Just a quick question for the vegetarians on my f.list ( Read more... )

Wedding frenzy has more or less eaten me lately. Things are.... almost... progressing, even if most things are still not in the tangible phase yet. My parents have been wrangling with tent guys, and met with a caterer who's far too expensive. Yay. The caterer hunt is now top priority ( Read more... )

So... I'm about to take the plunge and join a weight loss program.

( Diet stuff ahead... )

Just a quick link for the afternoon... Someone has constructed Darth Vader and Princess Leia out of letters, and it is awesome.

That is all!

Scraping myself out of a swoon for long enough to post this link to a BBC programme about Gutenberg and printing presses, hosted by Stephen Fry.

Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press

... SWOON!

Also on YouTube today is an air-powered Loch Ness Monster, arising from a NYC subway grate. Inflating Nessie! (There is some uncertainty as to where this ( Read more... )

Not that anyone I know needs reminders about environmental consciousness, but I just wanted to wish you all a happy Earth Day!


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I've completed my first-ever font, which I am calling "Vermilion Dots", and it's now available for download on the Fontstruct site.


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If it's April, I shouldn't still be wearing my wool mitts in the office, right? Sigh. The cherry blossoms are starting to appear, and I'm ready to start shedding some of these outer layers already!

The most exciting thing of my morning is the new Fontstruct tool from FontShop. It's a flash-based app that allows you to build your own fonts (within ( Read more... )

Meanwhile, this year's finalists from the Washington Post's Peeps Diorama Contest are beyond bloody brilliant.

Yay Peep Art!

It was a gloomy, gray Equinox this year, and so far it's been pretty hard to tell that Spring has actually sprung, apart from the tiniest hints of buds on the trees. I am really, really tired of wearing my winter coat.


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