April, 2017

Trying out the low-light capabilities of my new phone. Decent, but nowhere near the big camera’s impressive performance from yesterday.

A lovely way to pass some time on this delightful evening.

Photo note: I literally could not see anything (except for the moose candle) when I took this. I continue to be astounded by my new camera’s low-light performance.

I met Bob for dinner & drinks in town this evening. I was early, so I swung by where my new office will be. This is the plaza outside the new building. We’ll be on the 2nd floor; if I have my way my desk will be looking out one of the windows you see here. And if we’re really lucky the WiFi will reach down to this plaza for use on nice days.

I got a new smartphone today, a Google Pixel. The old ones:

Moto X, from around 2014

Droid Razr Maxx, from around 2012

Droid (the original), from around 2010

I still use the old Droid as my alarm clock. The Maxx, sadly, has a badly cracked screen and is barely usable, though I do keep it in the kitchen for recipe duty. The Moto X will live on as someone-who-shall-not-be-named’s first smartphone.

This morning I rode in a Red Line car advertising the new Alien movie.

Turtle taking in the sun at Mt. Auburn Cemetery on this hot Easter day.

Photo note: I am extremely pleased with the detail level in this heavy crop (11% of the original frame).

I had lunch outside today, breaking in my new grill toy: a set of cast iron grates including a griddle quadrant and (not shown) grill pan quadrant.

We walked to the Watertown Dam today. This dam on the Charles River was first constructed in 1632 — used over the years to power mills — and last had work done to it in the 1970s. Now it’s strictly ornamental and interferes with the migration of fish upstream, so the state is considering taking it down.

Tonight I cooked an asterisk for dinner.