A personal website (blog) by Khürt Williams, with inchoate ramblings on Apple technology, photography, and geekery.
I'm borrowing some words from Patrick LaRoque. When New Jersey's government official invoked shelter-in-place executive orders and shuttered most businesses in the state, and later closed state and county parks and nature trails, I fully expected a psychological impact to the pandemic. Few of my "friends" on Facebook didn’t accept the possibility: They felt it…
Continue Reading
My township, Montgomery Township, is mostly farmland and woodland and streams and hiking trails. It's rural, with narrow country roads without sidewalks, lots of ditches and foxes and wild turkey in the backyard, and it's not unusual to see a farm tractor on the one-lane roadway. However, because of our proximity to New York City…
Continue Reading
I am publishing this late at night just before going to bed, so forgive me if it's short. I'm having trouble focusing on work. I don’t know if it’s because of the monotony of each day or maybe I am just burnt out. I get up; I make coffee in the Chemex, I grab a…
Continue Reading
Today I re-discovered something new about my neighbourhood. But first things first. After lunch, I slipped a roll of Kodak Professional Ektachrome E100 35mm Color Transparency Film (36 Exposures) into my Asahi Optical Co. Spotmatic II and attached my SMC Takumar 55mm f/2 lens. The Spotmatic II was recently cleaned, lubricated and adjusted by the…
Continue Reading
The license plate of the asshole from another neighbourhood who parked right under the no street parking sign and who, when I asked him politely to move his vehicle to the parking area, decided to ask me for my ID. Next time I see his car, I will call the police and a tow truck.
Continue Reading