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
Cutting edge maps
Cutting edge maps, very cool cutouts
The Elements of Typographic Style
My copy of The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst arrived with the mail yesterday. It came rather quickly, just ordered it online a few nights ago.
I used a gift card that my parents gave me for finishing the masters degree, figured it was only fitting to pick up a type related book. I splurged and spent a few extra bucks for the hardcover edition, complete with a little red bookmark ribbon sewn in.
Letters from designers
Hand written letter project features submissions from a number of the top design studios.
Not on the same wavelength
Jason Santa Maria on the frustrating state of colour calibration. “For the love of god, why are Adobe, OS and monitor makers on different wavelengths when it comes to color display?”