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Posts from July 2008

TypeCon 2008 This Weekend

· · 🌡️ 69°F

Sorry Paul, I just realized my typography convention is this weekend, and so I definitely can't go to WEMF :(

But it does bring up an interesting question: how does one properly ask to get an autograph from a typographic celebrity? Does "Do you mind letterpressing my chest?" sound to forward?

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Shazam!

· · 🌡️ 83°F

There's an app for the iphone that will listen to music and then identify it for you. It's super cool and so accurate.



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Also the iPhone 2.0 calculator is improved, and includes scientific calculator mode:

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LOLIRANIANS

· · 🌡️ 71°F

So, a few days ago Iran got busted for distributing altered photos that made it look like they were launching more missiles then they actually had. (See below before and after and the original story )

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Well, today's launches went MUCH better:

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Yay!

Lightning

· · 🌡️ 73°F

Wish I could embed the video here, but you've got to see this: someone getting struck by lightening (they didn't get seriously hurt)

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Don't Watch This

· 🌡️ 84°F

Seriously, it's really gross.



Man my feedreader is full of weird stuff lately.