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Working with dates and times are a nightmare when you're programming. Daylight savings should just be put in the bin.

I first saw this proposal by Dave Gorman as part of his Modern Life is Goodish show:

One correction I'd make is that New Years Day(s) should not just be a floating day otherwise there's no rotation so you'll never have your birthday on a weekend.

Posted 13th Aug 2019 @ 16:42

A father must protect his daughter by disguising her as his son after a plague wipes out most of the female population.

Posted 13th Aug 2019 @ 14:00

Three things that stood out:

• Almost a third of our food comes from the EU (79% of all imported food is from the EU)
• 75% of our holidays are spent in Europe
• 1.3 million UK residence live in other EU countries

Posted 13th Aug 2019 @ 10:48

Posted 13th Aug 2019 @ 09:12

There's no way this leads to cheaper lenses, in the short term at least, despite any cost saving manufacturers make. Sharper images and fewer moving parts? Charge the same, or more.

As an ameature photographer, I'm not sure how I feel about it. Of course, you want your photos to be as sharp as possible, but softer edges can sometimes make the photo. And as you adapt to the limitations and imperfections of your equipment, your composition improves too.

Posted 12th Aug 2019 @ 18:35

Posted 12th Aug 2019 @ 16:54

For his 7^th project of the year, Simon Rahm has created a fashion brand that creates unique t-shirts. Each t-shirt features an original photo of somebody else but you can only buy by submitting your own photo so that your face appears on someone else's t-shirt.

Reminds me of an app called Rando, which is now defunct but plenty of clones have popped up, including Rando — Photo roulette by Modest.

Posted 12th Aug 2019 @ 14:07

Looks like another Maharishi and Nike collaboration is on the way.

Posted 12th Aug 2019 @ 11:33

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Posted 11th Aug 2019 @ 09:00