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Zen medium format photos by Ryan Carver. Nice to see his photos outside of Flickr. [via mathowie]

Danny Sullivan on the unhappy relationship/different norms between blogs and the mainstream media. [via mneznanski]

This site uses open health and crime data to rank your county on the seven deadly sins. [via anil]

Love these long exposure night landscapes--uniquely Midwestern.

More GF1 data. Want.

Currently lusting after this camera. Looks like the perfect combination of size and quality.

Nice minimalist inline MP3 player. I hope they move from Flash to HTML5 eventually.

Photographer, alphabet trucks and abandoned gasoline stations.

Photographer, vanishing America.

Photographer, homes at night.

"Nothing focuses the mind of the reporter like being asked to specify what exactly they’d like to see done, and it’s much easier for a developer to scan a list with actual tasks right in the sentence construction." Good advice for personal to-do lists too.

Fun way to browse full-size images from Google Image Search results.

ha! I have this lens, but I don't have this mug. I need this mug.

Looks like a fun way to learn more about landscape photography from some pros.

This is the best photo-editing software I've found for the iPhone. And it's free.

A nice interview with Josh, including some thoughts on being a MeFi moderator. "...the enthusiasm from other folks on the site to collaborate and make it all work was just stunning and cemented for me somewhat the reality that this was a community and not just a bunch of nerds yelling at each other on a website."

A serious warning about using Google Groups for public discussion. [via ginatrapani]

My son loved looking at and talking about these pictures of animals. You might need to skip past a couple with toddlers, but most are great for kids.

ooh, I'd like to try one of these for my working OSX drive.

Nice article about a couple good iPhone photography apps. [via merlin]

I love lists too, and I think they're going to be fantastic once everyone has them. I agree with Mat that lists will lead to fewer folks in my 'following' list, but 'listing' is lower impact so it might lead to more actual following.

A hidden mode in OSX that you can use to group open apps. Click in the dock, then Command-Tab to open others. Works well!

A nice collection of pictures of the new season from across the globe.

"Being a long-haired beardo has its ups and downs. One of the ups is that if you’ve got a dozen friends and a lot of beer and a questionable idea, you can make something like this happen."

President Obama reacts to his selection as the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

Andrew Sullivan on Obama's Peace Prize: "...there are two obvious points: this is premature and this is thoroughly deserved. Both are right."

Otherworldly collection of pictures from a red dust storm hitting Sydney. Even more at The Big Picture: Dust storm in Australia.

Aerial Photographs of the California Coastline

The White House is on Flickr with great photos.