- Lychee — Self-hosted photo-management
Might want to have a play with this, see if I can get it to join up with other tools, so I've actually got my own database of my photos.
- London to the letter: meet Edward Johnston, the font of all tube style
Good article, more importantly: that's an exhibition I really want to see.
- A 3-Hour Long Mixtape of Goth History
Exactly what it says on the tin, but an interesting, deep-cuts type offering.
Tag: fonts
Bookmarks for February 6, 2014
- Beautiful Games gallery: football fonts | Football | theguardian.com
I have close to fuck-all interest in football, but I do like studies of unusual uses for type.
Bookmarks for February 5, 2014
- The League of Moveable Type
A selection of rather nice free & open-source fonts.
Bookmarks for January 3, 2012
- Favorite Typefaces from 2011 « Opinionated Type
Some absolutely beautiful choices in here.
- Start 2012 By Taking 2 Minutes to Clean Your Apps Permissions
A really good idea – a list of popular web apps, with links that will let you manage what other web apps have permissions to use them.
- scrollorama
Jquery scrolling effects plugin. Might be handy at work.
- Bullshit – Marco.org
"Everyone has their bullshit. You can simply decide whose you're willing to tolerate." Spot on.
Bookmarks for November 20, 2009
- Concept : TITILLIUM
It's on open source font. Which is a little weird, but still: it's also a *gorgeous* font.
Bookmarks for October 6, 2009
- 30 Free Comic Fonts
There's a few absolute gems in here…
- BPS RESEARCH DIGEST: One nagging thing you still don't understand about yourself
A bunch of leading psychologists give their answers to the above question. It's interesting what's revealed – these are the people who best understand how our brains work, and the cognitive quirks that they throw up, and yet they're still at the mercy of these same quirks themselves.
Bookmarks for April 28, 2009
- The Art of Penguin Science Fiction
An archive and commentary on some very very striking SF cover design. Well worth a look.
- BBC NEWS | Technology | Home Office 'colluded with Phorm'
My goodness, do you think I might be very, very angry about this? Why yes, I am. Someone please find me someone to vote for at the next election who actually possesses a principle or two.
- Font Squirrel | Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses.
Some of these are very lovely.
- Revolutionary Espresso Book Machine launches in London | Books | guardian.co.uk
This is brilliant, and I live near it, and that makes me happy. I shall have to go and find an excuse to purchase something from it.
Bookmarks for April 24, 2009
- MEAT CARDS: Business Cards Made From MEAT AND LASERS
Obviously, I will have to order some of these at the first available opportunity. And then people will be able to contact me. Contact me with meat! And lasers!
- Our Favorite Typefaces of 2008 | Typeface Reviews | Typographica
Font nerds ahoy – there are some total gems in here, and all are at least worth a look.
- Geocities to close
To be honest, I'm only surprised it's taken this long. Sure, they were very important in 1999/2000, and yes, it's a slice of internet history vanishing here, but I really don't recall the last time I looked at a geocities site, or met anyone who had one.
Bookmarks for April 5, 2008
- The Gourmet Q + A: Heston Blumenthal and Grant Achatz
Chat about their forthcoming cookbooks, their approach to food, and what the future holds. I’m interested in their idea of 50 year cycles in cooking…
- 63 Must Have Grunge Fonts
I do like distressed type, me.