Esszett or ß and Long s, two character essays from James Mosley. ¶
These are the new glasses, that I picked up on Friday afternoon. The frames are by Oxydo, an Italian company with very little in terms of a website.
I needed something to replace my previous pair, they were about six years old and rather mangled. I wear contacts most of the time, but use glasses at night or when my eyes are tired.
The Illustrated President, I think that explains things perfectly. ¶
In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell. ¶
The Pelican Project, a collection of Pelican book covers spanning six decades ¶
ffffoundRSS, a WordPress plugin that lets you pull in images from your account or the community feed and display them on your site. Features easy configuration via an options panel, widget support and a cache to store images on your server.
Something I hacked together quickly over last day or so, mostly a basic rewrite of my similar plugin for Flickr. Thanks to Antonio at AisleOne for the idea, and a shiny new account to play with.
Murders & Mysteries, the solo effort from Naz Hamid. Good music combined with a penchant for slab-serifs (featuring the new Black Sabbath typeface). ¶
After reading Nicholas Felton’s annual report last year, I decided to keep track of a few things myself. We already saw the list of visited cities pop-up, now it’s time for more. So, without further ado, I present: 2007 A Year in Lists.
I kept track of a number of different things, but decided to limit this presentation to my mass media consumption (minus television). My book list doesn’t include non-fiction, because most of my readings were for school and I might not have necessarily read the whole book. My movie viewing took a slight hit during my travels in October and November, but I still managed to view a decent number over the year.
It was quickly approaching that point in the new year, where you can no longer post recaps, etc. from the previous year, so it needed to get out the door. The lists comprise 16 books, 52 movies and my 15 top artists for the year.
How stylish are you? India Amos describes her method for naming style sheets in InDesign, good tips for a budding book designer. ¶
London: A Life in Maps. A great collection from the British Library, I had the chance to see them in person while I was there last year. ¶
The Paul Rand modern graphic design fan club, anything and everything Rand on Flickr. ¶
Font Constructor is a tool for students to research the basic construction of an alphabet by exploring how elements relate to each other. ¶
FontExplorerX folder icon replacement, for those that use Leopard and hate the glaring inconsistency in your home folder. ¶
A video interview with Michael Bierut, offering a journey through the world of typography. Now with the paywall down, I can post the article that accompanies the interview. ¶
Why That's Delightful, Graham Linehan's weblog. Yes, the man responsible for The IT Crowd and Father Ted. ¶
The Crystal Goblet. Beatrice Warde's essay on the need for transparent typography. ¶
The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Atomic Radiation. A great old cover from Penguin books, not to mention the title. ¶
The Superest. An illustrated match of superhero oneupmanship. ¶
Sparkle and Spin, the classic Rand kids book. Thinking that I may have to pick up a copy of this one. ¶
Europa Polyglotta, a cool map from 1730, indicating the languages spoken in Europe and full of typographic goodness. ¶
The best voting technology may be no technology at all, an old Cringely article featuring our glorious Canadian system: pencil and paper. ¶
Can super glue heal wounds?, a NYT article with a great accompanying graphic. ¶
Wired sits down with Trent Reznor. "And so, a couple years ago I kind of realized that music essentially is free now. I’d prefer if it wasn’t. But it is. And being on the other side of that argument is a losing battle." ¶
The Nerd Handbook, required reading for people in relationships with nerds. ¶
Here’s a roughly chronological list of the places that I visited last year. It was by the most well-travelled year of my life, living abroad and exploring Europe by rail probably didn’t hurt.
Kingston, ON, Canada
Brockville, ON, Canada*
London, England*
Reading, England*
Rome, Italy*
Florence, Italy
Bristol, England*
Dublin, Ireland
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Münster, Germany
Trier, Germany
Mainz, Germany
Bad Homburg, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Prague, Czech Republic
Vienna, Austria
Barcelona, Spain
Geneva, Switzerland*
Grenoble, France
Brussels, Belgium
Bruges, Belgium
Toronto, ON, Canada*
Mississauga, ON, Canada*
Oxford, England
One or more nights were spent in each of the cities listed. Places with an * were visited multiple times on non-consecutive nights. The majority of my time was divided between London and Reading, where Alanah and I were studying respectively. There were also a number of other places that I visited on day trips, including: Ottawa, Winchester, Salisbury, Bray and Ypres. The post idea was gratuitously stolen from kottke.
"And don't forget to make some art." From Neil Gaiman's new year's message ¶
