I've been very impressed by Linux Mint -- it's got me daydreaming about moving my desktop to Linux as soon as I get a chance to back everything up. Works like a champ on the dinky Acer laptop we have floating around.
James William Beard
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Printmaking, Ceramics, Nature-- I like a bit of everything. www.jameswilliambeard.com
Also, did a little website rebuild that involved teaching myself a little 11ty / eleventy. It's a tool for building a static site, where you can control your content and design from the ground up. Definitely on the verge of being too technical for my current skills, but got it running!
Slowly working through some documentation of works, finishing works in progress. I did some experiments into cyanotypes recently -- the process was a nice bridge between printmaking and photography! Here's a piece titled TROPICAL MYST.
A glimpse of an alternative economic and industrial history and future, in which the Luddites were successful in their battle against alienating technology.
The Future Encyclopedia of Luddism
A glimpse of an alternative economic and industrial history and future, in which the Luddites were successful in their battle against alienating technology.
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Tropical Plants, digital photograph, 2023 Spotted on a trip to southern Florida to visit the Everglades. #NaturePhotography #Photography #Nature #TropicalPlants #Photos #Plants #Florida #PhotographersofBlueSky
Here's Meep the cat, assisting on a photo-shoot of recent projects for the Mystic Multiples store. You don't need to see the art, right? 🤪 www.jameswilliambeard.com/2025/09/26/n...
New studio assistant
We're cat sitting for family, which can get in the way of the very important™ Mystic Multiples work. Here's Meep, doing their best to add some pizazz to a photo-shoot for the online store. Is it OK th...
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1000% recommend checking out the lectures of Rick Roderick if you are interested in philosophy and eerie parallels to our current moment. www.jameswilliambeard.com/2025/09/25/l...
Listening to Rick Roderick
Rick Roderick: Philosopher, Teacher, Humanist, is someone I only encountered recently. I was a child during the years he worked with the Teaching Company (now Great Courses), so it makes sense that I ...
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I wrote a short piece on anole lizards for Taxonomy Press's Floral Observer magazine, which is currently available through preorders and at in person events over the next month. Here's a short write up on the project + excerpt and links! 🦎 www.jameswilliambeard.com/2025/09/24/u...
Upcoming essay in the fall issue of Floral Observer – James William Beard
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Starting a new account for personal projects and musings. 👋 Very inspired by my readings on POSSE at the IndieWeb website: indieweb.org/POSSE
POSSE
POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties (like soc...
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