February 10, 2002
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I’d love to stay up late and chat, but to be completely honest, this weekend has left me utterly exhausted. I promise that I’ll be freshly pressed and ready for the regular prattle tomorrow morning, ok?
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February 9, 2002
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Do you design typefaces? Probably not. Do you use typefaces? If you said no and are still reading this, then you’re lying. Do you use typefaces that you’ve never paid for? Gotcha. Go read David John Earls’ bit entitled License or be damned, and then let me ask you that last question again.
February 8, 2002
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Yo, Mr Sixto. Thanks for fixing your wonky <blockquote> tags, as they had been annoying me to no end. And just because you broke down and listened to me spout off about it, I’ll even buy the first round of coffee next week. Deal?
February 7, 2002
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www.kibbles-n-bits.heinzpetproducts.com Now that’s what I call a user-friendly domain name. And speaking of user-friendly, make special note of the gratuitous use of Flash in a highly obnoxious manner. Original link via highindustrial who, I should point out, were in fact referring specifically to the product known as Snausages® and not the parent brand of Kibbles … More
February 7, 2002
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Obviously on the prowl for instances of blatant copyright infringement and other disreputable design deeds, faithful reader Brian Levy passed along a link to the following company. I can’t quite place where I’ve seen it before, but the logo for Axcess Knowledge seems awfully familiar. I wonder if it was based on some previous design … More
February 7, 2002
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One week into February and I’ve worn shorts to work four out of five days. You just gotta love those chinooks that barrel over the mountains and turn the entire city into a giant beige Slurpee®. Of course there’s a downside to this gorgeous, spring-like weather. The atmospheric pressure change that accompanies the winds, when … More
February 5, 2002
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It’s just one browser extreme to another. New versions of both the ultraslimfast WannaBe and the componentacular Mozilla are on the loose and heading to your town. Lock up your validators and hide the china.
February 5, 2002
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Who would have thought that there was so much latent desire to slap random graphics on laminated slabs of lumber? Hundreds of board designs have been posted over at the BD4D + Foundation Skate Deck Design Competition site, including a few sundry gems submitted by yours truly. If you don’t mind twiddling your various digits … More
February 4, 2002
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Adobe has tweaked their venerable type browser by adding a new section stuffed to the x-height with pop up menus and enticingly referred to as the Type Advisor. Although the ability to select and browse Adobe typefaces based on style has been around a while, these new ways to slice up the library — by … More
February 4, 2002
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This afternoon I corresponded with one Paul Sowden, an apparently lovely fellow in his own right. Paul was kind enough to point out that I had somehow mislaid my permanent links for the month of February. Tsk. Must pay more attention. After a jaunty tip of the hat, I sauntered over to his own online … More