Wednesday, August 23, 2006
For those of you have it, and for those of you who don’t, OS X’s best font management utility has been updated to version 1.1. It’s light years ahead of Font Book, easier to use than Suitcase, and best of all – it’s free!
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Sometimes you get bored of your old stand-bys, but when it comes to late night eats, it’s always a crap shoot to find somewhere actually open without having to drive around for 30 minutes. In alpha, Gopher Now seeks to be THE resource for anyone looking to hunt down some chow in the wee hours of the night, giving not only the standard contact info for a place, but also listing it’s closing time. Search by “Open Now” or “Delivering Now”, all accompanied by a handy dandy Google Map on the side.
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A few good men posted some videos made for Microsoft starring Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant of The Office, and they are seriously every bit as painful and great as the show itself!
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Thursday, August 17, 2006
I was looking through my stats recently, just to see if traffic had spiked following TypeCon 2006 in Boston. You see, I developed an awesome flash placeholder site as well as built the framework for the existing site, and as a thank you, the good people of The Board™ gave me a half-page ad in the back of the TypeCon program (which was printed by the Kodak Creative Network, and looked stunning for something off of a digital press)
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Ahh The Chopping Block! I recently came across their site as they’ve just finished revamping Bravo TV’s homepage. The NY-based graphic design agency had one of the best flash sites around, full of fun little details, lots of information, and something no other agency could boast: a custom-made theme song from nerd rockers They Might Be Giants.
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WE ARE THE WEB!
Perhaps you’ve heard about this whole Net Neutrality thing, and perhaps you have or have not heard about how much it sucks. Well fear not, because our internet superheroes Sweater lady, the tron guy, Peter Pan, those two lip synching kids, the dancing baby, and the We Love The Moon freakish things are here to tell us all about it. (It takes a moment to load, but sweet mother Mary of Jesus is it worth it…)
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