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kottke.org (Feed)
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A DJ Mixes Songs That Sound The Same
From DJ Mike 2600, a YouTube series called Songs That Sound The Same. My hit series of DJ videos exploring pairs of songs that aren’t direct covers or rip-offs, but have similar melodies, riffs, or chord progressions and just fit together nicely. Each video is about a minute…
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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: well put
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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The Nikon Z6 Now Runs Circles Around Panasonic, But It’s Not as Fast as Sony
As much as Nikon sometimes strikes me as a company that's lost its way, I have to give them a whole lot of credit with the latest firmware update. Firmware 3.0 for the Nikon Z6 doesn't only greatly enhances the speed of the camera. It also gives it the much anticipated Animal AF…
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tonsky.me (Feed)
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Grumpy chronicles: The question of utils
This is an ongoing mini-series of lessons learned from writing a tiny blog engine in Clojure. Code we will be discussing today. The problem Every project has a utils namespace. Usually, it’s a huge single namespace with all the tiny code bits that need to be used from more th…
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Sigma Mount Converter MC-31 Will Cost $679, Ships February 27
If you’ve been eagerly waiting for availability and shipping updates on the Sigma Mount Converter MC-31, the wait is now over. The company has finally announced today that shipping will begin on February 27th, and will retail for $679 from authorized Sigma dealers.
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This Week in the IndieWeb (Feed)
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This Week in the IndieWeb
February 14-21, 2020 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Homebrew Website Club San Diego Wednesday, February 19 at 6:00pm SAN DIEGO, California: Subterranean Coffee Boutique North Park Homebrew Website Club Barnsley Wednesday, February 19 at 6:00pm Digital Media C…
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Cheap Photo: We Found a Ton of Really Good Photo Accessories on Sale
We have found a ton of great photography accessory deals so that you can make your life easier on the cheap. Need a new camera bag? The Tenba DNA 15 Messenger is down to just $159, the portage Kenora 4th gen is only $69, and the LowePro BP450 AW II has a discount of $121! Want t…
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FRONTLINE - Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos
From PBS’s FRONTLINE comes Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos, a feature-length documentary investigation into Amazon and its founder. Jeff Bezos is not only the richest man in the world, he has built a business that is without precedent in the history of Ameri…
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The PiXLIGHT Speedlight Works With Any Camera, iOS and Android Too
There are has been a fair amount of innovation in the Speedlight and strobe markets recently, especially around lights that can be used with our trusty smartphones. PiXLIGHT has been working hard to bring their vision of a rechargeable, works with any camera or phone, off-camera…
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How Miles Davis Made “Kind of Blue”
From the feature-length documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool that’s debuting on PBS’s American Masters next week, this is a short clip about how Miles’ masterpiece, Kind of Blue, came together in the studio. Miles Davis didn’t provide sheet music for his musicia…
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@laurent.laporte on Instagram (Feed)
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@_whereisthecool_studio_ for Laperruque S/S20.
@_whereisthecool_studio_ for Laperruque S/S20. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
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Lomography Simple Use Film Camera Now Comes With LomoChrome Metropolis
In case you don’t have a Lomography Simple Use Film Camera yet, here’s a great chance for you to pick one up. The reloadable camera is now available loaded with the popular LomoChrome Metropolis film so you can give both a go for your next photo walk or epic adventure. Check…
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We Interrupt This Brain Surgery to Bring You a Violin Solo…
This is the most metal shit ever: the doctors removing violinist Dagmar Turner’s brain tumor woke her up during the procedure to play the violin to make sure that she didn’t lose any parts of her brain vital to her playing. After explaining concerns she had over losing th…
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The Pittsburgh Parking Chair
In this video, Dean Bog takes an entertaining look at “Pittsburgh’s weirdest tradition”, where residents place a chair on the street in front of their house to claim a parking spot and keep others from parking in it. The maneuver is technically illegal, but: We don’t…
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Film Photography Tutorial: Creating Stunning Galaxy Double Exposures
Film photography is especially known for encouraging all sorts of creative experimentation, which eventually popularized techniques like double exposures during the digital age. The often cool results and happy accidents are among the things that encourage today’s generation t…
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Real Life (Feed)
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The Labor Beat
It may seem strange for music scenes to spawn labor theories, but musicians, who were among the first gig workers, have long had to deal with challenges that neoliberalism has extended to more of the workforce. DIY and indie scenes were late 20th century responses to corporate c…
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: Text is not a button. Line is not a textbox. Empty space is not a text area. Minimalism can only go so far. If you remove essential elements, leaving people guessing what control element was “implied” here, it’s just bad design.
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Review: Canon RF 70-200mm f2.8 L IS USM (A Work of Art)
After first laying eyes on the Canon RF 70-200mm f2.8 L IS USM nearly a year ago, I didn't really know what to expect when the review unit came in. What I didn't realize is that it would quickly become one of my favorite telephoto zoom lenses. What's more, it's the first 70-200m…
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Photography Cheat Sheet: Shooting Portraits With a 35mm Lens
We don’t usually reach for the 35mm lens when it comes to shooting portraits. But when it’s the only lens available to you during a shoot or you want to experiment with different focal lengths, it pays to know how you can work with it. A common scenario you may find yourself…
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Juanita Escobar Photographs The Story of Women in a Conflict Zone
While border crisis issues typically suggest big picture narratives and large-scale issues, Colombian documentary photographer Juanita Escobar has chosen to focus her efforts on the complex lives of women who have settled along the Orinoco River. Straddling the Colombian and Ven…
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