I caught up with an old friend from high school this afternoon, and among other things he casually mentioned a Frank Lloyd Wright house that was recently built on an island in the middle of our hometown.
Seriously.
Read the story; it gets even more interesting.
Be still my beating heart: FontXChange converts fonts to OpenType, TrueType or PS Type 1 format. And it works, too! This means I can retire my copy of FontMonger for good, and with it, any legacy need for OS 9. Sweet.
The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies. Amazing how many of these I’ve used (and some of which I still own).
Interesting article on SpeakUp:
“…just appreciate the fact that design is all about failure. Every designer I’ve ever met has failed, and failed miserably, and they continue to make a successful career out of failing.”
This Flickr set from Noisy Decent Graphics is what I’ve been trying to do this year, only much, much better.
Bring A Trailer: 1972 Ferrari Dino Project. Look at this car and tell me it is not sex on wheels. This is one of my favorite designs, hands-down.
Genius: Yo, Should I Dump This Asshole?.
I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I at least keep an eye on the home teams. This article describes perfectly why I haven't given a shit about the Baltimore Orioles for, oh, 15 years.
I read about this on a WWII message board a couple of weeks ago, and couldn't believe it then: British WWII fighter found in Egyptian desert. Hopefully they can get it out and into a museum before people start scavenging bits from it.
Hmm. SPIN's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Interesting choices.
19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately.
jasm (n.), Connecticut
Meaning “intense energy or vitality,” the sentence provided in the dictionary was so good, I wanted to share it with you all, too: “If you’ll take thunder and lightening, and a steamboat and a buzz-saw, and mix ‘em up, and out ‘em into a woman, that’s jasm.”
Handy tip, via Sean Carton on Facebook: Find and Download PDF Manuals of Electronic Products using Amazon.
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