2/27/2003
fonts of places
It would be fun if each city and state had an official font. Here's some fonts named after places. Some make sense like San Marco and Parisian. But like Chicago and New York make no sense. Apparently the fonts of New York, Chicago and Geneva were meant to be named after San Francisco towns.
Can anyone think of any more fonts that are named after a place?
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2/26/2003
snot-freezing
The snot-freezing index is when it is truly cold outside and the snot freezes inside your nose. Anything warmer than that is not cold.
This winter I finally determined the temperature when snot-freezing is in effect. It's 5°.
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2/25/2003
round tables
when was the last time you ate at a round table? It's been awhile for me, it seems there are many more rectangular tables in our culture than round ones. However, I think outdoor tables tend to be round more often than rectangular.
Some links: Jury decisions with rectangular tables correlated with harsher penalties. Round tables for better dialogue. Any more links would be greatly appreciated.
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2/20/2003
day before your birthday
In addition to celebrating our birthday, we should also celebrate the day before our birthday, because that is the last day that we are at that age.
~thought generated by conversation with David Rothkopf of Down the Line. Tomorrow is Dave's 30th birthday, therefore today is his last day of being 29.
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2/19/2003
UPS vs USPS
Check out this postcard I put on the Chicago Tribune UPS box at work. I wonder how long it will stay up.
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2/17/2003
most popular color in the bible
According to the King James Version, here is the most mentioned color words in the Bible.
52 red
00 orange
04 yellow
41 green
49 blue
48 purple
04 brown
66 white
18 black
06 gray
361 gold
282 silver
00 bronze
Thanks to Rose of Living Out Loud for initiating this IM conversation.
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2/9/2003
no war
"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."
- Albert Einstein
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2/4/2003
house gymnastics
I strongly encourage everybody to try out some of the maneuvers from house gymnastics and submit it to their site. Here's me doing the 5-star X-Door move.
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2/3/2003
foggy
The different directions of the sears tower webcam is showing interesting variances in shades of brown and gray in this fog.
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