Daily Archives: Thursday, August 4, 2005

What Khoi Vinh thinks

What Khoi Vinh thinks: “Typeface licensing is broken.”

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Blogs as Google juice

Blogs as Google juice: Garick Van Buren (Work Better Weblog) says he started “blogging regularly about a 18 months ago because (he) wanted (his) Google presence to be more than a handful of stale message board postings.” That statement caused … Continue reading

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Things not in the U.S. Constitution

Things not in the U.S. Constitution: A list of things people think are in the Constitution, but are not. Most surprising to me is that the right to free wi-fi is not actually included. (via: kottke.org)

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Best wishes

Best wishes: My brother is getting married right now. He and his wonderful new wife are on a beautiful beach at sunset (he’s a physician, but his passion is photography so the right light was a factor, no doubt). I’ve … Continue reading

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See Jane run

See Jane run: Folio: is reporting that Fairchild is expected to announce a “big name” editor of Jane magazine next week (by “big name” I assume there will be more than four letters in her name). Fairchild says they don’t … Continue reading

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Yahoo! audio search

Yahoo! audio search: Upon first glance, Yahoo!’s audio search appears to have a modicum of mojo. Search guru Gary Price has an early review.

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Another Steve Baker fan post

Another Steve Baker fan post: Okay. Let me make this clear. Steve Baker (and his blogging partner Heather Green) work for a magazine that is about as old-media as it gets. Millions of trees are sacrificed each year so that … Continue reading

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1.5 million reasons not to set up a fake product-hyping weblog

1.5 million reasons not to set up a fake product-hyping weblog: Sony used a fake critic to hype some dud movies and is now reimbursing movie-goers who joined a class-action lawsuit against the studio (don’t get me started on what … Continue reading

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Gross unreality TV

Gross unreality TV: “A team of young and attractive girlfriends, whose combined ages almost reach Hefner’s, provide all the proof of vigor a man could want.” (Which reminds me of my favorite Samir Husni quote of all time.)

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Best magazine covers since 1965

Best magazine covers – and the winner is: The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is hosting a competition to identify and rank in order the 40 greatest American magazine covers of the last 40 years…“The goal of ‘Magazine 40/40’ … Continue reading

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Magazine taxomony alert

Magazine taxomony alert: Introducing “Specialized Specialty magazines.” This apparently is a new sub-species of magazine that has been “tagged” (I guess I could say “bagged”) by my friend, Samir Husni, Mr. Magazine, king of all magazine quotes and chair of … Continue reading

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Blogging dilemma

Blogging dilemma: I have started two quick posts this morning that quickly grew into serious essays about really deep stuff. I’m in a very reflective state today, I guess. I am going to postpone the “deep thoughts” for later and … Continue reading

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