Fingal?s Cave (via PDN Photo of the Day)
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Speaking of Yves at FontShop, he writes a great semi-regular column on the typography of movie posters called ScreenFonts.
Thoroughly researched, definitive article on how the French anti-piracy organisation Hadopi used a pirated font in its own logo. Great journalism by Yves at The FontFeed.
Interview with Raghu Rai, one of India’s foremost photographers, in The Observer today, along with a small gallery. He’s exhibiting at the Aicon Gallery in London from 22 Jan ? 20 Feb.
Shorpy :: History in HD – Hi-Res Historical Photos
via Death Star: 1902.
Useful evidence-based research from cxpartners on how the ‘page fold’ for websites is not the insurmountable problem that many expect, and how certain measures can be taken to ensure content below the fold gets seen.
Consistently superb gig posters from THE SMALL STAKES
Disturbing revelations from China about Akmal Shaikh’s execution ? China’s Supreme Court ignored advice from their own panel of experts in executing Akmal Shaikh; new letter from Akmal to Reprieve reveals major flaws in trial.
The Comparative Risk of Terrorism ? essay from the Wall Street Journal:
It might be unrealistic to expect the average citizen to have a nuanced grasp of statistically based risk analysis, but there is nothing nuanced about two basic facts:
- America is a country of 310 million people, in which thousands of horrible things happen every single day; and
- The chances that one of those horrible things will be that you’re subjected to a terrorist attack can, for all practical purposes, be calculated as zero.
(via Bruce Schneier).