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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Google Earth 5’s Historical Imagery

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The release of Google Earth 5 has some pretty awesome features in it, and I think my favorite so far is the historical imagery. When you have a location up, a little clock icon in the toolbar at the top allows you to browse through past satellite images, in some cases going as far back as 1940!

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Etsy Finds: IMadeYouABeard

Monday, February 2, 2009

IMadeYouABeard on Etsy

Portland-based beardstress Erin crafts beards for folks out of felt and yarn. View and purchase the assortment of beards at her Etsy shop: imadeyouabeard.

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MyFonts.com’s Top 10 fonts of 2008

Sunday, February 1, 2009

MyFont's Top 10 of 2008

MyFonts has posted the top 10 fonts of 2008 as determined by sales, and unsurprisingly they are mostly retro-fabulous. It’s a good collection of new fonts, and I think it supports the idea of a taste trend towards the hand-made, away from the bland, put-it-together-quick design that was so prevalent not too long ago. They are homages to things that take a long time to do, which is becoming increasingly less desirable as the economy becomes even tougher.

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