Another long hallway with side light. This building had some renovation done, such as the walls being stripped of their original lead paint. Obviously still a lot of work to do for a full renovation.
Another one just asking for black and white. You could spend a couple of hours in this small room exploring the light and shadow.
There was so much color in some of these decayed rooms. This photo was processed as an HDR to bring out some more color in the ceiling and from the bright light on the trees outside.
I always look for natural frames when taking photos. This archway worked well for that.
Sometimes the inside looks like it should be outside.
The tile-work in this room was so colorful. To think of what it must have looked like when brand new…
Sometimes the best shots are behind you. While taking the previous posted doorway photo, I turned around to see this. I loved how the room was so large that the light coming in through the far window almost looks like a point light. And where did the missing section of pipe go?
A door to another room in the attic. The way the light was falling through this doorway made me stop in my tracks. I tried a few different viewpoints before settling on this one.
The attics of these buildings were something else. Ventilation pipes and criss-crossing beams everywhere. The day I was photographing this saw temperatures in the mid-90s, so the attics were unbelievably hot. But the photos were soooo worth it…
So I’m changing how I post to social media. All text, Instagram photos, et al will be part of my micro.blog at words.mikepj.dev. I’ll crosspost some items to sites including Twitter (for now). If you want to see everything though, subscribe to words.mikepj.dev.
Some photos just beg to be processed in black and white. This is one of them. I also punched the contrast to really make it pop.
I’m starting a new photo series on Instagram, captured at the Traverse City State Hospital. The asylum is in the process of being renovated, but there are several dilapidated buildings to explore.
I use various methods to backup data to the backup NAS.
For the primary Synology unit, I just use their Hyper Backup with a single-copy rsync. For the Mac, I use Time Machine to iSCSI volumes. For local/remote Linux VMs, I pull using rsync.
New post on YouTube: Ditching FreeNAS.
Biggest drawback with dark mode on Mojave is the random website or email with a light background set. It’s really jarring to see a field of white show up on an otherwise dark UI.
Repairing grout and drywall at midnight on a Friday night. The joys of home ownership…
Two out of the three flights I’ve been booked on out of ORD have been cancelled. Really hoping this third flight sticks.
As much as I didn’t like being herded around by the crowd control at WWDC, it was great not being turned away or pushed into an overflow room for a single session this week.
San Jose, you’re alright.
Do yourself a favor and watch “Advance Debugging with Xcode and LLDB”. The demo showing how to adjust a UI layout from the debugger was awesome.
Favorite WWDC pin. #moof
