I am pleased to report that after 3.5 years of think­ing about it, I have finally bought myself a used Leica M6 cam­era. I hope the wait was worth it!

I’ve had a nasty cold for a solid week now. Every­one at the office stands about ten feet away from me. With any luck, I’ll com­pletely con­va­lesce soon so I can resume doing things—picture-taking included—soon. There will be no short­age of planned activ­ity. The next six weeks include trips to Santa Bar­bara (for busi­ness), Penang (busi­ness), Sin­ga­pore (half-day lay­over), and Min­neapo­lis (for the first of three wed­dings this year). I will revisit the NEMES model engi­neer­ing show to see if the magic is still in the air. I will tend to a few projects at home. I will meet new peo­ple and hang out with the old. And I will exer­cise rig­or­ously enough to keep myself from get­ting sick again.

Tech­nol­ogy sucks.