Gruber linked to this article about GM phasing out CarPlay on future EVs. My next car purchase will be an electric car, and I won’t consider a car that doesn’t have CarPlay. We currently own two Buicks, but I guess I won’t be considering a GM vehicle when it’s time to replace these.
Quick Thoughts
Shorter than a blog post.
We added another mile of trails to our walk today. Some parts of the old-golf-course-turned-park have been reclaimed by shrubs and trees. Other sections look like you could play a round. Lots of wildlife and wildflowers. And oddly, 24 Apache attack helicopters.
My daughter is interested in shooting with film. I’ve got some old 35mm cameras, but haven’t shot film in over a decade. Anyone know about the best options for buying and developing film? A Google search reveals some online services, but I don’t know anything about them.
The Women’s Final Four is tonight and while both games should be great, you need to catch the South Carolina - Iowa matchup. South Carolina’s suffocating defense versus a hot-shooting Iowa team. Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark on the same court. ESPN at 9:00 ET. Go Gamecocks. 🏀
Photoblogging challenge complete. 31 days of photos in March was actually more challenging than I thought I would be. Really glad I completed it, although I may now need to take a few days off from sharing images. 🤣
📷 March Photo Challenge #31. Practice. My son at lacrosse practice. (He’s the goalie all the way on the other side of the field.) Columbia, SC.
📷 March Photo Challenge #30. Mirror. Buildings reflected on Main. Columbia, SC.
📷 March Photo Challenge #29. Slice. Or rather, slices of bacon. Love having breakfast for dinner. Columbia, SC.
📷 March Photo Challenge #28. Prompt. My car is prompting me to get gas. Columbia, SC.
🏀 Excited that my South Carolina Gamecocks are heading to the NCAA Women’s Final Four. Two more wins to another championship.
📷 March Photo Challenge #27. Support. Tonight was Norah’s Senior Night. Lots of people have supported her during her lacrosse career, especially during this season which ended early with an ACL tear. Chapin, SC.
Watching Louisville/Iowa women’s basketball game and both these teams can score. Fun to watch.
📷 March Photo Challenge #26. Instrument. My wife’s ukulele. Columbia, SC.
I wrote up my quick first thoughts about Adobe Firefly, but my 11-year old has also started playing with it. Here’s his bronze steam-powered robot walking in a cityscape.
📷 March Photo Challenge #25. Spice. Random assortment of seasonings. Columbia, SC.
📷 March Photo Challenge #24. Court. Basketball practice facility at the University of South Carolina. Go Gamecocks. Columbia, SC.
I just got access to Firefly, Adobe’s new generative AI beta service. It’s supposedly trained on images that they have the rights to scan. Right now, it’s limited, but I’m intrigued. I’ll write a longer post with examples later after I’ve had a chance to experiment.
📷 March Photo Challenge #23. Chance. Flipped a coin. Heads. Columbia, SC.
I came up with my silly U2 “The Fly” insect photo post for today, thinking that I wouldn’t have time to track down insect shots today because I was with a video crew on campus all day.
Our first stop, though, was a public health lab studying ticks, mosquitos and parasites.
📷 March Photo Challenge #22. Insect. Listening to U2’s new version of The Fly. Columbia, SC.
Amazon is shutting down camera review website DP Review. I always thought it was weird that they were owned by Amazon, and I guess that eventually, the cost to run the site was more than DP Review generated in sales.
📷 March Photo Challenge #21. Tiny. 1950s Hit subminiature camera. Columbia, SC.
📷 March Photo Challenge #20. Houseplant. Up close and personal with the plant in our office. Columbia, SC.
📷 March Photo Challenge #19. Analog. Weber Kettle thermometer. Columbia, SC.
📷 March Photo Challenge #18. Portico. Not a grand entrance, but it’s home. Columbia, SC.
Just watched A Sort of Homecoming, the Disney+ U2 documentary/concert video with David Letterman. It’s fun and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
📷 March Photo Challenge #17. Early. Meeting a friend this morning at Curiousity Coffee. I’m early. Columbia, SC.
📷 March Photo Challenge #16. Road. Crossing a street by campus. Columbia, SC.
As someone who once drove a VW Rabbit, I have to say that I’m interested in the VW ID.2all concept. I want a small electric car, and this would be perfect. Sadly, I doubt it will ever make it to the United States.
This laser printer “review” from Nilay Patel at The Verge made me laugh. I wanted to buy one of these during the early days of the pandemic, but they were sold out. After years of flaky inkjets, I eventually bought a Canon Laserjet M15w and love having a black-and-white laser printer at home.