Hipstamatic.

Thought Catalogue tears into style blogs:

What the hell are these people doing? I’m sorry, but a 50-year-old Asian man wearing a Paul Smith suit, a denim jacket, a mink stole, a Louis Vuitton backpack, Air Force Ones, and shutter shades — WHERE IS HE GOING? Does he work at an accounting firm run by Kanye West and a 10-year-old girl? Is he late for an appointment with Willy Wonka at the World Bank? Seriously, this man had one thing and one thing alone on his agenda that day: Stand awkwardly on the corner of the street, smoke a cigarette, and wait for people to come take his picture.

Linkwad.

1. I wasn’t aware UXO was a problem outside of places like Cambodia.  Via Marginal Revolution, although I forgot the link and am lazy.
2. Are you a patriotic millionaire?
3. Via Matt Yglesias, stormtrooper armor designer wins big against Lucasfilm. Won’t apply in the US, of course.
4. The war in Hipstamatic, again via Yglesias.

Light waves.

Wow. Are 3D cameras becoming obsolete already?

Whereas a normal digital camera captures a snapshot of light hitting a sensor, a light field camera first separates rays of light in order to individually record their color, intensity and direction. This extra information opens up a world of possibilities, including the ability to focus on any depth of field within a taken photo, observe a 3D-type effect even without specs, and boost images taken in extremely low light. Although light field cameras have been around for some time, they haven’t been commercially viable. Now though, Lytro has secured backing worth $50million to bring a “competitively priced” camera to market “later this year”.

Click through to the link for a cool demo and video. For the makers, how to convert your medium-format camera into a light-field camera for $5.

Linkwad.

1. A pair from Caroline: awesome Soviet architecture and Russian rich kids. $5 says that kid grows up and hunts people for sport.
2. Roger Goodell: full of shit.
3. Citigroup lost at least 200,000 users’ information at the beginning of May, but refuses to disclose details. This is going to be interesting.

Linkwad.

1. Black-and-white photography of Mafia hits.
2. The Nazi Style Guide, via @StevenMBone.
3. Support for speed cameras is astroturf, via @Juliemore. So naturally, Baltimore approves more of them.
4. Michael Lewis on Ireland is just as engaging as his other work, and makes me really want to read The Big Short.
5. The rise and fall of William “Refrigerator” Perry.