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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Another typogeek tee

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Mule design studio have a design I like: Pretty funny if the association is familiar. Otherwise, probably pretty incomprehensible. [via]

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Some recent writing

Thursday, October 22, 2009

“Bo,” said Jack, “I’m not sure we should be eating the Professor’s allergy medicine. There might be all kinds of side effects.” Bo popped a last pill in her mouth: “I assumed we would be ok,” she said, and chewed thoughtfully. “Now that you mention it, I wonder. . . ” She munched a moment [...]

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One step closer

Thursday, October 8, 2009

The committee have approved my dissertation.1 So I can go ahead with printing, once I’ve proofread and designed a cover. Which I should have done a month ago.2 This means the defence date is pretty much fixed: December 15th, a double defence with Michael Franke. In related news, Olga will defend her MSc thesis tomorrow [...]

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It’s like learning a new language!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

You know how when you’re learning a new language, at some point you reach a magical tipping point where it suffuses your life to such an extent that you start to dream in that language, instead of your mother tongue? Last night I dreamed I was setting homework and preparing a lecture. And as I [...]

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