2026/01/14
I've heard it said that Japan is the most photogenic destination one can venture through. That pointing a camera in any direction guarantees a pretty image. Is that true? And what can a budding photographer learn by travelling there?
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It is easy to feel despair at the state of affairs in all realms of creativity affected by the existence of generative models, LLMs, and other AI that dumps slop at the click of a button. I know I feel this way. Is it possible to fight back?
Keep Reading2024/05/14
Apple Music started putting out Their Very Own™ list of "100 Best Albums of All Time", which just made me think, yet again, of all the terribly under-appreciated albums in this planet.
I could babble a lot about this here, but the jist of it is that there is so much music out there that to try to create any list of best/great/important/influential music will always leave out deserving mentions. And if it’s intended to be a recurring thing, well, this just moves the question to "why weren’t any of these part of last year’s one?"
So instead of just moaning about it, I decided to create my very own list. One more! How much harm could that bring. However, instead of highlighting what I believe (and yes, these are always subjective) to be the greatest albums, I’ll instead highlight albums that should simply be more widely known. I don’t intend to be prescriptive or thorough here, and I’m assuredly missing many, many more, but I think these are a good list to start with. (Yes, I might make more!)
Keep Reading2024/03/13
add new material to or regularly update a blog: it's about a week since I last blogged.
Seems straightforward in theory, but as clearly demonstrated by the very specimen you are currently reading, it is far from it.
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