Matt McInerney

Photo from Wilson Miner’s Relative readability post, illustrating Oliver Reichenstein’s theory that 16pt type on screen is equivalent to 11pt on the page when you add distance to the equation. Read more about Oliver’s case for large type on screen in The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard.

American Football was a short lived ambient indie rock band. They put out a self titled album in 1999 that I’ve always looked at as a hidden gem in my collection. I always want to file them in the instrumental genre, even though their songs do include vocals, the atmosphere of the instrumentals seems to stay clearly in the forefront. This track is called “Never Meant” from the self titled album.

I like one Dutch cafe’s solution by reminding the customer with the name of the wireless network. Examples:

BuyAnotherCupYouCheapskate

HaveYouTriedCoffeeCake?

BuyaLargeLatterGetBrownieForFree

It’d be nice if everyone would set a reasonable time limit for themselves. How about after 30-45 minutes you leave, get another coffee, or just drop a dollar in the tip jar?

All the words except Eszett (ß). I’ve haven’t been able to find audio of it’s pronunciation. I’ve been curious about how it’s pronounced by a native German speaker. Can someone just ask Erik Spiekermann to say it?

300million make clever use of the Jacob’s ladder concept to make a very interesting fold for a brochure. Sure to grab your attention over a gatefold any day. via

In case you don’t know…

Beefamato is a non-alcoholic beverage manufactured and sold by Mott’s corporation, consisting primarily of tomato juice and beef broth. It was first manufactured in 1966 and is a related product to Clamato.

Quite possibly the most disgusting liquid sold that you’re intended to drink. I could think of more appealing mixes that include toothpaste. Who buys this? If you can one up, by all means, but I think this might win (or is Clamato more disgusting?)

There has never been a show I’ve cared about as much as Arrested Development. This is great news. In my opinion, easily the best written comedy ever on television.