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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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How to Make Lighting a Photograph Simple
For several years, I was taught to only photograph images using natural light. But then I took the time and investment into myself to learn how to use flash and strobe. It became even more awesome when I took it off the camera. Yet at the same time, I didn't always like making t…
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How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?
I was curious how well the predictions of the most widely cited AI skeptic I've seen (Ed Zitron) have done, so I looked at how his predictions panned out. To disclose my own biases, I've never had a particularly strong pro or anti AI progress position. For example, in 2022, I di…
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Bug blindness
I used to wonder why I see so many more bugs than most people. I easily observe hundreds to thousands of bugs per week and nothing seems to work, but most people I talk to don't see anything like this. For a long time, I thought this had something to do with how I use computers…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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Trump Is in Open Revolt Against the Constitution
Jamelle Bouie: The details of what is happening here are important — that’s why I laid them out — but it’s also important to step back and make a more fundamental point: the president of the United States is engaged in a conspiracy against the voting rights of the Amer…
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Gina Trapani: The joy of making stuff with a 3D printer...
Gina Trapani: The joy of making stuff with a 3D printer. I’ve always been a little 3D printer-curious and this looks like a good resource to start with.
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2 Odysseus 2 Ithaca: Emily Wilson is completely...
2 Odysseus 2 Ithaca: Emily Wilson is completely retranslating The Odyssey. “It’s a complete retranslation. It’s not a revision of the old version.” This is the exact opposite of resting on one’s laurels.
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Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court...
Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail. “The Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans.”
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What’s Missing From the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra’s 200MP Camera
Reports of the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra have been grabbing headlines. The upcoming phone is said to carry a 1/1.31-inch, 200-megapixel ISOCELL HP6 sensor, a 6.3-inch display, and softer edges. But this is not a story about the phone. Rather, it is about how the phone camera is n…
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How Blackwing Pencils Are Made
The thing about me is if I see a making-of video for pencils, I’m gonna stop and watch it and then post it to my website, especially if said pencils are Blackwings, made in Japan. Take a first-ever, in-depth look at the Blackwing pencil manufacturing process. This short f…
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Industry Standard Tools . “Every trade has a small...
Industry Standard Tools. “Every trade has a small number of items so entrenched that they’ve become the de facto tool that nearly everyone in that trade uses.”
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This is a fun read: If You Build It, Will They Come? On...
This is a fun read: If You Build It, Will They Come? On the Sperm Racing World Cup. “The cells then race through courses less than a half-centimeter long that are etched into microfluidic silicon chips.”
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Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another*...
Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another* ~15% next year. We can’t continue like this (but I feel like this has been the case for the last ~10 years and will in fact likely continue…)
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Your Zeiss Lenses Can Now be Repaired by KEH
If you own a Zeiss lens, then know that repairs are about to become a whole lot easier for you. KEH today is announcing that they're the exclusive repair center for Zeiss in North America. This is very reassuring news if you're into some of the earlier lenses that the brand has…
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macwright.com (Feed)
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Recently
I skipped August's Recently because this summer has been relentless, mostly in the positive sense. July and August were filled with bike rides, 5K races, friends in town, life changes and logistics. For a friend's birthday, we rode the rickety Coney Island Cyclone, which was fa…
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Here’s how noise-cancelling headphones work (and when...
Here’s how noise-cancelling headphones work (and when they don’t). “This is why ANC is better suited for reducing low, sustained sounds like those of motors and airplane engines, and it’s why such headphones can’t filter out screaming kids.”
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The Sony a6900 is Likely to Feature a Global Shutter
Reports about the upcoming Sony a6900 have been online for a while, with the latest addition highlighting a new stacked sensor and possibly a new 24fps readout. And considering what Sony did with the Sony a9 III and giving it a global shutter, who's to say that that won't come t…
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4 Things to Know About Using Kodak Tri-X in the Studio
With the influx of new film photographers that have come into the photo world, there is now even more experimentation with film emulsions like Kodak Tri-X 400. One of the things that you, yes you, are bound to do at one point or another is work with the film in a studio environm…
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One of Sony’s Oddest Lenses Also Makes Beautiful Photographs
10 years ago, I reviewed the Sony 85mm f1.4 G Master original. In 2024, they released the second version of this lens which we reviewed as well. But ultimately, we thought that the much more affordable 85mm f1.8 FE was too good of a deal to pass up on. In fact, I even think that…
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