I don't usually like linking to those sites that make such a point of asking me to link to their site. But this one is such a good resource, I can't resist. Use these fonts with care in print projects, but use them freely on the web. www.fontfile.com.
March 2001 Archives
This has got to be one of the silliest things I've ever seen. And I mean that in a good way. Oh, I can't explain it. Just click. Actually, not everyone loves it. One newsletter suggests that it's another example of how English-speakers equate poor English with low intelligence. But I also laugh just as hard at examples of American cross-cultural marketing arrogance, which leads to product names like the Chevy Nova (literally, "It doesn't go" in Spanish) or poorly translated campaigns like "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the dead". Moral is: if it's not your first language, HIRE A TRANSLATOR.
College Times: Recent Articles Related to Library Science inspired a lively discussion on at least one librarian mailing list, because it accidently included some World Wrestling Federation articles in it. But the Times fixed their filters, evidently, and it's much better now. Not sure about how they filter or sort their articles; some go back to last May, but still, interesting stuff.
Altavista's new news search feature at news.altavista.com.
Argus Associates announced that they were shutting their doors at the end of the month. They seemed like one of the more stable, sensible web consulting firms in the business. Not only that, but their founders were MLS folks, for crying out loud! (And wrote a wonderful book, "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web") This seems more ominous than anything else that has happened so far...
Thank goodness for the OrgWebmasters mailing list. Some very helpful soul posted this link to a site that shows you what your websites look like in various browsers. Humbling, but enlightening. www.anybrowser.com
As someone who works for a Jewish nonprofit, I wasn't too comfortable with Bush's faith-based charity funding initiative. But I guess Jerry Falwell isn't either. I love how pro-religion these people are, until it comes to a religion they don't like.
It's actually my birthday too. I looked up my horoscope on Yahoo. Glad to see I'll be making more money this year and meet several potential partners, but do I really need to go into sales? And who said Shaquille O'Neal could share my birthday? I got here first, buddy! It always tickles me that my birthday is the same as that of the first woman in space, though...
Which is ironic, since I work at a Jewish nonprofit, I shouldn't have any bacon to save! Anyway, all joking aside, I got into a tangle with cascading stylesheets...they looked fine in Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, but exploded under America Online. (And alas, lots of people use AOL). Don't let the same thing happen to you: go to Rich in Style at www.richinstyle.com and learn all about these pesky style sheet thingies; you can even download style sheets that work in any browser!
www.telalink.net/~carl/multibabel/
This site is single-handedly ruining my productivity at work. Feed it any English text--song lyrics, marketing materials from your job, whatever--and see it mutate into something sublime.
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