Station Identification: Lady Chatterley’s New Year Message

To be clear, I’ve never read the book, but came to this passage via a circuitous route. Probably my favourite podcast of the last few years is David Runciman’s “Past, Present Future”. It has a series of episodes on great legal trials – one of which featured the landmar…

On the Scariest Roller Coaster Ever Built

I just discovered that the original Cyclone roller coaster at Palisades Amusement Park has its own Wikipedia article, and that the two photos in it are ones I posted on Flickr in 2008 with a permissive license that encouraged re-use. Above is the first. Here is the second: Georg…

The Best Photography Podcasts To Tune in Today

Photography has been a visual medium, and photographers often interact with the work of others through their websites, articles, or social media. But what happens when one wants to learn and grow, but not just be dependent on reading material alone? Like videos on YouTube, podca…

Old Windows 3.x Games on the Internet Archive

Yesterday I linked to a Windows 3.x NYT crossword puzzle app from 1992 that you can play directly on the Internet Archive. I was a Windows user back in the day (my conversion to Apple didn’t happen until the early 00s) and so of course I had to see what other Win3.x games th…

A wildlife photographer “discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints preserved in the vertical...

A wildlife photographer “discovered thousands of dinosaur footprints preserved in the vertical face of a mountainside” in the Italian Alps dating back 200M years. “This is now really one of the most important places for Triassic dinosaur footprints.” 💬…

Listen to the Cassandras

Toby Buckle for the New Republic: The Americans Who Saw All This Coming — But Were Ignored and Maligned. This is not that far from the position many ordinary Americans found themselves in at the start of the Trump era. They weren’t time travelers but saw what was coming cle…

Panasonic’s Biggest Miss: The Camera That Came Too Soon

Panasonic cameras have recently become the most opted choice for hybrid creators. The company offers various exciting features, ranging from live composite to real-time LUTs to multiple exposures, each helping creators to ease their workflow. However, while the company is gainin…

Oh this is devilish…a game where you have make to 45 groups...

Oh this is devilish…a game where you have make to 45 groups of 45 items each by matching two at a time. Must take hours? (Where’s the multiplayer option when you need it?) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Rian Johnson Breaks Down a Scene From Wake Up Dead Man

Along with Sinners and One Battle After Another,1 Wake Up Dead Man is one of my favorite films of the year. So I enjoyed director Rian Johnson breaking down the investigative scene in the bar in this Vanity Fair video. This is, for me, even a little more personal than the pre…

 3 Great Lenses That Will Work on Your APS-C and Full Frame Nikon DSLRs

Nikon DSLRs are back in trend again, thanks to the vintage camera trend. With exceptional cameras in its lineup, Nikon offers a lot for anyone who is looking for APS-C or full frame cameras for their needs. Models such as the D300, the D810, or the D3, the company has something…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Visible controls? Only cowards need visible controls. Real guys just edit text in a vacuum #macOS #Tahoe #Affordance #TextField #AppleBooks

ProPublica launches Rx Inspector database. “We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help...

ProPublica launches Rx Inspector database. “We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

From Lit Hub, the best audiobooks of 2025. (It’s not new, but...

From Lit Hub, the best audiobooks of 2025. (It’s not new, but I just started listening to Milkman by Anna Burns and it’s really good so far.) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025, incl. Signal Hill (“this inventive program...

The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025, incl. Signal Hill (“this inventive program functions like an audio magazine”) and Our Ancestors Were Messy (“this delightful show recounts stories from the pre-civil-rights era in the vein of social pages & gossip columns”). �…

Is Sigma Developing New Zoom Lenses?

Sigma is one of the few companies that has evolved its portfolio, offering some exceptional focal ranges for various photographers. Models such as the Sigma 35mm f1.2 ART, the 56mm f1.4 DC DN Contemporary, and the recently launched 200mm f2 DG Sports continue to showcase the com…

The Golden Age of Cameras Is Here, But Is Photography Keeping Up?

The month of December often presents an opportunity to meet photographers from diverse backgrounds, and the conversations continue to flow. The title is a result of one such discussion, which began after a few people saw my Fujifilm FinePix F10 vintage camera. When one examines…

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The Imperfect Homework Machine

Shel Silverstein’s Homework Machine was one of my kids’ favorite poems of his when they were little. First published in 1981, the short poem turned out to be rather prescient about AI, especially the earlier LLMs, which couldn’t math their way out of a wet paper bag. Yo…