Running on Film with the Hasselblad XPan — This editorial photo shoot began with a simple idea, a question even: could a running sequence shot on the Hasselblad XPan create an editorial story in
GLM 5.2 and the coming AI margin collapse (part 1) — GLM 5.2 is the first open weights model I'd call a genuine competitor to Opus and GPT for agentic work - at ~15-20% of the price. Part one of why AI inference margins are about to collapse.
Kuriositas — Curiosities from everywhere.
I spent $10,000 remodeling my garage to save on car repairs—but the real payoff surprised me — Remodeling your garage pays you back in ways that you may not realize.
Brightin Star's New 14mm f/2.8 Lens Promises High-End Astro Photos — A new ultra-wide 14mm f/2.8 lens is coming from Brightin Star.
Max Leiter — with apologies to Terry Bisson
You Can Eat Your Popcorn From an IMAX Camera Bucket While Watching 'The Odyssey' — For the IMAX fans.
Dr. Alan Kay on the Meaning of "Object-Oriented Programming" | Causality-Oriented Architecture Notes — The following are two emails from Alan Kay to Stefan Ram in July 2003, clarifying what "object-oriented programming" originally meant to the person who coined the term.
Honor launches its Robot Phone with a built-in folding gimbal and some crazy promo videos — It's currently only available in China, but could be an interesting idea for the future of mobile videography
The Easy Eight Share New Song "19.15.19": Listen — It’s still not totally clear why Charlie Manning Walker decided to end his great Chubby And The Gang project and then immediately start a new band called the Easy Eight, but that’s what he did. The Easy Eight, formerly EZ8, is…
Pull Start Fire #amazonfinds — c #amazonfinds
Photographer Recreates Iconic Sun Dunking Shot With Rising Basketball Star AJ Dybantsa — 10 years back, Dustin Snipes did it with Anthony Davis.
Y Combinator's Startup School curriculum breaks down unit economics, fundraising, and product-market fit with real founder examples and measurable benchmarks. https://www.startupschool.org
Reddit Spent Years Trying to Find Mysterious Photo Known as 'Celebrity Number Six' — The original images was on a curtain.
5 Easy Ways to Capture Creative Fireworks Photos — Five tricks for fun fireworks photos.
3 exciting Netflix thrillers to watch this week (August 17-23) — If you like IP, then you'll appreciate these thrillers from recongizable franchises.
The Voigtländer Nokton 35mm f/1.4 Arrives on RF and Z Mount Next Month — A new 35mm prime for Canon RF and Nikon Z mount.
An American privacy emergency: Guest post from Cynthia Dwork et al. — Scott’s foreword: Cynthia Dwork is Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, and a pioneer in the fields of differential privacy and algorithmic fairness. On my recent travels to…
Human Bottlenecks — Why AI won't augment human capabilities much.
The Legendary Zeiss Otus DSLR Lenses Have Been Discontinued — Goodbye, classic Otus lenses.
Heads Up, Photographers, the Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight — Meteoric!
NASA Study Points to Smoother Air Taxi Rides - NASA — No one wants to get into an uncomfortable aircraft. NASA research could help the emerging industry of air taxis —small, vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft
$5 Magic Tricks #amazonfinds — $5 Magic Tricks #amazonfinds
NYT and Vaping: How To Lie By Saying Only True Things — An exercise in spotting agenda journalism: dissecting a 2022 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 article on teen vaping sentence by sentence to show how it pins an EVALI hospitalization on legal nicotine vapes while never quite sayin
Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 7th — See today’s Daily Cartoon.
Stroustrup's Rule — Beginners need explicit syntax, experts want terse syntax.
How Photographer Kristi Odom Connects to Wildlife Through Her Camera — Kristi Odom on the creativity of wildlife photography.
When Kierkegaard Got Cancelled — Mocked by Copenhagen’s most notorious scandal sheet, Kierkegaard endured months of deeply personal attacks and the silence of friends and allies.
Arsenal face Man City in Community Shield before EPL return – all to know — Premier League winners Arsenal and FA Cup holders Man City prepare to trade blows as English top-flight season nears.
I Tried 10 VIRAL Kitchen Gadgets — FAN MAIL: CRAZY RUSSIAN HACKER P.O. Box 49 Waynesville, NC 28786
Wheat Hits Highest in a Week on Supply Disruptions in Black Sea — US wheat futures jumped to the highest in more than a week, as disruptions to shipping in the Black Sea raised the prospect of supply shortages from the crucial grain-growing region.
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss — “Fearlessness is what love seeks… Such fearlessness exists only in the complete calm that can no longer be shaken by events expected of the future… Hence the only valid tense is the present, the No…
Adjustable Aluminum Trailer Hitch #gadgets — Adjustable Aluminum Trailer Hitch #gadgets
This $5 Store-Bought Cake Tastes So Good, Everyone Thinks I Made It from Scratch — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/edit/groceries/2026/2026-08/aldi-7up-cake-review/aldi-7up-cake-30461"> I’m not a baker. I was a kid who colored outside the…
Testing the Best Shotgun Microphones of 2026 — We gathered up a handful of the smaller-format shotgun mics with on-board controls and put them through their paces.
Age verification is just a precursor to attribution of speech — Lots of US states, European countries, and Australia have introduced "age verification" regulations. They present it as the classic "save the children" talking ...
Injured Conor McGregor’s UFC comeback ends in defeat to Max Holloway — Facing Holloway at UFC 329, McGregor seemed to injure his right knee in the first round when jumping in with a kick.
3.2-Gigapixel LSST Camera Captures Over Half a Million Galaxies — Galaxies galore!
Polaroid's 'Analog Summer' Campaign Pushes Against Digital Overload — Time to go touch grass.
Folding Mini Camp Grill #amazonfinds — Folding Mini Camp Grill #amazonfinds
Jisho.org: Japanese Dictionary — Powerful and easy-to-use online Japanese dictionary with words, kanji and example sentences.
AI Just Took Your Job... How to survive the AI age. — The old career advice doesn't work anymore. AI changed the game, here are the new rules. 🌊 [NEW] Official TechLead Private Group https://techleadpro.com Trading insights, DeFi strategies, Bitcoin tactics, tech industry…
American Urban Life and the Influential Photographers Who Captured It — The 20th century was photography's golden age.
My DIY iPhone camera mod looks absurd but is great to use - 9to5Mac — I fully acknowledge that my DIY iPhone camera mod looks exceedingly silly – but it’s actually made my iPhone photography...
'Seems Like AI Slop' Button Added to LinkedIn — LinkedIn has added a 'seems like AI slop' button for users who suspect that what they're viewing was generated by a machine.
Apple Faces $32.5 Billion Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition in iPhone Photos App — 6.5 million Illinois residents could be eligible to seek up to $5,000 each in damages.
Greek Mythology — Gods, heroes, and monsters.
Apple Seeds tvOS 27 Beta 5 to Developers — Apple today seeded the fifth beta of tvOS 27 to developers for testing purposes, with the update coming two weeks after Apple released the fourth beta. The beta can be downloaded and installed through the Settings app on the Apple TV.…
Watch: BBC visits smouldering market in Ukraine after strikes — Six people were injured in the strike on the market selling second-hand records, posters, toys and tools.
The 7 Spectacular Winners of the Hasselblad Masters 2026 Photo Contest — Exceptional photography talent on full display.
The 29 Finalists for Astronomy Photographer of the Year — 29 exceptional astronomy photos.
Dimension Capital's $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming | TechCrunch — The four-year-old firm's latest fund is 60% larger than its second vehicle announced 18 months ago.
The King and Queen of England Are Hiring a Videographer — Content is King.
Prominent Photographer is Shot Dead by Iranian Authorities — He had mentored over 300 photographers in Iran.
Electric Potato Peeler 🥔 #AmazonFinds — Electric Potato Peeler 🥔 #AmazonFinds
Pixel 11's Gboard Rambler is prompt-based, rather than real-time — Gboard Rambler is likely the flagship Gemini Intelligence feature on the Pixel 11 series, but it’s not the real-time transcription...
Insta360 X6 review: A 360 camera with a little something for everyone — The high-spec X6 balances ease-of-use with pro features like i-Log and 10-bit color.
Lessons From 20 Years Photographing Wildlife in Extreme Weather — Discover how to use rain, snow, fog, and extreme weather to create powerful wildlife photographs.
Traders Get Pickier After Big Run in $886 Billion EM Debt Market — Persistent inflation worries and currency swings are pushing emerging-market investors to adjust bets in an $886 billion asset class that’s been delivering outsize returns for more than a year.
Gemini for macOS rolling out voice control and Gboard Rambler-level transcription — After previewing at I/O 2026 in May, Gemini for macOS is now rolling out advanced voice control capabilities.