Tech — Work — Ramblings

by Mike Kalvas

I see you're not using JavaScript (which is awesome!) on one of my pages that uses it to provide a better experience. If you see something not working right, please let me know. My site should work exactly the same without it apart from any exceptions noted here.

I use prism.min.js to do syntax highlighting. It clocks in at 23kb total in size. Since the majority of the writing I do involves coding, I personally find this to be a worthwhile trade off. If you choose to keep this disabled, rest assured, the code examples are still there, they just may have some extra whitespace and obviously no syntax highlighting.

I do no tracking at all and am a zealot about keeping my pages as small as possible. If you're reading a page of mine that transfers more than about 250kb over the wire (including my most gratuitous indulgence — fonts) I've messed up.

So, if you'd like to have a slightly richer experience, consider enabling javascript for my site and I promise your trust won't be misplaced.

202504202032 The joys of photography

I had a few occasions lately to bring out my camera and take some nice pictures; not just snap a shot with my phone, but actually put some effort into getting a well lit, tack sharp focus, tasteful depth of field, honest to god photo.

I used to do a lot of photography just for the fun of it, but life gets busy some times, interests come and go, and that’s ok.

But getting back into it, using a physical camera, and taking some pride in the craft of it felt really good. And the results are great!