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Before the Apple Watch, Casio Strapped a Camera to Your Wrist
The early years of digital camera manufacturing were filled with immense innovations. From a binocular camera to a wooden camera, companies were trying their best to offer a blend of style, performance, and price point. Like the various innovations, one that marks an interesting…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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On the experience of the long haul flight . “The...
On the experience of the long haul flight. “The meal cart appears two hours in. You can hear it banging into passengers’ knees before you see it, and the sound causes the entire cabin to sit up slightly, like meerkats detecting motion on the savanna.”
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“ The Booker Prize 2026 longlist has now been...
“The Booker Prize 2026 longlist has now been announced…” Among the authors nominated are Marlon James, M. John Harrison, Emma Cline, and Elizabeth Strout.
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Please Use AI . “Be sure to use AI when planning that...
Please Use AI. “Be sure to use AI when planning that next camping trip, the last one you will take with this particular child. Definitely do not text your friend who has fly-fished every river in Pennsylvania and biked every backwoods trail…”
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A Portrait Photographer’s Guide to the Three Main Lights
Portrait photographers have always been told to make images during the "golden hour" and avoid "midday sun." The safe rule is a good starting point, but it may teach you to limit yourself, then overcome these barriers. If you are someone who can't understand natural light, then…
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Where Do European Country Names Come From?
Word nerd Rob Watts explains where the names of all the European countries come from. Which country is the “land of the rabbits”? Why does Germany have so many different names? Where do the Dutch actually live? What links Croatians and neckties? (via open culture)…
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30 notable sales of rare books by AbeBooks over the past...
30 notable sales of rare books by AbeBooks over the past 30 years, including first editions of Moby-Dick, Winnie-The-Pooh, and Leaves of Grass.
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19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively...
19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Creatively Illustrate the Inner Workings of the Human Body. Love these.
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Fujifilm Prices Are Apparently Going Up Again This September in Germany
Since tariffs have been announced, the prices of cameras and lenses have skyrocketed. However, the ongoing war between Iran and the United States, prices of several chips have also seen a huge hike. Per new reports, it appears that Fujifilm is keen to increase the price of its c…
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All US Cities Which Used to Have More Than 100,000 People But Don’t Anymore
Here’s a map of the 21 US cities that used to have a population of 100,000 people but don’t anymore. Many of these are Rust Belt cities, in which manufacturing employment fell steeply during the latter part of the 20th century. The thread at Reddit mentions Detroit and…
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How the Words We Teach English Language Learners...
How the Words We Teach English Language Learners Changed, and What That Says About Us. “The shifts reflect a life that moved further from its own making: less tied to tools, animals, food…; more tied to global institutions, categories, systems…”
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Inside The Reported Canon Plan to Turn a Government Refund Into Customer Discounts
Canon has been one of the most profitable companies in the camera market. They have had the largest share in digital cameras, and it appears that they will see a rise again in their profits, for the better. Here's the company's fiscal report.
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Don’t use AI until you’re 40 . “We have been so...
Don’t use AI until you’re 40. “We have been so quick to treat access to new technology as an inevitability that we have failed to question whether every powerful tool should be placed in the hands of every developing mind the moment it becomes available.”
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Simple Facts About Lens Flare Photographers Should Know
Lens flare: it's something that many camera and lens manufacturers have worked to suppress. While it can make sense, it can also be used very creatively to give off an effect that's highly beloved. In fact, it's usually frowned upon in photography but highly requested in cinema.…
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Make Your Camera Faster for Street Photography
Some of the biggest problems with mirrorless cameras for photojournalists, street photographers, wedding photographers and others has to be the performance. Sometimes it's just too slow when they need to capture a moment super quickly lest they completely miss it. In street phot…
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If You Own This Lens, You Hit the Jackpot
10 years ago, I reviewed the Laowa 105mm f2 Smooth Trans focus lens. And today, it's a lens that I still consider to be something extra special. Sure, you basically lose some light as a result of the STF lens elements. But you get with it much smoother bokeh and far more fascina…
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Exercises in benchmarking and evals, part 7: DeepSWE, Senior SWE-Bench, napkin math, and winter tires
This is part of a series of exercises on benchmarking, evals, and experimental design (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)1. We're going to look at three questions, which are presented before the answers to give you time to think about the questions before seeing the answers. 29. A friend of min…
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We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country ....
We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country. “Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy.”
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I Shot a Rare Film Emulsion That Sold for $5,000
I can't believe this, but I published the review of my favorite film camera around a decade ago. Purchased from a gentleman whom I believe used to run Nippon Photo Clinic in NYC, I remember going to a place deep in Brooklyn to get it. We either met up in a Chinese store or a lau…
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A Shortlist of Potential Future Euro Banknote Designs
The European Central Bank is providing a sneak peek at the next design of the Euro banknotes. From a shortlist of 10 designs created by artists and designers from across the EU, one will be selected as the basis of how Euro banknotes from €5 to €200 will look in the future.…
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“ Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns...
“Datatype is an OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts. No JavaScript, no images, no rendering library — just type the syntax and Datatype’s ligature substitution does the rest.”
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The Batman Effect : people in an experiment acted more...
The Batman Effect: people in an experiment acted more altruisticly when the caped crusader was present.
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