I got 19/20 on this short quiz with a couple lucky guesses but missing one tricky question about the stock market (you'll know it when you see it.) Of course, I'm a US news junkie too so would've been disappointed if I'd done much worse than that.(via MetaFilter)
There are a number of resources online for lovers of fonts and typography.FontStruct is a site that allows you to design a font directly on their web site for free.There are also detailed step-by-step guides to the tools and steps needed to create a font locally on your own computer. Finally, if do-it-yourself sounds too […]
Somewhere along the line, Shea and I began a tradition of me going to a movie on my birthday. With one notable exception on the following list, I've enjoyed having a birthday right in the heart of summer blockbuster season ever since!2001 – Cats & Dogs (I picked “Jurassic Park III” as my inaugural birthday […]
Tomorrow is my YouDay. Since the government hasn't officially declared it a statutory holiday as per my recommendation, I am taking it off using one of my earned holidays as per my personal YouDay policy. Having Friday off, along with the recent news that the State of Utah is moving 20% of government employees to […]
(Er, except this list is for the United States) Still interesting though.(via MetaFilter)
Here's a list of the songs Pace is most likely to hear when fighting against going to sleep (which is pretty much every night these days). I know it's not a very diverse list but hey, why fight the classics?In order:1. “Beautiful Boy” – John Lennon2. “Golden Slumbers” – The Beatles3. “Tell Me Your Dream” […]
My job hunt has begun again in earnest – I've applied for a couple positions and heard of a couple more that I intend to apply for soon and/or that may becoming up this fall.I've had a few resources bookmarked for reference awaiting this moment so I thought I'd share them:How To Answer 23 of […]
An open source, collaborative Dewey replacement? That sounds pretty cool…The Dewey Decimal System® was great for its time, but it's outlived that. Libraries today should not be constrained by the mental models of the 1870s, doomed to tinker with an increasingly irrelevant system. Nor should they be forced into a proprietary system—copyrighted, trademarked and licensed […]
Some humour for a rainy Friday…
You wonder, “Is it because the person asking thinks I'm the best person for the job or they just got the smell of fresh meat?”
