Ah, the UTC -8 witching hour... when west coast peepers sleep... and amazing things take root in dreams....
But I'm going to go have dinner, drink, and watch a movie, so see you all tomorrow!

#SanFrancisco is such a beautiful city. I'll always be grateful I could live there while it was still affordable to us mere mortals. I was a bike messenger in SF back in the day. Does SF still have messengers and how do they survive? How can they live?

Yes, a lake. Or.... a very large meteor shaped like a bird that left a crater, later to be filled with water.

I've never been to India. Maybe some day.

So, I have a tipping strategy, and it's based largely on the fact that ETH is currently at a fairly low price. Having $50 in my wallet, and assuming ETH increases steadily over the next few years, I could tip $1 here and there and never (relatively) see my wallet value decrease.

Oh.... yes... I do see it. It's a goblin of sorts, a friendly goblin.

Not abstract at all. It's clearly a small, blue bird. A finch or warbler perhaps.

Just an FYI if you're going to be in Taipei for a couple of days (hopefully you'll be able to read it):

I wish I could develop file myself. In the US, I use Clark Color Lab by mail. There are a number of cheap developers. Fewer and fewer are taking B&W, so maybe someday I'll have to learn how to develop!

Hey, my pleasure. Thanks for posting the pictures. Keep 'em coming!

Oh yea, sure. It's got film in it right now. Cheap film. It will break someday. I'll either drop it (again) or a spring will go or whatever. But it still works! No battery needed, entirely mechanical.

I love that picture! And I want to see how this tip function works. Here's a tip challenge to you sir!

It wasn't so long ago that film photography was cutting edge technology. Amazing how fast things are moving.

This isn't my first camera. My first was a Kodak X-15 Instamatic. But this is Rollei 35 is a classic. I think I've had it for 45 years or so. It's been around!

Film gets pricey though. Even cheap film and cheap developing is going to be well over $10/roll of 36. Too bad I can't pay in ETH!

Thanks for the tip! I like the convenience of the built in function.

Yep, and they'd better be careful. The brown tree snake wiped out bird on Guam.

About an hour north of Tampa and inland a bit. Middle of nowhere.

I was told Hawaii has no snakes. Is that so?

That is in fact a Florida spider.

Well, I'm a crappy photographer. These are all underexposed. But getting the old mechanical cameras out is fun. I love the cranking and springs and mirrors.

And one reason I like hot climates is because you always have lots of friends around!

Amazing material. I've seen these webs catch frogs. There's a web builder in Taiwan that catches bats. You know when you accidentally walk into one.

@pyroisntfire Thanks for the tip ! I accept the challenge!

These gals are often missing a leg. They're cool. They just build enormous webs and hang out and eat bugs.

Same in Taiwan. A tiny unIt in an old building can easily go for $300K and that's if it's a really run down building. We eventually gave up trying to buy anything.

Thanks for sharing. Love Alan Watts! I'm trying to put some of his talks on IPFS but not having much luck. Oh well. This link might work later -- chosen for small file size, not message:
https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVN4PQWQ2k39TRJWhqnBepZkgbDufLBsR9ypzKARfKM4X

Good picture. Reminds me of some places I've lived! What I hate in these places is the little tiny white dog on somebody's balcony that just yap yap yaps 24/7 and echoes. Man!

And here is a vine growing up a strand of spider web. That's how strong the web material is. Amazing. Not a beautiful picture, but interesting.

Here's a friendly gecko showing off for me...

I feel like sharing some nature photos. Let's start with a spider, taken with an old Nikon I inherited from my dad. I love old cameras. I've reduced this to under 1MB.

If I had any Monero I would be more enthusiastic. Maybe someday I will.

Indeed! The possibilities are endless! The look when you realize you can peep for free!

@Bob

Interesting article. I've always said we always follow the path of least resistance just like water.

Thanks for the email @AlbertC. It's a particularly good performance to watch when you're having a bad day.

Or did you in fact mean he's pausing to think about what's next for him!? I assumed you were pausing... Language can be so funny!

It looks like that's what he's doing to. Interesting.

Good afternoon from Japan.

#PattiSmith on Peepeth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=941PHEJHCwU

Nothing could stink more than the headlines I wake up to every morning. Let 'em rip!

What, no ketchup? I mean, the whole point and value of a burger and fries, regardless of their origin, is as a vehicle for ketchup.

But I'm still going to keep an open mind! The proof is in the pudding. (I never knew what that meant. Pudding?) So if this project evolves into what it claims to be aiming for, I'll be really impressed.

@fausto So, just in playing with https://www.presearch.org for 5 minutes, I see it's clearly a very slick search tool. I like the menu options, it works well... nice. Thanks for turning us on to this!

This looks very promising, but I'm going to learn about it with a healthy dose of skepticism. Anything that's too good to be true, as they say. At the same time, I'll keep an open mind and hope for the best. And I'll gather tokens, of course!

I like the big old full size boxes with gobs of wires and peripherals. The box I'm working on right now was built out of this massive Gateway monstrosity. Weighs a ton, ugly as hell, duct tape on the floppy bays, I love it!

You've heard, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life."
But have you ever considered that today is the last day of your life up to now? I find that way of looking at things more freeing. It's less pressure.

I don't know. Peepeth, peep, peeper, peepulous, peeplicious, peepopular, peeple, a rose by any other name...

I like Peepeth. But I also think it doesn't really matter. It's the functionality that matters. The importance of a name is overrated.

I'm slow on the uptake sometimes. I just noticed that the beak of the Peepeth mascot has the whole ETH thing going on. I wonder what else in my world I'm oblivious to!

True but for most ho-hum sites that's not going to happen or for sites for small audience such as a class or school.