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Are obnoxious fonts good for memory?

12.09.2010

An interesting study indicates that — after an elapsed period of 15 minutes — readers tend to remember information better if it’s been set in an annoying font like Comic Sans or Bodoni as opposed to an easy-to-read font like Arial. Note that has nothing to do with legibility and reading pleasure, it just means [...]

The Golden Triangle

12.08.2010

A couple people have recently asked me about the golden triangle. Also known as the sublime triangle, the golden triangle is an isosceles triangle in which the two longer sides have equal lengths and in which the ratio of this length to that of the third (smaller) side is the golden ratio. In the diagram [...]

Facts about YouTube [INFOGRAPHIC]

12.08.2010

YouTube has become as ubiquitous in society as the cell phone. Named as one of the reasons Time Magazine named You as their Person of the Year, YouTube has become the go-to web destination for just about anything on video format, from movie trailers to clips of TV shows to home videos to puppy cams. [...]

Did Andy Irons send a message?

12.02.2010

Via the GrindTV blog: It’s been a couple weeks since Andy Irons’ memorial gathering on Kauai, and images are still trickling out. While there are hundreds of beautiful shots from that very emotional day, the magnitude of this single shot taken at sundown is tough to match. We’re not sure who snapped this photo of [...]

David Foster Wallace’s personal files

12.01.2010

NEWSWEEK takes a tour through the just-released archives of David Foster Wallace. Included in the collection are some of his teaching materials, some heavily annotated books from his personal library, an unfinished novel called The Pale King, and a creative writing assignment about an anthropomorphic tea kettle he penned when he was nine. While many [...]

Leslie Nielsen RIP

11.28.2010

We’ve lost a great one. Leslie Nielsen has died at 84. The laughs that he gave us were in their own genre. From Airplane! to Police Squad to the Naked Gun series, nobody did deadpan like that guy. I’ll never be able to look at his face without laughing. Not even if I was at [...]

Quantitative Easing Explained

11.18.2010

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Happy 12th birthday, jaced.com

11.16.2010

Where does the time go? It was a dozen years ago today that I hopped on over to (what is now Network Solutions) Internic.net and grabbed this domain. In no particular order, here are 12 notable things that happened in 1998: Google was founded. Apple unveiled the iMac. Microsoft released Windows 98. United States Department [...]

Unidentified Los Angeles Missile: The Day After

11.09.2010

Another? Taken from Battery Farley at exactly 5PM PST on 11/09/2010, 24 hours after this. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

ALERT: Mystery Missile Launch Seen off California Coast 11/09/2010

11.09.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Interesting. I was standing there at precisely that hour. I don’t remember noticing anything unusual.

Google pays tribute X-rays

11.08.2010

Google has posted a doodle today to commemorate the 115-year anniversary of the discovery of X-rays by German scientist Wilhelm Rontgen on November 8, 1895.

An Overview of Computer Programming [INFOGRAPHIC]

11.04.2010

Click image for large version. (Via Online Schools)

Andy Irons RIP

11.03.2010

Champion surfer Andy Irons has died of dengue fever at the age of 32. Here’s a cool short film that gives us a glimpse into his spirit: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

Futura on the moon

10.22.2010

The typeface mankind chose to leave on the moon was Futura. RELATED: How many Helveticas does it take to get to the moon? (via NASA)

How bacon is made

10.21.2010

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Happy birthday, Dizzy Gillespie

10.20.2010

There they go again. Google is appropriately saluting Dizzy Gillespie with another predictably cool doodle. “It’s taken me all my life to learn what not to play.” – Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)

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