diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml index c9b656f8..deabd31d 100644 --- a/config.toml +++ b/config.toml @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ disableRSS = false [markup] [markup.goldmark] + [markup.goldmark.extensions] + typographer = false [markup.goldmark.renderer] unsafe = true diff --git a/content/curiosities.md b/content/curiosities.md index 1aea7610..97a4dfa2 100644 --- a/content/curiosities.md +++ b/content/curiosities.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ draft: false I'm a thoroughly [miriscient](https://www.miriscient.org) chap, and this often ends up in me creating toys, trinkets, projects and other artistic things. I've listed some out below. - + ## Words and writing diff --git a/content/posts/communicating-slowly.md b/content/posts/communicating-slowly.md deleted file mode 100644 index 3ff6affb..00000000 --- a/content/posts/communicating-slowly.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Communicating Slowly" -date: 2020-07-29T19:49:19Z -draft: false -emoji: 🐌 -tags: -- microsite ---- - -I've built a microsite called [slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi). It is a single-purpose, small, and simple page designed to let people (myself very much included) let those I send messages to that receiving a reply would be _appreciated_ (rather than being expected). - -Particularly now the stresses of our own lives are unpredictable, let alone those of our friends we're not regularly in touch with. I've been using "[slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi)", literally written like that on Signal/Whatsapp/email/etc., as a way to demonstrate a lack of pressure in long or short messages I've been sending to friends. Perhaps you'll find it useful too. diff --git a/content/posts/communicating-solwly/index.md b/content/posts/communicating-solwly/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f496236 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/communicating-solwly/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +title: "Communicating Slowly" +date: 2020-07-29T19:49:19Z +audio: index.mp3 +draft: false +emoji: 🐌 +tags: +- microsite +--- + +I've built a microsite called [slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi). It is a single-purpose, small, and simple page designed as a shorthand anyone can use to declare that receiving a reply would be _appreciated_ (rather than being expected). + +This has seemed really important to me now the stresses of our own lives are unpredictable, let alone those of our friends we're not regularly in touch with. I've been using "[slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi)", written literally like that in Signal, Whatsapp, emails and similar, as a way to demonstrate a lack of pressure in long or short messages I've been sending to friends. Perhaps you'll find it useful too. diff --git a/content/posts/communicating-solwly/index.mp3 b/content/posts/communicating-solwly/index.mp3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a99440a0 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/communicating-solwly/index.mp3 differ diff --git a/content/posts/fujifilm-repair-centre/index.md b/content/posts/fujifilm-repair-centre/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..af847d3f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/fujifilm-repair-centre/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: "Fujifilm Repair Centre" +emoji: 📷 +date: 2022-10-29T11:22:11+01:00 +audio: index.mp3 +draft: false +images: +tags: + - review + - photography +--- + +I've been pleasantly astounded by the quality of [Fujifilm's Service Centre](https://repairs.fujifilm.eu/en/fujifilm-repair-centre/?zr=uk) here in the UK. Honestly, it's likely to keep me using Fujifilm cameras at least until they change it. + +I noticed a week back that my [X-T30](https://fujifilm-x.com/global/products/cameras/x-t30-ii/) wasn't turning on. I'm planning a trip, and this camera is 2 years old and out of warranty, so I knew I needed to suck it up and prepare for an expensive repair. + +[The pricing](https://repairs.fujifilm.eu/en/pricing/?prodgroup=2) is a little confusing without context, and you can't get much more information until you [register](https://repairs.fujifilm.eu/en/fujifilm-repair-centre/?zr=uk), but after a phonecall I was impressed — and even more so now I have a repaired camera in my hands, not 6 working days later. + +Mostly this is because the stated price (£130 for an X-T30) covers _everything_. Postage (and packaging) in both directions, a renewed 1 year waranty, and _any and every problem you specify, or that they notice, repaired_. All with a stated round-trip time of 5-10 days (even faster if you want to spend an extra £10). + +I mentioned to them that my camera wouldn't turn on, and also that I'd foolishly managed to burn some of the overlay into the electronic viewfinder by leaving it on while in webcam mode. Both of which they've fixed, but they also seem to have replaced the back LCD which only had a few small scratches. + +Now, £130 isn't cheap by any stretch, and I'm sure this would be annoying if I had a minor/cheap repair to do, but I'm really appreciating the knowledge that if anything goes wrong with this camera there is a ceiling on what the repair will cost, and that the quality of the service is so high. + +Fujifilm, you've made a happy customer a loyal one. Good work! diff --git a/content/posts/fujifilm-repair-centre/index.mp3 b/content/posts/fujifilm-repair-centre/index.mp3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..92cdc6a8 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/fujifilm-repair-centre/index.mp3 differ diff --git a/content/posts/thoughts-on-postcards/index.md b/content/posts/thoughts-on-postcards/index.md index 73dfe42d..0038de7d 100644 --- a/content/posts/thoughts-on-postcards/index.md +++ b/content/posts/thoughts-on-postcards/index.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ title: "Thoughts on Postcards" emoji: 📯 date: 2022-10-21T09:50:19+01:00 +audio: index.mp3 draft: false tags: - postcards @@ -9,10 +10,10 @@ tags: I've long admired and played with [postcards](/tags/postcards). For me there's an art to every aspect of creating and sending them — designing, choosing, writing, drawing, doodling, stamping — each of which could stand books' worth of elaboration. -Art is, in my humble opinion, at its greatest when limitlessly exploring a limited space, and a postcard provides plenty of just this kind of freeing limitation. They can be heartfelt and genuine precisely _because_ they don't immediately invite a reply (unlike practically all other interpersonal communication), they invite novelty (like Mr. Bingo's hilarious [Hate Mail](https://mr.bingo/hate-mail-book/), or Lupi & Posavec's beautiful [Dear Data](http://www.dear-data.com/theproject)) _because_ they are so simple and (literally!) inflexible. +Art is, in my humble opinion, at its greatest when limitlessly exploring a limited space, and a postcards provide plenty of just this kind of freeing limitation. They can be heartfelt and genuine precisely _because_ they don't immediately invite a reply (unlike practically all other interpersonal communication), they invite novelty (like Mr. Bingo's hilarious [Hate Mail](https://mr.bingo/hate-mail-book/), or Lupi & Posavec's beautiful [Dear Data](http://www.dear-data.com/theproject)) _because_ they are so simple and (literally!) inflexible. -Even now I'm slowly building a microsite gallery for the postcards my friend Claire sends me whenever she travels, telling me–often with helop from a new friend—to "Shut up, JP" in the local tongue. +Even now I'm slowly building a microsite gallery for the postcards my friend Claire sends me whenever she travels. Every one of them contains just one message: "Shut up, JP" in the local language. I love them. {{< postcard src="shutup-singapore.postcard" show="back front" >}} -I think I'll always enjoy playing with postcards, in one form or another. If you'd ever like to tell me about your appreciation of them, a postcard you've enjoyed receiving do reach out by email! (I have a [standing invitation](/standing-invitation)) — and if you'd like to send me one you can do the same, and ask for my address. +I honestly think I'll always enjoy playing with postcards, in one form or another. If you'd ever like to tell me about your appreciation of them, a postcard you've seen or enjoyed receiving or sending, do reach out by email (I have a [standing invitation](/standing-invitation))! …and if you'd like to send me a postcard you only need write me an email and ask for my address. diff --git a/content/posts/thoughts-on-postcards/index.mp3 b/content/posts/thoughts-on-postcards/index.mp3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4179a02a Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/thoughts-on-postcards/index.mp3 differ