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Space bomb
In the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space. Apparently, they were trying to see if the Van Allen radiation belt could be used to attack a hostile nation.
In any case, says the science history professor, “this is the first occasion I’ve ever discovered where someone discovered something and immediately decided to blow it up.”
It was one of those scientific theories that had “good idea” written all over it.
On LEGO
You can still buy a giant box of LEGO with 1600 bricks. That’s for those people that moan about the number of paint-by-numbers sets, branded kits and general non-creativeness of LEGO compared to when they were growing up. I’d also recommend the x-large grey baseplate — it was one of my favorites.
Mario 3 speed run
A video of someone beating Super Mario 3 in eleven minutes, and a poster outlining the button sequence needed to do it. Although, it’s really skill more than anything.
Writing ideas
Bernadette Mayer’s list of journal ideas — exercises and experiments in writing. Filed away for future reference.
I’m Comic Sans, Asshole.
You think I’m pedestrian and tacky? Guess the fuck what, Picasso. We don’t all have seventy-three weights of stick-up-my-ass Helvetica sitting on our seventeen-inch MacBook Pros. Sorry the entire world can’t all be done in stark Eurotrash Swiss type.
Uncovered posters from the 1950s
An interesting set of advertising posters from the 1950s recently uncovered at the Notting Hill Gate tube station in London. The passageway had been sealed off when the lifts were replaced with escalators.
Helvetify for Safari. Helvetify is an extension that basically sets
Helvetify for Safari.
Helvetify is an extension that basically sets the web page’s font to, yes, Helvetica (Neue to be exact.) With Safari 5, Helvetica on the web truly looks beautiful.
Helvetica Trade Advertising 02 Print design and production Volume 2
Helvetica Trade Advertising 02
Print design and production
Volume 2 – Issue 6, 1966
From the archive of Michael Hernan
Type Shirts from DADADA Studio.
Type Shirts from DADADA Studio.
So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz
So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz
I’ve taken 20 logos that were originally designed in Helvetica, and I’ve redone them in Arial. Some people would call that blasphemy. I call it a challenge: can you tell which is the original and which is the remake?
Google type
Typekit and Google have teamed up to create the open-source WebFont Loader. The software can make use of Typekit’s extensive library, Google’s new collection of webfonts or it can be self-hosted.