Midweekend

How to enjoy bad but not worse weather Dig the webcam at Poipu beach, on the south side of Kauai, near where I'll be for a week, starting tomorrow. Also, the turtles, in calmer weather. I love me a water matrix printer This fountain in Moravian Square (Moravské náměstí), i…

Bamagotchi

Beware thunderous ides! Keep them at bay, Make cute guys. In honor of March December Adventure, and Marchagotchi, I’d like to introduce Bamagotchi! Bamagotchi is a mobile-friendly toy where you can make your own virtual pets by using a HyperTalk-ish language of my own co…

Here’s the New Sigma 85mm f1.2 DG Next to the LUMIX 85mm f1.8

Yesterday, I had the chance to go to a special Sigma Media Pop-Up here in NYC. There, they were showing off the new and upcoming Sigma 85mm f1.2 DG lens. And this made me insanely curious about several things. With that said, I've got a few tidbits of information you may not hav…

KDO: 28 Years Later…

It’s getting a little ridiculous, isn’t it? 28 years of kottke.org, as of today. Older than Google. Older than The Matrix. Older than Christopher Nolan’s feature film career. Older than Elle Fanning. Older than Kurt Cobain when he died. 47,300 posts since March 14, 1998…

The 3 Iconic Canon Cameras That Turn 10 This Year

Canon has launched multiple cameras that cater to photographers of different skill levels. While they are liked by professionals, many young creators tend to adore them just as much. As 2026 rolls in, we are taking a look at the devices introduced a decade ago and how they can b…

Gas Town and Bullet Hell

Warning: a collection of half-formed thoughts about time, screens, AI agents, and a surprisingly relevant Japanese arcade genre. This started with a phrase in Azeem Azhar’s piece about his AI agent workflow: “wall-clock time.” It’s a term of art in programming: the actu…

Photographers Wanted: Newgrain Offers a Better Social Media Platform for Photographers

Newgrain is the latest entrant into this space, with a slight twist: it’s a community built exclusively for analog photographers. After trying out the desktop and app versions, has Newgrain changed my cynical mind about a photographer’s social media utopia?

What Two Features Can Greatly Improve The Nikon Z9 and Z8

Given how Nikon has absolutely transformed these two cameras with each major firmware update, you might be hard-pressed to find what they can do to further improve the Nikon Z9 and Z8. However, there is at least one useful addition they could introduce that could majorly improve…

The Canon R5 Did Something Really Unique. And It’s Gone Now

Canon's pivot to mirrorless cameras was nothing but a step that was long overdue. Despite being somewhat late to the industry, the company managed to introduce models that were revered and loved by many professionals. Examples include the Canon R6 Mk II and the R7. However, as t…

This Week in the IndieWeb

March 6-13, 2026 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Front End Study Hall #048 Thursday, March 12 at 10:00am Online! Zoom!Front End Study Hall is an HTML + CSS focused group meeting, held on Zoom to experiment and learn with the basic building blocks of the web. All…

For the first time in awhile, copies of two lost...

For the first time in awhile, copies of two lost episodes of classic Doctor Who have been discovered. Both are from the William Hartnell era and feature the Daleks.

Planets and Bright Stars

The Canon Powershot Camera Everyone Loved May Come Back

Compact cameras have seen quite a surge in recent years. With more people finding compact cameras a better option than investing in a full frame camera, companies such as Canon are trying to fill the obvious gap. While you have models such as Ricoh GR IV and PowerShot V1, it may…

The Great Friendship Flattening . “I amass bits of...

The Great Friendship Flattening. “I amass bits of knowledge about my loved ones — my sister’s boyfriend published a poem; my friend left her job — as a spectator, in the same way that I might learn about an influencer’s favorite books…”

Why Movies Just Don’t Feel “Real”...

Why Movies Just Don’t Feel “Real” Anymore. “A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: on perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.”