Feeling Burnt Out? Put the Phone Down and Pick Up a Print

Scrolling through images on a screen is fast, convenient, and -- for a lot of photographers -- quietly exhausting. There's a slower way to fall back in love with the craft, and it starts with an actual, physical print.

So Many Amazing Control Rooms

From the Control Rooms group on Flickr. 🤩 So many little details in all of these photos to pore over. See also Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green, The User Experience Design of Lego Interface Panels, Inside NORAD’s Cheyenne…

What we’re building at Inanimate and how to follow along

It has been a busy summer over at Inanimate. Yes that is still a holding page. Bringing up a new consumer electronics company is, uh, kinda intense. So where we’re starting with the whole room computer, ambient intelligence thing is WORKS: five limited-edition devices for…

The Bayeux Tapestry of Fascism. “What’s this middle bit?”...

The Bayeux Tapestry of Fascism. “What’s this middle bit?” “Why, that’s the Battle of Legitimate Concerns!”

“Influencers are the private equity of culture: draining...

“Influencers are the private equity of culture: draining whatever’s ‘cool’ until higher prices and worse experiences push out the original fan base. Then they move on to the next thing, leaving the original to die…” 🎯

Gen Z is Returning to Film: a Rejection of Optimized Hype and Staged Perfection

We are living in a world where everyone not only has a camera in their pocket, but what was once a sci-fi supercomputer capable of completely altering reality. For Gen Z, the first generation of digital-only natives, it may seem like a quirky trend buying 40+-year-old cameras, b…

Prince Was One of the First Players of The Oregon Trail

In this video, Patrick Hicks tells the story of the development of the classic educational video game The Oregon Trail and how Prince (you know, the genius musical artist) was one of the first people in the world to play the very first version of the game. The basic story i…

A “Kelvin wave” powered by El Niño will soon raise sea...

A “Kelvin wave” powered by El Niño will soon raise sea levels in California “by half a foot or more”. “It’s ‘highly probable’ that California will soon witness its highest sea levels ever recorded.”

The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault...

The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go. “Why be financially independent, [editor in chief Sophia Dasser] wondered, if not to publish sharp-edged views of the biggest campus issues?”

The Sony Kit Behind Sitti’s Stunning Street Photography

Street photography showcases the most mundane things in a visually striking way. A large part of this comes down to the photographer's ability to observe moments that often go unnoticed by an untrained eye. One example is Sittichai Maikupandin's surreal visuals of Bangkok, which…

The best multi day hikes in the world. “As an avid hiker,...

The best multi day hikes in the world. “As an avid hiker, who spends most of her time hiking, I have done more than 100 multi day hikes all over the world. This list includes 25 of my favorite ones.”

Twenty five years of writing on adactio.com

On this day, twenty five years ago, I wrote my first journal entry on this website. Twenty five years! A quarter of a century! That’s a significant portion of the lifetime of the World Wide Web itself. Actually, this site did exist before September 30th, 2001 but it was very…

Lobster is Lobster: a language guessing game. “Lobster is...

Lobster is Lobster: a language guessing game. “Lobster is lobster in English. Langosta is lobster in ___”

Ooh, Mestra is a new short story from Madeline Miller...

Ooh, Mestra is a new short story from Madeline Miller (Circe, Song of Achilles). “Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is granted a unique gift by Poseidon: The ability to transform herself into any being she can imagine.”

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Sony a7 III Review in 2026: Is it Still Worth Buying?

As we approach a decade of the Sony a7 III's existence, it’s time to dive back into it and see if it’s still worth buying Sony’s oldest supported model. With an aging 24-megapixel sensor and "outdated" autofocusing system, the a7III may no longer be built for work, but it…

Map of the Lighthouses of the World

From mapped.earth, a map of every lighthouse on the planet, along with other charted lights like lighted buoys and such. The screenshots above are static but the lights on the real map move: each lighthouse sweeps out its actual arc and the reach of the beams is true to sc…

Looks like Every Frame a Painting is ramping up again!...

Looks like Every Frame a Painting is ramping up again! “Over the last 10 years, Taylor and I have amassed a series of ideas — some of them originally designed to be on Youtube, some designed to be other things. All of this is currently in progress”

How to Make Perfect Soft-Scrambled Eggs

I love watching Gordon Ramsay make scrambled eggs. I first saw this video years ago and, possibly because I am an idiot, have yet to attempt these eggs at home. You and me, eggs, next weekend. P.S. Jean-Georges Vongerichten makes scrambled eggs in a very similar way. Not qu…

Amazon is releasing some new Kindle models, including a...

Amazon is releasing some new Kindle models, including a thinner Paperwhite (my fave) with an aluminum back, more storage, and faster interactions. If I didn’t just get a new last-gen Paperwhite to replace one I lost, I’d be tempted to pre-order.

TTArtisan Launches AF 85mm F1.8 Neo, a Stripped-Down Portrait Prime for E, Z, and L-Mounts

TTArtisan has some good budget-friendly lenses in its whole portfolio. As part of their growing lineup, the company has introduced85mm f1.8 Neo, a full-frame autofocus prime lens for Sony E, Nikon Z, and L-mount cameras. The lens is competing with multiple first-party 85mm lense…

Everything We Know About the Fujifilm X-T6 From Its First Technical Sketches

Fujifilm has launched some wonderful cameras over the years. The company was the first to introduce a compact medium format model, which proved that the industry can keep innovating. And now, there are reports of the first technical sketches of the upcoming Fujifilm X-T6 having…

A raw, revealing interview with an 80-year-old Sylvester...

A raw, revealing interview with an 80-year-old Sylvester Stallone on the occasion of his new memoir, The Steps. I listened to about half of this and had to stop…it’s incredibly candid but what he went through as a kid & young adult, oof.

A 15-minute tour of former NFL coach Mike Tomlin’s...

A 15-minute tour of former NFL coach Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft city. As previously mentioned, he started playing the game to connect with his kids and never stopped. (This is only part 1 of ???)

How This Singaporean Photographer Captured the Awkward Beauty of Boyhood

check and correct Photographers have always used their experiences as a means to create great art. No matter how personal the experience is, it can always go on to become a universal truth. Something similar happened with Singaporean photographer Jayden Tan, whose series, BONER,…

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