Entries from May 2007 ↓

Most people have heard of Koko, the Stanford-educated gorilla who could speak about 1000 words in American Sign Language, and understand about 2000 in English. What most people don’t know, however, is that Koko was an avid Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fan. As Esquire reported, when Fred Rogers took a trip out to meet Koko for his show, not only did she immediately wrap her arms around him and embrace him, she did what she’d always seen him do onscreen: she proceeded to take his shoes off!

Myke: my dad was looking in the newspaper (!) to try to convince me that the housing market is not as bad as I say it is
Myke: he found one… wow, this looks good… sunnyvale, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, granite countertops and it’s only $219,000
Myke: i looked at the picture… “dad, that’s a MOBILE HOME.”

Programming the LOL way. All LOLCats, LOL, ALL CAPS.

via TeacherTube

This seems like a bad idea…

A selection of typefaces for the modern web era: American Typewriter, Clarendon, DIN Engschrift, Frutiger, Helvetica Bold, ITC Officina Bold, Interstate, Myriad Pro Bold, VAG Rounded

Read the first couple of paragraphs for context. Then look at the photo. (via Jeffrey Boulier)