December 12th, 2006

Link // 12.12.2006 // 8:40 PM // 0 CommentsK.C. Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt fighting for his life

Between this and the loss of Buck O’Neil, it’s been a tough year for KC sports legends. Lamar Hunt is an amazing man. Really, really sad. Visit site »

Link // 12.12.2006 // 6:40 PM // 15 CommentsVideo reivew of the Nokia N95

This thing is so incredibly hot. Every time I see it I completely forget that Apple has a phone coming out. Visit site »

Link // 12.12.2006 // 6:38 PM // 0 CommentsNewspapers can learn from gossip website’s success

But there are also the stories which can’t be told because they seem too trivial and therefore they don’t meet the rather rigid newspaper standard for what is news. The truth is those are the stories people are really interested in, so why shouldn’t those conversations be reflected in a publication?” Visit site »

Link // 12.12.2006 // 6:36 PM // 0 CommentsSome interesting market research on what people do online

Relatively new Internet activities such as blogs, video, and phone calls are the fastest-growing in terms of usage, though old standby services like e-mail and shopping continue to dominate Internet users’ time.” Instant messaging, watching videos and downloading music are way up over last year, while reading news, sports, finance, and job searching are down. Visit site »

Link // 12.12.2006 // 7:31 AM // 2 CommentsMondrian: Code Review On The Web

Python creator Guido Van Rossum shows off Mondrian, the web-based code review application he built for Google. It uses Django (especially the template language) throughout. Every day, every single engineer at Google is using Django. Now that’s pretty cool. Visit site »

Link // 12.12.2006 // 3:44 AM // 0 Comments24 ways: Compose to a Vertical Rhythm

Richard Rutter on the math of quality typography and how you can achieve it using CSS. Like rhythm in music, so is rhythm in type achieved via logical, mathematical intervals and proportions. Visit site »