Archive for September 22nd, 2007

Q: What Are You Doing?

September 22, 2007

A: Reading the fascinating declaration on Jack Dorsey’s creative shop, GUST.

Get it? What are you doing… Jack Dorsey…

Oh, forget it.

If Anyone Knows How To Insert Em And En Dash In Adobe Illustrator And Photoshop With The Apple+Shift+M/N Shortcut—

September 22, 2007

—you know, much like how you could do it in InDesign—please do let me know. I’ve read and tried a lot of stuff, none of them lacking the aforementioned features.

Thank you.

In Case Somebody Ask You “Just What In The World Is Helvetica” In An Elevator Ride,

September 22, 2007

Now you’ll know what to answer, as quoted:

It [Helvetica] was designed to be 100-percent emotionally neutral…Helvetica essentially takes any word or phrase and pressure-washes it into sterility.

Thanks to Daring Fireball.

The Gastronomist’s Take On Beef Stroganoff Proves The Most Important Cooking Principle

September 22, 2007

That is, that you absolutely positively cannot go wrong with six tablespoons of butter.

It sounds very simple and elegant. Will definitely try it later.

This Menacing Humor Again Warns Us All

September 22, 2007

That a brief, focused and uncomplicated solution (no matter how naïve or simplistic it may seem) will always fare better than widespread, exhaustive, all-embracing one—at least in the eyes of men.

Unless we’re talking about any form of governmental body.

Good night.

PS. Bear in mind that the title of the actual joke is so unspeakably nerdy to be written here. This blog has not reach that bad of a level yet.