comic sans & courier
…both typefaces start with c-o and that can be very confusing sometimes. one of the key differences is that comic sans looks like it was fingerpainted by my five year old nephew and courier is how neo sees the world in the matrix. — ragbag

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September 18th, 2009
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September 1st, 2009
His fingers work tirelessly, darting forward to seek out their target and, like hummingbirds, they are gone again, seeking new purchase. His heartbeat finds the rhythm of his strokes upon the keys and he grows flush with the effort. A missive spreads itself out before him, shaped by the length of his thoughts, broadened by the girth of his vocabulary. He holds his breath tight in his chest. He can feel the finish is approaching, but he isn’t ready just yet.
Anwering Email: The Romance Novelist at Home, from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
August 10th, 2009
June 17th, 2009
A lot has happened in fifteen years. When you think about it, we come from completely different worlds. When I graduated, we watched movies starring Tom Cruise and listened to music by Madonna. I come from a time when we huddled around our TV sets and watched “The Cosby Show” on NBC, never imagining that there would one day be a show called “Cosby” on CBS. In 1985 we drove cars with driver’s side airbags, but if you told us that one day there’d be passenger side airbags, we’d have burned you for witchcraft.
[ Harvard Graduation Speech by Conan O’Brien, via Scribd ]
May 13th, 2009
Brief overview of twelve types of design clients.
May 12th, 2009
May 2nd, 2009
[ via patrick putnam ]
April 21st, 2009
eye are see
- muttley: a friend of mine has an HR policy that says you can't hold eye contact with another person in the office for more than 20 seconds
- timoni: but what if you're trying to signal that you want to sleep with them?
“And this gay rain army won’t stop. They’re come at us…marching. Not marching. Dancing. It’ll be choreographed. It’ll be good.”
April 18th, 2009
Highly entertaining “formulas for life!” Ahahahaha. I made that tagline up myself.
April 14th, 2009
FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF: Amoral narcissist makes world dance for his amusement.
SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill teenage girl.
MY GIRL: Boy killed by female friend’s irresponsibility.
TWILIGHT: Girl gives up college for stalker.
SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill teenage girl.
MY GIRL: Boy killed by female friend’s irresponsibility.
TWILIGHT: Girl gives up college for stalker.
April 8th, 2009
[ Man in Control by Alice Morgan ]
I just found out my coworker’s grandma wrote this book. Also this one, and this one, among others.
[ via Julian Bleecker ]
This is the kind of thing that makes me proud to live in a world full of such beautiful geniuses.
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