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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: Affordances are forgotten. Any control can look like any other control. 1 — button 2 — button 3 — text input 🤯 How are you supposed to tell? Thanks @ilyabirman for the picture. #Codex #VSCode #AI #LLM #Affordance
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Has The Last Great Canon DSLR Met Its End?
Canon cameras, especially its DSLRs, continue to hold a special place in people's hearts. The company introduced several exciting models, including 6D, 1 DX, and 7D. However, Canon's 5D series wins hands down in many ways. While 5D's most cameras are no longer in production, it…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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Craig Mod is software bonkers . “I’m...
Craig Mod is software bonkers. “I’m software bonkers: I can’t stop thinking about software. And I can’t stop building software.”
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Balcony solar finally seems to be taking off in the US ....
Balcony solar finally seems to be taking off in the US. “As of Wednesday, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in 28 states and Washington, D.C., have announced their own legislation to make these systems permissible.”
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Yet another graph showing that when you control for...
Yet another graph showing that when you control for quality of life (hours/week worked) and wealth inequality, American exceptionalism disappears.
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The 3 Sony Cameras That Aged Well Over a Decade
Sony has been one of the few companies that offered a truly diverse range of cameras over the years. They were the first to introduce mirrorless, and they never shied away from being different. Today, we take a look at the devices turning 10 in 2026 and whether they can still be…
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Where are the Purpose-Built Cameras for Still Photography?
Several years ago, even before the pandemic, I was asking where all the cameras were that were just designed for still photography. And I remember being on a press trip with a bunch of influencers and journalists from magazines who would give the billion-dollar camera manufactur…
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Santa Barbarian Again
No complaints. Back at the ranch for the next two days in California's most beautiful town. Man, I do love it here. Alas, I mostly live elsewhere, and I love those places too.
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Adactio: Journal (Feed)
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A web font strategy
The Session has been online in some form since the late 1990s. That’s long before web fonts existed. To begin with, Times New Roman was the only game in town if you wanted serif type on a website. When Microsoft introduced Georgia it was a godsend. A beautiful typeface design…
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Testing browser support for `focusgroup`
In my previous post, I mentioned that I’ve used the web install API in production. Specifically, I’ve used it on The Session. In order to do that, I had to register for the origin trial. I’ve just signed up for another origin trial. This time it’s for the proposed focus…
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Installing web apps
I have websites in my dock on my computer. I have websites on the home screen of my phone. When I open these websites from the dock or from the home screen, they behave just like native apps. It’s brilliant! But knowing that you can add a website to the dock or to the home sc…
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Potoooooooo was an 18th-century British racehorse whose...
Potoooooooo was an 18th-century British racehorse whose name was pronounced like “Potatoes” (Pot-eight-Os).
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“Presolar grains” (microscopic crystals that...
“Presolar grains” (microscopic crystals that are older than the Sun) harvested from meteorites may help determine how our solar system was formed.
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Lego Sets Remixed
Bradley Barber remixes Lego sets into other things, e.g. the Millennium Falcon from Back to the Future DeLorean parts, an AT-AT into the USS Enterprise, and a Pirates of the Caribbean ship from the parts of a Lego bonsai tree set. He is not alone in this pursuit; you…
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A Feature Nikon Zf Users Have Craved May be Coming Soon
When the Nikon Zf was introduced, many photographers, even those who don't use Nikon, praised the company for trying something different. The company managed to blend retro design with modern tech, making life easier for many users. It now appears that Nikon may launch a new fea…
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This is great: Channel Surfer is “a retro TV...
This is great: Channel Surfer is “a retro TV guide that turns YouTube into live cable TV. Each channel plays videos on a deterministic schedule — like real TV, you tune in mid-show.”
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coulou’s vinyl cafe (no. 4) - rainy day selections...
coulou’s vinyl cafe (no. 4) - rainy day selections. “what’s up lovely humans, super excited to be sharing this new vinyl sessssion with you all.”
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The Void Would Very Much Like You to Stop Screaming Into...
The Void Would Very Much Like You to Stop Screaming Into It. “I think we can both admit at this point that the screaming isn’t working. The screaming isn’t making you feel any better.”
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Interconnected (Feed)
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New Wave Hardware
We briefly mentioned New Wave Hardware in last week’s Inanimate Lab Notes so this is me doing some unpacking. While you’re there, join 300+ other subscribers and sign up for our newsletter. You’ll get weekly links and updates on what we’re working on. There are a bunc…
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Clive Thompson wrote about coding with AI agents ....
Clive Thompson wrote about coding with AI agents. “Software developers point out that coding has a unique quality: They can tether their A.I.s to reality, because they can demand the agents test the code to see if it runs correctly.”
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A Miraculous Escape
A pair of hounds chase a hare across a snowy plain — will it get away? In Mario Kart terms, the dogs have the weight and max speed advantage while the hare is maxed out in acceleration, handling, and traction. Tags: dogs · video
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“We took an ancient vice…put it on...
“We took an ancient vice…put it on everyone’s phone, and made it as normal and frictionless as checking the weather. What could possibly go wrong?” I *hate* the extent to which gambling has infested everything; it’s not going to end well.
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Ballot Guessr : “GeoGuessr for politics. See a...
Ballot Guessr: “GeoGuessr for politics. See a Google Street View image, guess how the county voted in the 2024 presidential election.” (633/1000 on my first try…but I borked one of the guesses bc I forgot there was a time limit. 🙃)
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AI Is Rewiring How the World’s Best Go Players...
AI Is Rewiring How the World’s Best Go Players Think. “Players now train to replicate AI’s moves as closely as they can rather than inventing their own, even when the machine’s thinking remains mysterious to them.”
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A printable zine: 50 Ways To Meet Your Neighbor ....
A printable zine: 50 Ways To Meet Your Neighbor. “32. Picking up trash, generally, is a good way to meet neighbors. People notice. 33. Winter: Shovel someone’s sidewalk. It’s also great cardio.”
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Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG Art II vs LUMIX 35mm f1.8: Which is Better?
When the Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG Art II came in for review (linked here), I was immediately quite shocked. Sigma had managed to make a lens that's pretty much the size of the LUMIX 35mm f1.8 (reviewed here) -- which is one of my favorite lenses. And even on Reddit, I remember coming…
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Rewindpix Camera Review: This Does 1 Thing Others Don’t
When you first receive it, this isn't a camera you'd expect to be an everyday companion. But with each click and each viewing of the results, the unpredictability of the images becomes quite addictive, and you find yourself carrying the Rewindpix camera wherever you go.
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The Guide to Blue Hour Portrait Photography for 2026
The latest trend is blue hour portraiture -- everyone desires it for weddings, headshots, etc. We're so happy that this trend has made a return. The Blue Hour takes the idea of backlighting a portrait and throws it away in favor of placing a subject within the mood. In the Phobl…
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Canon’s RF45mm F1.2 STM Lens is Reselling for Nearly Double its MSRP
When Canon launched its RF 45mm F1.2 late last year, it caught many of us by surprise. A big reason for this was the very fast prime, an F1.2 maximum aperture, paired with a seriously affordable price – under $500 USD. Since the announcement and subsequent launch, however, we�…
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The 3 Best Canon Lenses for the Canon R6 III
Canon R6 III is the latest entry, which offers a 32.5MP full frame CMOS sensor, 8.5 stops of image stabilisation, and high-speed 4K 120fps recording. The camera offers nice weather sealing, good build, and good resolution for cropping. If you are looking to purchase the camera,…
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