Few customers keep Photoshop honest quite like the Times. When you're pumping 2500 images a day through the newsroom, you have zero tolerance for hiccups and incompatibilities, and the staff have shared a lot of valuable perspective over the years. In "Talk to the Newsroom," photo editor Michele McNally tackles readers' questions on everything from the gear used to what staff are (and are not) allowed to do in Photoshop.
Slate & Magnum continue their excellent Today's Pictures series. I'd call this one "Old Women on Rascals with Battleship" (from the "America, Americana" series).
"If You Think You Need This, Kill Yourself": Er, well, that's not pulling any punches. Mike Johnston takes a rather dim view of in-camera facial recognition.