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Posts from blogs I read written in the last few days.

  • TypeParis Now26 🇫🇷 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 10:00
  • “We” Haven’t Lost Our Sense of Shame.... Jason Kottke

    “We” Haven’t Lost Our Sense of Shame. Only Republicans Have. “I remember when Republicans used to lecture us all the time about the disappearance of shame in our culture…”…

    Today · 15:03
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    • Token Anxiety . “This voice in my head that says...
    • Unusual Views of the Winter Olympics
    • “Antibodies harvested from the blood of...
    • “What is the nicest thing a stranger has ever done...
    • The United States of Beauty
    • Is Donald Trump Alive? Now, this is a site that knows...
    • The hum of a grocery store’s freezers delights...
    • “A new ethic is quietly emerging among modern...
    • Butter Tea
    • A ripple of excitement pulsed through the crowd. Paul...
    • The folks behind Dark Sky spun themselves out of Apple...
    • An Introduction to Outsider Artist Henry Darger and His...
    • The Greek Mythology Family Tree, Explained
    • The Color Game . “Humans can’t reliably...
    • Some of the best drone shots from the 2026 Winter...
    • ‘Viking’ was a job description, not a matter...
    • Loop
    • An app called NonUSA is surging in popularity in Denmark...
    • The Trump regime is still deporting people to wherever...
    • “I am slowly coming around to a theory on the new...
    • The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United...
    • Watch How Ancient Egyptians Carved Hieroglyphs
    • An appreciation of Flickr’s URL structure ....
    • Toy Story 5 joins the fight against screentime for kids...
    • In-browser puzzle game : “Enclose the horse in the...
    • A data analysis of how women’s clothing...
    • How Finland Defeated Fascism in the 1930s
    • A list of all the media (movies, books, TV shows, plays,...
    • The Brattle theater is playing what they call the...
    • You know who else had a Greenland obsession?...
    • Fries Vansevenant’s Neo-Constructivist Collages
    • Love this cool JS pattern-making script .
  • No Idea Tina Roth Eisenberg

    This No Idea Pigeon poster made me smile.…

    Today · 14:19
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    • Alysa Liu
  • Is it worth pointing out the use of technology anymore? Greg Storey

    What happens when a prolific author integrates AI into their work so much that it turns up wholesale in their writing? Seth Godin—said prolific author—recently posted an argument for hir…

    Today · 10:11
  • Troika #59: Win some, lose most Jon Hicks

    I couldn’t let episode #59 be anything else but a celebration of one of my favourite bands: Starflyer 59. I've been besotted with them for over thirty years, and as such, it’s going to be a quadru…

    Today · 08:30
  • Automate Chapter Headers and Section Titles in Adobe InDesign Veerle Pieters

    If you’re familiar with Adobe InDesign and Master Pages, you may have wondered how to automatically display the current chapter title at the top of each page. Or maybe your document is using diffe…

    Today · 02:50
  • Smaller and dumber Dave Rupert

    If I can make it smaller, I should. If I can make it dumber, I should. Smaller, dumber things have more applications, go more places, and require less maintenance.…

    Yesterday · 22:33
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    • Priority of idle hands
  • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 2/21 Rob Weychert

    Added to the film diary:The Watermelon WomanCheryl Dunye, 1996, ★★★½Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New OrleansWerner Herzog, 2009, ★★★★ Tagged: February 2026 Reply via…

    Two Days Ago · 22:00
  • Miscalibrated Chris Coyier

    I’ve been gaining weight again. More than twenty pounds in the last ~4 months. I’ve been hitting the gym hard and getting measurably stronger, so: Food! See, your boy can eat. The amount I…

    Three Days Ago · 20:25
  • How passkeys work Cassidy Williams

    If you're not sure about the ins and outs of passkeys, here's a little primer.…

    Three Days Ago · 17:00
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    • I am making videos again!
  • Studio Notes #72 Dan Cederholm

    Hello, Hypertext Penpals. Here's issue #72 of Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🍎 I ended up backing a new Kickstarter this week for Coin, a tiny …

    Three Days Ago · 15:48
  • American healthcare Jeffrey Zeldman

    Cooling my heels at the drugstore. The post American healthcare appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.…

    Four Days Ago · 10:48
  • Podcasting Checklist Marc Thiele

    A while ago, when recording an episode for one of my podcasts, I slipped up on a few things that didn’t ruin the conversation or content, but that…

    Four Days Ago · 00:32
  • Ghostwriter by RJD2 Drum/Synth Cover Brad Frost

    For months and months, I’ve been rebuilding our music studio. I’m AAAAALLLLMOST done with it, but it’s close enough to start sharing things. Here’s Melissa and I playing along with a song wit…

    The Other Day · 20:44
  • Event Feature: Type Drives Commerce John Boardley

    Read the book, Typographic Firsts In global branding and design, typography drives consumer perception and commercial success. This idea sits at the heart of the Type Directors Club (TDC) Type Drive…

    The Other Day · 19:50

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