January 2010
51 posts
iTampon, er, iPad clashes with the big, bad web
ninakix:
It seems like everyone and their mother was a little underwhelmed by the iPad. I’m in the same boat, but something in particular was really gnawing at me. Something that indicated Apple seemed to be losing touch with the audience, losing that magic intuition for what people need and want. Windows.
Not windows in the sense of Windows, Microsoft, etc. but windows, as in overlapping,...
Tesco the Filmmaker: Tesco announces books-to-DVDs... →
Supermarket giant Tesco is making its movie debut with a joint venture to make films of books by best-selling authors, it has been announced. The group has joined forces with new media firm Amber Productions to create DVD feature films based on books - the first of which is being produced with legendary author Jackie Collins.
Oh dear god in heaven, no. {:O
Interesting Letterhead Designs | Letterheady →
letterheady –adjective 1. overcome by a strong emotion due to a letterhead design. Much like its sibling, Letterheady is an online homage to offline correspondence; specifically letters. However, here at Letterheady we don’t care about the letter’s content. Just its design. Click here to submit any letterheads you feel are worthy of exposure. Alternatively, email me the details.
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The Great Australian Internet Blackout →
What’s the problem?
The Federal Government is pushing forward with a plan to force Internet Service Providers to censor the Internet for all Australians. This plan will waste millions of dollars and won’t make anyone safer.
Blogger Buzz: Important Note to FTP Users →
For that reason, we are announcing today that we will no longer support FTP publishing in Blogger after March 26, 2010. We realize that this will not necessarily be welcome news for some users, and we are committed to making the transition as seamless as possible.
Not a surprise, but still you can naff off Blogger - some of us had very good reasons for holding on to a few ftp blogs. }:(
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Noah Lewis (4)
John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson (4)
Little Walter (3)
Sonny Boy Williamson II (2)
Will Shade (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Ampersand Font for Haiti | Font Aid IV: A Call to... →
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is announcing the launch of Font Aid IV, a project uniting the typographic and design communities in raising funds to expedite relief efforts in Haiti. Everyone is encouraged to help the cause by spreading the word to friends and colleagues. Type designers, graphic designers and other artists from around the world are invited to contribute artwork to...
Bookdrop tagging « Snarkmarket →
Haarlem Oost is a branch library in the Netherlands that wanted to encourage visitors to add tags […] to the books they read. […] To do this, the library didn’t create a complicated computer system or send people online. Instead, they installed more book drops and return shelves, labeled with different descriptors like “boring,” “great for kids,” “funny,” etc.
Is that great or...
Free WOFF font - FF Nuvo Medium from fontFont →
The just launched Mozilla Firefox® 3.6 is the first browser which supports the new Webfont format WOFF. The FontFont Typeface Library endorses the WOFF specification. We hope that besides Firefox other browsers will join in implementing it. We want you to experience the new webdesign possibilities, so we’re making it easy: Get the first ever available WOFF font FF Nuvo Medium Demo and give...
#46: Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
american-apologies:
The Tuskegee syphilis experiment originally began in 1932 as a clinical study by the U.S. Public Health Service using 399 impoverished African-American sharecroppers with syphilis for research related to the natural progression of the untreated disease. At the time, there were no effective treatments for the disease, so part of the study goal was to determine if patients...
Typefoundry: The image of the Proclamation of the... →
The incongruous feature of the illustration in the essay by Malins (as many readers of this blog will already have spotted) is that the line IRISH REPUBLIC is set in a well-known typeface that did not exist in 1916. It is Gill Sans Extra Bold, made in 1931 by the English Monotype Corporation as a variant of its Gill Sans of 1927…The photograph of the Proclamation used in the printed lecture...
1 tag
300&65 Ampersands →
“Does what it says on the tin” - the most lovely ampersand is published everyday for a year in a different font. I’ll be bombarding you with my faves/more unusual ones.
Haiti fundraiser: Magazine Onè Respe | MagCloud →
The full proceeds of every copy sold will go directly to the International Red Cross to assist the people of Haiti.
“The news of the disaster deeply touched me, both as a person and as a photojournalist. I wondered what I could do to help, and spoke with my friend and colleague Peter Pereira, who had the privilege of shooting in Haiti in November 2009. The idea began with his essay, but others...
#37: Operation Ajax
american-apologies:
Since 1913, the oil industry in Iran had been controlled exclusively by the British government-based Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, allowing Britain to benefit and exploit Iranian oil reserves. Unsurprisingly, the Iranians eventually got tired of being taken advantage of, and in 1951, they elected Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq in a secular democratic election. He pushed for...
American Apologies #47: Ann Coulter
american-apologies:
Sometimes a person comes along who is so narrow-minded, misinformed, and ignorant, that you wonder whether it’s all a joke. In political commentator Ann Coulter’s case, you really wish it was one. This cold and soulless conservative nutcase continues to parade her hyperbolic rhetoric wherever she goes. Let’s take a look at the words that define her:
“I don’t know if...
Screenjelly - What's on your screen? →
Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it via Twitter or email. Use it to quickly share cool apps or software tips, report a bug, or just show stuff you like. To start recording, click on the red button. No need to install or download anything!
via @younglibrarian (or rather her mum! ;) )
BBC News - Haiti: How to help - UK & US →
International charities are appealing for donations to help Haiti. In the UK the DEC - an umbrella group which launches and co-ordinates responses to major disasters overseas - has launched a Haiti Earthquake Appeal.
List of all the links for UK and US. The DEC and Medecins Sans Frontieres are super quick to do, a wee amount is better than nothing. :) If you can gift aid it, even better...
Andrew McDonald » Blog Archive » A Pictorial Guide... →
All you have to do is take some photos – which you never delete from your camera – so when someone finds your camera at the bottom of the gorilla pit they are able to locate you and return the lost property to its rightful owner. To illustrate just how you can safeguard your camera from the crippling effects of Camera Loss, here are the pics that I always keep on my camera.
Wonderfully silly!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
Sonny Boy Williamson (14)
Little Walter (3)
Sonny Boy Williamson; Yank Rachell (1)
Ashley & Foster (1)
Huddie ‘Leadbelly’ Ledbetter (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by
Experience Necessary - The Master Printer Robert... →
MyFonts: Top 10 fonts of 2009 →
Some nice ones there, bit too much swirly, swirly for me though! ;)
Best of the decade: Architecture -... →
Free 2010 Calendar Printables {Lovely} :... →
Some really good ‘uns here!
American Apologies →
American Apologies A site dedicated to apologizing for all of the embarrassments, failures, and injustices done by the United States, as well as the Americans who have betrayed the ideals of one of the greatest countries in the world. And with a brand new decade ahead of us, we’ll try our sincere best not to piss everyone off.
Any site that manages to include Stephanie Meyer and Eddie...
