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kottke.org (Feed)
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According to this peer-reviewed paper, the...
According to this peer-reviewed paper, the “screeching sound of peeling tape” is caused by tiny sonic booms. The speeds at work here are in the range of Mach 0.7–1.8. Supersonic crafts!
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NASA has released some 12,000 unseen photos from the...
NASA has released some 12,000 unseen photos from the recent Artemis II mission; here are some of the best shots.
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The Contiguous 41 States
Nowhere on XKCD’s map of The Contiguous 41 States does it say that you need to find the missing seven states, but that’s immediately where my mind went. And it was a little more challenging than I anticipated — all of New England is present & accounted for somehow? Th…
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The Phoblographer (Feed)
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The Single Best Third-Party Lens For Street Photography
Third-party lenses have been pretty important for photographers who need reliable options at a decent cost. While there are many options one can choose from, TTArtisan's is perhaps the best when it comes to street photography. One of the reasons being that their focal lengths ar…
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A 55-minute mix of Boards of Canada B-sides and rarities .
A 55-minute mix of Boards of Canada B-sides and rarities.
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“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”:...
“They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us”: Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System. “The Senate was ineffective, and the liberal Jedi were out of touch…”
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Here’s Everything We Want From the R8 II
Canon cameras are in a league of their own. The company has introduced some spectacular models over the years, and it appears that there seems to be no stopping. With reports of the Canon R8 II being on the horizon, one only hopes for a Rebel's mirrorless version to be far bette…
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The Visual Comedy of Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs
I’m gonna call it: Every Frame a Painting, my all-time favorite YouTube channel, is back. Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos stopped producing their fantastic video essays back in 2017 and while they have popped up here and there since then, they’ve mostly stuck to their retireme…
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How Sylvester Stallone Rescued the First Rambo Film With...
How Sylvester Stallone Rescued the First Rambo Film With a Radical Recut, Cutting It From 3½ Hours to 93 Minutes. “The solution that ended up saving the movie wasn’t much less drastic, producing a 93-minute cut that excised most of Rambo’s dialogue.”
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Adding Artfulness to Your Street Photography
When we enter the world with a camera intending to photograph it how it is, we are engaging in the practice of street photography. The street photographer faithfully carries their camera, searching for the moments which will eventually captivate their viewers and perhaps even te…
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Grumpy Website (Feed)
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: I tried to copy a link to a shopping list from Ikea web app. Of course, it’s an app, so links don’t work, you need app to “support” copying a link. For some other reason, Ikea decided that just copying a link is boring, so they implemented system “Share”…
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The Best Way to Compose Your Photographs That You Weren’t Taught
Everyone talks about the rule of thirds. But that mostly applies to traditional 3:4 ratio images. The truth is that sometimes just centering your subject can work. And yet, there's an even better method to doing all this compositional stuff.
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One of The Cheapest Ways to Improve Your Photo Editing Workflow
If you use Lightroom or Capture One, you'll want to see what our presets can do for you. Not only are they affordable, but they're specially designed to make images in a variety of both studio and natural lighting scenes stand out. This works for street photography, landscapes,…
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nikitonsky is being grumpy
nikitonsky: The fact the I plugged in a physical cable in my physical computer physically is a pretty good indicator that I kinda want to, no? Also that I’ve been using this device for about ten years? #Apple #macOS #Popup
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The Best Canon Camera for Landscape Photography
Landscape photographers have a lot going for them. For starters, they have a plethora of cameras and lenses to work with, and with time, these gadgets are just getting better. While there are some exceptional models in Canon's portfolio, this device from the company is by far th…
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The Brutal Truth About Social Media and Your Art
Social media algorithms are rigged against photographers. Video gets pushed, photos get buried even when your single image has more soul than a thousand AI-generated TikToks with the same robotic voice-over. But here's what they don't want you to know: Your photography isn't the…
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