There hopefully were some meriting discussion? ^_^
Mm, I'd had this simmering for so long, but could never seem to gather the energy to bring it all together - adding representative photos, removing obsolete links, getting the overall result to flow visually.. ah well. It's here, finally. =:D
Must admit I had thought you'd already shared the National Park Service fonts, although that may have been on Mastodon and that might have been the one that was old-style British road signs instead.
... and you probably would have liked that old-style British road sign typeface, and I would have sworn I'd saved the URL from which I'd gotten them. I would have been mistaken though.
I see some discussion has arrived! :D Ah yes well, this time for me it was soooo late when I read and I was both overwhelmed and pooped, but wanted to at least say thanx ^v^
This'll be worth following - seems the WebKit team's looking into restricting the amount of Javascript webpages can load. "Since advertising code, analytics, and tracking scripts are some of the heaviest JavaScript files on websites these days, the idea is to give sites a JavaScript resources constraint, and then force web developers to choose which JavaScript resources are more important than others, potentially leading to fewer sites showing ads or tracking users." Hopefully that'll make its way into the Safari Technology Preview builds before long.
That sounds nice indeed. 'twould be even better if we could relegate Javascript to where it's actually useful - and have sites go down gracefully if it isn't available, as may be the case for both curmudgeon luddites and, say, the blind. (Not that I know anything about state-of-the-art blind browsers.)
Incidentally, this next item...
Rather nice - a font based on the stencil used by the US National Parks Service.
Mm, it's been rather distressing to see the way scripting's not merely been used in the last several years to enhance flexibility in site design and coding, but outright visual design indulgence. Though when it comes to page weight and execution time, there's no question: it's advertising that's strangling the web, with megabytes of scripting being foisted upon the unprotected, leaving some pages challenging to render even with a good system and fixed link, let alone an older phone on a wavering cellular connection. If the industry had grown up along the lines of Project Wonderful rather than Outbrain..
Oh, true - what sounds harsh or mellifluous is going to be entirely from that language's perspective. Still, I'd love more languages to sound as sonorous as Portuguese. ^_^
BTW, I just noticed a friend over on Masto mention Postcrossing - do you still engage in such? What advice might you give?
Possibly; I've never actually looked at how large advertising-/tracking-related JS is, compared to other JS. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was indeed rather large, but from all I hear so are many "mainstream" JS libraries.
FWIW I don't think the problem with advertising is really related to how large the chunks of JS served up are, anyway.[1] The biggest problem with advertising, in my book, isn't even the advertising; although it can be distracting, in its basic form it's no worse than, say, a billboard by the road or a print ad in a magazine.
The real problem with advertising on the web is the tracking, or (more generally) the fact that advertising has become an "active" medium rather than a "passive" one, like the aforementioned billboard that merely sits there and gets viewed (or not, as the case may be). Ads' ability to collect data and "phone home" to report said data, allowing it to be stored, collated, and combined with data from other sources, is the real problem.
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"Mellifluous", that's a nice word in and on itself. Also one of those words that describes itself quite well!
Have you heard of the bouba/kiki effect, BTW? Some things do seem to be universal after all.
Re: Postcrossing, yes, I still send (and receive) the occasional card. Advice? Hmm, the first thing I'd suggest is keeping an eye open for interesting cards when going shopping. You'd be surprised by how many stores have postcards, and if you find one and like it, buy it. Who knows, maybe years down the road you'll find it's the perfect card for the person you're sending one too!
I'd also suggest not buying too many cards until you're fairly sure you'll stick with the whole thing, of course. (And do keep in mind it'll be a while before you receive your first card. Not only will your first card have to arrive before your address is handed out, the card sent to you will have to arrive as well. It may well take a couple of weeks
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I'm hoping to write something for a feminist bike sci-fi zine, funnily enough. Wonder if it's the same one? (A serious wonder as it does appear there are more than one of these.)
Hm! I’m not sure, actually - I don’t think she mentioned the title. I’ve sent an enquiry, as it does sound like a fascinating concept, even if I remain one for paw power, train, and plane. =:)
it was a zine series called "bikes in space." here's a link to the current call for submissions, which is cat-themed rather than trans-themed (but i'm quite sure they wouldn't be trans-exclusive either!)
It's a pretty cool resource, ne? I need to remember it more often, though - generally, I just hop over to iTunes and select something from my usual roster: CHIRP Radio, WBER, RAAR FM, PopTron, En Lefko, and a few others.
Mm, there are some deservedly notable towers! The Tokyo tower comes immediately to mind, of course, but a personal favorite remains Sutro Tower back in the City. Which happens to be located just so that friends living about a mile away can't receive anything from it, as they're at the base of that tall hill, through all of it. ^_^;
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Mm, I'd had this simmering for so long, but could never seem to gather the energy to bring it all together - adding representative photos, removing obsolete links, getting the overall result to flow visually.. ah well. It's here, finally. =:D
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... and you probably would have liked that old-style British road sign typeface, and I would have sworn I'd saved the URL from which I'd gotten them. I would have been mistaken though.
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Ah yes well, this time for me it was soooo late when I read and I was both overwhelmed and pooped, but wanted to at least say thanx ^v^
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That sounds nice indeed. 'twould be even better if we could relegate Javascript to where it's actually useful - and have sites go down gracefully if it isn't available, as may be the case for both curmudgeon luddites and, say, the blind. (Not that I know anything about state-of-the-art blind browsers.)
Incidentally, this next item...
Rather nice - a font based on the stencil used by the US National Parks Service.
...is a perfect example of how NOT to design a motherfucking website( ( ... )
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Oh, true - what sounds harsh or mellifluous is going to be entirely from that language's perspective. Still, I'd love more languages to sound as sonorous as Portuguese. ^_^
BTW, I just noticed a friend over on Masto mention Postcrossing - do you still engage in such? What advice might you give?
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FWIW I don't think the problem with advertising is really related to how large the chunks of JS served up are, anyway.[1] The biggest problem with advertising, in my book, isn't even the advertising; although it can be distracting, in its basic form it's no worse than, say, a billboard by the road or a print ad in a magazine.
The real problem with advertising on the web is the tracking, or (more generally) the fact that advertising has become an "active" medium rather than a "passive" one, like the aforementioned billboard that merely sits there and gets viewed (or not, as the case may be). Ads' ability to collect data and "phone home" to report said data, allowing it to be stored, collated, and combined with data from other sources, is the real problem.
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"Mellifluous", that's a nice word in and on itself. Also one of those words that describes itself quite well!
Have you heard of the bouba/kiki effect, BTW? Some things do seem to be universal after all.
Re: Postcrossing, yes, I still send (and receive) the occasional card. Advice? Hmm, the first thing I'd suggest is keeping an eye open for interesting cards when going shopping. You'd be surprised by how many stores have postcards, and if you find one and like it, buy it. Who knows, maybe years down the road you'll find it's the perfect card for the person you're sending one too!
I'd also suggest not buying too many cards until you're fairly sure you'll stick with the whole thing, of course. (And do keep in mind it'll be a while before you receive your first card. Not only will your first card have to arrive before your address is handed out, the card sent to you will have to arrive as well. It may well take a couple of weeks ( ... )
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it was a zine series called "bikes in space." here's a link to the current call for submissions, which is cat-themed rather than trans-themed (but i'm quite sure they wouldn't be trans-exclusive either!)
http://takingthelane.com/2019/02/27/call-for-submissions-cats-and-bikes-in-space/
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It is good to have them all in one place like that. ^^
It has been interesting to see the large TV towers some cities have as well.
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Mm, there are some deservedly notable towers! The Tokyo tower comes immediately to mind, of course, but a personal favorite remains Sutro Tower back in the City. Which happens to be located just so that friends living about a mile away can't receive anything from it, as they're at the base of that tall hill, through all of it. ^_^;
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