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For wikipedians its not that great. Owned by South Lakeland District Council but operated by Kendall college I guess that makes it a university museum. And the scope of the collection pretty much aligns with that. Unfortunately much of the … Continue reading →

For those less interested in hard drive prices Chia is a newish cryptocurrency that is mined on hard drives. Similar to the old burst coin. Given what traditional cryptocurrency did to GPUs the question is what is it going to … Continue reading →

Handbrake has long been the best option for those that want to transcode files to a commons friendly format while not messing around with the command line. Unfortunately it output files in the Matroska container (.mkv) and the easiest way … Continue reading →

I’ve been aware of Pinchbeck for some years after seeing an example of a Pinchbeck hairband at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. The Wikipedia article on the alloy has needed a pic since 2005. Unfortunately my pictures from Bristol sucked … Continue reading →

Well its more a re-launch of Everipedia which has been around for a while. Everipedia is essentially an attempt to make money by starting with a mirror of wikipedia and then going forward with no notability standards. Income attempts are … Continue reading →

The monkey selfie is back thanks to a This American Life program. While it mostly deals with Slater vs PETA and gets that right its coverage of wikipedia’s role is more questionable. Techdirt has the details of that: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171113/00185238602/monkey-selfie-photographer-says-hes-now-going-to-sue-wikipedia.shtml From … Continue reading →

Well Lunyr, the project in question, is more google knol than wikipedia but they aren’t going to say that in their adverts. Their system is essentially the knol model with writers getting a cut of the advertising revenue although they … Continue reading →

My old 5DIII is now in the hands of Wikimedia UK meaning that they now have a full frame camera. While its a decent camera there are some catches. It has been through about 42K shutter actuations or a bit … Continue reading →

Its a £2700 lens. At that price I suspect anyone buying it can come to their own conclusions. Still on a full frame camera it is an extremely useful lens. The width makes it great for urban architecture, larger items … Continue reading →