Thus endeth the Shephardes kalendere,Drawne into English to Gods’ reuerence:And for profite and pleasure shalle Clearkes to here,Plainly shewed their intelligence,Our is done, now readers do your diligence,And remember that the Printer saieth to you this,He that liueth well may… The Kalender of Shepherds Miscellany
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The Gimble
The Gimble is a nifty tool. It’s not the most versatile book holder (it won’t work with larger books), but it’s small, modestly priced, and cleverly designed and named. I like using it to hold books open while I’m typing out passages. Why gimble? The OED definition of gimbal helps out: A contrivance by means …
Against Happiness
Design by Jennifer Carrow A few weeks ago it was David Drummond week, featuring posts here and here. This week (well, OK, a little more than a week) seems to belong to Jennifer Carrow, who designed The Best Intentions as well as this smart and funny jacket for this study of the benefits of melancholy. …
Use an Exclude Dictionary to Master Your Typos [Spell Check]
Typos are bad enough when they result in gibberish like “procedurw,” but words that are close together and technically correct—like “manager” and “manger"—will easily slip by Word’s spell check. If you find yourself making those kind of situational typos often, the Productivity Portfolio blog can walk you through creating an "Exclude Dictionary” to have Word’s …
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A simple theory of liberal arts education
At the margin, that is. Information in the modern world is virtually free, and well-defined tasks can be outsourced very cheaply, if need be. Don’t specialize in those. Bias is everywhere, and overcoming bias yields great gains. Empirically, our biases stem strongly from our nationality, our language, and our cultural background. (It is, by the …
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This Day in Arf History: The First Simpsons Episode Airs
The first full-length episode of The Simpsons aired on this date in 1989. It was originally done as the eighth episode of the first season, but the Christmas theme made it perfect for a mid-December debut. BTW Matt Groening will be making his Arf book debut in the next volume. Matt himself is doing some …
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Dutch Advertising Graphics
Wilhelmina Cycle & Co. Ltd. Zeist-Holland. rijwielen 1897-1898 Bezoekt onze Viskwekerijen – Koninklijke Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij (Arnhem) – 1950-1975 Drinkt èchte Ranja en Rojo 1925-1950 “In 1889, the light bulb factory Goosens, Pope & Co. was founded in Venlo. The driving force behind the enterprise was the English engineer Frederic Pope. In 1920, Philips acquired a …
Tiny Business Card Calendar [Calendars]
Weighting in at the size of a business card, the tiny Thumb Calendar makes it possible to keep a calendar on you at all times. The Thumb Calendar is two sided and in order to use it, you must cover the dates that are not directly below the month header with your thumbs. The designer …
Moby Dick
Design by Vladimir Zimakov The Aesthetic Poetic’s Douglas Haddow brought his interview with designer and illustrator Vladimir Zimakov to my attention. Check it out to see some more of Zimakov’s work and read about his influences (Paula Rego! Yesss!!); his Moby Dick cover is below. There’s more great work at his site. Moby Dick
Lay-It-Out
Last time I moved I threw out my back repositioning Grandma’s china cabinet for the 10th time. My latest (and hopefully last) moving experience was a dream because of the Lay-It-Out furniture templates. These unique life-sized paper furniture templates are the shape of your bed, sofa, tables, chairs, rugs, billiard table. After trimming them to …
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