scot hacker's foobar blog

I’m sorry to share that Avis Jean (Evergreen) Hastings-Hacker merged with the Great Beyond last night at around 8:30 last night.

Just back from traveling in Scotland for a couple of weeks, and this time I went without a computer – Just Lightroom Mobile on iPad.

In 1993 the web was “invented” and I’ve posted pretty much everything significant in my life since then.

Hard to believe it’s been a full year since May 2025, when I finished my 7-week round of chemo-radiation sessions for throat cancer.

A hidden gem of the MacOS/iOS ecosystem that doesn’t get nearly enough credit is the almost hidden recipes database.

Thanks everyone for your feedback on my “Kelp Entanglements” series!

Just posted a new article over in my Framespotting Substack, about the decisions that go into deciding which of your images is worthy of printing (vs keeping/posting).

After years of hearing that fresh-ground coffee tastes better than pre-ground, I finally got around to setting up a family taste test.

She didn’t do her usual lecture about the importance of maintaining good dental hygiene, but Patti Smith at the Masonic (“My Sonic”) last night did rock the entirety of “Horses” (which just turned 50), and it was glorious.

When my treatment ended in late May, the next question became “How can we be sure if we got it all?”

The feeding tube was essential for a period of about five weeks at the end of radiation, and for the few weeks after.

Hi everyone – it’s been a while, time for another update.

Just an update to let everyone know where things are at with my recovery.

Keeping images to a minimum on this one because basically everything is gross. :) There are sort of two distinct phases to dealing with this type throat cancer: The actual chemo-radiation phase (two months) The recovery from side effects of chemo-radiation

Clinics and hospitals often provide a bell or gong to help patients celebrate the end of a course of chemo-radiation.