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The Slasher
First, I’ve decided to migrate from encapsulating my metadata in parentheses to using a slash delimiter (”/”), which, for shits and giggles, we’ll call “the slasher”. This saves you ONE character, but hey, those singletons add up!
I’m going to try and adopt this! I already use via, cc and by for attributions, and I think ‘the slasher’ method is really elegant.
C’mon people - micro-revolution!
My hen laid a haddock, one hand oiled a flea,
Glad farts and centurions threw dogs in the sea,
I could stew a hare here and brandish Dan’s flan,
Don’s ruddy bog’s blocked up with sand.Dad! Dad! Why don’t you oil Auntie Glad?
Can whores appear in beer bottle pies,
O butter the hens as they fly!
— If I Describe something as”Man made” am I being Sexist? - Yahoo! Answers
I mentioned yesterday that Orbitron has been accepted into The League of Moveable Type, so I’ve been working to finish everything up. I just wanted to post an update. I’ve added a lot to the typeface since I first submitted it. It now has a full lowercase set, 4 full weights, small caps, and 3 stylistic sets (meaning a ton of alternate characters). My goal is to have it online sometime this week.
I didn’t realise The League of Movable Type was on tumblr. Excellent!
Generative Compositional Engine: http://engine.haptic-data.com/ (via @robertbrook)
Victoria Crater at Meridiani Planum. The crater is approximately 800 meters (about half a mile) in diameter. Layered sedimentary rocks are exposed along the inner wall of the crater, and boulders that have fallen from the crater wall are visible on the crater floor. NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity explored this crater and its walls in 2006. (via Martian landscapes - The Big Picture - Boston.com)
(via whattheskeletonsaid)
eeelizabeth:flowerglue:(via palahniukandchocolate)
MX, the reading choice for the educated and intelligent
The OpenOfficeMouse is a joke, right? It looks like a crappy mockup (based on an old mouse design). Plus the OOo news page makes no mention.
Right?
Imagine the technology of today with the aesthetic of Victorian science. From redesigned practical items to fantastical contraptions, this exhibition, curated by Art Donovan, showcases the work of eighteen Steampunk artists from across the globe.
Expect ’steam-powered’ computer mice, clockwork hearts, brass goggles and the latest state-of-the-Steampunk-art eye-pod… now on video.
A programme of Steampunk-related events will run alongside the exhibition – pick up a leaflet from the Museum or download a copy here. Intriguing images and a full list of artists can be found on the exhibition’s official blog site: http://www.steampunkmuseumexhibition.blogspot.com/
To coincide with the exhibition, Secondary School Art and D&T departments are invited to submit students’ work to The Great Steampunk Art and Design Competition! For more information about the competition download the leaflet here.
A special issue of the Museum’s publication Broad Sheet, which includes a specially commissioned Steampunk comic strip created by Sydney Padua can be downloaded here.
This cannot go unmissed!
