Monthly Archives: February 2007

Mitch Kapor on techno-utopias

People tend to be idealistic about technology and they harbour utopian fantasies that with the right technology everything is going to be all better. (But) people bring all of their stuff with them, all of their issues. The good, the … Continue reading

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Chicago, by Magnum Photos

CHICAGO—1947 © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos See the whole slideshow at Slate.

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So you want to earn a living from font design?

Erik Spiekermann blogs about the epsilonic first payment he got for ITC Officina: The first cheque came to the unbelievable sum of One Dollar and Nine Cents. The fees for cashing it would have been much higher, so I kept … Continue reading

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NPR : The Arcade Fire in Concert

NPR broadcast The Arcade Fire concert on 17 Feb 2007, and the MP3 of the concert is available for free download off their website. Until they actually come here (when oh when?) this’ll have to do. NPR : The Arcade … Continue reading

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Keep looking

(from – where else? – Postsecret) I like Blind Melon’s No Rain. And I don’t understand why I sleep all day And I start to complain that there’s no rain And all I can do is read a book to … Continue reading

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Filmmakers Seek Future in Past

A Wired.com article asserts that there’s a silent film revival: Over the past two decades, artists have explored the legacy of silent cinema, not as a dusty anachronism but as a rich medium from which lessons about music, performance and … Continue reading

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From Singapore to Chicago

Event info for this year’s Singapore Arts Festival is up. Dollhouse by Mabou Mines is coming here. Coincidentally, it was part of Court Theatre’s season last year. In Court Theatre’s season this year (2006/07): Hotel Cassiopeia – a play about … Continue reading

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A cartoon that could end the war in Iraq

From Phil Selby at the rut!

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Crepes and Beers

My thoughts on Creperie AR-MEN and the Archipelago Brewery are up on HungryGoWhere.com, if you’re interested. powered by performancing firefox

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Erik Spiekermann

If you’re a regular reader of The Economist, this should look familiar: Erik Spiekermann on the development of ITC Officina Display: When we (Ben Tappenden and myself at MetaLondon) redesigned The Economist magazine in London in 2000/2001 (the new magazine … Continue reading

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