The Controversial 43-86mm f/3.5 Zoom-Nikkor, Part One — Blog
I bought one on eBay off the back of this article
https://www.fogdog-photography.com/fogdog-blog/2026/9/26/the-controversial-43-86mm-f35-zoom-nikkor-part-one
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A selection of articles and links I've read recently with quick thoughts and reflections
The Search for Salvage | Shahid Hussain
Love this - makes me want to start up another iteration of my search for a library book I remember reading in the 1990s.
https://shahidhussain.com/writing/search-for-salvage/
I Trapped a Tiny LLM in a Tiny Device - NSCT
Absolutely pointless and more wonderful for the fact of its pointlessness.
https://notsocommonthoughts.com/blog/trapped-a-tiny-llm/
Retro Gaming: It’s Not Nostalgia, It’s Resistance - Public Books
Physical media on offline technology forever!
https://www.publicbooks.org/retro-gaming-its-not-nostalgia-its-resistance/
matduggan.com/im-tired-of-being-on-the-network/
“When we first got computers, this is simply what they were. By default they did nothing. They sat there and waited for you to have an idea.”
https://matduggan.com/im-tired-of-being-on-the-network/
A personal history of LPs, a personal geography of turntables – Urban Adventure League
I went through a stage of buying vinyl and have a reasonable stereo. As with many things, the limiting factor is how much time I have to sit and focus.
https://urbanadventureleague.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/a-personal-history-of-lps-a-personal-geography-of-turntables/
LLMs on the boundary | deadSimpleTech
At this point I should probably just automate sharing everything Iris writes.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/llms-on-the-boundary
Matthew Butterick | Big AI to humanity: drop dead
If an AI commits a crime, those who tasked it should be prosecuted for that crime as if they did it themselves.
https://matthewbutterick.com/chron/drop-dead.html
https://jxself.org/not-yours.shtml
I rarely finish reading something and immediately go back and read it again. This is one of them. New blog to me, but definitely going into the RSS reader.
https://lucybellwood.com/for-peter/