stefpause.com

Excellent commentary on the current Apple iPhone ringtone debacle at Alistair’s Place.

MyFonts interviews David Berlow, co-founder of the Font Bureau.

(Via Quipsologies)

The latest addition to the gorgeous Chalkwork icon family:
Chalkworks Information Management

Simon, who’s a friend from way back, runs an MP3 blog you may have heard of called Spoilt Victorian Child. He’s also got a little record label, aptly titled SVC Records. Today he released Ringo Deathstarr’s debut EP and it’s bloody brilliant. Here’s a sample track:

Sweet Girl (MP3, 3.3MB)

Patagonia’s Regulator (see Ali Mills’s comments) and a review of Body Glove’s Bio Stretch.

The Ministry of Type: the Art of Money

If you’ve got a recent Canon digital compact, this DIGIC II firmware hack may be of interest. It unlocks several hidden features, such as support for RAW, a live histogram and a DoF calculator, and is “hot loaded” so there shouldn’t be any danger to your camera.

(Via Engadget)

“I Love Typography” covers the Decline and Fall of the Ligature.

Simpsonize Me: clever stuff, you feed the site a passport-like photo and it uses face-recognition technology to match cartoon elements, converting you into a Simpsons character. It works remarkably well!

The website was conceived by Equity Marketing (LA) for Crispin Porter + Bogusky — previously responsible for the Subservient Chicken — and their client, Burger King. It was created by Cortona and uses face-recognition technology from BetaFace.

(via Creative Review)

House Industries have a $50-off sale on until the 15^th September, which includes the exceptional typefaces Chalet, Neutraface and Paperback. I wish I had enough spare cash to justify buying a set of one of these, they’re beautiful, versatile faces, and currently a bit of a bargain.