{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - David Ball","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/davidball","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1693053","username":"davidball","bio":"I am just a simple man, wandering through life until my final orbit upon this planetary rock. I take photographs and attempt to put words on paper which resemble some kind of coherent, intelligent prose.\n\nWhen I can, I pilot a machine to view the planet as though I am a bird, which gives me perspective on how small we are in this universe.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":14,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2024/49/1693053.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"80899095","content_html":"<p>A low lying mist on an empty road.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fdavidball.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fimage.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"261\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/2025/12/28/a-low-lying-mist-on.html","date_published":"2025-12-28T20:11:02+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-28 20:11","date_timestamp":1766952662,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75594266","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> As I mentioned to someone else, I may be in the minority, but I use this app when I travel with family to make quick videos of our daily adventures. Would like to see development on it continue and expanded at this point instead of shelved.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/davidball/75594266","date_published":"2025-10-12T10:17:25+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-12 10:17","date_timestamp":1760264245,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"75562213","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/numericcitizen\">@numericcitizen</a> I may be in the minority, but I use this app when I travel with family to make quick videos of our daily adventures. Would like to see development on it continue.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/davidball/75562213","date_published":"2025-10-11T20:10:57+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-11 20:10","date_timestamp":1760213457,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72727316","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/numericcitizen\">@numericcitizen</a> On screen information density has taken a step back with *OS26. I noticed this after the update with the mail app and other various interactions with Apple and 3rd party apps. I really hope this is something addressed in future Liquid Glass updates.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/davidball/72727316","date_published":"2025-09-04T01:31:31+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-04 01:31","date_timestamp":1756949491,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71871324","content_html":"<p>Lincoln Memorial in black and white.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fdavidball.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Flincoln-memorial-bw.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"A black and white photo at the Lincoln Memorial. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/2025/08/23/lincoln-memorial-in-black-and.html","date_published":"2025-08-23T09:53:51+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-23 09:53","date_timestamp":1755942831,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"71800231","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Thank you very much for the reply.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/davidball/71800231","date_published":"2025-08-22T11:53:01+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-22 11:53","date_timestamp":1755863581,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71798693","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/birming\">@birming</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> I like this setup and if you do not mind, may add something like it to my site. One question: can you sort the photos so that the first one shown in the series is the most recent one uploaded? Thanks.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/davidball/71798693","date_published":"2025-08-22T11:27:01+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-22 11:27","date_timestamp":1755862021,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"65845970","content_html":"<p>Day 2 of tree photo challenge</p>\n<p>#mbjune</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fdavidball.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Ff01279c243.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/2025/06/02/day-of-tree-photo-challenge.html","date_published":"2025-06-03T01:47:41+00:00","author":{"name":"David 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Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-05 23:24","date_timestamp":1746487481,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"58486456","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781947597464/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781947597464\">Northbound with Theo</a> by Soren West 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/2025/02/26/finished-reading-northbound-with-theo.html","date_published":"2025-02-26T11:03:55+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-02-26 11:03","date_timestamp":1740567835,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"53622805","content_html":"<p><strong>The Blue Room in The White House.</strong></p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fdavidball.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F702c15f9a7.jpg\" width=\"548\" height=\"600\" alt=\"A richly decorated, blue chair is positioned in front of a window in The Blue Room with a view of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/2024/12/29/the-blue-room-in-the.html","date_published":"2024-12-29T17:19:58+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-29 17:19","date_timestamp":1735492798,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"53535942","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/vincent\">@vincent</a> Thanks and it is an interesting plane!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/davidball/53535942","date_published":"2024-12-28T18:36:04+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-28 18:36","date_timestamp":1735410964,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"52520322","content_html":"<p>Eurowings A330 landing at sunset at Southwest Florida International Airport.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fdavidball.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2024%2Fimage.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"288\" alt=\"Eurowings A330 landing at sunset at Southwest Florida International Airport. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/2024/12/17/eurowings-a-landing.html","date_published":"2024-12-18T01:51:13+00:00","author":{"name":"David Ball","url":"https://davidball.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2024%2F49%2F1693053.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"davidball"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-18 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