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

  • How Blackwing Pencils Are Made Jason Kottke

    The thing about me is if I see a making-of video for pencils, I’m gonna stop and watch it and then post it to my website, especially if said pencils are Blackwings, made in Japan. Take…

    Today · 12:00
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    • Industry Standard Tools . “Every trade has a small...
    • This is a fun read: If You Build It, Will They Come? On...
    • Nationally, unsubsidized ACA premiums to jump *another*...
    • Here’s how noise-cancelling headphones work (and when...
    • Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America ....
    • Ahhh, relax with the sights and sounds of the Windows 98...
    • Voting is now open for the 2026 Tiny Awards , featuring...
    • Heat waves are disproportionately harming people with...
  • Secret Livestream: August ’26 Dan Cederholm

    Last week we did another livestream for Secret Club™ members, continuing the font project we started from scratch in Glyphs. I record these hour-long sessions off-the-cuff for members to watch…

    Today · 09:23
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    • Studio Notes #99
  • Tales o’ Tech: Suffering Fools Jeffrey Zeldman

    Why first impressions are often correct. Today’s jerk is tomorrow’s techno-fascist. The post Tales o’ Tech: Suffering Fools appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.…

    Today · 07:10
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  • Making something new Gina Trapani

    Link: Chris & Gina – Coming Soon When you know you love working with someone, keep doing it. That’s…

    Today · 05:00
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    • The joy of making stuff with a 3D printer
  • Listening: August 2026 Rob Weychert

    🎧 My most-played music for the month Top artists Artist Plays Nomeansno 165 ZZ Top 100 Hüsker D…

    Yesterday · 21:59
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    • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 8/29
    • Temptation to Exist
  • HTML Hyphenation Hints Matthew Weier O’Phinney

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    Yesterday · 17:34
  • CSS is Still Awesome Jason Santa Maria

    Making and breaking grids I’ve been doing more front-end coding this year than I have in a while and every time I come back to write markup and CSS, it feels like there are new…

    Yesterday · 10:20
  • 46 Chris Coyier

    It’s my birthday! Well, it was a couple of days ago. I was busy. Here’s an <ol> element that I made all by myself.…

    Yesterday · 10:11
  • tweet Derek Sivers

    Notes from Bangalore, India, where I spent most of two weeks in a hospital, and the rest with friends: sive.rs/met/at-15…

    Two Days Ago · 21:22

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