Following our Vienna visit, we headed to Budapest. We could immediately tell Budapest was the poorer sibling. It felt a lot more run down, but the city is still beautiful, has a lot of history, great wine, and many things to see and do. Continue reading...
Earlier this year, together with my brothers and their families, we booked a trip to Vienna and followed it up with a few days in Budapest. This was the first time we were all on a vacation together in a long time. After years of asking for it, my mom finally got her wish to do a big family trip where no one was working part time.
We took a lot of photos on everyone’s cell phones, but I brought my film camera and did my usual street photography thing. Results below. I also got a disposable camera for each of my nephews and nieces (yes, even the 2 year old). Those I’m keeping out of the blog but needless to say, they were a lot of fun to look through. More...
Another round of book reviews, arriving fashionably late, but earlier than last year. While compiling the list I realized last year I’d missed two books I began in 2022 and finished in 2023. I’ve included them here, together with the books from 2024.
The through-lines this time around were people vs. systems; how media and technology mediate our lives and reorganize identity; the ethics of knowledge and progress; and the pull between belonging and otherness. I didn’t notice it myself, but Hannah pointed out as soon as she read my first draft that Judaism was another key theme. In the words of DFW, what the hell is water? Continue reading...
I had a bunch of odds and ends from old rolls of film waiting. The H1 title is kind of a lie, because the first few are from 2024. This set has some expired film experiments, and lots of fun travel photos. First and last here are Hannah stealing my camera. More...
Good tools give users agency; the best tools take it away and prevent mistakes. Continue reading...