Iain (@isinc.bsky.social)

I had a fun couple of weeks grafting an Instax Mini onto an Ihagee Parvola, with some great results. Overview here iainsinclair.net/the-ihagee-p... A more in depth technical article here: iainsinclair.net/how-to-graft...

iainsinclair.netThe Ihagee Parvola x Instax Mini restomodMy youngest child, a Uni-bound Fine Arts student, was gifted an Ihagee Parvola, a beautifully made German camera from the 30's. Unfortunately, it uses 127 fi...

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

13 Sept

Here's what I've been thinking about this week. iainsinclair.net/weekly-round...

iainsinclair.netWeekly Roundup 2026-09-13Hugging Face, Vintage Cameras and Uncomfortable Oxford. LLMs Colin Fraser (a data scientist at Meta) has become my new favourite Bluesky follow, for thread...

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

27 Aug

I am annoyed again by John Gruber. iainsinclair.net/gruber-disco...

iainsinclair.netGruber discovers Systems Theory (and annoys me again)After not thinking about John Gruber for easily more than two decades, I have been exposed to two of his hot takes grounded in misunderstandings of things I ...

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

27 Aug

ironically, Gruber's great advice on blogging (daringfireball.net/linked/2026/...) is partly responsible for my output increasing. So he's still mostly in my good books.

daringfireball.netSimon Willison on BloggingLink to: https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-willison-on-technical-blogging

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

24 Aug

I republished an old blog post over at my new blog. Please enjoy this long read about Scotland, preposterous cars and an even more preposterous friend. iainsinclair.net/driving-the-...

iainsinclair.netDriving the North Coast of Scotland in a Caterham 270 SV“Safety First!” I shout over the roar of the wind and the howl of the engine. Maurice clutches his muskrat hat tight to keep it from blowing off as I pul...

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

30 July

Normal People: I will use a spreadsheet to track a few datapoints against a dozen people to complete this task. Me: I hate spreadsheets. I will leverage the CNContact api to extend the MacOS contact app with a local data store and a swiftUI interface. Claude Code: That's a great idea!

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

30 July

Normal People: Done. That was easy. Me: Ugh. I should have used SwiftData instead of SQLLite and GRDB.swift Claude Code: That's a meaningfully better design!

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

27 Feb

Went to Xi'an Famous Foods entirely on the strength of @annaleen.bsky.social's recommendation in the Automatic Noodle acknowledgments. The spicy cumin lamb did not disappoint.

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

27 Feb

Graffito outside said "I love being a person!!!" which seemed appropriate.

Iain

@isinc.bsky.social

14 July 2025

It’s hard to sum up the Sunshine Coast vibe, but a poster for horse-led meditation beside a flyer for amateur burlesque at the Robert’s Creek legion gets close

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