2013-06-07 (Friday)
Links
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TypeMedia TypeCooker: Generator
“A tool for generating type-drawing exercises. The system creates a random list of requirements for a typeface, but with relevant criteria.”
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Sketching Out of My Comfort Zone: A Type Design Experiment | Typographica
A nice post about doing a sketch of a new typeface every day.
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Do We Need to Fire the Entire Financial Advice Industry?
A good rant about how much financial advice assumes the advice-seeker’s large level of spending is perfectly fine.
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Ipswich man in Japanese Earthquake, of 1923 — Kindred Spirit
My grandad’s account of surviving the Yokohama Earthquake of 1923. Also, a photo of the old Gyford greengrocer in Ipswich.
Tweets
@tomtaylor TOM YOU’RE STILL IN THERE! COME OUT! TOM CAN YOU HEAR ME? TOM!
@tomcoates Yeah! Ugh, since starting this tweet I’ve had a go on @nickludlam’s Oculus Rift and now I feel a bit sick.
@Harkaway Reminds me of @mala’s post about public/private/secret oblomovka.com/wp/2003/10/13/… (10 years ago, eek!)
Oops, wrong window.
Reaper.new().arm(‘paveway2’).set_target( prism.get_message(‘a84ec760-cf73-11e2-8b8b-0800200c9a66’).location ).launch()
@Timo The top two things I’m endorsed for too. I guess they’re closer to what I actually do, but still… seem like stupid vague things.
@suegyford This is good on the not-being-surprised thing: oblomovka.com/wp/2013/06/06/…
@suegyford But also, I think there was at least a general assumption of some kind of judicial oversight. Not “we can see it all, whenever.”
@suegyford That’s partly what I thought too. But, as someone said, if you think this is a normal thing, that in itself is pretty bad.
@tomcoates That was good! No idea what was going on.
@Preoccupations I find it a bit weird that he’s only upset about spying on Americans.