January 2009
9 posts
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Book Review/Giveaway: The Geometry of Design →
A good simple example of logo design.
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Solving the Evolution Question →
This is one place where I fundamentally disagree with the libertarian platform; a biology class that does not teach the theory of evolution as the most critical advancement of our understanding of life is worse than useless. Further, fragmenting the educational system is a good way to bring about the worst kind of factionalism.
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Malt joy and ginger despair →
I’ll say it: Bono has no way with words. As a piece of writing, the op-ed is awash in incoherent feel good platitudes. Every thought remains unfinished and abandoned, like a movie with too many jump cuts.
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Nigerian vegetable helmets →
It’s easy to chuckle at the supposed provincialism of these people, but in World of Warcraft any helmet worth its salt will be laced with black magic.
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How Cook’s Illustrated thrives while others are... →
I wish I could convince my employer that it’s totally okay to charge for a service provided you (1) do it well, and (2) give users access to some degree of extraordinary value.
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The Architect’s Brother →
Haunting composite images spliced together by hand - no photoshop or other digital tools used.
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Joseph Palmer wore a beard →
When people have nothing better to get upset about, they get upset about beards, apparently.
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Food Matters →
Bittman’s new book is on my “I need to get at some point” list. I became a fan after I stumbled upon his talk at TED in 2007.
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YUI 3.0 PR2 Now Available →
Brand new widget and plugin infrastructure. YUI3 makes me excited for the future of JS application development. It definitely takes more steps toward jQuery’s “write less, do more” model without sacrificing any of the sophistication of the YUI platform.