Portrait in wire-mess, fantastic

Look at this really exceptional artist.

super-compact

The Z-E1 is definitely one of the smallest compact camera bodies with exchangable pro lenses and pro sensor size.

City abstracts from today

Minimusic said: "The iPhone6 and similar are making it harder to justify carrying even a small camera like my beloved little Ricoh GR."

Myself:
Yes, I agree with your statement. It's been a while since I brought out my fab compact, a bit sad, because sometimes I miss the zoom. 

On the other hand, I would not bring it anyway in circumstances where I was not pretty certain I would be photographing, and that's when you have the phonecamera. This walk is a good example. 

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(iPhone 6s+, auto)

SF for creative minds

A talk by Neil Gaiman, writer.
(I recommend his book American Gods.)
Interesting point: the Chinese are opening the doors to science fiction because they found out that the the Westeners who were inventive and creative read SF and fantasy when they were young! (And probably later too.) And the Chinese recognise that though they are very good at copying things, they really need more inventive minds.

M4/3 beats full frame again

Here's an article from a photographer who is now doing much better with his compact Micro Four Thirds cameras (even the entry model E-M10) than with bigger/heavier/costlier cameras.

Vancouver sunset

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Photo; Ray Sutton

Kewl house

Big and exeptional house.

Time to read

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
– Stephen King

Going to "the cottage"?

Now if this is not an impressive house...

Amazing Amazon ebook stats

9 statistics writers should know about Amazon, an amazing (short) article.

A good cafe-neighborhood?

Does anybody know at least one neighborhood in the world where there is at least one cafe which is open very late (and possibly early), where you can get good coffee and sandwiches, and in a  neighborhood which is not alcohol-infested?

Datamancer keyboard

For those who had not seen my Datamancer keyboard, here it is. All original parts (keys from an old Remington), and created or designed and hand-made by one person.
All fully functional!
It was created by Richard Nagy.