Uneasy Rhetoric

Boing Boing: Gilles Tréhin, a savant and his imaginary city
Stunning conception of a city. Makes Sim City look a little lame.
(tags: city)

The Dilbert Blog: Winning
Tennis is one of the reasons I’m getting my cable back. This story shows how a couple tennis players can be true sportsmen, a concept frequently lost these days. Federer and Blake both just gained a new fan.
(tags: tennis)

Have Fun • Do Good: 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs
Excellent reasons, [...]

How to Guide to Binding Your Own Paperback Books
This is pretty interesting. I could see myself doing it, in a future where I have energy and drive and ambition.
(tags: books)

Boing Boing: Right-wing think-tank hates DRM
It’s hard for me to believe that Cato was ever divided on this. Cato, for better or worse, is [...]

Bicyclists brave I-5 to get by flooded Discovery Park
Things I didn’t know: “Under state law, if bicyclists have no other way to get from Point A to Point B other than via a freeway, that freeway must allow bicyclists…”
(tags: bicycling)

Microsoft Typography - ClearType Tuner PowerToy
Am I the only one who thinks ClearType is just a way to convince me I need to buy glasses? Sure, the fonts are smoothed, but they also look fuzzy. I feel like squinting everytime I look at them.
(tags: tech microsoft)

Techdirt: People Think Talking From The Toilet Is [...]