George White

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Sometimes I take pictures of birds. He/him.

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George White@its· 22d

Osprey with fish carcass, Canon 20D, EF 100-400 IS L, RAW file processed with Photomator.

An osprey stands over partially consumed fish atop a wooden piling.

George White@its· 22d

Dogwood leaves in the rain, Canon 20D, EF 50mm 1.8 II, RAW file processed with Photomator.

Black and white picture of Yellow Tick dogwood leaves, spotted with drops of water from the rain.

George White@its· 22d

Hello! , Canon 20D, EF 50mm 1.8 II, RAW file processed with Photomator.

Close up picture of the face of a small dog with long, light brown and off-white hair, hanging over the arm of a tan sofa.

George White@its· 22d

Monstera, Canon 20D, EF 50mm 1.8 II, RAW file processed with Photomator.

A black and white image of several overlapping leaves of a Monstera plant.

George White@its· 22d

Excited for the next step in my photography journey. Thanks for getting this to me a day early, @bhphoto.com!

A Canon R6 Mk III mirrorless camera without lens mounted, along with a battery charger and two batteries.

Front view of a Canon R6 Mk III mirrorless camera

Rear view of a Canon R6 Mk III mirrorless camera

George White@its· Jul 12

Cleaned up the shed today. Nothing like a good bit of work on a summer Sunday.

A gray and brown garden shed, with the door open showing the somewhat organized contents, including tools.

George White@its· Jul 11

Mostly that's just the lady crabs, Dan, the fellas are smaller (tbf, they're not that small, either) See alt text, too

A small shrimp on the back of a male horseshoe crab; it's hard to tell, but the male horseshoe crab is on the back of a female horseshoe crab. A stack of arthropods (but not a stack of crustaceans!) in the low tide of Cape Cod Bay.

George White@its· Jun 27

This year's raspberry haul looks promising.

Several bundles of raspberries maturing on the bush.

George White@its· Jun 27

We are just days away from an impressive crop of backyard raspberries and I am very excited about that.

A cluster of raspberries, still green and not fully formed, nestled amongst the leaves of a raspberry bush.

George White@its· Jun 20

Hey, friends! I'm looking for New England area* folks who are willing to above up their business for some observational research ride-alongs. This is something I love doing as part of service design and UX work, and I haven't done much recently. Time to get back in the saddle. * or beyond, even.

George wearing construction PPE, including a hard hat and reflective vest, because he was riding along on a plant to site concrete delivery as research and learning for a software project.

George White@its· Jun 18

Well, this should be fun.

A screenshot of the Hello Weather app, showing downpour-level rain for most of the next hour and a tornado watch warning.

A radar images showing a massive line of storms moving across Massachusetts, about to hit Boston.

George White@its· Jun 10

This charming fellow was hanging out in Danehy Park last week. And it's not the first time.

A large coyote enjoys the shade of a public park tree on a hot day.

George White@its· Jun 4

My theory of dog domestication is that wolf puppies discovered that human fingers are the best teething toys.

A Maltese-mix puppy laying on its back, mouth open and showing a lot of teeth, paws held up by the face in a playful pose.

George White@its· Jun 1

Just dug these up. Any old MacBook havers in need of obsolete Mac OS X disks?

MacBook and MacBook Pro installation CD-ROMa for Mac OS X 10.4.8 and 10.6.

George White@its· May 27

Find something else to discuss for a bit. You love kittens. You have a new hobby, went somewhere new, found love, ended a relationship, made a thing, lost a thing. I don't know what it will be, but whatever it is, please leave 'AI' Out of it. Give it a try. I think we'll all be better off.

An Eastern Newt, a small red salamander, makes its way across some moss in the woods of Vermont.

George White@its· May 27

I am proposing the "don't talk or write about 'AI' challenge". The amount of discourse on this topic is exhausting. You love it, you hate it, it's going to change everything, it's just a tool, you use it for this thing, you'd never use it for that thing. Great. I don't need to hear about it.

A painted trillium blossom that I found beside a trail in the Vermont woods.

George White@its· May 20

Cutest ever?!

An Eastern Cottontail Rabbit crouches in the grass in the low summer evening sunlight, looking back over its shoulder slightly and towards the camera.

George White@its· May 10

BREAKING: puppy!

A small off-white dog looks at the camera while lying on a yellow, flower-patterned comforter.

A small off-white dog makes fierce face that is just super cute.

A small off-white dog regards the camera from an elevated gardening bed.

George White@its· Apr 19

The only problem I have encountered so far with @chanda.blacksky.app's The Edge of Space-Time is the staggering number of quotes that I think "man, that's tattoo-worthy so I can remember it every day."

The cover of Chanda Prescott-Weinstein's The Edge of Space-Time.

George White@its· Apr 16

Another day, another project: created a case for an Arduino-based controller thingie. This one took a couple of tries to get it right, but like the result, especially the cut out buttons.

An electronic device in a dark grey-black case, with a small red LED in the upper left, a character LCD display on the upper right, and connected to an orange USB cable.

A yellow Arduino clone with a few peripherals, including an LED, an LCD character display, and five buttons.

A close up view of the buttons printed directly into the top surface of the case. There are five buttons arranged in a classic cross pattern.

George White@its· Apr 14

I printed this bracket with tree supports and variable layer heights in about six hours and got a very good print. Before that, I ran off a 1 hour prototype with no supports. Given the deep overhang and six inch bridge, I am amazed it printed at all, let alone with a semi-usable result!

A prototype of a 3D printed wall bracket, laying on a wooden desk surface.

The print was done without supports, so there are several strands of loose material where the printer attempted to bridge a large gap over open air.

A prototype of a 3D printed wall bracket, looking down into the print where several strands of material are hanging loose where the printer attempted to bridge a large gap.

A prototype of a 3D printed wall bracket, showing several loose strands of material.

George White@its· Apr 14

Continuing to clear out my personal project backlog: today's 3D print was a wall bracket I designed to hold my @raspberrypi.com 400. I've been looking forward to freeing up some desk space. Next up is maybe some cable management.

Raspberry Pi 400 desktop computer hang on a wall with a 3D printed bracket.

Raspberry Pi 400 desktop computer hang on a wall with a 3D printed bracket. There are a bunch of cables in front of it, and a Motu audio interface on the desk below it.

George White@its· Apr 12

Second weekend project: FINALLY printed a front and back plate for the @sparkfun.bsky.social decade resistance box I've had for more than a decade.

An electronic device with a pair of banana plugs, one red, one black, and five black dials. The top and bottom of the case are black 3D printed plates, and the sides are open.

An electronic device seen from above, with a pair of banana plugs, one red, one black, and five black dials. The top and bottom of the case are black 3D printed plates, and the sides are open.

George White@its· Apr 12

Weekend project: designed, printed, and assembled the case for a @sparkfun.bsky.social signal generator I bought years ago. I think it's pretty spiffy!