Aside from the fact that launching any satellite costs around $250-500M at the moment (maybe SpaceX, but I don't think they are going to do inteplanetary launches), ... there are two major factors not mentioned in this article... the first satellite electronics are bombarded with cosmic radiation (the Earth's magnetic…

That is incorrect. If you ever had a job working at a company that has ad-funded website (like 99% of the for-profit website on the internet that aren't for eCommerce, retail, or tech support) you would know that while Google Adsense pays out per click (aka CPC), most ads pay on a CPM rate, which is the cost per…

You shouldn't be so surprised that jerks like show how much of a jerks they are. #YOLO. I agree, while there are some philosophical issues with tracking and ads are annoying... 99% of people who use adblock do it because they can get something for free and do so.

If you are going to spend $150... I would pay the $50 more and go for a Mindshift Panorama. It allows you access to you camera without having to unstrap at all. The drawbacks are that it is slightly heavier and has less storage capacity for a backpack of its size... but I took it with me to Yosemite for a week and it…

I use touchless control via Google Now all the time on my Moto X. When I used the toaster or microwave at work it's "Ok, Google... set a timer for 2 mins." When I need to drive somewhere I'm unfamiliar it is "Ok, Google navigate to 123 main street." When I want to navigate home it's "Navigate home." If I need to wake…

Haters gonna hate. Trolls gotta troll I guess.

Here's an curb ollie on longboard. I like how you already started covering your ass in case someone proves you wrong.

Ah... apparently the article erroneously says that the products are 3D printed (perhaps to make it attractive to people searching for "3D printing"). That is incorrect... if you look at the actual Kickstarter page for the product. They say only the prototypes were 3D printed. The production model was made via a "mold"

Yea... and it was kind of crappy. Pringle can lid, milk jug, I've tried them all and they "work" to a degree... but they all have annoying drawback and inconveniences (I loved how using a gallon milk jug worked... but it was obviously not convenience to pack/store with you). No matter how nice your full-frame body and…

You clearly have never seen, used, or read about how 3D printers actually work. Most 3D printer can only print in rigid ABS plastic and often the printed objects need to be smooth with acentone-vapor/sanded/coated afterwards. AFAIK, there doesn't exist 3D printer in the world that can print soft, flexible silicone in…

I have Google Now on and use it all the time and I get 36-48 hours battery life on my Moto X.

I was just thinking I needed a better diffuser/bounce. The Gary Fong diffuser/bounces (which range $30-45USD) are bulky and a pain to pack and while homemade bounces/diffuser like a index card, large piece of paper, Pringle can lid, or modified-Milk Jug work... they don't pack/travel well and they look very noticeably…

Probably ;) lol... you are a film snob if you don't believe other people can have their own opinion...

Here are some things I've heard said by film photographers (note: this is a cherry-picked with the worse offenders I've met, not all film photographers are like this):

I have and like Amazon Prime. However, for Mario's sake, Let's recap these amazing turn of events. Amazon increases the price of Amazon prime by 25%... then a few months later, introduces a new "free" service. Just like your Comcast cable bill and subsidized phones with contract... it's not free, you just have been…

I don't want to be too negative... because Edgerton-style strobe photos are always cool. However, why is is surprising and worth writing about - that a photographic lighting technique developed in the 1930's that works with any photographic recording device still works with equipment from a few year ago?

Nope, that's the benefit of standardized ISO film speed ratings (ISO stands for International Standards Organization). Film speed ratings are standardized so that exposure required for a piece of Polaroid film rated at ISO100 is the same as the exposure require for a Nikon D200 set to ISO100 sensititivity and also the…

I definitely agree about how using film encourages you to put more effort into each exposure when you have a limited number of them. Too many people use photos like disposable wipes (using them and then littering across the digital world without a second thought). However, you can do that with digital as well (it…

I still think a lot of analog people are hipster poseurs or dinosaurs unwilling to get with the times (i.e. they like film for the wrong reasons in my opinion), but it's really not my place to "correct them" so whatevs (so long as everyone is having fun).

I'm a digital only photographer myself, but I like his work and I really respect Brian Gaberman's unpretentious view on why analog photography "speaks" him. Anyone who does photography as a hobby has run into a "film-only guy" who gives really weak reasons on why still shoots analog and poo-poo's "soulless" digital…