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08/14/07 // Link:: The Road to Clarity An excellent piece in the New York Times Magazine called about the U.S. transition from the age old Highway Gothic typeface to the more optimized Clearview font for road signs. I know, it sounds super nerdy and it is, but …continue reading »
06/16/06 // Link:: The man who heard his paintbox hiss Fascinating article on Kandinsky’s synaesthesia - “The involuntary ability to hear colour, see music or even taste words results from an accidental cross-wiring in the brain that is found in one in 2,000 people, and in many more women than …continue reading »
05/19/06 // Link:: In Alabama, a Poor County Is Rich in Modern Architecture - New York Times Ah yes everyone seems to think its amazing that the poor ignorant souls of Alabama can actually build houses let alone really cool ones. This piece has that New York snobbery all over it, but the house is still cool.continue reading »
05/17/06 // Link:: Ontology is Overrated — Categories, Links, and Tags Clay Shirky, who is consistantly one the brightest and most original thinkers in the tech sector, on classification and the internet. “Today I want to talk about categorization, and I want to convince you that a lot of what we …continue reading »

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