Sunday, March 5

I love type. I love type so much that finding a website dedicated to wood type just made my day. I'm positively giddy. Now, if only I could find a copy of American Wood Type by Rob Roy Kelly I'd be ecstatic. -- WC

I'm going to see an old friend today. It's a long drive and I'll be going alone, so I'll probably listen to a book on tape (The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson) that Jen loaned me and wonder if it's worth voting this year. -- WC

Saturday, March 4

I played with editthispage.com for a while and I didn't really understand its discussion link graphic so I replaced it with my own , but I didn't think it was so terrible that it needed to be ridiculed. -- WC

Friday, March 3

I love typographic humor.

technocrat.net wants to know what those of us who support open systems have a right to ask for. -- WC

Hey, thanks Dangerman! -- WC

Thursday, March 2

I've added quite a few links recently. -- WC

This is NOT the message you want to see right as you try to save a file on your Unix account: "The system is going down for reboot NOW !!" -- WC

Memo to the folks at DoubleClick: Just because the folks in marketing like it and just because it could make you a lot of money does not mean it is a good idea. Thanks for backing down... or not. -- WC

I'm really sleepy today... -- WC

Wednesday, March 1

Jonny Polonsky is a lyrical genius. "I still want you today and I hope to hear you say that I am unable to resist your scurvy love and I am unable to resist your evil love..." -- WC

I added a new typeface today. It's called Gramp's Lung. I sketched it out on paper, scanned it in and then played with it a bit before generating the font. I made it almost a year ago, but then lost it. I just found it yesterday. Please enjoy this grungy new (to you) typeface. -- WC

Tuesday, February 29

When I worked help desk at university I got a call just like this one. -- WC

The folks at O'Reilly (namely Tim O'Reilly) are opposed to Amazon's recent parasitic patents. They've now started the Patents DevCenter to act as a portal site for this issue. -- WC

ZDNet's Hollywood's War on Open Source is yet another article on the DVD MPAA/Hollywood versus consumers case. -- WC

Monday, February 28

Holy cow! Dave Winer is right on with this essay on patents, blogger, and Manila. My favorite quote from the piece: "You can care too, you are not powerless, for now." -- WC

Sunday, February 27

Due to careless use of a mandoline (kitchen slicer), I've cut off part of my right pinky finger. It's just a flesh wound, but the letter "p" is going to be hard to type for a while.

Want more info. on amazon.com's recent patents and what you as a conscientious consumer can do about it? nowebpatents.org may be a good place to start. -- WC