August 2009
13 posts
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FT.com / Reportage - The history of the Times New...
genius:
via ft.com
fascinating
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createblog →
good site for layouts, some quality producing designers, try and filter some of the crap. laid back place for lite convo too.
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in the grooves
In the Groove by Richard Saltus
When people feel as if a favorite song has worn grooves into their brain, they’re not far off. Repeated stimulation of the synapse, the site of communication between two neurons, induces chemical and structural changes that strengthen connections between those cells.
As a result, nerve signals flow more easily across the synapses, connecting neurons...
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alphabet 26 concept
The plan for simplifying and improving our alphabet, entitled “Alphabet 26,” was first presented in Westvaco Inspirations 180 in 1950. It recommended the use of only one symbol for each of the 26 letters.
Our conventional alphabet contains 19 letters having dissimilar upper and lower case symbols (such as ‘A’ and ‘a’) and 7 letters (c-o-s-v-w-x-z) having symbols that are identical.
It is...
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Detail in Typography
just bought this book, from the previews, it souds like a good read!
Subtitled ʻA concise yet rich discussion of all the small things that enhance the legibility of textsʼ, Jost Hochuliʼs guide to micro-typography considers everything that can happen within a column of text. The book was published first in German in the 1980s. This is the first English edition, completely revised and adapted for...
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central florida news is whack
ATM stolen from grocery store
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Albertson’s workers say a white pickup truck drove into the store on Semoron Boulevard in Apopka then drove out. It happened around 3:30 a.m. Thursday.
the dumbass that stole this is gonna get caught. the truck is probably in just as much damage as the wall. and i dont know if this guy watches many movies, but they cant ever get an atm...
sexy song ;^)
sup
decided to get myself a tumblr, for now, i slapped on one of the layouts that are free. ill probably make my own soon.