Imola qualifying 🏎️ Indy 500 qualifying 🏁 UFC Fight Night 🥊 Tigers vs Diamondbacks 🐅
A perfect schedule of sporting events to enjoy while hanging out with the family in the backyard.
All New Tech
I’ve started a little side project. It’s called All New Tech, and it’s a small, simple website dedicated to sharing fun and fascinating new tech.
As I explain on the “About” page, the entire premise behind All New Tech is to concisely share and summarize “products and services, answering the age-old questions: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.”
Occasionally, I’ll provide context where necessary and/or link out to other publications that have more thorough coverage. But my goal for each post is to succinctly summarize new tech as simply as possible.
I created the site because it’s something I wish existed. While there are a few similar sites, none I could find fit the form of what I was envisioning. I hope you can get some occasional value from it too, regardless of how techy you may or may not be.
For full disclosure, I do plan to eventually use affiliate links where appropriate to cover the (admittedly small) operating costs of the site and (arguably more importantly) to support my coffee habit. But what’s covered on All New Tech will never be determined by whether or not I could potentially earn affiliate money and there will never be banners or pop-up ads on the site.
As with all of my projects, there’s a chance I’ll become bored with this in three months and never touch it again. But so long as I’m having fun with it, I’ll keep updating it as time and energy permits.
We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect way to spend my son’s birthday at the ballpark on Friday. The Tigers didn’t win, but the weather was flawless, the overpriced food was fun, there was an impressive fireworks show to cap off the night, and we saw the northern lights on the way home.
Finally, it feels like I can come up for a breath of air. I’ve finally wrapped up the second semester of my return to college and finally have a short break before I start the summer period. Taking 14 credit hours in back-to-back trimesters on top of a full-time job and freelancing was not ideal.
Nikon to Acquire US Cinema Camera Manufacturer RED
“Nikon Corporation (Nikon) hereby announces its entry into an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding membership interests of RED.com, LLC (RED) whereby RED will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon”
This is an absolutely fascinating acquisition. I think it’s safe to say this is the largest acquisition ever in the photo/video world, with DJI’s effective acquisition of Hasselblad back in 2017 coming in (an arguably distant) second.
I’d have to imagine this acquisition is at least in large part, if not entirely, driven by Nikon and RED’s legal battles over internal RAW video compression, which Nikon implemented in its flagship Z9 camera system. Nikon subsequently faced various lawsuits (1, 2) from RED, but it was eventually dismissed without any further information being shared at the time.
It makes sense to keep RED as a separate subsidiary for now, but I’m more fascinated to see what this buy-out means for Nikon on a larger timeline. Almost overnight, it makes Nikon a massive player in the commercial-level video world, competing with the likes of ARRI, Blackmagic, Canon, Panasonic, and Sony. RED doesn’t particularly have the best image from a PR perspective, but if Nikon plays its cards right, it could soften the patent-troll-like reputation RED has had and become a serious player in the niche cinema market.
KidPix 1.1 — The Internet Archive
Despite the program being designed for children, it is accessible and relevant for all ages. Its bit-like graphic design style that was popularized in the 90s is making a resurgence today. With its satisfying sound effects and easy-to-use features, Kid Pix remains a valuable treasure, now saved in perpetuity on the Archive.
What an absolute throwback to my primary school years. Internet Archive has a working version of Craig Hickman’s child-oriented painting program KidPix up and available for anyone to use.
The first time I used an Apple product was playing this program on the iconic iMac G3 units that lined my elementary computer lab, MacOS 8.1 and all.
Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed for creators — The Verge
“A new company called Clicks Technology has announced an iPhone case with a built-in keyboard on the bottom.”
Time is a flat circle. Now we need someone to bring back T9 with physical cases. I’m sure my muscle memory would get me back to typing out T9 messages in no time. Who knows how many hours I spent perfecting the art in middle school and high school so I could sneakily type under the desk without looking.