Sparkle and Spin, the classic Rand kids book. Thinking that I may have to pick up a copy of this one.
Month: January 2008
Europa Polyglotta
Europa Polyglotta, a cool map from 1730, indicating the languages spoken in Europe and full of typographic goodness.
Watching jPod
Watching jPod
Time to return to the…
Time to return to the internet after my year+ pseudo-hiatus.
The best voting technology
The best voting technology may be no technology at all, an old Cringely article featuring our glorious Canadian system: pencil and paper.
Can super glue heal wounds?
Can super glue heal wounds?, a NYT article with a great accompanying graphic.
Music is essentially free
Wired sits down with Trent Reznor. “And so, a couple years ago I kind of realized that music essentially is free now. I’d prefer if it wasn’t. But it is. And being on the other side of that argument is a losing battle.”
The Nerd Handbook
The Nerd Handbook, required reading for people in relationships with nerds.
Nick Hornby interviews David Simon
My Year in Cities, 2007
Here’s a roughly chronological list of the places that I visited last year. It was by the most well-travelled year of my life, living abroad and exploring Europe by rail probably didn’t hurt.
- Kingston, ON, Canada
- Brockville, ON, Canada*
- London, England*
- Reading, England*
- Rome, Italy*
- Florence, Italy
- Bristol, England*
- Dublin, Ireland
- Amsterdam, Netherlands*
- Münster, Germany
- Trier, Germany
- Mainz, Germany
- Bad Homburg, Germany
- Berlin, Germany
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Vienna, Austria
- Barcelona, Spain
- Geneva, Switzerland*
- Grenoble, France
- Brussels, Belgium
- Bruges, Belgium
- Toronto, ON, Canada*
- Mississauga, ON, Canada*
- Oxford, England
One or more nights were spent in each of the cities listed. Places with an * were visited multiple times on non-consecutive nights. The majority of my time was divided between London and Reading, where Alanah and I were studying respectively. There were also a number of other places that I visited on day trips, including: Ottawa, Winchester, Salisbury, Bray and Ypres. The post idea was gratuitously stolen from kottke.
And don’t forget
“And don’t forget to make some art.” From Neil Gaiman’s new year’s message