I Am Courier

22 12 2008

Are you kidding? Of all the typefaces, Courier?!?

Like a typewriter-style font on a computer, you go proudly against the grain. You are not afraid to let your opinions be known, and for you, anything is better than being known as “conventional.”

At least I wasn’t Comic Sans or Curlz MT.

See what font you are.





Twitter

12 10 2008

I have never really understood why people Twitter. You may be surprised, but I don’t care if you are going to the store or are about to eat a bran muffin or just finished eating a bran muffin. Knowing the triviality and mundane of others lives just is not up my alley.

So, for a long time, I’ve been averse to the idea of getting a Twitter account. However, in an attempt to simplify my life, I’ve decided that Twitter is the best way to continue to share ideas. Unlike blogging, where I have to commit to sit down and write out a post, I can give quick little insights and current thoughts. (Much of this realization came from John Maeda and his switch to Twitter).

So, while I plan to continue to blog here every now and then, most of my ideas and thinkings will be coming to you live from Twitter (follow me here).





The Book

24 06 2008

Two months ago I had a discussion with my colleague. He kept trying to push Facebook on me. I have always been reluctant of these social networking sites, no reason in particular.

I told him that I would absolutely, never, in a million years sign up for an account.

Today, I signed up for a Facebook account. Dang it.





I only got a 25.

23 04 2008

I guess I’m not that great. Average score is 24 out of 34.

The Rather Difficult Font Game.





Amusement at Borders

23 04 2008

I was going through photos in my phone and had forgotten about this. Earlier this year, I was waiting at the Seattle’s Best inside my local Borders, and saw this:

I’m still chuckling about this. There was a really long line, so this amusement served as a sort of relief.





When Do We Worry?

17 02 2008

So, a U.S. spy satellite is falling to earth sometime in the near future. The U.S. military intends to attempt to shoot it out of the sky before it causes harm to anyone – they believe they have an 80% chance at success.

The sky is, quite literally, falling.

At what point should we start worrying?