• geeky

    font of the week: frutiger

    [new weekly feature on one of my favorite things: fonts!!!] Originally designed for the Charles De Gaulle Intl. Airport, Frutiger has been available for public use since 1976 and is the best selling font in the Linotype collection. It’s a…

  • geeky

    pretty word pictures

    “Gin and Juice” never looked so elegant and pretty! :) Thanks to a quick little java applet, you can make an awesome word portrait out of any collection of words that you can copy and paste, thanks to Wordle! Easy…

  • geeky,  lifestyle

    a fitting post

    Wii Fit is in my trunk! I thought I was going to be one of the only crazies to stop by Target on my way to work at 8am (p.s. our Target is like a locals only Target on an…

  • geeky,  homey

    a month too late

    I was trying desperately to find a source for a “blue book” value on donated goods, like the one that Turbo Tax provides in its tax software. I’d like to get a start on our yearly donations at optimal times…

  • geeky,  homey

    illuminating tables

    My friend Cathy returned from her bach-party this weekend raving not about wild parties or crazy times, but a table. A table that responds to touch and is pretty much the coolest thing to have in an uber nightclub. Then…