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The Best Songs of 2010 You May Not Have Heard
“LA Water” - Helmet Helmet was the East Coast reply to grunge in the 90s. They were grittier, harder, lacked even the slightest bit of hippyness, and they had short hair (a revolutionary thing for a metal band at the time). Their latest album features this gem of a song
Back to Paper, Back to Work
I recently deleted Things for Mac and Things for iPhone. It wasn’t because of the recent squabbles among productivity nerds about Things vs. Omnifocus. It was because of a book called The Shallows [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393072223?ie=UTF8&tag=musicjournalist&linkCode=as2&
Lesser Photography Contest
Lesser photography proponent Chase Jarvis and PDN magazine have put together a new contest [http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2011/01/the-best-camera-challenge/]: > But here’s a question: have YOU actually made any cool pictures with your mobile phone? If so, I want to see them. In fact, so does
The Ultimate Test
A year ago, I started this site as an experiment to see if it was possible to sell off my pro camera equipment, buy a compact camera and try my luck as a minimalist photographer. That experiment was just put to the ultimate test. I got married and went on
Why you should always run out into a blizzard
A blizzard blew into town earlier this week and I figured it would be a great test of my compact camera experiment (almost at the 1-year mark now [http://www.alesserphotographer.com/post/311741513/what-is-a-lesser-photographer] ) in the most extreme of conditions. Bad weather always means great photography: dramatic scenes, few
Writing Is An Endless Lonely Journey Into The
> “Writing is an endless lonely journey into the darkness of your own ego. Photography is an endless lonely journey into the darkness of your own ego with air miles.” — Richard Mosse via A Photo Editor [http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/09/10/what-drew-you-to-the-photographic-process-rather-than-following-your-initial-interests-as-a-writer/]
Are You Trying To Tell Me That At Some Certain
> “Are you trying to tell me that at some certain age, you stop making good music? That’s absurd. I can only do this until I’m 20 years old? When I was 20, I was a fuckin’ idiot! I don’t check the IDs of people before I
Heres What Life Comes Down To Not How Many Years
> “Here’s what life comes down to: not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickheads you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face.” — Adam Carolla’
Gear Is Easier To Talk About Than Vision
> “Gear is easier to talk about than vision. Exposures are exact, the camera dials have numbers. There is a ‘right’ answer to many of these questions.” — Chase Jarvis [http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2010/08/for-the-love-of-photography/]
The Sprocket Rocket Camera
For retro, film and panorama crowd.