December 2008
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“Eventually, I believe, everything evens out. Long ago, an asteroid hit our...”
– How Things Even Out, by Jack Handey
Typo In Proposition 8 Defines Marriage As Between... →
Garden of Contentment →
I hope Erin decides to do her internship here…
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Helvetica
In my early days as a computer nerd, one of my favorite books was The Mac is Not a Typewriter. Still worth reading after all these years. I ended up becoming a software engineer instead of a graphic designer, but I remain fascinated by typography. So, of course, I enjoyed watching Helvetica, a film about the proliferation and legacy of one of the most ubiquitous typefaces (it’s on your...
Note to Detroit: Consider the Refrigerator →
Strobist: Four Reasons to Consider Working for... →
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“Wait—italics can mean something different than saying the italicized word in an...”
– New Yorker Cartoon Lounge
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25 Great Calvin and Hobbes Strips →
“Iceland’s banks borrowed more than $250,000 for every man, woman and child in...”
– FT.com - Letter from Iceland
On the dubbing of “The Wire” in German →
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What I’d Say to the Martians, by Jack Handey →
This one’s in the just-released New Yorker humor collection, Disquiet, Please! Jack Handey is amazing.
Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous... →
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