Jeremy Keith has a post on a new visual cue he has developed for Huffduffer, to signal a small change. The change is akin to the visual feedback one gets in Super Mario when scoring points, and I must say, it’s quite well-executed.
‘A web series about dressing like a grownup’.
Jesse Thorn and Adam Lisagor have made this wonderful blog and small-scale tv series about how to properly dress yourself. The first episode (published 2 November) is about denim, and is very well-done. The blog is well-written, and whilst I don’t agree with all the advice (a tweed vest? No thanks), most of the advice is pretty sound.
(Also, they’re looking for funding to continue the series. Yes, I am considering turning this into a Kickstarter promotion blog.)
Why would you use a screwdriver?
Coudal Partners are celebrating their 10-year anniversary, and are having a contest: send an email. From 1999.
I would’ve liked to contest, but I find it would be rather anachronistic: in 1999, I was 10 years old, and at this point in time I had been taught English in school for some two months.
I learned some years ago that symbolics.com was the first ever domain name – I never understood why that name was chosen, though.
The first domain of a company I’d heard of was xerox.com. (And while all this internet, domain stuff is still considered very new, I find it worth noting that the last one from that list was registered one and a half year before I was born.)
A very thoughtful and philosophical post by Mark Pilgrim on the case of his Dive Into Python being published by someone other than Apress, and listed on Amazon.
This is a great post, because it really shows that Pilgrim isn’t afraid to take the consequence of his choices, and he demonstrates how this can be a superior way to publish books.
I don’t know when they changed this, or if it was in fact part of iTunes DJ from the start, but I love this:
Then choosing the ‘Play in iTunes DJ’ option from the right-click menu will start the number in iTunes DJ, at the same time in the track:
That is very clever.
Comparing the most famous font rivals ever.
I’m late to the game, but please do support what I think will be an interesting case study, if nothing else. (I say please support it, because if people don’t, I won’t get one either.)
I had this idea all set up, including code and domain, and then I discover this. Oh, well, then I won’t have to maintain it, and focus on watching all those films. (My list is also publicly available.)
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This is Simply Jonathan, a blog written by Jonathan Holst. It's mostly about technical topics (and mainly the Web at that), but an occasional post on clothing, sports, and general personal life topics can be found.
Jonathan Holst is a programmer, language enthusiast, sports fan, and appreciator of good design, currently living in Odense, Denmark, Europe. He is also someone pretentious enough to call himself the 'author' of a blog. And talk about himself in the third person.