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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Inside Canon’s Newest Lens Patents: A 20-60mm f2, a 70-135mm f2, and More
Canon has been publishing patents over the past few months. And some of them are very innovative lenses that haven't been made before. The pace does not seem to slow down either. As part of their latest filings, the company is announcing four new zoom lenses, of which, one inclu…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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The Great Dude Battles of the 1880s
E. Berry Wall was a dude. But not just any dude. In 1888, he was declared “King of the Dudes” in a competition against another gentleman, one Robert Hilliard. Wall became famous after meeting Blakely Hall, a reporter hungry for good copy. Thereafter, every week or so, H…
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From a curator at the Getty, ratings of every...
From a curator at the Getty, ratings of every “framed picture” emoji. “A total rejection of nature and reality. Why is the horizon rounded? Has this artist seen planet earth before?”
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The 2026 winners of the Ig Nobel Prize include papers...
The 2026 winners of the Ig Nobel Prize include papers on “a more precise definition of kissing”, “An Aerodynamic Study of the Nose Blowing”, and the discovery “that milk proteins from cockroaches pack 3X as much energy as milk proteins from cows”.
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Rocky Sleep, You Watch, Question?
Project Hail Mary is already on my list of movies that I can just throw on in the backround while I do a bit of work or puttering around. (Not sure whether that’s an endorsement or not…I like the movie!) Anyhoo, if you get tired of the movie, you can watch Rocky sleep for…
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Shooting Like a Photojournalist? Our Presets Are Inspired by Life, Nat Geo, and Time
Street photography has always leaned on a bit of grit, and that's exactly what our retro digital presets are built for. When I'm out shooting on the sidewalk, I want images that feel a little rougher around the edges, not polished to the point where they lose their character. Th…
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Now open for business in Nyack, NY: Busman’s Holiday , a...
Now open for business in Nyack, NY: Busman’s Holiday, a stationary store run by (former?) graphic designer Sam Potts, who announced the shop back in March in a KDO open thread. Lots of nice touches here, including a used pencil exchanger.
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Ok wait, the NES Tetris world record is now 40.26...
Ok wait, the NES Tetris world record is now 40.26 million??! It took 2 hours and 20 minutes and the previous record was 29 million. At level 255, you hit “rebirth” and the pieces slow down to level 0 speeds again. Totally bonkers.
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A Deep Dive Into the Full Bayeux Tapestry Story
From Deep Down History, an entertaining hour-long explainer video on the Bayeux Tapestry. This video tells the Tapestry’s story in full, using Charles Stothard’s early colour reproduction, presented here as a seamless scroll for the first time. We follow Harold Godwinso…
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I’ve linked to Summoning Salt’s videos before (they make...
I’ve linked to Summoning Salt’s videos before (they make some of the best video game explainer videos out there — hell, some of the best YT videos period) and here’s their newest one: The Tournament That Changed Tetris Forever.
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In 1992, Canada declared a moratorium on Northern cod...
In 1992, Canada declared a moratorium on Northern cod fishing due to overfishing. It was devastating for Newfoundlanders. This year, for the first time since then, the govt has “upgraded the cod stock’s status from ‘critical’ to ‘healthy’”.
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The Sony RX100V is 10 Years Old. Is it Good in 2026?
A decade ago, I reviewed the Sony RX100V for the Phoblographer. Considering how modern cameras just aren't doing it for so many of us these days, we've taken to looking back in our archives. And truthfully, I'm glad that I'm doing so. This camera is from a time before Sony did a…
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Two-Hour Mix of the Jazz in Haruki Murakami Novels
From NTS, this is a two-hour mix of jazz music featured in the books of Haruki Murakami. ‘Somewhere along the line Coltrane’s soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it’s McCoy Tyner’s piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out a repetitious rhythm and the right layeri…
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We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys ....
We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys. Today’s tech titans took all the wrong lessons from the science fiction of their youths and now they’re each building their version of the Torment Nexus.
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3 New Canon Macro Lenses May Be Coming, Patent Filing Suggests
Canon has introduced some wonderful patents in the past few months. Of the lot, a few pertaining to macro lenses. This includes the world's first macro lens of its kind and a few wide angle macro options. Per a new patent, the company has detailed three new canon macro lenses, n…
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Boomerangday
That was quick Techcrunch says Matt Mullenweg is back in charge of Automattic. That's behind a trackwall, so I'll go with Mary Hubbard's tweet: I'm relieved and pleased to see Matt Mullenweg return as CEO of Automattic, the largest financial contributor to the WordPress project.…
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The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found , a piece...
The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found, a piece written by Colson Whitehead just a month after 9/11. “The New York City you live in is not my New York City; how could it be? This place multiplies when you’re not looking.”
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The Photography Gear I’d Buy If I Was Starting From Zero Today
In my closet is a ton of camera gear from every brand that I've previously purchased and held onto for testing reasons. Recently, I've been thinking about the idea of starting over. If I ever made a career pivot, I wouldn't need all this camera gear anymore. But I wouldn't give…
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AI as a Teacher of Athletes
On the whole, AI writing is good. Yes, I’ve called it “AutoTune for the human kind” and “fancy blah.” Claudio Nastruzzi called it “semantic ablation.” But Big AI’s grammar, styling, and prose still tends to beat the shit out of the ways most people write. Does t…
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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: ChatGPT innovating in UI again. Why is one account displayed as two elements in a dropdown menu? #Dropdown #Account #Menu #ChatGPT #OpenAI
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Nikon Z 180-600mm F5-6.3 Lens Review: An Autofocusing Giant That’s Light on Your Feet
There are a few things that need to be mentioned before jumping into my review update for the Nikon Z 180-600mm F5-6.3: this is not an S-series Lens, which means that it will not be as “feature packed” as an S Lens. The Nikon 180-600mm is also a huge lens. It’s intended to…
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