If you happened to stop by anytime this evening you might have gotten a sneak peek of v3.0 of my new site. It’s close, just not quite ready. A few nuts and bolts still need to be tightened and a few leaks need to be plugged, but it’s close.
Fingers crossed it’ll go live before Monday. And since you asked nicely, a quick look to whet the appetite.
Developers, I appreciate what you do. Many of you work tirelessly planning, learning and coding for the betterment of all things web related. I assume that many of you do it out of passion and possibly just as a hobby to fill hours while not punching the clock. I am impressed your knowledge of JavaScript, PHP, MySQL and even the many frameworks that surround each. I love the fact that almost all of the widgets, gadgets, navigation menus, drop-down lists, data-sets and more are usually open source. If Budweiser was into marketing nerds, you would be a Real Man of Genius.
I have but one request. Its small, but it is big to me. I’ve noticed for a long and apparently I’m not the only one. (more…)
A boy sat playing chess with a sailor—beating him soundly by the looks of it—and another sailor sat drinking and reading a newspaper at the bar. The owner came out; he was a short but large man, balding, and he wore a rather soiled white apron. Teel asked him if he made a fish soup. The man paused, and then asked how long they could wait for it. Rick and Teel told him—as long as it took, they were in no hurry. Wine and bread was brought to the table and then the man emerged, apron-less, from the kitchen, carrying a large basket; he nodded at them and walked out.
An awesome, albeit too short, story of a couple’s dining adventure in Venice: http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/01/a-meal-in-venice-1978.html
The story also references the question of “Where/what was the best meal you have ever had?” Рwhich of course I have no answer for. If I had a tale like the one in the above, there would be no question.
What about you? Can you name your most favorite meal/dining experience in life?
I can’t get enough of the Improv Everywhere guys and the things they pull off. I love the fact that they put so much preparation and effort into each stunt and the fact that there isn’t a malicious intent in anything they do.
This time around they put together a surprise wedding reception for a happy couple who just visited the Justice of the Peace.
From the groomsmen and bridesmaids to the first dance with an older fellow that looks to be a stand-in for the bride’s father, they really don’t miss on the details.
On a scale from 1 to 10 on how excited I am to see what becomes of the soon-to-be released Typekit, I fall somewhere between 2,745 and infinity.
Typekit, in their own words (emphasis mine):
As a Typekit user, you’ll have access to our library of high-quality fonts. Just add a line of JavaScript to your markup, tell us what fonts you want to use, and then craft your pages the way you always have. Except now you’ll be able to use real fonts. This really is going to change web design.
While it won’t turn the web canvas into a sketch pad, it should offer up the ability for me to prettify the web on your computer even more. As it stands now, there are a very limited amount of ways for me to get your favorite font on the web (ie. Papyrus) without breaking copyright laws or hindering future development on your site.
It might be early, but I think I’m in love.