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Cool Stuff

I’m been wicked busy this past week and therefore haven’t been able to share very many awesome things with you. Here’s a summary of some of the cool stuff I’ve come across.

Here’s a nice collection of some cool typography/posters. Some is better than others, but check it out. The hand-drawn stuff is nice. Typography Mega Inspiration

Here’s a really good article on “A Designer’s Worth”. It is from David Yeiser’s blog called “Design Intellection”. In my opinion, his blog has some amazing design. It’s very simple, very elegant, yet maintains a strong sense of unique style. Read the article, enjoy the design while you’re there. A Designer’s Worth

I don’t know if I’ve shared this link before or not, but here it is: I love patterns and this site has a bunch of good repeating patterns. (Warning: It has some nasty ones too.) Din Pattern

Say good bye to those annoying searches for HTML character codes. This site has a bunch of the most commonly used special characters and allows to simple click a character to add it to your clipboard. Paste it where you want it and you’re good to go. Cool, simple, but really helpful little site. Copy Past Character

Custom Postage Stamps

Maybe everyone already knew this, but I didn’t. YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN DESIGNS FOR POSTAGE STAMPS! That’s so cool to me! Here’s the link –> http://www.zazzle.com/custom/stamps Posted by email from rewdy (posterous)

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jQuery Now Brings You: The Ken Burns Effect!

I remember when I first got my iBook, some 5 years ago, playing around with iPhoto. Of the many beautiful, standard-setting features it had, one of my early personal favorites was The Ken Burns Effect. Before then, I didn’t even know who Ken Burns was, but after I grew to love him. Now, at my [...]

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Why The Bailout is a Terrible Idea

Just found this Article from CNN: Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer via Gene Veith Excerpt: The current mess would never have occurred in the absence of ill-conceived federal policies. The federal government chartered Fannie Mae in 1938 and Freddie Mac in 1970; these two mortgage lending institutions are at the center of [...]

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