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Bits & pieces

What's that traffic light on the new iTunes window? And, it's nice with that new icon but couldn't they have rethought the entire thing? iTunes feels like an unfitting name for something that does so many different things (you don't go to the "Music Store" to buy a book, do you?)

Pictos, the Icon Font

The normal practice among web developers for icons have always been to embed them in images and use CSS to display. We do this so much, we hardly think about it at all any more. Pictos, however, is a clever way of taking a step away from this. Instead of using images, you embed the Pictos font and use that instead.

Simplenote gets an update

My favorite note taking app, Simplenote, has just been updated — or perhaps upgraded is a better word. Along with a new more visually appealing graphical reform, we're seeing tons of new features and updates to the service itself.

Camera Phone Lenses

Fisheye, macro and wide angle lenses available for use with camera phones.

Your Lucky Day

High quality short about the chaos that a little lottery ticket can set about.

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IKEA switches typography

August 27th, 2009

In what can only be described as a bold (and somewhat bizarre) move, IKEA has switched typography and will be using, wait for it, Verdana as their font of choice for the new catalogs. Futura looked so much better.

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Pulp art book

August 20th, 2009

Some interesting pictures in old vintage look.

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First days of London

August 16th, 2009

I’ve been here a few days now, and I have to say I like it. I’ve been spending a lot of sweaty hours on the subway going North, East, West and South (I even took the train out to Egham one day to visit Max and Michael).

I’m looking forward to starting my internship tomorrow at Delete! I took a trip over there on Friday to say hi to them and it seems like a really nice place; I really liked the layout of the office as well (very spacious).

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The Jane Fonda incident

August 2nd, 2009

Delete London, my coming home in London, has made a little discovery regarding striking, shall we say similarities, between their website and Jane Fonda’s. The last nail in the coffin when it comes to evidence must be the left Delete logo on the Jane Fonda domain name. Ouch.