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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: Another problem with hover states: buttons are invisible until you hover over them. People can’t click on buttons they can’t see! For example, here, they put most-used actions directly over each email. Presumably that should help you sort your mail faster, proce…
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kottke.org (Feed)
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A few years back, the Mini Cooper’s taillights were...
A few years back, the Mini Cooper’s taillights were designed to look like the Union Jack flag, which is fine until you turn the blinker on and it looks like an arrow pointing in the wrong direction. I hated this design the moment I saw it on the road.
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Oh my gosh, look at these tiny snow leopard cubs from...
Oh my gosh, look at these tiny snow leopard cubs from the Melbourne Zoo. 🥹
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Doc Searls Weblog (Feed)
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Niceday
Which it is, here in Southern Indiana. Was yesterday too. Getting strait A visual of marine traffic piling up on the two sides of the Strait of Hormuz. Also this story on transponder spoofing in Wired. Transponders are how one can see what ships are where, their routes, and othe…
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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Looking for that Vibey Look? Our Presets Can Do That
You should take it from veterans of the photo industry for nearly 20 years. For several years now, the Phoblographer has been actively selling presets to our audience. And folks have been loving them. We started with presets designed for those of us who love photojournalism. The…
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The Astronomy Picture of the Day , in which the...
The Astronomy Picture of the Day, in which the International Space Station looks like it’s landing on the Moon.
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Project Plowshare: Nukes for Peace!
I’d vaguely heard of Project Plowshare but good god, what a ridiculous and dangerous waste of time and money. At the height of the Cold War, nuclear weapons were seen not only as devices of destruction, but also as tools for progress. Project Plowshare was a bold attempt…
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“ Here are some things that have been found in...
“Here are some things that have been found in donation bins: A live puppy. Live Japanese grenades. An 1854 tombstone for Rebecca Jane Nye. Old skulls. A stolen Frederic Remington sculpture. Customized Air Jordans made for Spike Lee.”
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Freefly Becomes the 11th Member of the Prestigious L-Mount Alliance
When the Leica L-mount was announced, people were skeptical of what this could mean for photographers. But over the years, the mount has now become the most-sought after option for many hybrid users. While L-mount is still not there yet when it comes to competing with brands lik…
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Historian Eric Cline, author of 1177 BC, explains how...
Historian Eric Cline, author of 1177 BC, explains how the collapse of several civilizations circa 1200 BC was the result of an “overly interdependent system that had no way to absorb multiple shocks at once”.
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5 Best Zoom Lenses for the Discerning Landscape Photographers
Landscape photography helps one to get in touch with nature. Viewing vast vistas up close is a pleasure for any human being, with many trying to depict the beauty to their peers in the city. With more photographers turning towards documenting nature, there are some who want to c…
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Beware This Fuji GFX Scam Happening in Europe
Every now and again, I look on eBay for real cameras designed for real photographers. And most of the time, I want to turn to medium format. This begins the search for some good used gear like the Fujifilm GFX 100RF. Last year, we reported on the pricing problem that these camer…
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Hollywood’s World Map of California
This is a map published in 1927 by Paramount Studios showing the areas of California & Nevada that doubled as shooting locations for far-flung locales, including Siberia, Wales, the Nile, New England, the Red Sea, and the Alps. Tags: Hollywood · maps · movies
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If Your Sony Camera Freezes Up, Remember This
Oftentimes, camera insurance is cheaper than a repair or a replacement -- especially on time! Here's a little-known fact: the warranty of your camera or lens doesn't necessarily cover what happens to it in case of dust, inclement weather, etc. That's why we created the Photogra…
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: You know what? I’ve had enough. Interactions on hover are fucked up. Being afraid to move my mouse is fucked up. Blocking content with stuff nobody asked for is fucked up. LET ME MOVE MY MOUSE WITHOUT FEAR! If I’d want to see something I’ll click on it. #Hover…
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Researchers have found that some aspects of sperm...
Researchers have found that some aspects of sperm whales’ communication are “remarkably similar” to human languages.
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Everwhen
As always Jamie Smith nails it with No one is listening to Steve Jobs’s advice about the EU Digital ID Wallet. Still the only way Interesting how old posts get new traffic. The biggest this morning on the ProjectVRM blog is to Health Care Relationship Management, which ran…
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Adactio: Journal (Feed)
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Threat models
People talk about the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of large language models as though all tasks are comparable. But it strikes me that there are three broad categories of work that large language models are applied to: Compression. Transformation. Expansion. Compression is…
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The Only Mirrorless Camera You Need For Street Photography
Mirrorless cameras are all the rage in the industry. With companies like Canon and Nikon switching to the same, photographers today have only two options: stick to the aging DSLR system, or get a new camera with a fast system. For those in street photography, the latter makes mu…
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What Was the Very First Plant in the World?...
What Was the Very First Plant in the World? “Scientists believe the first true plants evolved from green algae around 470 million years ago.”
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The Brennan Self-Balancing Monorail
This is so cool: in the early 1900s, a mechanical engineer named Louis Brennan invented a self-balancing train that ran on a single track. This video demonstrates how the train worked using a clever system of gyroscopes. This is the Brennan Monorail, a train from the early…
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Trust This Signal
Next Wednesday, 21 April, at 4 pm Eastern, Judith Donath will speak here at Indiana University and online on The Alchemy of Confidence, addressing the most pressing question in our still-new digital age: Why do we trust some signals—and fall for others? She explains, In a time…
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I mentioned this book in a previous post but it deserves...
I mentioned this book in a previous post but it deserves its own thing: Timothy Ryback’s 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy will hit shelves in September. A must-read for me.
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The People’s Clock: a Timepiece Made of People
As part of his Real Time series, artist Maarten Baas has created The People’s Clock, a timepiece that lives in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. To create the clock’s “workings”, Baas recorded more than 1000 volunteers moving as the clock’s hands over a 12-hour period…
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The Great American GLP-1 Experiment . In the last few...
The Great American GLP-1 Experiment. In the last few years, people have come up with all sorts of off-label uses for GLP-1s, including treating concussions, menopause, long Covid, IBS, drug addiction, anxiety, hair loss, and arthritis.
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Thrustday
A hopeful sign My News Commons site and series are getting action lately.
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Why is This Nikon Film Camera Outdoing the Z8 in 2026?
Nikon has been one of the few companies that has always had to work hard to prove itself; and that's especially been the case since the inception of mirrorless camera. Sometimes, we all forget that they started the same way that many Chinese manufacturers have today: by imitatin…
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The Monochrome WLV-01 Waist Level Camera Review: The Sony E Mount Just Got Better
I've long shot and loved analog film photography, an experience that cannot be reproduced digitally. Until I tried the Monochrome WLV-01.
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Is a New Third-Party Lens Brand Making Lenses for Canon RF?
Canon users have never had an opportunity to use a nice autofocus lens from third-party lens makers. One of the reasons being that the company was not ready to give access to other brands. Despite the challenges, some people did rely on them and worked with manual focus instead.…
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