Quiver Pen Holder Adapters for Soft Cover Moleskine Notebooks Review

Quiver Pen Holder Adapters for Soft Cover Moleskine Notebooks Review, article.

A review... of an adapter... for pen holders... for paper notebooks... specifically Moleskine ones... softcover, that is. Now that's for the really specialized geek! Wow.      :-)

The Tiffany Aching books by Pratchett

For anybody who liked Harry Potter, and for many who didn't, I warmly recommend the Tiffany Aching books by Terry Pratchett. The first one is The Wee Free Men.

The witches were always my favorite characters of Pratchett's diskworld books. Unlike, say, the wizards, they are tough and dead-sharp people who know what they are doing. But of course written about with Terry's usual warm wit and inventiveness. So imagine my delight when some years ago a new and fresh witch character came around, and one of the toughest and sharpest ones ever, in the unlikely little frame of Tiffany Aching, who was only nine in the first book. She grows older as the books go on though, in the latest, I Shall Wear Midnight, she is sixteen.

Pratchett said that the books are "ostensibly" for young readers, and I couldn't agree more. There is nothing to distinguish his "young reader" books from his others, except that the characters are young and I imagine a young reader would love to grow up on them, like kids did with Harry Potter. But even experienced readers may find words and concepts he'll have to digest a bit, there are no weak blows here.

Leica M9 Titanium

Well, it sure ain't ugly!



But a $30.000 camera... how do you even take it outside?

Top 10 e-paper technologies in the next 20 years

Top 10 e-paper technologies in the next 20 years, article.

Doctor Seuss

Apropos artists etc, Tommy found this drawing by Dr. Seuss.

"1984"

'1984': As Good as It Gets
A single TV commercial redefined Super Bowl advertising. How was it made?

Video question

Here's a video production question: if I want to film a comic strip, and zoom in on a frame and move between frames, how can I do it so it looks smooth and professional?

Making Your Thieves Work for You

Making Your Thieves Work for You, article of mine from about a decade ago.

"... Unlike most bands, they did not take a dim view of pirate recordings of their concerts. They used them to their own advantage. The band went to the length of setting up a special area close to the stage where "pirate" recordings could be made in the best quality. So what happened, did the band go bankrupt because no one wanted to pay for their records now that they could get pirate recordings much cheaper? Au contraire, as the Dutch say, the band prospered because the widely distributed recordings were simply free publicity, and lots of it."

Hark at Neil Gaiman's experiences with the same: 

A little tech news/fun

(They are streaming a show live right now, Thursday afternoon.) (Hey, we can chat with them live, this is fun.)

Macro lens bokeh

Talking about bokeh (the quality of background blur), our reader Alex has a new macro lens, very nice.

"Good bokeh" is subjective, but generally people mean a soft, creamy quality, not with harsh edges. Here is an example of bad bokeh. 

Good trimmer

Small tip:
I've owned a bunch of shavers and trimmers over my life, but I just bought this Remington again, it's both the best and the cheapest I've had. That's not normal.

(I'm only buying a new one because the battery is worn out in my old one.)

A movie trailer (Three)

Gawd, is this brain-dead or what? It's like a bad music video without the music.