April 2008
62 posts
On Choosing Type →
I’m a font geek - there I’ve said it. It’s sad but true. I do a fair bit of work designing poster/flyers/handouts/powerpoints etc for work and so choosing fonts is kinda crucial. This great little article from i love typograpy is really helpful.
off to a meeting with the bible society about getting some of our materials published
Olympic-Torch Security Troops Block Everest →
Climbers on Mount Everest’s south side are surreptitiously blogging a standoff with Nepalese soldiers ahead of China’s Olympic torch run on the opposite side of the mountain next week. Nepalese soldiers have closed the summit until the Chinese torch run is made, which is expected between May 1 and May 10, depending on the weather. [Pics after jump]
Ben Lee // Ripe →
Ben Lee ‘Numb’ (Ripe 2008)
right Saturday jobs done (sort of)
food got
prep done
hairs cut
flat tidy (ish!)
right…Saturday jobs to do:
get some food,
haircut,
clean flat,
fuel am prep
Gilles Peterson’s current label Brownswood...
“Here are some things Saturday Night Live is and always has been:
- A lot of...”
– Jesse Thorne (TSOYA) on SNL. More here
waiting for the guy to solve our boiler woes. assembly went better this morn (although yesterday was so horrendous it wasn't hard to beat!)
back in school now. Assembly then more office-y type work.
“The son of an elderly widower who could not find a drinking buddy has provided...”
– Wanted: two drinking pals for dad (via The Guardian)
enjoying this working from the church office lark - way less lonesome
Goggles :: The Google Maps flight sim →
Fly your little plane all around google maps
just fixed up my bike - needed some help so, using my phone, i turned to the collective wisdom of the net - what would my grandpa think?
lazy saturday ahead and then our dance show http://tinyurl.com/6ge4yn !
off to bed - kim is back so life is good again - oh & just watched last weeks dr who good episode, poor ending
“Me know. Me have problem. Me love cookies. Me tend to get out of control when me...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself and Asks: Is Me Really Monster? [click for more]
bibleworld broke me-but in a good way. I go sleep now.
“All sin starts from the assumption that my false self, the self that exists only...”
– Thomas Merton, “New Seeds of Contemplation”
WatchStars and Planes from Daily Dose of Imagery (via his Vimeo page)
11 - the most beautiful table football table ever →
via plasticbag.org
Merlin Mann's tips for getting unstuck →
Hack your way out of writer’s block - “Literally. Put five completley random words on a piece of paper. Write five more words. Try a sentence. Could be about anything. A block ends when you start making words on a page.” Solve problems by writing a note to yourself - “Seriously, open up your email program, type in your own email address, then choose a brilliant subject line that perfectly...
finished another short bibleworld afternoon. Soon off to town to get supplies.
