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Filtered for some poetry in modern English

1. My favourite translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Wikipedia) - 1,000 year old Persian poetry - is by Robert Graves from 1967. Graves, it turns out, unknowingly based his translations on hoax sources. Which might not have gone down so badly, except that he used the h…

Your Camera Might be Able to Shoot Panoramas, so Why Haven’t You?

Panorama photography is something that we most commonly associate with landscape photography – a photographic technique intended to capture the essence of sweeping vistas and the grandeur of a scene. While there are many ways to achieve this look, sometimes the easiest way is…

The Lifespan of Cameras is About to Get Longer

Before so many of you picked up a camera and set foot into the world where refreshes happened pretty often, cameras had a pretty long lifespan of support. In fact, some even lasted a decade or so until a refresh of some sort. And really, that's all that most photographers needed…

WANDRD Magnetic Camera Strap Review: Worth the Money?

Camera straps are typically not covered on this site anymore. Mostly because straps today are nearly identical to one another and in the end don’t offer photographers anything different. Whether you’re spending top dollar for the finest leathers or just looking for something…

Accretionary Arc

Technology optimism hour

Back in 2022, I wrote Web technology optimism hour, highlighting the things I thought were cool about the state of technology. Time flies. Let's do it again. It's still easy to be pessimistic, but it's nice to mine your feelings for the positive ones. The elephant in the room i…

This Week in the IndieWeb

August 7-14, 2026 Recent EventsFrom events.indieweb.org/archive: Homebrew Website Club - Eastern Wednesday, August 12 at 6:00pm Online! Zoom! Homebrew Website Club Europe/London Wednesday, August 12 at 7:00pm Homebrew Website Club - Nuremberg/Germany Wednesday, August 12 a…

Byeday

Well, almost. Tomorrow I fly back to Indiana, where it has been stormy the whole time I've been gone, seems like. In a couple of months, I'll be scanning all the photos I have in dozens of three-ring albums, but keeping the photos themselves, which I want to organize chronologic…

Film Photographers: You Can’t Beat This Discount

Yes, we've got something special for film photographers! Did you know that the Phoblographer doesn't get funding from the large camera and lens brands? In fact, we're super transparent about where our funding comes from on our disclaimers page. Can you say the same thing about y…

August 2026 solar eclipse from AY1339

I was on a flight from Helsinki to London when the 2026 solar eclipse occurred this week. With uncharacteristic forethought I’d ordered, taken delivery of – and brought with me – eclipse glasses and a little accompanying cardboard filter for my phone camera. I’d also res…