Jun 23, 2010 Posted by Sean

M3talinks for Jun 22nd

Today’s M3talinks for Jun 22nd Mensch — A coding font – The latest MacOS release (10.6, or “Snow Leopard”) comes with a new monospace font. It’s called “Menlo” and it’s a slightly modified form of the standard Linux font (with appropriately weightly Linux name) “DejaVu Sans Serif Mono”, which is itself an updated form of Bitstream Vera Sans... read more

Jun 3, 2010 Posted by Sean

M3talinks for Jun 2nd

Today’s M3talinks for Jun 2nd Good Web Fonts for Online Text – You’ve read Bringhurst. You keep The Elements of Typographic Style on your bedside table. You can’t wait to use more fonts online… but you want to do right by your clients and your readers.<br /> Who has time to test web fonts? Relax. We’re doing it for... read more

Apr 15, 2010 Posted by Sean

M3talinks for Apr 14th

Today’s M3talinks for Apr 14th Papyrus Watch – Exposing the overuse of the Papyrus font. – What? Papyrus. The Windows font I once used on a 5th grade paper about Egypt is now everywhere. Papyrus is taking over logos and products, print media and even websites. Papyrus Watch sets out to document and expose the overuse of the Papyrus font. Send us your sightings! Papyrus Watch –... read more

Mar 26, 2010 Posted by Sean

Bookmarks for Mar 25th through Mar 26th

These are my links for Mar 25th through Mar 26th: 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error Auto Smiley – Computer vision smile generator | F.A.T. – Auto Smiley is a computer vision application that runs in the background while you work. The software analyzes your face while you are working and if it detects a smile it sends the the ascii smiley face letters “: )”... read more

Mar 25, 2010 Posted by Sean

linkHive For Mar 24th

Here are the newest links to join the linkHiveMar 24th YOURLS: Your Own URL Shortener – YOURLS is a small set of PHP scripts that will allow you to run your own URL shortening service (a la TinyURL). You can make it private or public, you can pick custom keyword URLs, it comes with its own API. You will love it.<br /> <br /> There's a WordPress plugin available for YOURLS, making... read more