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August 2014

Labor Day Weekend Miscellany

“I’ll bet there are lots of people who would try—and enjoy—squirrel brains if they thought nobody would find out.” I’ll + more

From Metal to Digital

Some of you may know that the font Helvetica was originally called Neue Haas Grotesk. In the mid-1950s, designer Max + more

In a Night Forest

Nils Petter Molvær has been one of my favorite musicians for a while now, and Lucid Dream—a “one-of-a-kind new audiovisual installation” + more

The Language Police Strike Again

So the other day the New York Times—you know, America’s “newspaper of record”—relied on anecdotes and hearsay to gravely inform its + more

Quote of the Day

“Since music is a language with some meaning, at least for the immense majority of mankind, although only a tiny + more

Spec These Spectacles

As a dude who wears glasses I would totally rock these Helvetica frames. Brought to you by Type, a line + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

I think this image is a much better way to describe the importance of commas. (artist unknown.) (from OxfordDictionaries.com) What + more

Sobering Words on a Friday Afternoon

“The relationship between the intelligence agencies and Silicon Valley has historically been very cozy. The former head of Facebook security + more

Titling Is Hard!

The Egg, Or The Memoirs Of Gregory Giddy, Esq: With The Lucubrations Of Messrs. Francis Flimsy, Frederick Florid, And Ben + more

The Young and the Restless

The animation and film titling work that we’ve created over the years has been in collaboration with Mike Bold of Digital + more

Inventories of War

Photographer Thom Atkinson has documented British soldiers’ kit over the last millennium, from the Battle of Hastings (1066) to Helmland + more

The Week that Was

News from around the world: Just as it seemed Brooklyn couldn’t get any weirder, a jogger makes a gruesome discovery… + more

Eye (and Ear) Candy

Steven Wilson’s The Raven that Refused to Sing is number 9 in Prog magazine’s list of the 100 greatest prog albums of + more

Field of Dreams

Back when I was a callow youth, July and August meant one thing: harvest. I drove both truck and combine + more

Stop! Grammar Time!

On page 147 of my copy of Stephen King’s On Writing are the most important words ever written on the subject: “If + more

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