8 Nikon DSLRs Behind Major Award-Winning Photos

The Nikon DSLRs that have won awards are the Nikon D500, the D850, the D5, the D3, the D4s, the D600, the D3200, and the D750. It's crazy to think that one of those, the Nikon D3, is from 2007! Nikon DSLRs are among the best cameras in the world. They may not always be the first…

“We should be more ambitious with the software we build”

Since early this year, Michael Malis (of pgrust) has been showing me interesting things he's done and saying [W]e should be more ambitious1 with the software we build There is, understandably, a lot of skepticism about projects like pgrust because there are so many low-quali…

There's no reason for software to be slow anymore

The other day, I saw a viral tweet saying that people talking about how LLMs are causing slow, bloated, code are going to eat crow once they re-write everything in super-optimized assembly. We're not quite at the point where we want to write everything in assembly, but some vari…

Apple Music’s 404 page features a fully functional iPod...

Apple Music’s 404 page features a fully functional iPod simulator.

Short video teasing an new collab between Daft Punk and...

Short video teasing an new collab between Daft Punk and Lego, including a forthcoming Lego set based on this fan-submitted entry.

The American Divide on Empathy

PRRI’s 2026 American Values Survey reveals some, uh, interesting views on whether Americans think empathy is a good thing or not. Those respondents unaffiliated with a religion were much more inclined to think that empathy is “a foundational moral value that helps build a he…

OMG, the height of these waves hitting a seawall in...

OMG, the height of these waves hitting a seawall in Taiwan as Typhoon Champi hit the island nation a few days ago. That’s gotta be close to 100 feet. Waves also inundated this 75-foot-tall lighthouse and a crane 164 feet tall, knocking it over.

Techart LMEA9 Review Update: Negating Sony’s Award Winning Autofocus

Back in 2022, I reviewed the Techart LMEA9 adapter. This big, fat, ring is a matrimony of Leica M lenses and Sony's modern cameras with autofocus. Since its launch, there've been multiple firmware updates. To update the LMEA9, you have to be really careful to not lose the back c…

Michael Pollan reflects on what has and hasn’t changed in...

Michael Pollan reflects on what has and hasn’t changed in the 20 years since he wrote The Omnivore’s Dilemma. “Looking at the landscape of food and farming today, I’m sorry to report that things haven’t changed all that much.”

Matt Webb is bunkering down, bracing for more LLM-driven...

Matt Webb is bunkering down, bracing for more LLM-driven security exploits. “Realistically, let’s say the internet gets infested with AI worms and we need to turn it off and on again, could we do it?” I had not heard of the air-gapped LLM communication 😳

Siege Engine

Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 Review: The Digital Camera Equivalent of a Poser

The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 is in so many ways, an odd camera that I don't believe really makes sense in the lineup. While its predecessor won many awards, I believe that this camera doesn't really deserve them. For starters, the Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 wants to desperatel…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Button with question? #Google #Chrome #Button #Question

Harry Kane is this year’s men’s winner of the Ballon...

Harry Kane is this year’s men’s winner of the Ballon d’Or. 100% the right choice — he had the best season of anyone. Like, almost ever.

Our Response To The eMudhra Key Disclosure Incident

The Go Blog Our Response To The eMudhra Key Disclosure Incident Roland Shoemaker, on behalf of the Go Security team 26 October 2026 On October 19, the Go team initiated an expedited security release to protect Go users and their applicati…

For $45 a Year, Here’s Everything You Get as a Phoblographer Member

A Phoblographer membership costs $45 a year, and it's easy to assume that just means no banner ads. That's the headline, but it's genuinely not the whole story, so here's the full list of what you actually get for it.

A poignant short documentary about a mother who only...

A poignant short documentary about a mother who only knows her son is alive by the new graffiti tags he leaves around town. Eventually, she started tagging back…

From Charles Mann, a quick history of porcelain, which is...

From Charles Mann, a quick history of porcelain, which is basically what his pricey induction stovetop is made from. (Fun fact: I went to grad school for ceramic engineering before dropping out after a semester to teach myself web design.)

Russian and East European Posters

Princeton houses a large digital collection of posters from Russia and Eastern Europe, almost 5000 total item spanning 101 years (1904-2004). This album on Flickr contains nearly 1500 Russian & Soviet posters from 1917-1991 — not sure how much overlap there is betw…

Ten of the most bizarre films and their posters, as...

Ten of the most bizarre films and their posters, as chosen by Eternal Family. I linked to Eternal Family recently and this is a good guide to some of their weirdest stuff.

How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American...

How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness. “When one revisits colonial accounts of North America, one finds a striking amount of evidence that Native Americans set fire to the landscape.”

The Real Stories Behind Spirit Photography

Photography has some fantastic moments that have helped to push the medium forward. From the discovery of a pinhole camera, to the first panorama camera, there are many moments that helped the medium reach where it is today. While there are some technical achievements, there are…

NASA’s Perseverance Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven

According to NASA, the Perseverance rover has driven just over 28 miles on the surface of Mars, making it the vehicle that has driven the farthest distance outside of Earth. On Oct. 11, the rover’s odometer reached 28.10 miles (45.22 kilometers), eclipsing the record of 2…

Simon Willison: “Battle Drones is heavily vibe coded —...

Simon Willison: “Battle Drones is heavily vibe coded — I’ve reviewed almost none of the code, and it’s built in a language (TypeScript) that I’ve hardly used myself.” There’s a French steampunk version too.

The 5 Boro Foto Fest Helped me Reignite my Passion for Photography

This past Sunday, the 5 Boro Foto Fest descended upon Long Island City in New York to host a truly innovative photography show and festival. The 5 Boro Foto Fest had one simple premise: “Art made by human hands for humans.” In a world that is trying to convince people that w…

Fujifilm XF 50-140mm f2.8 Discontinued at Japanese Retailers

The Fujifilm XF 50-140mm f2.8 R LM OIS WR lens has reportedly been stopped from production. The telephoto zoom lens was launched in 2014, making the optics almost 12 years old. The report has surfaced via a Japanese publication, meaning that this may take some time to come into…

This exhibition of ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) by Utagawa...

This exhibition of ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) by Utagawa Hiroshige at the Tokyo National Museum was great. Awesome to see these prints in person.

Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

London’s Natural History Museum has announced the winners of the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, a competition that has been going since 1965. You can see a gallery of all the winners on the competition website (and also places like The Guardian and The…

How Shooting in Black and White Changes How to do Photography

Most photographers shoot in color and then fix their images in post-production afterward. But recently, I've been doing something much different: making images in black and white. Obviously, I'm using RAW and JPEG but I will only edit the RAWs later on if I really think that the…

How to Install an App on Your Commodore 64. “Oh, don’t...

How to Install an App on Your Commodore 64. “Oh, don’t worry, you’ll just need to type in the code for that program. There’s an article explaining what MLX is, which you can read really quickly on page 93, and then you’ll find the code for it on page 94.”

How to Shoot More Intentionally With a Mirrorless Camera

Photographers have been shooting for years in a very mindless way. Part of this has to do with how manufacturers have been telling you that they're technically superior to others. The result has been that it's created photographers who just don't think anymore or know how to use…