Wrap up - December Adventure, March 2026

The December Adventure in March has come and gone. It was chill and good, but also maybe not chill enough? A week is a very short period of time, and I saw a lot of folks mentioning that they were stressed or guilty at not being able to find the time or energy to adventure. I s…

This Image of a Playful Wild Cat Just Won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s Choice Award

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year had announced the winners of its prestigious awards in October 2025, but the results of the Nuveen People’s Choice Award were still in progress. After a series of intense voting sessions over a month, the viewers of the award have finally…

Type Construction and Cycle Detection

The Go Blog Type Construction and Cycle Detection Mark Freeman 24 March 2026 Go’s static typing is an important part of why Go is a good fit for production systems that have to be robust and reliable. When a Go package is compiled, it i…

“Feminism is far from dead, but people love to...

“Feminism is far from dead, but people love to write its obituary,” writes Rebecca Solnit. “In reality, it’s naively defeatist to assume millennia of patriarchy…could be or should have been fully disassembled in one lifetime.”

We watched Zoolander last night and right before the...

We watched Zoolander last night and right before the Derelicte DJ throws on Relax, there’s a 2-second snippet of something that sounded super familiar. It took me a bit to track it down, but it’s trance banger Free by Mono Culture.

We’ve Helped Photographers for 16 Years

In 2025, I started to do things that otherwise would seem crazy for a publisher of a niche photography online magazine to do. For starters, this year, the Phoblographer may actually make a printed magazine again. But in addition to that, we didn't sell any ads to the big camera…

A new edition of On Liberty, a canonical work of...

A new edition of On Liberty, a canonical work of political philosophy, “is the first to officially name Harriet Taylor Mill as a co-author alongside John Stuart Mill”.

The Best Fujifilm APS-C Cameras to Buy Used

Fujifilm cameras have a cult following. The company has introduced models that meet the needs of both professionals and amateurs. While their latest models are pretty great on their own, the biggest challenge is the price point, which makes the offerings inaccessible. But worry…

“COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its...

“COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show”. Not surprising when you look at excess mortality numbers for that period.

The Best APS-C Cameras for Sports (There Are Only 2)

When it comes to APS-C cameras, there are only a handful of companies pushing the boundaries. Fujifilm is one name that pops up, but then you also see Nikon's name in the list. However, when one thinks about sports photography, a genre that requires really quick burst speed, the…

I Don’t Miss the DSLR

Several years ago, I couldn't wait for the industry to move away from DSLRs. I remember it very clearly. The time was when everyone was saying that mirrorless cameras were going to be the future. And I, who was going legally blind, was all for this. The autofocus was better, I c…

Why This Nikon Compact Camera Deserves a Comeback

There has been a resurgence of early point-and-click cameras, with many older models returning to the second-hand market. While Nikon itself has various compact cameras to choose from, there is one iconic model that still deserves a special mention: The Coolpix 950 Millennium Ed…

Early Day

Hope he doesn't block my double-shot I took Luke Kornet's coffee test, scored high, and wrote a comment. Go there I spent most of today writing Making a New News Business over at the ProjectVRM blog. It begins, In the dawning decades of our new Digital Age, the news business has…

We’ve Got the Best Value on Our Presets

With almost two decades of the Phoblographer, it's safe to say that we've got the experience and knowledge in how to make our images pop and look really unique. So we've studied the photos we've made over the years and made presets for every photographer. Check these out.

“ Plain text accounting is a way of doing...

“Plain text accounting is a way of doing bookkeeping and accounting with plain text files and scriptable, command-line-friendly software.”

OM System is Reportedly Reviving the PEN Successor Soon

OM System's PEN series has earned the status of an icon today. The company introduced the original camera in 1959, after which, the newer iteration kept improving the models. The last exciting PEN was the PEN F, after which, the company has been silent on it's progress. Or it di…

Just renewed my membership for The Kid Should See This ,...

Just renewed my membership for The Kid Should See This, a genuine internet treasure.

Inflation Timeline

It’s an Open Thread #2

Hey folks. The site is going to be very light this week and early next week — I’m spending some time with my family and accompanying my daughter on some spring break college visits. I’ll be back to full force mid-next week. In the meantime, I thought the open thread we d…

An interview with Andy Weir about the accuracy of the...

An interview with Andy Weir about the accuracy of the science in Project Hail Mary. “I’m proud that the only true violation of physics in the story is something you have to go down to the quantum level to find.”