Micro.blog photo challenge Day 5: Reflection A reflection of the Gold Medal grain elevator in the windows of the Guthrie Theater, downtown Minneapolis.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 4: Nostaglia My brother Tim with his cash register, taken by my father about 65 years ago.

I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations — they generally produce their worst work when they do that. — David Bowie Software development can be an artistic endeavor. But there are few software projects that are free of users, patrons, clients, or customers. Thus, with apologies to Mr. Bowie, there are two traps that software developers can fall into: building exclusively for their customers, and building exclusively for themselves.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 3: Shadow Shadows in the hallway leading to the Rochester MN Public Library.

Micro.blog photo challenge Day 2: Curve A reading area in the Rochester MN Public Library along its curved wall.

Taken northeast of Grand Marais MN on Lake Superior. – #mbjune Day 1: Tree

The sky to the west after the blizzard. Not much snow but high winds and no visibility. Many crashes on I90 to our east. Last snowstorm of the season?

Blizzard in progress. Worse to come.

After the blizzard

A heron on the wing at sunset. Seen at Wall Springs Park in Palm Harbor Florida. There was quite a bit of smoke in the air which I think was from wildfires between here and Orlando.

A recent visit to a fish shop in Dunedin Florida found this frequent visitor hoping for a handout.

We had some icy days a couple weeks back.

We had some freezing fog the other day.

Hungry Chickadee

Willow in Fog

Frost on Oak Leaves, 2024-12-30.

Ulf, the coffee gnome, wishes you all a Happy New Year!

From the archive: 2015 Christmas Tree Ornaments. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Cougar, Oxbow Park, Olmsted County, Minnesota. This girl was actually purring as we walked by. We were told that she doesn’t do this very often. More likely to hiss, especially at teenage boys.

I might be crazy but I think I’m moving my personal programming projects from Ruby and Python back to Smalltalk in both its Pharo and Squeak derivatives. This could get interesting.

Bald eagle, Oxbow Park, Olmsted County, MN

Just added an album of photos from our trip to Lisbon in 2019 to my photos page.

You have my undivided attention.

I just ordered my Christmas present: Venus Optics Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO Lens

Every time I pick up a camera now it’s my APS-C mirrorless. Seriously thinking of selling all my full-frame gear. Too heavy for me to tote around.