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Adactio: Journal (Feed)
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Get the FLoC out
I’ve always liked the way that web browsers are called “user agents” in the world of web standards. It’s such a succinct summation of what browsers are for, or more accurately who browsers are for. Users. The term makes sense when you consider that the internet is for e…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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Amy Sherald: The Great American Fact
Painter Amy Sherald is displaying new work at the Hauser & Wirth gallery in LA through June 6: The Great American Fact. One thing I really notice in her art now, after watching the excellent documentary Black Art: In the Absence of Light, is how at least one person in her pa…
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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The Lurking Projector is the Worst Person on Instagram for Photographers
If you've been following this site for a while, you know about my gripes on Instagram. In fact, they're my gripes on social media. We were partially built on it, but I abhor it. It's still a sizeable part of our traffic. But gauging how big it truly proves difficult due to how A…
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Why We’re Okay With Cameras Getting More Expensive
The new trend in cameras is that things are getting more and more expensive. But at the same time, people want better products. We think that the market is going to sort itself out. However, if cameras and lenses become cheaper, they also need to become more expensive. The more…
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Two Quick Links for Tuesday Afternoon
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all charges in the murder of George Floyd. [twitter.com] Lofi Cafe: relaxing beats for your workday. [lofi.cafe] --- Note: Quick Links are pushed to this RSS feed twice a day. For more immediate ser…
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The Conversation Has Never Been Wider
I am still listening to the excellent interview with Tressie McMillan Cottom on The Ezra Klein Show, but I wanted to highlight this exchange right at the beginning of the interview because I think it’s relevant to a lot of our shared interests, especially if you’ve been onli…
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This Beautiful Little Bag Packs Big Comfort: Wandrd PRVKE Lite Review
The original Wandrd PRVKE generated a buzz in the photography community -- and over $400,000 on Kickstarter. Now, the PRVKE is back -- and it’s launching in a smaller size. Announced on April 20, along with a revamp of the original PRVKE sizes, the Wandrd PRVKE Lite is a roll-…
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Ted Lasso Season 2 Teaser Trailer
Apple just announced that season two of Ted Lasso will be premiering on Apple+ on July 23. That’s it, that’s the news. Watch the trailer. Rejoice. Be happy. See also Ted Lasso, a Model for the Nurturing Modern Man. Tags: soccer sports Ted Lasso trailers…
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Numbers
Core web vitals from Google are the ingredients for an alphabet soup of exlusionary intialisms. But once you get past the unnecessary jargon, there’s a sensible approach underpinning the measurements. From May—no, June—these measurements will be a ranking signal for Googl…
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Mealworm Feast Time Lapse
This is pretty simple: 10,000 mealworms eating a tomato, piece of corn, and romanesco broccoli, filmed with a time lapse camera. My only comment is that for something called a mealworm, they don’t eat as quickly as I thought they would. 10,000 mealworms couldn’t polish off…
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Why the Sony 14mm F1.8 G Master Seems Pretty Amazing
In a meeting with the press, Sony compared their lens to Sigma's. Mind you, the Sigma 14mm f1.8 DG Art is designed for DSLR cameras. But the Sony 14mm f1.8 G Master is designed for mirrorless through and through. When Sony comes out with prime lenses, I'm usually lukewarm. I lik…
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Make Everything Important
I enjoyed this interview with actor Mads Mikkelsen. Q: Is there a life philosophy that you feel has carried you through your career? A: My approach to what I do in my job — and it might even be the approach to my life — is that everything I do is the most important thing I…
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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: What’s the difference between Account and Profile? Thanks @theme_an for the picture.
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The State of the Web — the links
An Event Apart Spring Summit is happening right now. I opened the show yesterday with a talk called The State Of The Web: The World Wide Web has come a long way in its three decades of existence. There’s so much we can do now with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: animation, layou…
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A Beautiful Mess: Gitzo Legende Backpack Review
I had so many high hopes for the Gitzo Legende backpack. But quite honestly, I've always felt that the Vitec group shoots themselves in the foot. Their products tend to get 80% right most of the time. Rest assured that they're not bad products. But something is just always weird…
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ribbonfarm (Feed)
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MJD 59,323
Yesterday, I was testing a new bench power supply I just bought. I tested it with a multimeter, then connected it up to a motor, to make it go brrr for fun. It’s the sort of thing I haven’t done since grad school, decades ago. As I was tinkering, I was idly wondering about w…
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On April 26th, We’ll Know If Nikon Finally Catches Up
There's some good news for Nikon users today. On April 26th, the Nikon z6 II, Nikon z7 II, and the Nikon z5 are getting firmware updates. The firmware focuses on autofocus performance. In our tests, the Nikon system has been falling behind some of the top tiers of cameras. These…
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