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Quick History of Dark Mode for the Eyes
What is something that could save the battery on your phone, reduce eye strain, and have potential health benefits? Dark Mode of course. This article is a continuation of my short mini-series, On Darkness, which started with our exit from DST (Daylight Savings Time). Today we are taking a quick look at Dark Mode. Dark…
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Photography Rules That Stifle Creativity
This question came across my screen recently asking, “Are we allowed to be creative for the sake of being creative?” I loved the answer. In America, no. Somehow, our artwork and creative pursuits is only seen as virtuous if we are able to earn money from it, “make a living from it”, or preferably make…
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Capturing Photos in the Dark
What about shooting photography in the dark? Now that we are clearly off Daylight Savings Time we have plenty of opportunities to shoot in the dark. I’ve talked about this a few times on my site in the past, most recently I’ve updated my Low Light Portfolio for some night photography examples, but photography in…
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Review of the Readwise Feed Reader
I read a lot more now than I did years ago. Still not as much as I would like, but enough to consider myself a reader. Apps to accompany reading-specific-communities have been pretty limited over the years to Goodreads, which was purchased by Amazon, and then forgotten. I’m still on there with a few other…
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The Last Fall-Back to Standard Time?
It is that time of year again. The time when those of us who live on the far eastern edge of a time zone have to watch it get dark before dinner arrives. This is the time of year down in the south when you turn on the Cowboys, playing at AT&T Stadium, and see…
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Our New Ford Econoline E250 Van Conversion
Update 2025: This post and all our van conversion related posts have been moved to our new travel site at Shanty Travelers, you can see this post there at Our New-Old Ford Econoline E250 Conversion Camper Van. We had enough content on a travel related topic to just convert all that to a new site.…
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Low Light
This is a curated collection of my photography catalog based around low light photography. Low light photography takes some special attention to get the image sharp, and the light just the way you want it, but it is one of the most rewarding forms of photography. In the past low light photography was made pretty…
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