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kottke.org (Feed)
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Nancy Friedman: 52 Things I Learned in 2025. Incl. “Seventy-one percent of...
Nancy Friedman: 52 Things I Learned in 2025. Incl. “Seventy-one percent of people in Iceland are Costco members” and “In Sweden, the largest size of Hellmann’s mayonnaise — 600 grams — is called “American size”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.o…
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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The 3 Best Nikon Cameras for More Dynamic Range
The big three camera companies are Nikon, Canon, and Sony, each of which has had a great few years in the camera industry. Nikon pushed itself as the technology advanced. From DSLRs to mirrorless cameras, the company has introduced some exciting options, which include breakthrou…
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Kent Hendricks: 52 Things I Learned in 2025. Incl. “Birders in the...
Kent Hendricks: 52 Things I Learned in 2025. Incl. “Birders in the United States spend $107 billion per year, including $93B on binoculars, feeders, cameras, and other equipment; and $14B on travel. That’s more than the GDP of New Hampshire.” 💬 Join the d…
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Is SG Image Developing New Pancake Lens?
Third-party lenses have been the best options for many young photographers. They offer a bridge between cost-effectiveness and optics, something that first-party lenses often struggle with. SG-Image is one such third-party lens maker that continues to contribute to the industry.…
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Petafloptimism (Feed)
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Station Identification: Lady Chatterley’s New Year Message
To be clear, I’ve never read the book, but came to this passage via a circuitous route. Probably my favourite podcast of the last few years is David Runciman’s “Past, Present Future”. It has a series of episodes on great legal trials – one of which featured the landmar…
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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On the Scariest Roller Coaster Ever Built
I just discovered that the original Cyclone roller coaster at Palisades Amusement Park has its own Wikipedia article, and that the two photos in it are ones I posted on Flickr in 2008 with a permissive license that encouraged re-use. Above is the first. Here is the second: Georg…
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The Best Photography Podcasts To Tune in Today
Photography has been a visual medium, and photographers often interact with the work of others through their websites, articles, or social media. But what happens when one wants to learn and grow, but not just be dependent on reading material alone? Like videos on YouTube, podca…
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Old Windows 3.x Games on the Internet Archive
Yesterday I linked to a Windows 3.x NYT crossword puzzle app from 1992 that you can play directly on the Internet Archive. I was a Windows user back in the day (my conversion to Apple didn’t happen until the early 00s) and so of course I had to see what other Win3.x games th…
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A wildlife photographer “discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints preserved in the vertical...
A wildlife photographer “discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints preserved in the vertical face of a mountainside” in the Italian Alps dating back 200M years. “This is now really one of the most important places for Triassic dinosaur footprints.” 💬…
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Listen to the Cassandras
Toby Buckle for the New Republic: The Americans Who Saw All This Coming — But Were Ignored and Maligned. This is not that far from the position many ordinary Americans found themselves in at the start of the Trump era. They weren’t time travelers but saw what was coming cle…
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Panasonic’s Biggest Miss: The Camera That Came Too Soon
Panasonic cameras have recently become the most opted choice for hybrid creators. The company offers various exciting features, ranging from live composite to real-time LUTs to multiple exposures, each helping creators to ease their workflow. However, while the company is gainin…
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Oh this is devilish…a game where you have make to 45 groups...
Oh this is devilish…a game where you have make to 45 groups of 45 items each by matching two at a time. Must take hours? (Where’s the multiplayer option when you need it?) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
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Rian Johnson Breaks Down a Scene From Wake Up Dead Man
Along with Sinners and One Battle After Another,1 Wake Up Dead Man is one of my favorite films of the year. So I enjoyed director Rian Johnson breaking down the investigative scene in the bar in this Vanity Fair video. This is, for me, even a little more personal than the pre…
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3 Great Lenses That Will Work on Your APS-C and Full Frame Nikon DSLRs
Nikon DSLRs are back in trend again, thanks to the vintage camera trend. With exceptional cameras in its lineup, Nikon offers a lot for anyone who is looking for APS-C or full frame cameras for their needs. Models such as the D300, the D810, or the D3, the company has something…
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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: Visible controls? Only cowards need visible controls. Real guys just edit text in a vacuum #macOS #Tahoe #Affordance #TextField #AppleBooks
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ProPublica launches Rx Inspector database. “We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help...
ProPublica launches Rx Inspector database. “We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
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From Lit Hub, the best audiobooks of 2025. (It’s not new, but...
From Lit Hub, the best audiobooks of 2025. (It’s not new, but I just started listening to Milkman by Anna Burns and it’s really good so far.) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
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The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025, incl. Signal Hill (“this inventive program...
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025, incl. Signal Hill (“this inventive program functions like an audio magazine”) and Our Ancestors Were Messy (“this delightful show recounts stories from the pre-civil-rights era in the vein of social pages & gossip columns”). �…
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Is Sigma Developing New Zoom Lenses?
Sigma is one of the few companies that has evolved its portfolio, offering some exceptional focal ranges for various photographers. Models such as the Sigma 35mm f1.2 ART, the 56mm f1.4 DC DN Contemporary, and the recently launched 200mm f2 DG Sports continue to showcase the com…
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