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.)
(Via Rands).
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.)
(Via barklund.)