Alhamdulillah, my lengthy fast has come to an end, and may Allah accept it from me and guide me closer to Him. In 36 days of fasting, what did I learn? What did I notice? What do I want to remember and implement in my non-fasting life?
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Unboxing ToP’s Four Photobook Book Sale
Back in early June, The Online Photographer, in conjunction with the Nelson Atkins Museum, ran another book sale. If you recall, a couple of months ago, I picked up a bit omnibus history-of-photography style book from a similar sale, so when this one went down, I jumped on it… Forewarned is forearmed, the video is …
Unboxing Hoxton Mini Press’s extra mini series
These three, cute little books came from a Kickstarter the folks at Hoxton ran a couple of months ago. The goal of the project is to support the hundreds of projects by great photographers that don’t make it into book form because the subject is not considered serious enough, or the photographer doesn’t have the funds, …
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Fasting the Six Days of Shawwal
Abu Ayub narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan, then follows it with six from Shawwal, then that is (equal in reward) to fasting everyday.” Alhamdulillah, today marks 4 of 6… My neighbors mostly think I’m crazy, and Alhamdulillah it feels great to continue the fast, to continue seeking Allah’s pleasure, to …
Unboxing ‘The Ship’
It came as something of a shock to me to find that Brian Eno had put out a new record back in January, but I had heard nothing about it… So I jumped on a nice vinyl copy (with downloads). https://youtu.be/Y4BmvJPPmHo
Unboxing Galaxy’s ‘Photographer’s Planner and Handbook’
Galaxy kickstartered this groovy little project planner back in November 2015 and it was successfully funded as of 1 December… Better late than never! To their credit, they sent me a 10% off coupon for the 2017 version (this one has calendar pages through June 2017) and a 20% off coupon for anything in their …
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Eid Mubarak!
May Allah accept our fasts, our prayers, our charity, and all of our good deeds, Ameen.
