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About the smashing

I once had a friend who hated Apple in a way I had never come across before. At first I confused it with the  recreational...

Rise of the Rangeoids

I read a rumor site that says Canon is doing a fixed-lens Canonet QL revival to compete with Fuji’s X100, and that maybe Leica's next...

Long-term commitments

I listened to a recent installment of Citations Needed about "the rise of the war on drugs 2.0" that was usefully recalibrating. Citations Needed is...

Rainy day time with X Raw Studio

I don't think I'd like it as my primary workflow tool, but I do love X Raw Studio for modeling in-camera effects on a Fujifilm...

Lazyweb: Tools newsletters?

Is there anyone out there doing a tools recommendations newsletter or site that doesn't feel like a lazy affiliate link skimming operation? Where I am...

Dinner on an M-Class Planet

This week I started a new manager on my team. We worked with each other at Puppet—I promoted him to management on my IT services...

The VSCO camera

I've always kind of wondered about where exists in Fujifilm's mind the line between the looks you can get from the film simulations + the...

Look to your left. Now look to your ri ... No. Sorry. Keep looking left.

I've been a longtime reader of The Nation. I don't remember when I first subscribed, but I can remember it on the magazine pile as...

MultCo commission primary: Something to think about

With the primary next month, May is a consequential month for Multnomah County. I had dinner with friends over the weekend and was  surprised at...

Garmin Fenix 7 Pro Solar

I went through a phase where I felt very irritated with the Apple walled garden. Apple Watches, in particular, were bothering me, because of their...

A few notes about the behavioral interview

I was very lucky, years ago, to have worked at Puppet when it made a big investment in behavioral interview training, which was an interview...

"Ours Was the Shining Future"

Here's a review of Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream.  Sounds like an interesting read.  “"The completely justified anger that...

Straight-out-of-camera ephemerality

Not too long ago Luke posted a link to this thing about how "the raw vs. jpeg debate needs to end." I don't think it's...

SmallRig X-T5 Grip (and the Nikon Zf, kind of)

I got the SmallRig grip for my X-T5. I didn't realize they'd toss in a little red shutter button, but they did and it's a...

Ben (2016)

The XF35/1.4

The Fujifilm XF35/1.4 was the first lens I bought for my X-T2 in 2016. I love it. I think most Fuji people do. In Portland,...

Civil War

People really want there to be some sort of ideological angle they can tease out of it, and some reviewers get irritated that it "won't...

Five Tracks for a 5k

Heading into the final weeks of the C25k plan, getting the music dialed in has helped. Nothing too uptempo. This initial list is working pretty...

What's working class?

If someone pays you a wage—if you sell your time for money—you're working class. Applications, in terms of my taxonomy of peeves: • The idea...

Finished a Dune re-read

Dune 2 caused me to go back and re-read the novel. I don’t know how many times this is. Well north of a dozen. Maybe...

You people are gonna make yourselves sick

Another day, another campaign ad from a backwater district in a red state using the language of disgust and outrage toward Donald Trump to ask...