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Monthly Archives: March 2026
Caturday
Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
Friday Five – Number Two Hundred Twenty Four
Two hundred and twenty four in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
The End of the Adobe Era: Reclaiming My Creative Life with Vintage Macs
After three decades with Photoshop — from floppy disks and beige Macs to monthly subscriptions — I finally hit cancel. Here’s why I’m happily back to my old software running on old hardware, and how I reclaimed my creative life. Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Computers, Curious Clutter, Joe's Garage
Tagged 1990s computing, Adobe, Adobe subscription, analog to digital, beige box, cancel Adobe, Creative Cloud, creative freedom, death by a thousand cuts, digital minimalism, drafting table, future proofing, Mac Mini, Mac nostalgia, Macintosh IIci, old Mac, old software, Photoshop, Photoshop CS4, Power Mac, pre-subscription Photoshop, retro computing, subscription fatigue, vintage Mac
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Minestrone Soup
This minestrone soup is loaded with vegetables, beans, and pasta in a delicious garlicky tomato broth. It’s ridiculously good for you, and makes amazing leftovers. It’s even easy enough to whip up on a weeknight!
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
I’ve been playing around with this scanned negative in the free, cross platform, Photoshop alternative GIMP!
Posted in Computers, photo manipulation, Photography, Pixels Versus Pigment, Sketch
Tagged analog, bienvenue, digital, GIMP, photography, Photoshop, Tina Garceau, USA, welcome!, Willkommen
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It Wasn’t the Worst Little Sketchbook
I wasn’t crazy about this discounted discount sketchbook when I first got it, but now that it’s gone, I realize it wasn’t that bad after all!
Posted in Doodle Tuesday, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged analog, Cartoon, cartoons, comics, horror, humor, Illustration, Monkey and Bird, punk, Sketch, sketchbook, Teenage Beast, USA
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Chocolate Coated Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are a bit high maintenance to make – but are so worth it! They’re made with cake and bread flour and have a crispy, chewy texture, and a chocolate dipped bottom. Yum!
Caturday
Photos of Felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading
Posted in Caturday
Tagged cat, feline, ginger cats, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, USA
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