June 2009
4 posts
The Case for Working With Your Hands
peterbaker: “Ultimately it is enlightened self-interest, then, not a harangue about humility or public-spiritedness, that will compel us to take a fresh look at the trades. The good life comes in a variety of forms. This variety has become difficult to see; our field of aspiration has narrowed into certain channels. But the current perplexity in the economy seems to be softening our gaze. Our...
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“Despite common belief, the Tessar was not developed from the 1893 Cooke triplet...”
– Wikipedia article on the Tessar lens design
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