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Futura vs. Verdana
OK all you typography snobs out there, up in arms over Ikea’s recent switch to Verdana (google ikea verdana), ask yourselves: If you had one store to shop for all of your furniture, what would it be? Ikea, right.
If you had one font to use on everything you designed, what would it be? Well, you basically have to choose a web-safe, sans-serif font to maximize utility, so here are your choices:
Arial
Tahoma
Verdana
Trebuchet MS
LucidaPersonally, I’da gone with Lucida, but Verdana’s as good as any.
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New MacBook OLE Keyboard thing
Finally figured out a reason to like this thing.
I stopped using function keys for years, once it became necessary to hold FN to modify them so you weren’t, like, turning the volume down.
Sure, you could set it up so they would behave normally, but then you had to hold FN to, like, turn the volume down.
The new keyboard settings lets you have them switch automatically. If I’m in Adobe, editing code, or anywhere I use them heavily, they switch on by default. If I’m browsing or doing less work-productivity stuff, it switches back.
Now if I can only muscle-memory my pinking from accidentally resting on that ESC key all the time… -
Gallery 3 icons
I’ve been working on icons for the upcoming release of Gallery 3 (http://gallery.menalto.com/). Here they are:
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The best cole slaw recipe
I only post recipes that I make up and are simple, easy, and cheap. I’m a terrible cook because I’m impulsive, lazy, and AADHD.
However, this one usually works:- Half a cabbage, cut up however you like it. I sliver mine with a razor sharp Global.
- 1 TBs Sesame Oil
- 2 TBs Rice Vinegar
- 1 TBs Black Pepper
- 1 Ts Salt
Mix it all up and eat it now or wait until it gets even better.
