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Variety has a list of 50 great movies from 2025 that are...

Variety has a list of 50 great movies from 2025 that are now streaming, incl. One Battle After Another (HBO), Bugonia (Peacock), Black Bag (Prime), Frankenstein (Netflix), Sinners (HBO & Prime), Weapons (HBO), and Train Dreams (Netflix). 💬 Join the discussion o…

This Week in the IndieWeb

December 26, 2025 through January 2, 2026 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: January Hackathon Kickoff Thursday, January 1 at 12:00pm Join the kickoff for the first IndieWeb Hackathon event of 2026 with Omnibear maintainer Anthony Ciccarello! Front End Study Hall…

Investigating a possible Daft Punk Easter egg: is the tempo of Harder,...

Investigating a possible Daft Punk Easter egg: is the tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger an exact 123.45 BPM and if so, was that intentional on the part of “our helmet-clad robot friends”? 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

360-degree panoramas of the interiors of several Star Trek ships (Enterprise, TNG’s...

360-degree panoramas of the interiors of several Star Trek ships (Enterprise, TNG’s Enterprise D, Voyager, Defiant, etc.) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Can You Truly Mimic Analog Photography on Digital Cameras? A Five-Day “Analog” Challenge

There are still photographers who wax poetic about shooting film and capturing the feeling and results in digital. After coming across Real Analog Film, a company that makes Lightroom presets, which advocates for using digital cameras like an analog one, I was intrigued by the a…

Core Memories With the Swiftie Dads

In 2023, Paul Scheer spent a few days talking to fathers who accompanied their daughters to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in LA, either as concert-goers or just chauffeurs. I love this video. One of the dads summed up the vibe of being there for your loved ones, even if it’s ma…

2026.01 week notes

Will I succeed in making week notes a weekly activity this year? Only time will tell! …also, I mean…I feel like the answer is already “no” and that is fine, but anyways. I don’t usually take the holidays off from work, it is a nice time to catch up on stuff while s…

If You Want to Buy a Nikon DSLR Today: Here’s What to Consider 

Nikon cameras have been great in every way. They are compact, offer high resolution, and also continue to be ideal for high ISOs. If you are someone who is looking to buy a camera that does not cost a lot, then here are a few options that can be of help. These DSLRs are not just…

Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things! “Thermochauvinism is the (often...

Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things! “Thermochauvinism is the (often unconscious) assumption that it’s reasonable to live in cold places but unreasonable to live in hot ones.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

It Will Continue to Grow Except at That Point

“What if you held a tree long enough for it to grow around your hand?” For a piece called It Will Continue to Grow Except at That Point, Giuseppe Penone fitted a cast of his hand to a growing tree and the tree grew around it for more than a decade. Penone has been feature…

Stewart Cheifet died last weekend at age 87. Those of a certain...

Stewart Cheifet died last weekend at age 87. Those of a certain age and nerdiness will remember Cheifet as the host of Computer Chronicles, a public television show about personal computing that aired in the 80s and 90s. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

“America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won....

“America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won. But merely restoring the pre-Trump status quo won’t work. The country needs a democratic transformation.”

NeatoCal is a tiny JavaScript app that outputs a printable calendar with...

NeatoCal is a tiny JavaScript app that outputs a printable calendar with a full year on a single page. I love the view where all the weekends line up. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

How to Shoot Like Sebastiao Salgado

There are a few photographers whose images evoke a sense of wonderment for human beings and the natural world. One such person is Sebastiao Salgado, who has used his camera to document labor, migration, and the relationship between humanity and the planet with unmatched depth. H…

The Forgotten Fujifilm Camera That Predicted Photography’s Future

When one looks at the history of phtoography and camera innovations, we realise there are so many firsts that are forgotten over time. One of the reasons is the lack of education on the medium's history, as well as a lack of interest. With modern cameras making life easier, it i…

SZ Filters – Rainbow Starlight & Blast Make In-Camera Magic

I am really enjoying what SZ Filters is doing with their lineup of filters. It’s so refreshing to be able to create some really interesting looks without having to go back to your computer and spend hours editing. Making each image unique are the new two models I tried from SZ…

Tamron’s 150-500mm F5.3-6.7 Di III VC VXD Gets an Update Built for Speed

When it comes to the Tamron 150-500mm F5.3-6.7 Di III VC VXD, aside from being a mouthful to get out (Tamron 150-500mm VC VXD from here on out), it is easily one of the best super-telephoto zoom lenses you can buy for Sony FE-mount cameras. Recently, Tamron released a firmware u…

December Adventure, 2025

At the end of my #DecemberAdventure, I re-learned what I learned last year: that 20 minutes a day can be surprisingly productive, that I am happiest in writing code when it’s just for me or for a small group of people I know personally. @wraith@phantasmal.work I find st…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Did Google just invented... lagging scrollbar? #Google #AIStudio #Scrollbar #Animation #Latency

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Anyone knows why Microsoft made it impossible to draw straight arrows in Word? What’s the thinking behind this? Thanks @iworld2rist for the video #Microsoft #Word #Windows #Grid #Arrow