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David Forster is an Oregon photographer who leads outdoor photography workshops around the country.

Errol Morris on Walker Evans, photography, documentation, and history. This is part three of a seven part series from 2009.

This article is a good reminder to mix math games into the daily routine. We do some of this, but we have more fun with language than math.

You might need some fancier desktop wallpaper.

A great though depressing article by Mat Honan about the history and current state of Flickr at Yahoo!.

lia put together this record of a Twitter conversation about the current state of Flickr and photo-sharing in general. Depressing: "...nobody cares about lasting value anymore. it's all about what's going on right this second."

Sharing music one track at a time. This is a fun site.

This app is a good replacement for the cumbersome iTunes podcast manager. It downloads podcasts directly, no syncing required.

Not only a fun site to browse, but a good example of taking group Flickr content elsewhere for a new experience.

Aaron Straup Cope of Flickr fame has put together some scripts to mirror your Flickr photos at a private domain. It uses Flickr auth and maintains privacy settings in the process.

Brian Lam from Wirecutter on those soon-to-be ubiquitous holiday gadget guides. Nice axe!

"Sears used to sell houses by mail." Someone please put old catalog pictures side by side with modern pictures of those houses still in use.

"From now on, when I want to visit Facebook, I’ll be using the private browser setting in whatever browser I’m using." This is my new strategy too. What a hassle.

"If you’re into experimentation, manual focus lenses, or just enjoy 'vintage' gear, at around $50 it is a bargain..." Nice review of an old 50mm Soviet lens. eBay, activate!

Why "Love it or leave it!" isn't a valid response to criticism of social networks.

Best take on Google+ so far. And the Media. And the Books.

Fun concept piece. It'd be nice to see this as a Kickstarter project someday.

Swooping 50's architecture photographs.

Handy chart that shows which browsers support various HTML5 form features.

I enjoyed this episode by Jesse, Adam, and the gang. I never really need to wear a suit, but it's amazing to the see the level of detail that can go into it.

This picture still looks like something out the future.

"...Facebook now stands as taking over a decade and a half of the dream of the World Wide Web and turning it into a miserable IT cube farm of pseudo human interaction, a bastardized form of e-mail, of mailing lists, of photo albums, of friendship." Excellent rant about the ephemeral nature of Facebook (among other things).