Month: July 2021

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A Steaming Pile

But unfortunately, it's a necessary part of my workflow. Since I moved to Mac from Windows a dozen years ago, I have continually mourned the loss of Thumbs Plus, an image cataloging/manipulation program that IMHO is second to none.

Adobe Bridge is the only thing on a Mac that even remotely comes close to the functionality of Thumbs Plus.  I can display images with title, size, date, and a host of other data all displayed under each thumbnail image—something that none of Bridge's Mac competitors seem to be able to do. It also does this without requiring that you create a catalog file like Apple's own Photos or the several third-party applications I've tried over the years. The biggest problem I run into when trying to change to a new application is that while Bridge will do X, Y, and Z, the alternatives do X and Y, but not Z. Or Z and Y, but not X.

It's frustrating as hell.

I've used Bridge long enough now that I can generally beat it back into submission when it misbehaves, but since getting the M1 MBP, it takes forever to generate thumbnails and searching for solutions online has been fruitless.

Bridge has always been a steaming pile of crap, but the last few iterations have been among the worst I've encountered. I can live with it just spontaneously shutting down, or randomly rearranging the workspace, but waiting minutes to generate thumbnails—even in the same folder…one I was just working in a few minutes prior—is just unacceptable.

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What a Maroon

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The First Amendment does NOT apply to private businesses, no matter how large they are.

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Revisiting an Old Friend

About a year and a half ago, Ben and I had the pleasure of seeing the Fathom Events screening of Philip Glass' Akhnaten by the New York Metropolitan Opera.

Since that time we've been following Zachary James, one of the performers in the production on Instagram, and he posted that the Met was going to rebroadcast the 2019 performance last night.

I didn't get a chance to watch "live," but it's still available online today, and I've been enjoying it this evening.

After the last eight months, this was exactly what the doctor ordered. From the opening notes of the Prelude, I was immediately grounded and all the accumulated angst I've been carrying around melted away. This is one of those  pieces of music for which I know every note and intonation backward and forward, and hearing it again just resonated..

I don't know how long it will remain up, so if you're even the least bit curious about Glass or this monumental opera, check it out.

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Oh. My. (NSFW)

I don't get the mask (like your "legitimate" employer isn't going to recognize your distinctive tattoos), or the cap in the shower, or the fact that the "pitcher" is actually a "catcher" in this instance, but I can fully endorse the, um—thrust—of this photo set.

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