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mark boulton discusses one of my favorite typefaces of all times, gill sans. like mark, i love this typeface, in spite of its “bad name” from overuse. below is a section from the history part: Gill Sans was designed by Eric Gill in the 1920’s and issued by Monotype in 1928 to 1930. Eric Gill […]

after reading this article from o’reilly, i thought it would be fun to try making a strobe light out of a web page. enjoy: see the strobe light (and don’t blame me if you get a headache ! ) Technorati Tags: DHTML, ecmascript, fun, javascript, light, oreilly, scripting, strobe, strobelight, useless, web dev, web2.0, web3.0, […]

Shhpies in the House of Shhex Originally uploaded by ♥ shhexycorin ♥.

so, i have tweeked the design of the blog a bit more now. i have put the previous posts, archives, blogger profile and google ads over to the right, instead of at the bottom — this is mainly to increase exposure for the “previous posts” area. i have put all that stuff, as well as […]

i was bit by the redesign bug, but don’t have lots of hours to put into it, so the interface is kinda “between” themes right now. i have gone back to a black background, but have a rich red header and have made each post have a nice gradient background as well. i still need […]

LOL Fleck is: patent pending, world changing, paradigm shifting and user experience enhancing technology. Tagging, search, blog, AJAX and social networking, every WEB2.0 hype is covered. Fleck . com – Web Democracy Technorati Tags: ajax, blog, democracy, fleck, funny, humor, RSS, tags, web dev, web2.0, web3.0

good. job. microsoft. On December 14, the Microsoft RSS Team made an announcement on their blog. This announcement is extremely important on many levels and I’m really surprised there hasn’t been more talk about it. And as such, I figured I would take this opportunity to jump all over that shit and try and get […]

so, my pup (trogdor) has had an ear infection for several weeks now. took him to the vet, where we learned that it’s almost gone. yay! Technorati Tags: ear infection, trog, trogdor, vetranarian

East Texas Mystery Animal Identified at Cryptomundo.com: 2006 East Texas Mystery Animal Identified KLTV Tyler Longview reports that the strange animal shot in Angelina County last week was a coyote or feral dpg with sarcoptic mange. Link to the original story reported here earlier in the week. I predicted then that it was a mangy […]

how to cook and eat a dog Listening to: Further In Time from the album “Volume 3: Further In Time” by Afro Celt Sound System Technorati Tags: cookeddog, cooking, dog, dogeating, eating, gross, hook, singe, teeth, vietnam, yummy

“It’s terrible. Terrible!” said Lambert, who lives in LaPorte County about three miles — and one time zone — from the cafe. Others said they wished the Legislature, which last year decided to begin observing daylight time, had left things as they were. “We had a routine going here,” said Cindy Miller, who owns the […]

Bigfoot fever erupted last month when some fish farm workers claimed to have spotted three of the beasts — two adults and a youngster — on the edge of a forest reserve in southern Johor state. Their improbable tale was lent some authority soon after when an Orang Asli — an indigenous ethnic group known […]

Proving he has a sense of humor, ol’ Vandy will perform a field goal demonstration for Letterman on the Late Show tonight Vandy goes Late Night. (and) ha haOriginally uploaded by pr9000. Technorati Tags: colts, davidletterman, haha, indiana, indianapolis, simpsons, vanderjagt

take a look at this map (click for larger version): it represents confirmed cougar encounters from 1990 to the present in the united states (and our hat, too). i find this fascinating. in 1991 i saw a cougar in an empty cornfield directly across the country road from my house, in mooresville, indiana, which is […]