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The much anticipated, much hyped Apple OS X 10.5.6 system software update finally arrived on Monday and has been causing problems ever since. I personally never install updates immediately after they’re available, especially when it comes to iTunes, and I do it for exactly this reason. But not everyone observes that philosophy, and it’s easy to quickly accept the automatic software updates without really thinking about what you’re updating. Read the rest of this entry »

The Elements of Typographic Style

Robert Bringhurst

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The Typographic Desk Reference

Theodore Rosendorf

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Fontbook

Mai-Linh T. Troung, Jürgen Siebert and Erik Spiekermann

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I was reviewing the analytics for one of my sites and something caught my eye. Michigan. What happened to Michigan? Is it not possible to have two different shapes combined into one hoverable area? I would be less surprised if this was an image map, but since it’s in Flash, what’s up with that?

If you were as excited about the release of WordPress 2.5 as I was, you’ll be equally as pleased for the announcement that the new version, WordPress 2.7, is now available to be downloaded.

My initial impression is that the majority of changes in WordPress 2.7 address the dashboard and admin panels. Users will be able to access significantly more information from the dashboard as well as perform many more tasks directly from the dashboard without having to navigate through the administrative section. Read the rest of this entry »

Some of the most amazing food art you’ll ever see. You can find some how-to’s over at the blog of the artist.

A new website about Grid Systems is up and running thanks to Antonio Carusone. If you believe in the power of grids, it’s worth visiting, repeatedly.