August 2008
“People say I don’t twitter enough. On the day I twittered four times, my...”
– [ Twitter by Penelope Trunk ]
I like to think of this Twitter as a good example of “when you should know you care too much about followers”.
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“The trick is to give food that little twist. “Everybody has a quesadilla, but no...”
– [ Adjusting Applebee’s Menu Is Easy to Order and Harder to Do, in the New York Times ]
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“[…W]hen McCain says he believes life begins at conception (cheer!) it’s pretty...”
– [ Eschaton (via sexartandpolitics, via jessicagoldharalson, via marco ]
Wait, does America have a Ministry of Health?
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“Full CSS layouts have always been a compromise. The current CSS specifications...”
– [ from Transcending CSS by Andy Clarke, via Smashing Magazine ]
I’ve never heard of this before, and it doesn’t make sense to me. Can somebody quickly explain? What other possible uses do float: and position: have?
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“One more use of the clefs is training in sight reading: the ability to read in...”
– [ from the article about clefs in Wikipedia ]
Answering the rather mind-boggling question of why on earth you’d want to read things in different clefs.
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“Wine in a box makes sense environmentally and economically. Indeed, vintners in...”
– [ from Drink Outside the Box, in the New York Times ]
Screw-off wine bottle tops I was cool with—I even advocated them once I read up on the advantages. But I’m not drinking quality wine from a box.
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“In the Golden Legend also appeared the first of those woodcut frontispiece...”
– [ A Short History of English Printing, by Henry R. Plomer. ]
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“Oh, Natalie, your unconventional ways are so inspiring, and your beauty is...”
– [ Wild things: 16 films featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, in The Onion AV Club ]
Mwhahahaha! Man I hated that movie. (Except, okay, Peter Sarsgaard.)
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“Diplomats and intelligence professionals must acknowledge that honor and...”
– [ A Question of Honor, from TIME online ]
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“Scientists are trained to recognize that correlation is not causation, that no...”
– [ The End of Theory: The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete ]
Olympic Balladeer’s Voice Was Dubbed →
When one kid is cuter than other in Red China, Red China showcases the best of both.
“James Freeman’s once-little coffee operation has officially gone national,...”
– [ Eater SF: Blue Bottle Unhinged ]
Not sure what to think of this. I always assumed there was better espresso in New York than Blue Bottle’s (which, over the past year, I have grown to love beyond anybody else’s).
“A variety of ideas to stem the growth of grafitti were proposed, with Rafael...”
– [ Text as Anti-Grafitti, from our.risd.edu ]
Graffiti can certainly be taken as a form of ownership, much like my favorite example—a kitchen you just cleaned is suddenly “your” kitchen regardless of ownership. So, too, adding a sign or name to a place.
““What you’re looking for is fabric.” Her hands fly swiftly...”
– [ from Recycle Chic, in More Intelligent Life ]
