Be careful how you’re shooting! The Phoblographer realizes that, as a publication, we don’t always have to be so serious. So, each weekend, we work to bring you a bit of fun in our Humor section. Inspired by some of the classic political cartoons of other publications, we’…
July 19-26, 2024 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Homebrew Website Club Europe/London Wednesday, July 24 at 7:00pm Upcoming EventsFrom events.indieweb.org: Send a Friend a Webmention Day Tuesday, July 30 Homebrew Website Club Edinburgh Tuesday, July 30 at 6:…
Futura, the typeface favored by the likes of filmmakers Stanley Kubrick and Wes Anderson was also used extensively for NASA’s Apollo 11 mission (along with an American knock-off of Futura called Spartan). Tags: Apollo · Apollo 11 · design · Futura · Moon �…
Hey, public voting is open for the Tiny Awards! I was on the judging committee so I can’t tell you my favorites, but there are lots of lovingly crafted, goofy, creative sites to choose from. Go vote! 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
nikitonsky: Animating _content_ in makes no sense. I came to look at content, just show it to me as soon as it’s available.
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In many ways, instant film is bringing the joy back into photography. One of the biggest names today in instant film — and the film you’re most likely to find anywhere from Amazon to your local WalMart — is Fujifilm Instax. Instax film is easy to find and not terribly pric…
One of my local schools, just down the road, is the Creative Computing Institute, part of University of the Arts London. I was honoured to be a judge at the recent CCI Summer Festival. Students from the BSc and diploma courses were showing their projects. Here’s the press p…
Using methods generally employed to track the evolution and spread of plants and animals over time and across geography, this paper aims to provide a scientific classification of Italian stuffed pasta shapes (pasta ripiena) and how they spread and evolved across what is now It…
This month, the Phoblographer shut down our app and will continue running through the website. We made this decision after a lot of careful thought. I’ll personally admit that the interface and design are beautiful, and we’re going to begin work on an interface that makes ou…
Susannah Breslin discovers that you can post nudity on YouTube if it’s artistic (or advertising?) “[YouTube’s policy] did not seem to allow for viewer interpretation.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
An interview with YACHT’s Claire Evans & Jona Bechtolt on that indie life. “We’re not a brand. We’re not a company. We’re human beings. Of course it’s going to change every 30 seconds. We’re following our lives.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.…
Ok, I did not know this, and it’s blowing my mind: we have been imaging exoplanets for such a long time that scientists have made time lapse movies of their motion around their stars. This one is a 12-year time lapse of four planets orbiting a star called HR 8799 (images from…