How's this for a photographic assignment, collect photos of trailer trucks that each feature a different letter of the alphabet. Just so your task isn't too straightforward, you must track down the appropriate vehicles on relatively deserted roadways, and only at certain times of the day. Simple, just ask photographer Eric Tabuchi. Tabuchi has photographed trailer trucks on empty highways, each bearing one letter of the alphabet. His set of ... Read full entry

Some are weird, some are wonderful, some are quirky, and some are design classics... a photo gallery the 50 best watches. I'm still enjoying my Casio G-Shock which I've had for about four years now.

This gives a whole new meaning to the legal term "decree absolute" in divorce proceedings... a recently divorced US woman asked a Photoshop savvy friend to erase all likenesses of her ex-husband from photos taken during holidays while they were married. Like a Stalin-era technician in the Kremlin removing all traces of an out-of-favor official from state photos, the friend erased the husband from numerous cherished pictures taken on ... Read full entry

Canadian actor Douglas Rain must have one of the best known voices on the movie screen, and despite a relatively limited career in film, much of his renown comes from voicing HAL, the on board computer of the spacecraft USS Discovery, in 1967's 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the 1984 follow-up 2010: Odyssey Two. Yet what does he look like? I don't recall ... Read full entry

A stunning set of photos taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Holidays can become dangerous affairs, especially if you are a determined photographer, or travelling with one. Photography should also be added to the list of things not to do during a lightening storm. The odds of being struck by lightning in a given year are 1 in 700,000, while the odds of being struck in your lifetime are 1 in 5,000, according to the National Weather Service. It's a ... Read full entry

Great photo collection of lost, though not always completely unknown, ancient and abandoned cities from around the world, a few of which I've visited. As a kid, when I first came across the term "lost cities", I was mesmerized. A whole city lost? Lost? I've seen many lost cities since then but have lost none of my fascination for them.

Not only are employers trawling social networks for a little extra information on job applicants, court prosecutors are doing something similar, hopeful of finding discriminating or inappropriate photos featuring those they are trying to convict. Online hangouts like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who have used damaging Internet ... Read full entry

Just in from the Midnight Morning book launch and exhibition opening, featuring the work of Matt Huynh, Haline Ly, and Will Loeng, at 12 O'Connell Street in Newtown. It's an interesting space, by the way, as I hope the photos I took will show a little. Also good to be back in Newtown, it must ... Read full entry

For 2001: A Space Odyssey fans, a photo that apparently has not been previously published, featuring Stanley Kubrick, Keir Dullea, and Gary Lockwood on one of the USS Discovery sets. Via Coudal Partners.