eightface.com – 2008 April

Rub Downs

Erik Spiekermann reminiscing about Letraset rub downs. We had them around the house when I was growing up. They’re one of the main reasons for my fascination with typography. Apparently they weren’t toys, but I could never resist playing with them.

April 24, 2008 · letraset typography

YWFT Zine

You Work For Them zine. The first issue, images created using samples from their stock collection.

April 23, 2008 · art design

50 Ways to Help the Planet

50 Ways to Help the Planet, small changes you can make to your routine that will reap dividends for the environment.

April 22, 2008 · environment

Thirty years of Granta covers

April 17, 2008 · design literature

Font Game

The Rather Difficult Font Game. I only scored 30/34, I blame the wee morning hours. At least my education has proven useful for something.

April 14, 2008 · typography

Electrocuting an Elephant

Topsy the Elephant was electrocuted by Thomas Edison in 1903. He also happened to document the moment on film, which he obviously titled Electrocuting an Elephant.

April 10, 2008 · animals oddities videos

flickrRSS 4.0

There’s a new version of flickrRSS available for download now. In short, the interface has been updated for WordPress 2.5 and you can display set and favourite feeds.

A longer list of the changes that have been made. If you’re really interested, you can check out the exact changes via trac.

Revamped interface for WordPress 2.5
Support for sets and favourites (RSS limits to last 20 items)
Added set_id to arguments list (in 8th position)
Added place for code before and after images in the widget
Changed $userid to $id_number to reflect ability to use group ids
Naming consistency in source
Settings panel now uses one button to save instead of two
Brought back html readme, easier on the eyes
Tested to make sure it works with video

I also released flickrRSS 3.5 for older versions of WordPress, it just adds support for sets and favourites. One caveat, it hasn’t been thoroughly tested. If you’re having any problems with either version drop a note in the forum.

April 9, 2008 · flickr plugin wordpress