View of the Pacific from the lighthouse at Point Reyes National Seashore.

This photograph presents the serene expanse of the ocean viewed from the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse. From a high vantage point, the weathered roof of the lighthouse peeks in from the lower left corner, its red and white paint chipping away, whispering tales of countless storms it has weathered. Beyond the lighthouse lies the vast, tranquil ocean, the surface shimmering under the broad, open sky. The horizon stretches endlessly, meeting the sky in a delicate, misty embrace. The overall atmosphere is one of solitude and infinite space, invoking both awe and reflection.

The composition of this photograph adheres to the minimalistic style, focusing on the meeting line of sky and sea. The horizon is placed slightly below the center, allowing the sky to dominate the frame and convey a sense of vastness. The lighthouse roof serves as an anchor point, adding a touch of asymmetry and texture against the smooth, seemingly infinite ocean. The photo benefits from high contrast and lighting, with the sunlight creating a shimmering effect across the water surface, enhancing the sense of depth and distance. What I appreciate most is the composition's ability to evoke tranquility and solitude. However, the photograph might have benefited from a slight increase in details on the lighthouse roof, as the textures play a crucial role in grounding the image.

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Point Reyes Lighthouse #photo #pointreyes #lighthouse Photo of the Pacific from the Point Reyes Lighthouse at Point Reyes National Seashore, California. )

An experimental spherical timelapse of a sunset looking west over the Pacific from West Portal, San Francisco.

In your browser use w, a, s, d to tilt and pan. Best viewed in a VR headset.

Shot on the Richo Theta S, post processed with Lightroom, LRTimelapse and FFmpeg.

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(Published to the Fediverse as: Spherical Sunset #timelapse #westportal #360 #spherical #video 360 degree immersive spherical timelapse shot from West Portal, San Francisco of sunset over the Pacific. )

I'm on a recently built A340-600. This sign is about as useful as the ashtrays. This must be a weird tradition that gets handed down from airplane to airplane from one sign author who got grossed out by the thought of a moist sink but has never squelched around in piss on the lower deck stink fest that is installed on this particularly strange airbus.

It's like someone loved the whole elegant spiral staircase up to a bar motif of the 747 and thought wouldn't it be a giggle to do the exact opposite.

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Real Time with Bill Maher is the most excruciatingly awkward show on TV.

The typical setup is that Bill has a first important guest, then three panelists and finally a second important guest. So it kind of sucks to be a panelist. Just by being there you're signalling that you're not important enough to negotiate the first or last slot.

It's not great for anyone though. After the first interview slot Bill is going to jump up and walk over to his desk for the panel session. And you have a horrible choice. Either you follow the stage directions and sit still, somehow emasculated, while Bill leaves you behind. Or you stand up too, asserting yourself but looking somehow awkward and presumably you don't get invited back in a hurry.

Next the panel gets to argue for a while before the second important guest is wheeled in. At this point Bill interviews the newcomer for a long time leaving the panel hanging. Just sat there.

Right when you're wondering if the panel has left the building Bill brings them back into the conversation and at this point they are so desperate to get a few points home that the second important guest is often frozen out.

It doesn't last long though because Bill then cuts to New Rules and ignores the second important guest and the three panelists for a few over-written jokes followed by a variable five minute diatribe.

I cannot believe how many politicians, journalists, comedians, commentators and authors are desperate enough for HBO sized chunks of publicity that they'd put themselves through this social wringer.

I love it.

(Image credit: screenshot from Real Time with Bill Maher opening credits)

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Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on CodePlex. I've hosted various projects there over the years and have just finished migrating everything over to GitHub which looks like it just might have a future:

• blogger2blogml - Migrate blogger format blogs to BlogML.
• orb - Controller library for Ambient Orb devices.
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• stackhash - full client for downloading and debugging Windows Error Reporting (WER) crash dumps.

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