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Sam
@samco.me
Photographer / web dev.
he/him
Portland, ME
https://linktr.ee/samcousins
trying to figure out a photoshop replacement. they replaced my $10/mo photographer plan with a new $22.99 plan.

any favorite software for managing nikon raw files?
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The batteries I buy for my camera used to be $20 for 8. They're now $20 for 4. And $35 for 8.
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
oh, I guess we're doing santacon tonight.

consider all y'all duly warned.

You want to see the giant crowd, we're taking a photo in from of the tree in monument sq ~7:30.
December 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We're at Odd Fellows Hall for a holiday market til 3:00.
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We're at a holiday market at Fork Food labs.

It's like 75% food vendors. And there's a couple grills going. Trying not to spend more than we sell.
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A thanksgiving classic
WKRP Turkey Drop
YouTube video by Brian Henigin
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is a real _briny_ fog on the east end.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
You will forever be on my shit list if you use both zeroes 0 and the letter O in your codes, but don't clearly differentiate them on printed materials.

It's supposed to be a impossible-to-guess access code, not a fuckin puzzle.
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
here's a dude with his head so far up his ass, it's come out his mouth, and up his ass a second time.

It's because we can't trust it for mission critical work. Work needs to be predictable and repeatable across different computers 100% of the time.

www.pcmag.com/news/microso...
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
www.pcmag.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I guess there's a big fire on red oak drive in falmouth, which is off blackstrap. You can see the plume of smoke from the hill.

I don't really have more details other than 3rd hand social media posts.

A) Maybe avoid the area.

B) Shout if you see an actual news report
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
what are we using to clean up blu-ray discs? isopropyl alcohol was fine on dvds, but that theoretically eats the BR coating.

and google search is all fuckin slop and contradictory information. so I'm asking humans who may know better.

I have 30+ discs that my PC errors on.
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The question of "why is my cat's tail wet?" Is almost always because she was by her water fountain and swished her tail through it...

But even so, it's not a thing I really like to be asking at one in the morning.
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I just got a reply to a bug report from shopify staff.

I posted the issue in 2022.

Thanks. Glad you finally got around to that.
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is hilarious. and makes me worry about the future of the franchise, TBH.

It's been a minute, you can reboot the series with a new guy.

Or have Oscar Isaac superglue all the Bond bits back together...

YOU HAVE OPTIONS
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is amazing and hilarious.
Still need more baseball?

We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We're at a craft fair at South Portland High til 3. Come say hello.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
and there's the email from adobe, raising my rate from $10/mo to $15/mo.

so I can have a bunch of AI tools that I don't want.

::cancel::
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I set up an account for Santacon - which is coming right up on Dec 6th.

Not sure if we're going to commit to using it, it'll depend on people's interest.
Not sure if we're going to use this, but we're here!

We're SantaconPortland.com - an annual bar crawl of folks dressed like Santa (plus additional holiday characters).

You gotta be an adult. And you gotta be friendly. We're doing something stupid for the fun of it. It's a good time.
Santacon Portland, Maine - Next: Dec 7, 2024
Santacon is an annual bar crawl of people in santa suits. Portland, ME crawls on the first Saturday of December
SantaconPortland.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
At least he's trying to gracefully bow out.

Gave this a little bit of stink-eye, but he's leaving, so it really doesn't matter.

All that matters now is that he's making way for someone else, who hopefully ends up being someone more progressive.
Representative Jared Golden said he isn't seeking re-election.

"Simply put, what I could accomplish in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son."

www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/05/o...
Jared Golden: I won’t seek reelection. Here’s why.
"What I could accomplish in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son."
www.bangordailynews.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Reminder that the bus is free today
November 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm maybe halfway through the space halloween photos. if you're in the first couple bands, go look. It'll probably be the weekend before I finish the whole set.

www.samuelcousinsphotography.com/Parties/Spac...
Space Gallery Halloween Party 2025 - Samuel Cousins
The Halloween party was on Oct 31, 2025. It'll be a few days, maybe a week before all the photos are posted.   Bands Blue Öyster Cult - featuring members of Greenbriar, Gum Parker, Million of Energy...
www.samuelcousinsphotography.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Wash it down with one of those jones' sodas, i guess.

www.oreo.com/products/ore...
OREOiD Thanksgiving Dinner Cookie Tin - 12ct | OREO
Lay out your Thanksgiving spread the OREO cookie way! This limited-edition, test-and-learn tin includes six unique Thanksgiving-inspired flavors that in...
www.oreo.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
They sent it via doordash. And it arrived sideways. Like 90 degrees in a shopping bag.

Papa John's refunded it real quickly when I called though.
Thanks Papa John's 👍👍👍👍
November 3, 2025 at 12:35 AM
half the problem of changing the clocks is that pets can't read.

it's barely 4:00, and the cat's like "dinner! dinner! dinner!"

calm down, you didn't even get fed til 6:00 before. it's not even close to the right time yet, and you even had extra food this morning.

"... dinner?"
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM