Archive for October 2009

Correcting Scott Rosenberg    (2009.10.29)

Say Everything by Scott Rosenberg gets me quite wrong

‘Kool Thing: The Rock Critical List’    (2009.10.27)

I have copy-edited an available version of The Rock Critical List and published it for posterity

Jan Moir’s factual basis    (2009.10.25)

According to attested statements on gay “dating” sites, in fact Jan Moir got one thing quite right in her article on Stephen Gately

Talking with the taxman about thin spaces    (2009.10.24)

Guess what: Firefox nerds can’t figure out why anybody would want to use a thin space

Jessica Jenkins’ tin eye    (2009.10.24)

Only Eye would publish a cultural interpretation of modern typography in which the only font identified by name isn’t even used in any of the samples

Hold me closer, Hopeless Diamond    (2009.10.24)

Jonathan Barnbrook’s faceted typeface

Ignitpick    (2009.10.16)

Ignite Toronto is making the same mistakes in its second outing it did in its first. Also: Why can’t computers read the Goof sign?

‘The Law of Libel and Slander in Canada’    (2009.10.15)

Useful snippets from The Law of Libel and Slander in Canada by Jeremy S. Williams

Universal design is a myth    (2009.10.15)

Universal design or inclusive design just means design for certain disabled people. And now OCA is hiring two people to perpetuate this myth