It’s 2018, and I think by now we’re allowed to have things that some people like, but that not everybody uses.
I’ve used RSS and RSS readers for decades. I have no desire to see it replaced. It works for me.
Island in the Net by Khürt Williams
Technology and Photography Musings. Established circa 2000.
The topics covered here didn't fall into one of my usual categories.
It’s 2018, and I think by now we’re allowed to have things that some people like, but that not everybody uses.
I’ve used RSS and RSS readers for decades. I have no desire to see it replaced. It works for me.
When I teach photography, I am often asked for tricks that can make a student’s photographs better. The truth is, there aren’t any easy tricks that will quickly result in great photography. The curse of today’s technology is that it is fairly quickly to get good at it. That is literally the problem. It’s like inheriting money before you have learned the value of hard work.
Am I good enough?
Rounding West Cay, we head up the southern coast of Bequia until we reach Semple Cay, at the mouth of Friendship Bay, where The Rose was built some 40 years ago. There was much excitement in town the day before - everyone was talking about the whale that had been caught. For well over a century Bequia has been a whaling community and still tries to carry on that tradition. The IWC allows St. Vincent & the Grenadines to take up to four whales a year, but in many years the Bequia whalers catch none. They whale the old way, in 26-foot engineless, open, hand-built sailboats, throwing their harpoons by hand, a very hazardous practice. We could see men working on the remains of the whale as we sailed past. We're not happy to see it, but can nonetheless respect their long-held traditions.
What’s the word for a person who hasn’t visited their place of birth in over thirty years? What am I? I have forgotten. After reading this I am feeling sadly nostalgic for a life left behind. Tabanca