⚡ 16NOV2025: Anamorphic Desqueezing
A pricy lamp, an imported clock, the camera app I'm using the most right now, a drone I can't wait to get my hands on, and more...
Happy Sunday everyone!
This week, I've been learning how to trick people into thinking you can juggle, discovering the fascinating origins of the word "ampersand", geeking out at this Redditor's collection of movie and TV show watches, obsessing over these gorgeous vintage stainless steel espresso cups, and finally getting around to watching X-Men '97 (it's crazy good!)
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The Bodies by D.H. Parish, the first novella from Foofaraw Press, is here!
A rookie cop finds three bodies in Golden Park over three months. He catches the killer. Case closed. Career made. Until it happens all over again twenty-five years later. What happens next will shatter everything Captain Raymond thought he knew—and force him to decide how far he’ll go to protect his legacy.
Noir meets speculative fiction in this twisted novella where moral compromises echo across time.
On to the good stuff!
🔅 Philips Hue Twilight Lamp - OK, let me start by acknowledging that this lamp is $300… but I really dig how it looks. It's also got two different lights built into it: a reading lamp that can be adjusted for warmer or cooler light, and a separate light in the back that can project beautiful color gradient patterns for mood lighting. It integrates with Siri/Alexa/Google Home, and best of all it has two programmable buttons on top that can be used for triggering smart home automations.
🧩 Spark Puzzles for iOS - Spark Puzzles launched this week and is a really clever collection of daily puzzles with the unique twist of not only being fun but also teaching you something new with each game. As you complete puzzles you earn points in the different fields of knowledge like history, pop culture, science, geography, and more. It's got a really fun, playful design. Go give it a try.
🕖 Dulton Double Face Clock - I saw Tom Hitchins had this beautiful Japanese-import double-faced clock in his studio, and I promptly set out looking for where I could get one for my Christmas list. It's just beautiful!
📷 Moment Pro Camera II for iOS - Moment dropped a new version of their Pro Camera app for iOS, bringing a ton of advanced features for both photos and videos into one central app. Like Halide, it will let you manually control your shutter speed, ISO, EV, focus, white balance, and opt out of Apple's sometimes heavy-handed processing on your photos. It ALSO lets you apply custom LUTs to both photos and videos, shoot in Apple Log 2, offers open gate and even anamorphic desqueezing in case you picked up an anamorphic lens for your iPhone. Best of all, it's a one-time purchase and they have a full roadmap for making the app even better in the months ahead.
🚁 Antigravity A1 - This is a really cool-looking new 8K 360º compact drone that is coming out in the next few months. It weighs 249g so you don't need to register it with the FAA to fly it recreationally in the US, and comes with an interesting motion-sensitive joystick and first-person view (FPV) goggles that let you see your flight as if you were sitting in the cockpit of the drone. Interestingly, the goggles have displays on the outside so people standing around you can also see what you're seeing. Peter McKinnon made a fun preview video of it a few weeks back in case you're curious.
That's it for this week! May you discover a small extra storage space in your home that you never knew existed until now.