Retina photo crops

content/journal/dispatch-10-december-2023/index.md

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ We spent the week of Thanksgiving with my sister near Albany, New York. Tough dr
 
 <!--more-->
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_9217.jpg "400x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_5088.jpg "400x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_9217.jpg "800x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_5088.jpg "800x" />}}
 
 In what's now I guess an annual tradition, I ran a 10K the morning of Thanksgiving, this time the [Troy Turkey Trot][2]. I felt great, and I'm happy with my time ([results][3], [certificate][4]). Claire joked that after you run a marathon, a half-marathon becomes your favorite race distance. That's how I feel about 10Ks -- it's like the first half of a half-marathon, before it really starts to suck.
 

content/journal/dispatch-11-january-2024/index.md

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ That's a wrap on 2023. Our little Nevie turned two in December. It's hard to ima
 
 <!--more-->
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_5187.jpeg "400x300" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_5278.jpeg "400x300" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_5187.jpeg "800x600" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_5278.jpeg "800x600" />}}
 
 We're on a bit of a purge, trying to free up some space in the house. It's an overwhelming project (how did we acquire so much stuff?) but we're taking it one step at a time. I've been building new shelves and put up [guitar hangers][3] to clear up some floor space. I've taken inspiration from [this post about office organization][4] and [this one about maintaining a list of where to find things][5].
 
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ We're on a bit of a purge, trying to free up some space in the house. It's an ov
 [4]: https://www.chrbutler.com/organization-office
 [5]: https://analogoffice.net/2023/05/31/the-lifechanging-magic.html
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_5344.jpeg "400x300" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_5346.jpeg "400x300" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_5344.jpeg "800x600" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_5346.jpeg "800x600" />}}
 
 Music-wise, I received an [Arturia KeyStep 37][6] as a Christmas gift from my in-laws. This thing is super nice; I'm already having a blast using it to play my existing gear, and I'm hoping it'll play a big role as I shift to a more computer-based workflow. Here's a new track called "Orographic":
 

content/journal/dispatch-2-april-2023/index.md

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ In April, I'm finishing training for (and then running) the [Tar Heel 10 Miler][
 
 I didn't make much progress on the closet project this month (took some measurements and had some discussions with Claire), but I did manage to build this "learning tower" for Nev and started acquainting myself with Affinity Designer.
 
-{{<thumbnail tower "400x600" />}}
-{{<thumbnail rocket "400x600" />}}
+{{<thumbnail tower "800x1200" />}}
+{{<thumbnail rocket "800x1200" />}}
 
 
 This month:

content/journal/dispatch-3-may-2023/index.md

@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ Another month in the books. Man, year's flying by. We filled it up though: went
 
 <!--more-->
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_3656 "200x300" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_3763 "200x300" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_3816 "200x300" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_3815 "200x300" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_3656 "400x600" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_3763 "400x600" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_3816 "400x600" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_3815 "400x600" />}}
 
 I ordered Claire an [e-bike][1] thinking it might arrive before her birthday mid-May, but it showed up just a few days later. It's been a blast taking Nevie to the museum and around town. We also ran the Tar Heel 10 Miler last weekend. Super fun, and I did better than I expected to based on my training ([result][2], [certificate][3]) -- there's something about an organized race that just gives that extra push I guess.
 

content/journal/dispatch-4-june-2023/index.md

@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ We spent Memorial Day weekend at Lake Norman, but it was like 55° and rainy the
 We finished off the closet project -- building the second unit was a lot quicker than the first, since I really just had to scale up the existing plans. Then it was a matter of adding the connecting rod and shelf. I think it turned out great, though I'd like to improve at building drawers. Here are some before and after shots (courtesy of Claire):
 
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_6173 "200x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_6174 "200x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_6593 "200x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_6594 "200x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_6173 "400x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_6174 "400x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_6593 "400x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_6594 "400x" />}}
 
 Other life updates: we had a big work retreat at the beginning of the month at the [Tides Inn][1], which was incredible. I celebrated 15 years (15!) with the company, and received a [scooter][2] as a gift. This thing is rad -- I've been really happy with the e-bike, but it's nice to have a smaller option for quick trips to the office or corner store.
 

content/journal/dispatch-5-july-2023/index.md

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ June was dominated by work and travel. Weekdays were filled up with a client pro
 
 <!--more-->
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4041 "200x150" />}}
-{{<thumbnail 11B423F8-5D03-4155-B548-185E04A04595_1_105_c "200x150" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_9457 "200x150" />}}
-{{<thumbnail C65C4973-3266-4155-9786-F7B379BD8DD9_1_105_c "200x150" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4041 "400x300" />}}
+{{<thumbnail 11B423F8-5D03-4155-B548-185E04A04595_1_105_c "400x300" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_9457 "400x300" />}}
+{{<thumbnail C65C4973-3266-4155-9786-F7B379BD8DD9_1_105_c "400x300" />}}
 
 It was a busy month, sometimes overly so, but having so many unique experiences had this odd effect of slowing and expanding time, which is the opposite of how things tend to go as you get older ([good short piece along the same lines][2]). Most everything else fell by the wayside, but that's OK -- these were all awesome experiences, and I'm excited for a (relatively) quiet July.
 

content/journal/dispatch-6-august-2023/index.md

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ Nice to have a quieter month, though we still managed to spend a weekend at Lake
 
 <!--more-->
 
-{{<thumbnail 05569D5B "400x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail DBCE9DD4 "400x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail 05569D5B "800x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail DBCE9DD4 "800x" />}}
 
 Tech-wise, I switched from Vim to [Helix][2], which I've detailed [over here][3]. I was also able to work through a whole bunch of the [Go track on Exercism][4] -- it's a good way to get a handle on the basics of a language, but doesn't cover using third-party packages, organizing large codebases, etc. To get that kind of experience, I'm going to try my hand at an app for fantasy sports drafts -- take a set of player projections and a scoring formula, and output a UI I can use during a live online draft. I've been doing this with spreadsheets for years, and it's pretty cumbersome. I'm going to use TOML for configuration, SQLite for data persistence, and [Bubble Tea][5] for the UI itself. We'll see how it goes!
 

content/journal/dispatch-7-september-2023/index.md

@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ We were down at Lake Norman for the long weekend, and as I was pulling up the ka
 
 <!--more-->
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4446.jpeg "400x200" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_1602.jpeg "400x200" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4446.jpeg "800x400" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_1602.jpeg "800x400" />}}
 
 The following weekend, we headed up to Rehoboth Beach in Delaware to spend the week with my family. It's different than the North Carolina beaches we're used to as there's a lot to do around the town (boardwalk, parks & playgrounds, [indoor amusement park][1]). We brought our bikes and took a ride on the [Gordons Pond Trail][2], which was rad.
 
 [1]: https://funlandrehoboth.com/
 [2]: https://delawaregreenways.org/trail/gordons-pond-trail/
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4514.jpeg "400x300" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4575.jpeg "400x300" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4514.jpeg "800x600" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4575.jpeg "800x600" />}}
 
 We also recorded this little jam featuring my 3.5-year-old niece on the melodica:
 
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ We got hit with a [nasty storm][9] in the middle of August. It was wild -- hot,
 
 I did a couple projects in Go this month:
 
-{{<thumbnail golong.png "400x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail forecast.png "400x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail golong.png "800x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail forecast.png "800x" />}}
 
 The first, the fantasy draft <abbr title="text-based user interface">TUI</abbr> app [I mentioned last month][10], came together well and quickly. It was straightforward to set up TOML for configuration, SQLite for data persistence, and [Bubble Tea][11] for the UI. Bubble Tea's super cool -- you pull in your widgets (two in my case, for a table view and a search box), and you can respond to keypresses or let the widgets handle them. As a result, my UI has Vim keybindings without me doing anything, which was super handy during the draft.
 

content/journal/dispatch-8-october-2023/index.md

@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ It wasn't all perfectly smooth -- Nev had a tough time with jet lag, and driving
 [3]: https://www.infoelba.com/discovering-elba/communes-towns/rio-marina/cavo/
 [4]: https://ilpomodorino.it/
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4710.jpeg "267x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4771.jpeg "267x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4781.jpeg "267x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4710.jpeg "534x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4771.jpeg "534x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4781.jpeg "534x" />}}
 
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4809.jpeg "267x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4842.jpeg "267x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail IMG_4886.jpeg "267x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4809.jpeg "534x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4842.jpeg "534x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail IMG_4886.jpeg "534x" />}}
 
 I downloaded the [Airalo][5] app before I left, which offers cheap international data plans using e-SIM cards. The app works great, no complaints there, but mixed feelings about having a working phone while on vacation -- it was cool to be able to send photos + make video calls, but my company's going through some tough times and I couldn't pull myself away from Slack and email.
 

content/journal/dispatch-9-november-2023/index.md

@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ It was nice to have a quieter month after so much travel this summer. We got a f
 
 <!--more-->
 
-{{<thumbnail ECE91676-CF38-4F4D-9F8F-B6C87048AB16_1_105_c.jpeg "400x" />}}
-{{<thumbnail 59EA3598-4D50-4783-8EBF-CA35996F19E9_1_105_c.jpeg "400x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail ECE91676-CF38-4F4D-9F8F-B6C87048AB16_1_105_c.jpeg "800x" />}}
+{{<thumbnail 59EA3598-4D50-4783-8EBF-CA35996F19E9_1_105_c.jpeg "800x" />}}
 
 ## Tech
 
 At my job, I did a cool project working with data from a [Freematics][5] car telematics device. I built a data exploration API using [Gin][6] and learned [`jq`][7] to truncate enormous JSON objects[^1]. I also got to, just like, drive my car around to test things out.
 
-{{<thumbnail golong.png "800x" />}}
+![](golong.png)
 
 I also made some updates to my [`golong`][8] tool to prep for a fantasy NBA draft. Now it can munge multiple CSVs of data and supports multiple position eligibility[^2] and average stat projections[^3]. It worked great, and my team's looking solid so far. I'll open source it one of these days.