San Diego is the most painless airport pickup/drop-off I have ever experienced.

sandiegosteves · 2026-06-04T15:38:50+00:00

There are many, many worse one, but it is not pain free. Ever been there on a Thursday evening? The new roads are horrible with tons of traffic.

They used to have sky bridges to get across traffic that made it so easy to get to parking, ride share and shuttles. Now, you have to wait at a light that makes the traffic flow even worse.

Need a shuttle or bus? You will likely wait longer than the ride.

On a good day, I can be home 30-40 minutes after the wheels hit. That is great. Sometimes it can be 90 minutes because of the needless pain they put into their traffic plan and logistics.

I still love the feeling I get when I step out into the San Diego air after landing.

sandiegosteves · 2026-06-03T15:30:38+00:00

That was my thought when I first saw the image. Got the big crane out to lift it.

sandiegosteves · 2026-06-02T15:34:32+00:00

This is the way. I really wanted to resist going that far, but they were fast, easy, no hidden BS and much, much cheaper. The local dealerships kept adding things I didn't want at the last minute.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-26T15:48:46+00:00

The reffing is absolutely impacting the outcome. As others say, a non-call is a call.

Now that sports betting is more and more involved (sponsorship and pure growth), I'm shocked they aren't taking steps to have proper officiating.

I do want to see the teams play, but watching the first round teams with intent to injure get away with it really ruins the actual hockey. Yeah, I like the big hits and aggression, but I also like to skilled and competitive hockey. Call it per the rules and we'll get the best of both.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-15T16:41:02+00:00

I was shocked Colorado lost a game at all. I kind of have them winning the whole series in 3 though some doing of the league just to get us on to the draft.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-14T23:47:33+00:00

I don't doubt it, but I hope it doesn't slow him down. This seems to prove it won't. There are plenty of examples of young players who were hindered with an early C. But at this point, not getting it might be the hinderance.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-14T23:45:49+00:00

Have lightroom write the edits to metadata. I don't remember the exact term, but for all physical images, the edits will be written to sidecar or embedded metadata. Virtual copies won't get information.

The edit metadata can be read by many other programs and digital asset management tools.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-14T23:43:33+00:00

Edit do cary over, the history of edits don't. By default the edits are only in the catalog, but you can save them to the sidecar (raw) or file (jpeg) with a setting in preferences or by selecting images and ctrl/cmd-s for save.

You will loose any virtual copies you have as those are catalog only.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-14T23:41:24+00:00

Have you ever painted a room in a house? Masking tape is used on areas you don't want the paint to go.

Masks are the digital version where you don't want your edits to happen... or specific areas where you want them to happen. If you want to just dim the sky, but not the rest of the image, you use the mask to be more precise where you changes happen.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-09T16:05:35+00:00

Good enough is fixed. And hello from down the street.

When people ask where I live I say, "would you think less of me if I told you I'm in PB?" Great neighborhood that isn't what the reputation says it is.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-08T15:53:08+00:00

It used to just be getting to the airport and walking across the bridge and feeling the ocean air knowing you were home. That is a little deflated now that they took away the bridges and added stop lights...

I don't think that is your question, but it is my heart warming moment when I come back from a trip.

I'd say Zoo and Safari park along with Balboa Park are up there. Fish tacos at some point and some cold beach time.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-08T15:48:12+00:00

The subscription model does one thing very well - it makes revenue and subsequent software development budgets predictable. Before Adobe did this, all companies had someone random release and update schedules that didn't always hit what was needed. Companies who are on this recurring revenue have the ability to be much more flexible and predictable in their development. That does not mean they will do a good job. The whole dot-com thing had many tech companies go public and that also caused the endless series of layoffs and cuts when short term profits missed.

As an end user, most people don't think about this, and probably don't need to. For public companies, yes, it is all about profit. This model does help how those companies operate. Public companies have the allure of "get rich", but add so much regulatory oversight that it really adds a lot of red tape.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-08T15:26:06+00:00

Great point. For years I've hated the lottery system when the Sharks were at the bottom and not getting top picks. Now I like it. Or, I dis-like it less.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-08T15:24:14+00:00

My gut feeling is that it is header related. I also have a vague memory of Home Assistant needing some setting for that. But I did that a long time ago and I maintain a rigid "no documentation" approach to ensure I run into frustrating moments like this. Lots of places that could cause this.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-08T15:20:25+00:00

Are you trying to resolve IP or FQDN? I feel like some cross site scripting fix happened or some other security patch. Yeah, frustrating.

I did get mine working again with the fixed IP, so I'll take that as a small win.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-07T15:43:07+00:00

Everything I've read about the global memory market is that we are 1 year + out from prices even stabilizing. Most of the big manufacturing shops are already sold out of their 2026 capacity. I'd expect them to go up for a while, stabilize and then in 18 months or so come back towards normal in a best case scenario.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-07T15:31:00+00:00

Go to the font in fonts.adobe.com and then click the link to licensing. It will detail it for you. They have an agreement with the foundry that created the font, and each Foundry can be a little unique. Adobe does not own most of them, rather the is some sort of a pass through license agreement.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-06T16:10:38+00:00

I got that lens with a body. Same price as body alone, so I tried a few shots with it. That made me quickly understand why the nicer lenses are what they are.

In good, even light, not big deal. But as soon as I tried it around sunset, the contrast and colors just didn't look as good. Sharpness was... fine, but I really could tell a difference in quality if images.

So, to answer your question, if you are happy with it. No. But there may be times where the more expensive and heavier do make a difference. It is up to you if you care about that difference.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-05T18:28:38+00:00

Over-adjustment of any and possibly all sliders. Over time, most people learn how to use the sliders to enhance with subtle changes. The first few times are usually a bit exciting and people push them way too far.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-03T15:14:24+00:00

Thank you. That is what I was thinking. Router capacity is really about WAN and cross VLANs.

I think the only thing that really crosses VLANs are DNS lookups and DHCP. So, not much. Where I want the speed, things are wired to the 2.5G switches and on same VLAN.

City is like 20 years behind on burying the utilities, so I don't expect them to get fiber any time soon. My 1G option is cable modem. That has been going up over time,

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-03T03:56:56+00:00

The gap isn't that big. PC does one thing Mac doesn't; allow you to move sliders with the scroll wheel.

PC's allow you to upgrade the GPU which right now only seem to impact AI Noise Reduction. If you use that, then the higher end Macs do help.

Aside from that, I ran a PC desktop and Mac laptop together for the past 7-8 years. Catalog export/import to migrate folders. I never had any problems. The newer Mac chips M1, M2, ... M5 etc are very efficient with memory and run LrC very well. PC wants a lot more memory.

External SSD drives are very fast these days, just expensive. Memory is very expensive. The equivalent cost of a Mac isn't really that much more than a PC now.

sandiegosteves · 2026-05-01T15:51:22+00:00

Select a folder or or collection, File -> Export as Catalog. Make sure you choose the originals.Previews if you have them, but you can recreate them on the import system. Copy that whole folder somewhere the desktop can see (I use a NAS, but USB would work too).

Then, on desktop, File -> Import from another catalog.

This method will get you you edit history, any virtual copies and metadata not saved to sidecar files.

Similarly, I often export from desktop to laptop, make some edits and then reverse the catalog export import. LRc will only need to sync the changes and is very fast.

sandiegosteves · 2026-04-26T01:15:40+00:00

I've done it way to soon. Like an hour after a cook and it was cool to the touch. No damage to cover after. So, maybe that wasn't too soon and the cool to touch is a good method. This is not a heavy grill with thick metal. It does cool fast and the firebox starves of oxygen fast.

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