- Type study: Sizing the legible letter.
A great article on type-setting text on your websites in ems, rather than pixels. One day I will redesign this site, and it will be awesome.
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- 11HP/29" Snowblower for sale.
Do you like shoveling snow? Then stop reading this and go back to your pushups and granola because you are not someone that I want to talk to.
This dude really wants you to buy his snow blower.
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- Address Is Approximate on Vimeo.
A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.
This video is really well done.
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- The craziest thing you'll ever see on the web.
I’ve been on the web for 17 years now, I’m a professional link finder, and I have never in my life seen anything like these guys performing on an Indian talent show.
Jason Kottke has seen the Internet. I have to agree with him here. This performance is crazy.
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- Canada keeps children in detention.
I guess we are trying to out-Australia Australia.
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- South Korean Lawmaker Tear-Gases Parliament.
What else can I say here?
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- G20 plea deal would see 11 defendants walk free, while six face jail.
Everything about the G20 is a giant embarrassment.
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- Bodyrock.Tv on the rocks.
Say it ain’t so. (I had no idea Zuzana is an ex-pornstar, but that does explain a lot.)
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- Wind Mobile backer regrets Canadian launch.
Harsh words from Naguib Sawiris. The CRTC should probably be paying attention.
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- Nest: initial impressions.
I want this thermostat.
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- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race.
Jay Smooth talks at TEDx.
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- The CRTC decision on UBB: everybody hurts.
A good overview of what the CRTC decision means for consumers.
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- Comment: Whose Police?
The photos mentioned in the article from Occupy Seattle are pretty amazing and shocking.
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- Jenna Morrison and the cost of living.
People have been calling for side guards on trucks for years now. It turns out you can in fact put a price on a human life.
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- The Sketchersons - Lost Girl Hill.
Oh man this is so good.
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- ThinkUp 1.0 and Software With Purpose.
ThinkUp is a tool for archiving data you share on social networks.
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- The Man Who Makes Money Publishing Your Nude Pics.
NSWF A profile of the fellow who runs “Is Anyone Up?”.
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- This 28-Year-Old Is Making Sure Credit Cards Won't Exist In The Next Few Years.
Dwolla is a competitor of sorts to Square and PayPal. They have flat transaction fees, which makes a big difference when you are selling expensive items. This all works by apparently avoiding your normal payment processing networks.
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