September 26, 2008
These are my links for September 23rd through September 26th:
WordPress › wp-typogrify « WordPress Plugins - Add classes to ampersands, avoid widows, etc.
Some Assembly Required: SAR #8269 - (I love this blog, BTW) Good quips:
"Paulson and Bernanke are proposing to buy bad paper from everyone, at rates far above their value. The bailout is specifically designed to funnel money to those who don’t need it."
"Part of the Problem: Americans are not aware of the fragile reality supporting their determined sense of entitlement. They want the problem - whatever it is - solved without bothering their cruise-controlled, air-conditioned, fossil-fueled throw-away lifestyle."
Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - ...
September 22, 2008
These are my links for September 22nd from 08:07 to 11:34:
Digital Music: Wal-Mart and Best Buy will sell MP3s on flash-memory cards - Interesting. I so rarely use cds anymore - this seems like a natural shift. And they've got to be a lot cheaper to make.
Detroit Startup Weekend — November 14-16, 2008 -
monicarol.evans's blog | OrangePolitics - In comparing Madison to Ann Arbor (among other points): "Madison is a hotbed for creativity and technology," implying that Ann Arbor isn't. Too bad our Esteemed Leaders don't value the creativity and technology that exists in Ann Arbor enough to showcase it. Bastards.
These are my links for September 21st through September 22nd:
The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, September 21 2008: We want this to be clean - "The plan that Paulson and Bush urge Congress to accept as fast as "legally" and practically possible, gives the Executive Branch, in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, full, unlimited, and unchecked powers over the nation’s financial system, the entire economy, and even attempts to provide far-sweeping power over international finance. Of course the Treasury completely depends on the Federal Reserve to execute its policies, since only the Fed can "print" money."
Live Racing Schedule - Surely someone will go watch the gee-gees with me, right?
Twitter / dammitsweeney: breaking radio silence to ...
September 20, 2008
These are my links for September 18th through September 20th:
Dial your iPhone with Bakelite - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) - one ringy dingy
Information Arbitrage: From Capitalism to Socialism to ???: Crossing the Line - "The U.S. Government's historic reaction to the financial crisis firmly puts us in a place not seen in generations. We have officially crossed the line from capitalism to socialism in less than a week."
Easier Theme Development with Sample WordPress Content — WPCandy — WordPress Themes, Plugins, Tips, and Tricks - Yay - a set of default content for WordPress test sites. Very nice.
A new bar opened on Main Street - The Black Pearl. It was such a nice night last night, and Keith was itching to go out, so we gave them a try. Not bad for their first weekend of being open!
We each had a martini: I had something they called an 'Ann Arbor Cosmo,' a regular cosmopolitan with the vodka switched out for Patron. It was ok; different, I suppose. Keith can't remember the name of his (something with elderflower???), but it was tart as all get out. Like a Sweettart candy. Both were ok; neither filled to the brim (Keith's especially was
well below full) and neither had any garnish of any kind (no twists, no nothing). They ...
September 13, 2008
Enjoy a little
Frank O'Hara this morning:
Mothers of America
let your kids go to the movies!
get them out of the house so they won't know what you're up to
The full poem can be read at
frankohara.org
These are my links for September 9th through September 13th:
webdev.stephband.info - Well, damn. I may just have to learn jquery, too.
Extra Bold, Ultra Black Fonts: Hit Hard with Heavy Duty Type | The FontFeed - Excellent list of heavy faces, grouped by style - including serif and sans, and various novelty styles.
Hungry Hungry Coeds - Free Food Events - Free food in Ann Arbor. Yay!
Obama is RESTful » Idol Hands: Days in the Life of an Alpha Geek - Pick you candidate based on their website.
September 12, 2008
Sometime yesterday afternoon, something went wrong with the video driver or monitor on my PC laptop. It just beeps at me when I turn it on. Beeeeeep Beep Beep -> black screen.
Now, I have been itching to get a MacBook now that my main machine is a Mac, but I don't want to right this second. Rumor has it that the line is due for an update before the holidays, so it just doesn't seem wise to buy one right now.
The two main uses of the PC laptop were Microsoft Money, where we keep all our accounting data, and the boys use it to look up walk-throughs for the console games they play while sitting in front of the tv. ...
September 9, 2008
These are my links for September 7th through September 9th:
Helvetica Neue Light – Blog – Guillermo Esteves - CSS declarations for font-weight, using PostScript names.
Typechart - Browse Web Type, Grab CSS. - A very nicely designed site with a slew of cross-platform typography examples.
50 Incredible Film Posters From Poland // wellmedicated - Some of these are quite beautiful and well done. The comments make me want to cry, though. These people who think it's not good unless it's photoreal. Lift up your eyes, people, see more than what's right before you! Visual illiteracy is not cool!
