Posts

Reflections on an Atlantic essay about ISIS, its religious ideology, and the contradictions of its opposition to modernity.

Introducing a legacy Hexo deployer that uses Transmit to upload a generated blog to an Amazon S3 bucket.

A reflection on how scattered attention and material consumption can reinforce one another, and how owning less may interrupt that cycle.

A recursive AppleScript for moving records out of nested DEVONthink groups into a single reference group.

Practical rules for reducing information overload, avoiding online distractions, and directing attention toward meaningful pursuits.

Using Hazel and AppleScript to automate DEVONthink workflows, including clearing the global inbox and archiving files.

A personal examination of the American preference for home ownership, its financial assumptions, and the appeal of renting.

Abandoning an elaborate house-building project led our family to reconsider possessions, consumption, and how little is enough.

How I organize and retrieve information in DEVONthink using databases, hierarchical tags, and project smart groups.

Lessons from photographing Kilauea and the night sky with a Sony A7, including equipment, exposure choices, and image noise.