March 4th, 2010
After years of work and months of polishing, I’m happy to announce that five of my fonts are now available for purchase at MyFonts.com! Between now and March 10th, you can get any of these fonts for 30% by entering the promotion / gift certificate code BLOGMAR10 at checkout.
If anyone has any problems whatsoever ordering these fonts or getting the promotional discount, email me .
March 2nd, 2010
Rant about strings in Ruby 1.9 :
What other language requires you to understand this level of complexity just to work with strings?!
(discussion on HN ).
February 23rd, 2010
The authors of Typewar have posted this dendrogram of typeface similarity , based on statistics from the game:
The big stumper is that Optima is apparently one of the more difficult to distinguish faces.
(via brainsik .)
February 17th, 2010
I gotta get me a copy of this “Tracer T ” program:
I’ve heard you can also use a program called “Pin G” to view people’s PIN numbers.
(note: if you’re not a hacker this will make zero sense to you, but trust me, it’s hilarious.)
February 17th, 2010
Sci Du Jour asks :
What technological/scientific advances/discoveries are you most looking forward to in the next 25 years?
A few years ago I read John Maddox’s What Remains to Be Discovered: Mapping the Secrets of the Universe, the Origins of Life, and the Future of the Human Race
February 8th, 2010
Looks like my Interface design guidelines are required reading for a course in user interface design at the University of Baltimore.
February 3rd, 2010
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to grant first amendment rights to corporations, Murray-Hill Incorporated is running for congress :
(Amazon link). It’s an amazingly broad survey of all the bleeding edges of science and tech today. I most remember the bits about materials tech—all sorts of new materials, super sticky glue, super strong lightweight materials, materials with memory and self-healing properties, are just on the horizon.
