Notes from the workshop.

Giving a Samsung HW-FM35 a Random playback default

A firmware patch makes Random the startup default for USB music on my Samsung HW-FM35/ZA. The first song stays the same; subsequent tracks play randomly.

Getting a later 3Com EtherLink Plus (3C505) online under DOS

How three bugs in the old Crynwr DOS packet driver kept a later 3Com EtherLink Plus (3C505) off the network, and where to get the fixed driver.

Season’s Greetings

Season’s greetings from Bethlehem.

Pure Cinema | Pinhole Camera Day 2025

Pure cinema, made without a lens — Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day 2025.

Happy summer solstice!

The longest day of the year.

Happy Spring Equinox | Macungie Flower Park, 2014

Spring equinox, from the Macungie Flower Park archive of 2014.

The body is but a shadow of the mind. A mindful mind leads, and a strong body follows.

Happy Winter Solstice

The longest night of the year, in Bethlehem.

Traditional and Alternative Photographic Processes

A short field guide to the historical printing processes I work in — what each one is, chemically, and what it gives you.

Life is abstraction upon abstraction upon abstraction

Art must whisper quietly, yet echo with profound resonance

Palladium Over Pigment Printing

Palladium over pigment: the tonality of a palladium print laid over the colour of a pigment one.

Conquest of the Magic Squirrel

A short film for the ArtsQuest 48 Hour Film Challenge — a dog, a toy that comes to life, and a Best Animal Dramedy award three years later.

Milky Way Time-lapse

The galactic core crossing the sky at Cherry Springs, one ten-second exposure at a time.

Bethlehem House Gallery Changeover Time-lapse

Bare walls to hung show: the Bethlehem House Gallery changeover for the 2020 Juried Show, compressed.

Billboard

Shooting Billboard (2019) — a radio station, a billboard-sitting contest, and $960,000 on the line.