new MovableType
Yowza! MovableType 2.0 was released today. Let’s see how long it takes to upgrade / backup / install / rediscover / redesign / implement / play with my new toy!
Coleridge and Wordsworth
Discuss the differences in the ways the image of sunset functions in Wordsworth’s Intimations of Immortality and Coleridge’s The Lime-Tree.
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
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,