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Consumption: March 2005
On the Web
- Writing, Briefly: Excellent writing tips from Paul Graham.
- Typecasting: The Use (and Misuse) of Period Typography in Movies.
- Frusion Breakfast Brawl: Addictive Punch Out-style Flash game.
- “The Most Expensive Album Never Made”: Detailed history of Guns ’N’ Roses’ doomed Chinese Democracy.
- Pimp My Safari: New online hub for Safari browser customization from Jon Hicks.
- Guess the Dictator and/or Television Sit-Com Character: This online game of 20 (or more) questions is actually quite difficult to… See more →
The summer technically ends on September 22 (as anyone eagerly anticipating the redesign of this site should note), but most people pack up their lawn sprinklers and sun dresses after Labor Day, moribundly lumping the whole of September into the Autumn category. Apparently Mother Nature’s embitterment toward this trend compelled her to adjust the calendar herself; it was 65º and raining in Philadelphia this afternoon. The crap weather seems to have followed me back here… See more →
History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again.
—Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain, aka Kurt D. Vonnegut, Jr.