Is it spring yet, Roadies? Here are this week’s best blog posts:
Ashley Pomeroy shares a thoughtful analysis of why — and why it’s a great used console choice. Read PlayStation 3: The Negative Influence of Externalities

They’re sisters, the two women in the photograph. Katherine Griffiths analyzes all the clues that make her sure of it. Read Two Sisters, Two Friends
Ming Thien considers creativity, and how it can meaningfully exist without plenty of support of several kinds. Read Creativity by the yard
In this age of large Web sites with lots of users, it’s easy to forget (and Anil Dash reminds us) that the Web was meant to be lots of little sites owned by people like you and me. Read The Missing Building Blocks of the Web
Part-time pilot Philip Greenspun tells how the pilots on the Southwest flight with the exploded engine trained for this very scenario so much they should have been able to handle it with their eyes closed. It was the flight attendants who would have been unprepared for what happened. Read Southwest 1380: Think about the flight attendants
Camera reviews and experience reports:
- Canon Demi EE28 (Paul Lovell)
- Konica AA-35 (John Furlong)
- Olympus Trip 500 (Canny Cameras)
Read my review of this camera here - Mamiya Press Super 23 (Chris Cushing)
- Zenza Bronica ERTS (Neil Piper)
- Kodak Motormatic 35 (Mike Eckman)
Read my review of the similar Automatic 35F here