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kottke.org (Feed)
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Two Japanese aquariums have released their 2026...
Two Japanese aquariums have released their 2026 flowcharts of their penguins’ relationships. “Penguin drama can include serious crushes and heartbreaks but also adultery and egg-stealing.”
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Vintage Pan-Am Luggage Tags
I love these oversized prints of vintage Pan-Am luggage tags from artist Ella Freire. The typography and colors are just perfect. (via daringfireball) Tags: art · design · Ella Freire · travel
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Fun trompe-l’œil graph paper drawings .
Fun trompe-l’œil graph paper drawings.
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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This Fujifilm Instant Film Is Now More Expensive Than Ever
Fujifilm has earned a reputable name with their X-series cameras. The company has been at the forefront of offering popular film simulations, along with other features that young and professional photographers can't get enough of. However, while the digital world is seeing succe…
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Don’t Just Replace Chavez — Rethink Monuments ....
Don’t Just Replace Chavez — Rethink Monuments. “A memorial based on the great-man theory of history is a tale only half told.” And: “There are elegant ways to pay tribute to groups of people.”
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The Testaments TV Series
I’d vaguely remembered that Hulu was adapting The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale, as a sequel to the TV series of the same name, but I was surprised to find out that the show has premiered and is already three episodes in (a fourth will b…
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Listen to the NYC Subway play some Train Jazz ....
Listen to the NYC Subway play some Train Jazz. “Every dot is a real subway train. Eight hundred of them, give or take, form a small jazz combo (walking bass, piano, sax, vibes, brushes) that has been playing without pause for over a hundred years.”
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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: This date of birth calendar let you choose dates multiple years in the future. Just in case #Calendar #DateOfBirth
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The Single Best Nikon Camera for Travel Photography
Nikon cameras have evolved over the years a lot. The company has designed offerings that are smaller, faster, and ergonomically the best. In fact, travel photographers have great offerings to choose from. But, this particular model is the best they can get, and at a decent price…
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The Engineer Guy Bill Hammack has written a book based on...
The Engineer Guy Bill Hammack has written a book based on his great YouTube channel: The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans.
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It’s Happening: More Signs of Life From Boards of Canada
I reported last week that signs of activity have been detected from Boards of Canada in the form of mysterious VHS tapes sent out to fans. Yesterday, the group’s record label posted a bunch of photos of posters hung up in cities around the world (NYC, Tokyo, LA) that mat…
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Nowsday
Has Atlas shrugged? The post in my archive that has had the most visits lately is this one about ChatGPT Atlas. I haven't heard Atlas talked about much lately. According to Google Trends, interest has trailed off. Meanwhile, Google Search remains a skin on Gemini, so maybe that…
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Is Fujifilm Getting Rid of an Analog Wonder?
Fujifilm has some exceptional cameras but also some wonderful analog papers. While the company caters to film photographers, it appears that the company insists on discontinuing a film that is liked by many: the RA4. Here's a look at what to expect.
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Digital to Film: Making 36 Exposures Count and Fighting Brain Rot
"...going into your shoot with some sort of story that you want to tell can be a great way to help you keep a good flow and have those 36 exposures count."
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Has Canon Discontinued This Iconic Telephoto Lens?
Canon has introduced some popular lenses over the years. The company has a wide range, catering from fisheye lenses to some truly iconic telephoto lenses and zooms. While they moved to the mirrorless mount less than a decade ago, their older lenses, for the EF mount, continue to…
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6 Practical Tips to Improve Color in Your Photos
In the early days of photography, people would hand-paint their images to make them resemble reality more closely. However, with the invention of color photos, things changed. It was then that photographers such as Fred Herzog, Saul Leiter, and Neal Slavin began to use color fil…
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If Every Congressman Facing Credible Rape Allegations...
If Every Congressman Facing Credible Rape Allegations Resigned, We’d Have No One Left to Govern the Country. “It’s naïve to imagine the government can continue to function without the tireless dedication of our best and brightest rapists.”
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The Quiet Revolution of Photographers Choosing Analog Over AI
When was the last time you stumbled across a photograph and admired it for its narrative and beauty? Perhaps yesterday. Perhaps last week. Or perhaps you simply can't recall. In an age when social media and doom-scrolling are seeping into every corner of our homes, offices, and…
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Authoritarian Megalomaniacs Love Gaudy Buildings
You know who else wanted to construct gaudy buildings in his own image? Here’s Timothy Ryback on Adolf Hitler’s obsession “with adding an expensive new wing to the Reich chancellery”. The new annex, connected to the chancellery by a marble corridor hung with crystal…
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This looks interesting: Quiche is a highly customizable...
This looks interesting: Quiche is a highly customizable but simple browser for iOS.
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“ The internet known within China is a very...
“The internet known within China is a very different internet to the one known by the world at large. It is censored, regulated and structured quite differently. It is controlled and managed, rather than organic and sprawling.”
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Now Online: a Treasure Trove of 1000s of Secret Concert Recordings
For decades, a guy named Aadam Jacobs has been recording live music shows. His collection of over 10,000 shows since 1984 feature the likes of Nirvana, R.E.M., The Pixies, Björk, Depeche Mode, Liz Phair, Sonic Youth, The Cure, Phish, Fugazi, and so many more. With the help o…
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On the network effect of the weekend : “The...
On the network effect of the weekend: “The essential characteristic of the weekend is not just the having of a day off, but rather that other people have the day off.”
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The Best Point-and-Shoot Camera for Travel Photographers
Travel photographers often need a camera that they can easily work with. This means it needs to have a good lens, great performance, and a good build, amongst other things. One of the reasons why someone would opt for a point-and-shoot is that they can capture a wide-ranging sub…
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A Collection of Transit Tickets
A brand designer’s “compendium of transit tickets” from around the world. Many of these are from the 90s and 00s. Design inspiration for daaaaays. (via meanwhile) Tags: design
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The Death of the Basic American Car . “Today,...
The Death of the Basic American Car. “Today, there are so many wealthy people who can afford luxury cars that it simply isn’t that profitable for companies to produce cars for the bottom 40 percent of Americans by income.”
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An AI bot created by Andon Labs is running its own...
An AI bot created by Andon Labs is running its own retail store in San Francisco. The bot has hired a pair of human employees and “has a corporate card, a phone number, email, internet access and eyes through security cameras”.
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Everwhen
So help us with that Finally Fixing Health Care is a post I started here and finished on the ProjectVRM blog, where it belonged in the first place. It's about how Google and Microsoft wasted $billions not fixing a problem they could only make worse. And how healthcare needs a V…
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Everyone’s Favorite Panasonic Cameras are Due for a Refresh
Panasonic has seen a pivotal shift in their brand. The company was once catering only to small sensor users, but in more recent years, they have begun to sit at the big players' table. Today, the LUMIX brand is recognized for its L-mount alliance, and many professionals are quie…
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“Gerontocracy has always thrived in undemocratic...
“Gerontocracy has always thrived in undemocratic places — Communist people’s republics, Gulf monarchies — where only death could pry power from the ruling elders. American gerontocracy is exceptional for being freely elected.”
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An interactive explainer on the physics of GPS ....
An interactive explainer on the physics of GPS. “The answer is in some ways simpler than you’d expect, and in other ways more complex. GPS is fundamentally a translation tool: it converts time into distance.”
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This I’m Back Roll Is the Craziest Camera Gadget of 2026 on Kickstarter
Film photography has always been loved, but with the invention of digital, film cameras took a back seat. As more and more people want a hybrid device, I'm Back, a brand based in Switzerland, has been trying to get just that. After achieving immense success, the company is now w…
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Where I’d Like the Phoblographer to Go
In 2025, I started to do things that otherwise would seem crazy for a publisher of a niche photography online magazine to do. For starters, this year, the Phoblographer may actually make a printed magazine again. But in addition to that, we didn't sell any ads to the big camera…
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5 Film Point and Shoot Cameras for Concert Photography
"...you can just get outta here with any ideas of taking your 'professional' camera into the show with you without a press credential."
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