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Podcast: Photographing an abandoned Lace Company in Scranton – September 2020
Photographing an abandoned Lace Company in Scranton – September 2020 Recorded in September 2020. Holy cow a new episode! Finally. Sorry for the wait for those that are subscribed to the podcast….
Give Micro.blog 2.0 features a try for free
Manton Reece: For the Micro.blog 2.0 launch week, we’ve enabled the new bookmark archiving and highlights feature for everyone to try out. Personal blogging has gotten a big boost over the last…
Watching @adactio‘s screencast demo of a Huffduffer feature was a rollercoaster of emotions. He removed me, added me, removed me! I hope he added me! Good reminder to use Huffduffer again.
We need to disincentivize dangerous photo ops
Dangerous photo ops are all the rage on social media. Countless stories over the last decade or so have hit the news about someone trying to get a selfie on a rock…
Most people live with technology being terrible
Jay Sitter, on people expecting technology to suck and just leaving the issues in place rather than fixing them: I’m in no way making light of these people knowing less than me…
Me: Lay down for a late-afternoon nap out in the backyard.
Apple Watch, a few minutes into the nap: Time to stand!
How to move referenced originals in Photos for Mac
Warning!! I've only just hacked this solution together and I don't fully understand the ramifications of my actions yet. If there are any, I will update this post. First, a bit of…
Stephen Hackett on #iOS14Homescreen
Stephen Hackett: Customization and expression has always been part of personal technology, from this, to MySpace, to putting an Apple sticker on your car, to even picking what brand of home computer…
What I saw somewhat recently #70: September 24, 2020
Song Exploder is coming to Netflix – I've been a big fan of Song Exploder for a long time. One of my favorite episodes is Arrival but they are all very good….
Duck.com keeps growing. You should use it.
In 2014 I linked to a post that showed DuckDuckGo's daily search volume at roughly 5 million searches per day. In 2015 they had grown to 12 million per day. I hadn't…
NetNewswire 5.1 for Mac
Excellent update to my preferred desktop feed reader, NetNewswire. I especially like "Reader View". Here is how it is described. Some sites only publish extracts of their full articles. Reader View can…
Goodreads isn’t very good
Sarah Manavis: After numerous frustrated attempts to find a major new release, to like, comment on, or reply to messages and reviews, to add what they’ve read to their “shelf” or to…
What I saw somewhat recently #69: September 17, 2020
VSCO revives Kodachrome – To make a Kodachrome-inspired photo filter VSCO went to some pretty great lengths. #filmloadchallenge – A fun internet challenge thingy that I took part in. Some of the…
Architectural decay – July & September 2020
Architectural decay – July & September 2020 Photos of dilapidated buildings, like these two, can be stared at for hours figuring out their histories. What vehicle had that oil leak? Why the…
Repost: Scott Jehl on modern web dev
👉 Scott Jehl on Twitter: modern web dev is an extreme overreaction to not liking some php
Camerajunky on being crazy enough to shoot film
Camerajunky (whose real name I cannot find, so perhaps this is likely on purpose): Of course there is also the fact that to get from the decisive moment to a print or…
Jeremy Keith’s proposal for the Web Share API
Jeremy Keith: So that’s my modest proposal. Extend the list of possible values for the type attribute on the button element to include “share” (or something like that). In supporting browsers, it…
Austin Kleon reflects on 15 years of blogging
Austin Kleon: Every time I start a new post, I never know for sure where it’s going to go. This is what writing and making art is all about: not having something…
Let’s all adopt Maine’s light pollution ordinances
I can't remember where I first read or heard about Maine's light pollution ordinances but they are something that has been on my mind for many, many years. Successful designs do not…
Matt Webb’s 15 rules for blogging
Matt Webb finds himself on a bit of a tear on his personal blog: I’ve now been writing new posts for 24 consecutive weeks. Multiple posts a week. How on earth? I…
Photography blogs in OPML
Back in August I linked to Jim Grey's list of photography blogs. At the time I subscribed to nearly every single one with an RSS feed. He has since updated the list…
Jack Baty gives up on Lightroom
Jack Baty: I’m here to tell you that I can not make it work for me. There’s too much overhead in having to decide what to add to a synced collection and…
Through the winery window, Keuka Lake, New York – March 2020
35mm • Canon AE1-Program • Kodak Color Plus 200 Through the winery window, Keuka Lake, New York – March 2020 A quick snap on film through a winery window. I miss traveling…
Untappd hits 10
Untappd, the app that helps me track the beers I've had, liked, disliked, etc. is celebrating its 10th anniversary. I signed up to Untappd in 2014 and used it for a little…
What I saw somewhat recently #68: September 10, 2020
Don't forget, as of this writing there are 67 other lists like this one. Large Format Photography Podcast Flickr Group – I asked the hosts of the LFPP if they wouldn't mind…
Photography isn’t my job
Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life. That's the saying, right? What can also happen, though, is that by doing your hobby as work you can…
Reply links in RSS feed
Eric Meyer: Inspired by Jonnie Hallman, I’ve added a couple of links to the bottom of RSS items here on meyerweb: a link to the commenting form on the post, and a…
What I saw somewhat recently #67: September 3, 2020
September already. Wild times. Fly through Longwood Gardens – A great drone fly-through of the Conservatory in Longwood Gardens. Roman Emperor Project – Daniel Voshart creates realistic impressions of ancient dudes using…