File this under awesome ideas: Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner. $59 is a little steep but it’s a very tempting toy.

Date posted: June 11, 2013 | Filed under photography, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Grantland’s review of the new QotSA, Kylesa, and other albums. I’d agree, it’s a great time for this kind of music right now. The new Kylesa album is solid, and I’m waiting to hear the QotSA this afternoon with anticipation.

Date posted: May 30, 2013 | Filed under music, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

File this under handy drinking information: How to Decipher the Beer List at Your Local Craft Beer Bar. (Via Lifehacker)

Date posted: May 27, 2013 | Filed under brewing, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Infuse Beer with Flavor Using a French Press.

Date posted: May 25, 2013 | Filed under brewing, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Lightroom vs Aperture – All their features compared. Yes, I’m still only using iPhoto and Photoshop. I’m going to need this as well as a larger hard drive…

Date posted: May 23, 2013 | Filed under photography, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

This Incredible Full Scale Lego X-Wing Is the Largest Model In History.

I like that it’s a repro of the small X-Wing kit, but would have been more geeked if it was a model of the real thing.

Date posted: May 23, 2013 | Filed under geek, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

Whatever happened to SoWeBo? WYPR looks into An Arts District Before There Were Arts Districts. I spent many, many great summers at the festival each year and still pour some of my Corona out for the Cultured Pearl.

Date posted: May 22, 2013 | Filed under Baltimore, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

This is Ken Rockwell’s review of the Nikon D7000 for future reference. I used him to decide upon my D70 and I go back to him for the straight dope.

Date posted: May 21, 2013 | Filed under photography, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

I just found this album via Spotify: Disappear Here by Hybrid. Real nice atmospheric drum and bass, with a sultry female vocal over 3/4 of the tracks. Standout cuts are “Salt”, “Formula of Fear” and the title track.

Date posted: May 14, 2013 | Filed under music, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »

In the same vein as Bring A Trailer and Barn Finds, LockingHub.com is nothing but 4x4s of various flavors.

Date posted: May 13, 2013 | Filed under cars, shortlinks | Leave a Comment »