I make things on the internet
I’ve been tagged for four things by Matt, it’s been awhile since one of these meme’s floated around. The site has more readership now and I’ve been slacking with the personal sections, so here goes.
Know Your Type: Starting points for typographic inspiration. A quick typography read with some dirty samples.
In the increasingly esoteric global struggle against the enemies of freedom, the insurgents have struck back, releasing a poetry tape by Bin Laden’s deputy. Rumour has it that Cheney’s holed up in an underground bunker somewhere, working on a coffeetable book called The History of Bacon and a sequel to Sisters.
Now that Zeldman’s on board we can get past this icky Web 2.0 nonsense and move on to the next version.
As for me, I’m cutting out the middleman and jumping right to Web 3.0. Why wait?
Sounds good to me, but we should really stop dicking around. Unfortunately, Web Infinity sounds like a bad car name, so in true playground fashion we’ll go with Web Infinity Point Oh Plus One. We can even shorten it to Web iPopo for marketing and a nice conference namey feel.
A duplicate of a Chinese map from 1418 calls into question the European discovery of America. There are authenticity issues because the map is actually a reproduction from the 1700’s. Much of the recorded history surrounding Zheng He’s voyages has been destroyed over the years by other Chinese dynasties, so we’ll probably never know all the details — there was a recent National Geographic feature about his voyages. Regardless of the map’s authenticity, if the Chinese were capable of exploring Africa, and Austrailia, I don’t doubt that they were able to reach the Americas.
What’s black and white and red all over? You guessed it, Fork for K2. And what is a K2 you ask? Other than the oft-neglected peak situated beside Everest? If you’re familiar with WordPress, K2 is the successor to Kubrick, the popular default theme. It aims to be a bit more than a standard theme, with out of the box support for a number of plugins and a slew of built-in options. You can download the latest K2 beta via Binary Bonsai.
Lots of people are running K2, it’s a decent option if you don’t want to get into the php/css guts of a WordPress theme. That said, the stock look might be getting you down. That’s where Fork comes in. You should be able to drop it into a default K2 install, enable it via the options panel and have a dirty greyscale theme without any real work. It should also offer a little bit of insight into the theme’s visual customization.
This is Domino, our new cat. She’s seen here showing an affinity for boxes — emerging from a hiding place she’d been keen to get out of hours earlier. This is probably the first of many inevitable cat photos.
The audio player plugin for WordPress looks pretty sweet, minimal but it’s got everything you need. Might be nice for running an mp3 blog.
If you’re looking for some light afternoon reading, check out the document formerly known as MIT’s guide to lockpicking. After that, here’s a set of instructions for creating a cheap vibrating lock pick. And no, I’m not planning something.
He who struggles, and endures, will be a ninja. Fuggy Fuggy.