Just LookingLuke Francl's WeblogPragmatic Typography- May 28, 2008 John Gruber: "Pragmatic keeps up their tradition of great content from smart developers, presented with atrocious typography." I'm by no means a typography geek or design nerd but I gotta agree here. The Pragmatic books have always struck me as looking incredibly cheezy compared to O'Reilly, Manning, or Addison-Wesley technical books. Just compare the quality of the HuntThomas The Pragmatic Programmer (published by Addison-Wesley) to a typical Pragmatic Press book (published by Hunt...http://justlooking.recursion.org/2008/May/27#pragmatic-typography Super Stationmaster Tama- May 27, 2008 After the Wakayama Electric Railroad had to lay off employees at the Kishi Station in Kinokawa, they appointed a cat named Tama to be station master. She greets visitors and even has a little cap. Tama has become a huge tourist attraction and helped reverse the fortunes of the Wakayama Electric Railroad. Tama is paid in catfood. Awesome. (Via BBC)http://justlooking.recursion.org/2008/May/27#tama FanChatter Stadium embedding test- May 27, 2008 I was just adding some features to FanChatter Stadium and I need to test out photo embedding. So here goes. more Minnesota Twins fan photos (No I did not send in this photo. I got it from the gallery!) And this one is my favorite fan photo ever: more Minnesota Twins fan photos I love the creativity! People have sent in some pretty hilarious photos.http://justlooking.recursion.org/2008/May/26#fanchatter-stadium-test Amazing Track Stand- May 24, 2008 Um, wow.http://justlooking.recursion.org/2008/May/23#amazing-track-stand THE THINKER- May 21, 2008 Here's another LOLcat I made (based off this one). moar funny pictures Or should that be "TEH THINKER"http://justlooking.recursion.org/2008/May/21#the-thinker MinneBar tomorrow - Saturday, May 10!- May 9, 2008 It's time for another MinneBar, happening tomorrow at the ungodly hour of 8:30 am. Despite the early start, it's stacked up to be an awesome event with more sessions than we've ever had before. There's something for everyone -- design, technology, non-profits, start ups... So you should come. It's at Coffman Union at the U of M. Details here.http://justlooking.recursion.org/2008/May/9#minnebar-tomorrow Best Duel Ever- May 3, 2008 Wikipedia: "It is said (though not confirmed) that Otto von Bismarck challenged Rudolf Virchow to a duel. Virchow, as the challenged party had the choice of weapons; he chose two sausages, one of which had been inoculated with cholera. Bismarck is said to have called off the duel at once." Cholera sausages at dawn!http://justlooking.recursion.org/2008/May/3#best-duel-ever |