Big Surprise
Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 10:10 AM
I really can’t be shocked to find out that Global Warming deniers are outright liars. I guess when you don’t have reality on your side, you just hope that people don’t question your B.S.
And Per Se And
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 08:14 AM
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A historical look at the Ampersand from a typographical point of view.
By the way, if you are at all interested in fonts and typography, typography.com is a great resource. I have kind of a hold over interest on the topic from my brief design/desktop publishing days - back when I could actually identify many fonts on sight by name, and always knew which font I was looking for for whatever project I was working on. (Unlike now, where I usually have to switch to Font Book and scroll through the font list trying different fonts to see what they look like.)
Unpacking the iPhone
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 03:33 PM
One of the weirdest, most pointless trends in on-line tech journalism/blogging recently has been “articles” which are nothing more than photo sets of someone un-boxing their shiny new tech toys. This is brilliant parody of that trend:
(I’m sure it’s meant as a parody, but I could be wrong. Either way it’s brilliant.)
History of Milliways
Friday, April 18, 2008 - 08:53 AM
If, like me, you’re interested in the history of computing, and the individual stories behind how some things did or didn’t come to be, you might appreciate this.
Andy Baio at Waxy.org managed to get his hands on the complete backup of Infogames 1989 network drive. From that he’s pieced together the history of the infamous sequel to the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy computer game, Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Obviously, this should also appeal to Douglas Adams fans. For me, that’s a double jackpot!
It’s a long, but interesting, story. And, he includes an actual playable prototype of the game.
It Seems I was Wrong
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - 12:39 PM
As it turns out, Microsoft isn’t that good at marketing to businesses after all.
I wish I could say “Enjoy!”, but you surely won’t. Don’t say I didn’t warn you, this is one of the worst things you will ever see.