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Monthly Archives: March 2009

March 28, 2009
by Frederick
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The Thing with Fonts

I love fonts… well, I love some fonts to a great extend and vehemently despise others. I don’t consider myself a typographer — and I don’t make fonts — yet I probably have a keener eye for type than the … Continue reading →

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Categories: Computer Matters, Graphic Matters | Tags: Apple, design | Permalink

March 24, 2009
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Won a contest

I just found out this afternoon that I was the 1st place winner of a giveaway contest at OMNINOGGIN, so I get to have a free custom banner design from buytemplates.net. (As a side note, I think the links or … Continue reading →

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Categories: Web Matters | Permalink

March 23, 2009
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Things that annoy me

Here are a few things that really irritate me: inconsistent usage of Canadian/American/British spelling; for instance, writing ‘favour’ throughout but slipping in something like ‘neighborhood’ bad marking schemes taking questions off after the evaluation is written; for instance, an exam … Continue reading →

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Categories: Personal Matters | Tags: psychology | Permalink

March 12, 2009
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Violence in a civilized society

I am certainly not the only one appalled at the shocking shootings that occurred in Winnenden, Germany yesterday. Even more shocking was that the warning he sent over chat was laughed off — just as a number of people thought … Continue reading →

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Categories: Graphic Matters | Tags: Germany, guns | Permalink

March 4, 2009
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Blog scraping

As a blogger, I’ve encountered the issue of trackback/pingback spam coming from splogs that scrape content. It is sometimes frustrating when a new post is immediately reproduced on spammy sites that do nothing but scrape content from other sites. It … Continue reading →

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Categories: Web Matters | Permalink

March 3, 2009
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Mercedes-Benz GLK

Where do you see yourself? That’s the slogan for Mercedes-Benz’s new midsized, premium sports utility vehicle, the Mercedes GLK. This is clearly a car for those who love style, comfort and elegance — concepts shared by Mercedes’ new mini-site promoting … Continue reading →

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Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Canada, cars | Permalink

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