like longhorn has come much much further since.

icy posted

hmm loosely considering copping a couple tiny/mini/micro boxes and running a home k8s cluster on top of it.

icy posted

this is so convenient! my EOS 55 shows the current exposure count and the film status (loaded or not) even when it’s powered off.

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icy posted

i regret to inform that it appears i have become what one might call as an "average coffee drinker" with caffeine withdrawal headaches when i don't drink coffee.

icy posted

picked up this beautiful 90’s Canon SLR film camera—the EOS 55 (also Elan II, EOS 50e). got it off ebay in near perfect condition for 60 EUR shipped.
this thing is built like a tank and is so nice to hold with excellent ergonomics. Canon really nailed the design.

some neat features:

  • autofocus with 3 zones
  • eye control AF! basically follows your retina and chooses the AF zone. works incredibly well!
  • autoexposure
  • loads film automatically! it basically unloads the entire roll and shoots backwards, respooling the roll. so nifty!
  • “panorama” mode where the shutter opens up only for the middle of the frame. apparently only in the JDM EOS 55 (which i have)

going to grab a roll of Foma something to blast through this today! something about a fully auto film camera is so exciting. maybe because i’m tired of missing focus a million times on my OM-10, lol.

#filmphotography

canon eos 55, sitting in between plant pots

canon eos 55, sitting in between plant pots

icy posted

spent 6 days in riga, latvia and vilnius & kaunas, lithuania a few weeks ago.

the first night in riga was probably the most fun i’ve had ever, with the folks in the hostel. my first time in a hostel, definitely not my last.

vilnius is probably the nicest old town in the baltics. the palace of the grand dukes of lithuania is such a beautiful museum—i spent nearly all day there.

finally, finished off the trip with a long overdue irc meet up in kaunas. very good times.

shot a roll of kodak gold 200 in those 6 days—although, admittedly the weather was rather bleak for the film. here’s my favourites from riga.

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icy posted

i much prefer fuji 200 to gold 200. gold just looks so bland to me.

icy replied

@cassidy @ryne to be fair, the process of tanning leather releases a bunch of toxic substances. besides, they plan to use “recycled” materials for their new FineWoven cases (which I assume is a polyester blend of some sort):

Apple is introducing a new FineWoven Case with MagSafe and FineWoven Wallet with MagSafe, made from a durable and elegant microtwill with a soft, suedelike feel. The material is made from 68 percent post-consumer recycled content and has significantly lower carbon emissions compared to leather.

icy posted

no github no why

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icy replied

@alex while i haven’t stress tested it i don’t see why not. it uses blackfriday as the markdown renderer under the hood and it runs plenty fast.

icy replied

@ratfactor @alex while cgit is nice, it renders horribly on smaller viewports and spits out 2005 html (tables and tds galore).

if that's something you care about, try legit—simpler config, fully customizable go templates, a normal http server and not cgi, etc. and of course, i'm the author. :^)

icy replied

i mean i love shooting with my Olympus OM10 but a fully automatic SLR with autofocus sounds hella exciting

icy posted

there’s someone selling a Canon 1000D with the 50mm f/1.8 + 18–35mm f/3.5–5.6 + accessories for 50€. i can’t pass this up! if anything, i just want the kit lens to use with this Canon ELAN II i’ve been eying…

icy replied

@tedu does the multiple attachments change support images? perhaps something’s broken on my fork but a quick test reveals that it doesn’t in fact upload multiple images.

icy posted

i went over to #lobsters and said nixos does not have this problem. i have done my part for the cause 🫡