Okay, so maybe the iPhone is not so perfect that it has some kind of godly origin, but I have been so impressed by the iPhone I decided that I could no longer live without one. The iPhone has plenty of limitations right now (hopefully many are addressed by future software updates) but the many [...]
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Just a few misc topics to distract you with (I should be studying and I will get back to the books ASAP – the bar is tuesday can’t wait!) Saw this on Slash Food, normally we think of the Japanese as healthy eaters (although I’ve mentioned before how that’s changing as they have shortened lunches [...]
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“When I look at my bookshelves, I see my life. Whole glimpses of previous interests are represented, from my collection of Latin American fiction to the many reminders of the years I spent living in Italy (the novels of Primo Levi and Italo Calvino). There is my love of Ian McEwen, Susan Sontag and Paul [...]
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For the first time in a long time home sizes in America have stopped growing and some people long relegated to the suburbs are considering moving into smaller, inner suburb or city locations. Why the change? Well for one with family sizes shrinking, an aging population that is living longer and the traffic and commutes [...]
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You may have guessed, without even really knowing (or thinking about) that the font Helvetica is from Switzerland as it echoes some of the values of Swiss design and neutrality. You may not know that its now 50 years old, many major corporations use it for their logos (including Microsoft who used Arial (a knock [...]
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