Oneday

That's all I have to prep for a month on the road. Tomorrow is Baltimore. After that, North Carolina. After that, California. Back in Bloomington in mid-August. Ground down Says here [](CKWX Vancouver,)that Rogers Sports & Media has closed six of its radio stations. One of those…

On the Britishisms & grammar imported into American...

On the Britishisms & grammar imported into American English during the World Cup. “That’s not a foul, just a coming together.”

Clipart Studio lets you cut up magazines sourced from...

Clipart Studio lets you cut up magazines sourced from the Internet Archive, images from Wikimedia Commons, & files you’ve uploaded, and create art collages from them. This is great — be sure to check out the gallery.

If Other Jobs Were Like a U.S. Senator’s . “You...

If Other Jobs Were Like a U.S. Senator’s. “You are at the dentist’s office. No one has seen or heard from the dentist in months, but he’s been making stock trades.”

The Most Influential 90s Music Videos for Black and White Photographers

Are the 90s making a comeback? Apparently millennials are whistfully hearkening back to those good old days, when a Clinton was president and the tech bubble hadn't burst. And if you lived your life through music videos, you know that there were plenty of videos shot in black-an…

nikitonsky is being grumpy

nikitonsky: If your brand name is your domain name, you don’t get to append words to the end of it. Google.Maps is fine, Google.com.Maps would be not

For Better Candid Portraits, Do This

Candid portraits are much harder than you'd think they are. First and foremost, candid portraits often require one of two things: either a lot of trust in the photographer or a really stealthy photographer that absolutely cannot be seen or heard. This is what many aspire to be:…

The Classic 85mm Lens that Still Wows Me

Earlier this year in 2026, I completed my Zeiss 85mm f1.4 Otus ML lens review. to me, it felt stale, lacking imagination, and nowhere as good as the original did. The original Zeiss Otus 85mm f1.4, which I reviewed back in 2014, is a lens where I look back with fondness. Sure, i…

The Princess and the Pea

“A star located about 1,300 light-years from Earth...

“A star located about 1,300 light-years from Earth shows signs of having devoured one of its planets — and is now gearing up for a second helping…” Scientists found signs of the meal by looking for “cosmic cookie crumbs”.

clipart.studio

make and share collages from the Internet Archive’s magazine collection or upload your own PDF #

Buddy List

an AIM-style buddy list of your active Bluesky mutuals, no login necessary #

Digger

I’d seen that there was a new Tom Cruise movie coming out this fall called Digger, but I was not prepared for the trailer, in which we see Cruise playing a dipshit oligarch in what appears to be a Dr. Strangelove-style satire/thriller. The most powerful man in the world e…

The Canon AE-1: 50 Years, And it Still Works

"The surprisingly affordable Canon AE-1: so advanced it's simple." that was the slogan behind an American commercial featuring the now well known Canon AE-1 SLR camera. It was such a hit because of the features that it offered, the automatic program exposure, and the variety of…

TIL about Fredkin’s paradox . “With this kind of...

TIL about Fredkin’s paradox. “With this kind of decision, what Fredkin’s paradox tells us is if it’s very difficult to decide, it’s probably because the alternatives are equivalent, and therefore it doesn’t matter which one you choose.”

The Universe of Short Film is an amazing site for...

The Universe of Short Film is an amazing site for watching, sharing, and connecting around short films. This is really cool…not sure why the site isn’t better known.

Earth’s Holes

From XKCD, a tour of some of the Earth’s deepest and most notable holes, including mines, caves, boreholes, subway stations, lakes, tunnels, neutrino detectors, and, of course, the Mariana Trench. I was surprised to learn that a pair of boreholes, the Kola Superdeep Boreh…

Ocean Vuong has a photograpy show opening at The...

Ocean Vuong has a photograpy show opening at The Wadsworth Museum in Hartford, CT in August. Vuong used “portraiture, landscape, and snapshots to document queer and immigrant life in the Connecticut River Valley over two decades”.

When A.I. Is a Member of the Family . How a family of...

When A.I. Is a Member of the Family. How a family of three in a Cleveland suburb uses AI chatbots. This is wild.

Fujifilm Is Chasing Wide-Angle Superzoom Perfection, Patent Suggests

When it comes to photography, some lenses are preferred more so over others. For most photographers, a zoom lens is the most ideal solution, given the focal range. Fujifilm photographers will certainly be excited to learn that the company has some exciting lenses in their R&…

The Best Shots From the 2026 Aerial Photographer of the Year Contest

The best aerial photography reminds us that we don’t have to go all the way to space to experience a small helping of the overview effect. The 2026 Aerial Photographer of the Year contest celebrates the best photos taken from the air; here are a few of my favorites:…

A list of the new foods on offer at the Minnesota State...

A list of the new foods on offer at the Minnesota State Fair this year. They’re all some variation of “jerked pork rolled in butter & sugar, deep fried in dill pickle batter, and served with a side of cheese curd mayo”; I’d happily try any of them.

Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out...

Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search. “We’ve been clear about what we want. We want a technical solution that allows you to be discoverable without having to give your content away for free.”

Exploring NYC With Next Generation Skaters

This might be my new favorite skate video? It follows a pair of young skaters around the city as they chat about their friendship, share tips about living life, and try skating everything that is even remotely skateable. Best friends, Ari and Luca are two of the most promis…

Can we agree to pause the AI race? “If we can’t,...

Can we agree to pause the AI race? “If we can’t, then we are not as sovereign as we imagine; if we can’t, a machine god has already taken over this planet, and it’s called the market.”

Is Viltrox Working on Micro Four Thirds Lenses?

Viltrox has introduced some amazing lenses for full frame and crop sensor cameras. They have some wonderful pancake options that can help people get desired images with ease. It now appears that the company has an upcoming busy week, thanks to new reports of the expansion of the…

Dear Camera Manufacturers: Please Stop Taking Away Photo Features

If you've been a photographer long enough, then you're probably aware of all the features that cameras had a long time ago but that were taken away. Why were they removed? Well, camera manufacturers created a detriment to their own cameras. In the quest to make the perfect hybri…

Make Small Sensor Images Look Like They’re From Bigger Sensors

Take a look at the lead image for this story: what do you think it was shot with? It's a photo I use often here on the site. That photograph was shot with Kodak Portra with a Bronica ETRS. No editing was done. It looks like it could have been done with a modern full frame camera…

Medea by Rosie Hewlett

In preparation for my jaunt to a Greek island, I figured it would be good to have some Greek-adjacent reading material with me to peruse on the beach. So I scoured the shelves of my local library to find a modern retelling of a Greek myth that I hadn’t already read. That’s w…

Speak at UX London 2027

Exactly one year from now, UX London 2027 will be wrapping up. Mark your calendar: July 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2027. If you really want to be ahead of the curve, you can grab a very limited super early-bird ticket now before the price goes up. I’m about to start putting the 2027…

Gaeilge sa Ghréig

“Radharc álainn” I said. Beautiful view. “Nach ea!” he replied. Isn’t it? He sounded surprised to be addressed in Irish. We were, after all, very far from Erin’s shores. The beautiful view in question was of the bay of Loggos on the Greek island of Paxos. But I kn…

Half a Year Ago, I Went Back to DSLRs. I Don’t Regret It

You should know that I'm writing this article on the day of the Sony a7r VI launch. The new camera has a lot going for it that I'd probably like: a bigger viewfnder for low-vision photographers, megapixels galore, lots of good lenses, weather resistance, a new battery, and AI as…