Viltrox 35mm f1.4 Pro Review: This is Different

The new Viltrox 35mm f1.4 Pro lens seems like it's an older design of some sort give how small many modern 35mm f1.4 lenses are. Make no mistake, it's a great lens with fast autofocus that's sometimes missing the mark, weather resistance, and really nice image quality. But after…

Old Newspaper Headlines About the Name Doppelgängers of Current Celebrities

This is great: Annie Rauwerda (of Depths of Wikipedia fame) sifted through the archive at newspapers.com to find the goings on of long-ago celebrity name doppelgängers (follow-up post). A few of my favorites: Tags: Annie Rauwerda · cel…

I made a small tweak to Prometheus (gift link discovery...

I made a small tweak to Prometheus (gift link discovery site) that kinda kicks ass: NYT Cooking is now a separate source (which you can filter by). The Rigatoni With White Bolognese recipe is a favorite of mine. 🤌

Is the Sony RX1R II Worth Your Time in 2026?

Sony has introduced some fantastic cameras for photographers from varied backgrounds. The APS-C range caters to serious and intermediate photographers. The full frame is perfect for a plethora of genres, while the compact cameras are divided into beginner-friendly and premium mo…

The Nikon 120-300mm f2.8 Z is For a Special Breed of Photographer

Today, Nikon is announcing their Nikon 120-300mm f2.8 Z lens that's designed for photographers of various types. We see this lens being mostly in use with event photographers and perhaps a few sports photographers. Nikon has long needed a lens like this for their Z8 and Z9. But…

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Errol Morris shot ads for Theranos and recently revealed...

Errol Morris shot ads for Theranos and recently revealed he has a two-hour interview with Elizabeth Holmes that he’s considering releasing. “Did I have any reason to believe that she was a fraud? I did not. Did that change as time went on? It did.”

Remember the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game? Turns out:...

Remember the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game? Turns out: “Kevin Bacon is not the center of Hollywood. In fact, he never has been, and almost certainly never will be.”

The California AI Rush

There have been five tech booms since Gordon Moore coined his eponymous Law in 1965: In my long experience, the AI boom is the biggest of all. Tom Friedman calls it “the second big bang.” Watch that. I think he’s right. Business-wise, we get a lot of sky-pie, naturally. Th…

Samsung Patent Describes an Undo Button for AI-Edited Photos

Samsung may have quietly exited the serious part of the photo industry, but they've got a new patent that's going to add to the authenticity of images. And if it's real, then it could help the entire web in so many different ways. Photography patents are important for the advanc…

A bunch of items from Stanley Kubrick’s personal archive...

A bunch of items from Stanley Kubrick’s personal archive will be auctioned off early next year, including Jack Torrance’s axe & the sister’s blue dresses from The Shining, Kubrick’s director’s chair, and a chess set owned by the director.

The Moving Image Archive

The Moving Image Archive is a collection of over 120,000 clips from almost 2300 archival films drawn from public domain collections. The internet is full of forgotten films, and this archive is a growing library of that collection. When synthetic footage can now fabricate…

It’s Hard To Be A Rich Radical. “It was disappointing how...

It’s Hard To Be A Rich Radical. “It was disappointing how easily money turned a lot of them into sudden conservatives, full of right-wing doctrine about bootstraps and the fantasy of a black capitalist utopia…”

Scientists are studying whether “many chronic diseases we...

Scientists are studying whether “many chronic diseases we treat as separate failures of separate organs may share one deeper problem: cells struggling to extract and use energy from food” (diabetes, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, etc.)

Paleovirology: How HIV Started a Century Before Anyone Noticed

I’ve been vaguely aware for awhile that researchers had traced the origins of HIV/AIDS back to Sub-Saharan Africa. But I didn’t know the whole story, which turns out to be really fascinating. For decades, one man was blamed for bringing AIDS to America. But the “Patie…

They Stopped 57 Shootings. Everyone Was Just Fired. “A...

They Stopped 57 Shootings. Everyone Was Just Fired. “A program called Peace Orlando hired neighborhood residents closest to the violence…who could see a shooting coming and talk people down.” It worked…and then the program was shut down.

Sprout is planning to sell replacement motherboards for...

Sprout is planning to sell replacement motherboards for certain iPods. “Sprout only replaces the motherboard and uses your iPod’s original parts. No soldering required, and fully reversible.” Bluetooth, WiFi, 500K songs, USB-C, even streaming.

10 Things I Want from the Nikon Z7 III

While I don't know what the Nikon Z7 III will be like, I think that it's fun to think about it! It's been a very long time now since Nikon refreshed the Z7 lineup. And it's sort of in an odd place. I mean, why would someone buy one when the Z8 and Z9 all exist? Well, I think tha…

A Photographer Slaps the Factory Farm Industry in the Face (NSFW)

In 2026, here in America we've been faced with some real food scares. Lettuce can sometimes be very contaminated -- and our government did nearly nothing about it. Then the problem was said to spread to blueberries, raspberries, and others. This, along with many things in our ec…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: Looks like Siri came to Europe. As usual, with impeccable Apple animation quality. And two active text cursors #Apple #Siri #Animation #macOS #AppleNotes #Cursor

The Camp Snap 2 Outsold the CS8 in 2026

In 2026 so far, the Camp Snap 2 seems to be the big winner for the company followed by the CS8 and the CSPro. I remember back in 2023 when I reviewed the first Camp Snap. I couldn't imagine that the company would turn into the surprising success that it is today -- but I'm glad…