November 2008
44 posts
Packagetrackr - Package Tracking Service - UPS,... →
Universal package tracker - if it works, it’s a great idea!
Monotype Imaging: FlipFont →
Monotype Imaging’s FlipFont™ application and suite of fonts work with supported phones to allow users to personalize and enhance their phones…
…FlipFont is currently available to Vodafone UK customers using Nokia® N95™, N95 8GB and N73™ devices.
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go”
– Oscar Wilde
Scribd and iPaper « Tech Learning →
After you upload a document, Scribd converts it to an iPaper format so that it can be viewed inside a web browser or embedded into your Website or blog. Scribd can also convert your document into several downloadable formats including PDF, Microsoft Word, and plain text. You can print your document, view it full-screen, and even hear them read aloud. If you do sign up, you can see various...
Make Your Own Paint By Numbers →
Personal photos of family members and friends are very popular paint-by-number gifts. We can also transform photos of landscapes, city skylines, homes, pets, cars, etc. Keep in mind, the quality of the photo determines the quality of the finished portrait.
The colors in your photo are matched to the colors in the paint kit. Each kit includes 42 acrylic paints.
We strive to achieve the closest...
antipodr - Find the other side of the world! →
Been done before, but still fun.
How to Clean Area Rugs with Snow! » Curbly | DIY... →
If you live in a place that will have a surplus of snow within the next few months—like I do—you just might want to try this old time method of cleaning area rugs. Apparently, it works for wool, cotton and polyester rugs. Note: You’ll want to use DRY snow for this procedure, not the soggy stuff.
I’d never be brave enough to try this!
Ironic Sans: At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue →
As George Bush prepares to move out of the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, and Barack Obama prepares to move in, I thought I’d take a virtual trip around the country and see what’s going on at other locations with the same address.
The following photos come via Google Street View:
Chortle
“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything”
– Alexander Hamilton
ThinkGeek :: Botanicalls DIY Plant Twitter Kit →
Once the kit is assembled, connect it to the Internet through the built-in ethernet jack, jam the leads into the plant’s soil, and subscribe to the plant’s twitter feed. It will tell you when it needs watering, or scold you if you’ve overwatered it, and report its status in between.
I sooooo want this!
Welcome to futuretweets.com - Schedule your Tweets →
FutureTweets.com is a free service that lets you schedule your Twitter messages. Send it at a specific time in the future or send a reoccuring Tweet daily, weekly, monthly or yearly! You’ll never forget the birthdays of your beloved Twitter friends again! Just schedule a nice Tweet on their birthday!
WatchNot seen this Bravia ad myself - another colourful creation! Needs a longer shot at the end IMO.
Newspaper Front Pages Proclaim Obama Victory | The... →
Historic moments call for historic front pages and historic headlines. Yet not all of them are as successful as they would like to be. Both the Newsdesigner and The Guardian websites have compiled galleries featuring the front pages of yesterday’s major newspapers. Newsdesigner.com has over fifty American front pages, while the 21 on Guardian.co.uk include foreign ones as well. And if you’re...
Twitter Alerts - TweetBeep.com →
If you love Twitter, you’ll love TweetBeep! Keep track of conversations that mention you, your products, your company, anything! You can even keep track of who’s tweeting your website or blog, even if they use a shortened URL (like tinyurl.com).
Qwitter: Catching Twitter quitters →
Qwitter e-mails you when someone stops following you on Twitter with a message like this: John Gruber (gruber) stopped following you on Twitter after you posted this tweet: What’s the difference between Arial and Helvetica?
Oh this is hilarious! Golddust for the insecure.
Alternatives To Your Favorite Sans Serif Typefaces... →
“Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn”
– Fulton J. Sheen
The Offices of Kat Ran Press : Postage Stamps by... →
we’ve uploaded over 300 Web pages showcasing over 300 postage stamps from our collection of stamps designed by designers of typefaces. Nineteen celebrated designers are featured on these pages, including
Wim Crouwel | S.H. de Roos | Adrian Frutiger | Eric Gill
S.L. Hartz | Lance Hidy | Erik Spiekermann | Reynolds Stone
Georg Trump | Gerard Unger | Julian Waters | Hermann Zapf
Counterproductive Airport Signage | The FontFeed →
Now you can imagine my dismay when I noticed the backlit signs above the check-in counters in the Brussels Airport departure hall. They are in Helvetica which already in itself is an incredibly poor choice for signage. It looks like they were cut out in metal and then stuck on light boxes. And therein lies the problem. Apparently the glue started to deteriorate – possibly from the heat of the...
October 2008
51 posts
Hangul Alphabet | Ask H&FJ | Hoefler & Frere-Jones →
The invention and reform of alphabets has a long tradition, though its efforts are rarely successful. Generally speaking, script systems with highly scientific foundations go completely unrecognized, the typographic equivalent of Esperanto. And among the world’s most successful script systems are some of its most arbitrary: nothing in the design of the Latin A suggests its sound or meaning, and...
