Posts from March 2002

Fonts

If you’re a fan of the weblog Lines & Splines, you’ll enjoy reading Mark Simonson’s articles about fonts and typefaces. link via BrainDan and TheBrad

Box Punching

How does one punch out the corner of an element and put something in the space created?

Weblogger CD Swap

What a great idea! Burn, Baby Burn! – Weblogger CD Swap! The premise of this is simple. Simply sign up to one of participants. By signing up, you commit to making a summer-themed CD of your favorites tunes. On March 31, 2002, you’ll receive the names and addresses of five other bloggers, and it will

Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus

An essay on gender roles I wrote in college in 1994

Pen Spinning

Remember when Val Kilmer was sitting in the lecture when the guys first got to Miramar in Top Gun? He kept walking his pen through his fingers and right away you just knew he was a jerk. If you ever wanted to learn how to look so brooding / arrogant / dextrous, there’s a web

Super Heroes Versus Stars of the Old Testament

I hate to steal two links from metafilter in one day, but I can’t resist telling you about an exciting version of March Madness that’s out there. It’s The Comic Book Super Heroes Versus the Stars of the Old Testament One-on-One Basketball tournament!

FastCompany.com Does Blogging

… in the business of analysis, commentary, and opinion, a new breed of cats has emerged. They even have a name. They call themselves “Webloggers” — or “bloggers,” for short — and they’re providing the most energetic, lively, and passionate analysis, commentary, and opinion around. link via metafilter

How to Pronounce the Word Height

I want you to stop what you’re doing. I want you to look at the word below. I want you to speak it aloud. height How did it sound? Say it again. Did it rhyme with “right”? It should have. Say it again. Did it rhyme with “byte”? It should have. Say it again. Aloud,

Mixonic

Mixonic CD Duplication Services will “create pro-quality CDs with printed color labels (no stickers). Professional production within 2 business days.” This looks awesome! link via scottandrew.com

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.