they trained an app connected to the gigantic fork to recognize general slurping sounds so it can mask them with even louder ocean-like sounds. Oh to have been a fly on the wall at these meetings...
, "OpenType", "Dummy 'DSIG'", "Windows-compatible 'kern'", "TeX Table", "FFTM Table" and ALL the PfaEdit Table checkboxes, so that the font would work on as many systems as possible. Also, the MATH, BASE, and JSTF tables are all fancyOpenType tables, so they further seal the...
Overall, we had five chicks out of seven eggs, which was impressive considering that I accidentally left the water plug out on the table and their humidity was in the 20s and 30s for the first half of their development. It’s always funny when I tell people about my “Purple Chickens” ...
This makes it 4 times in 2 months that the customer service sucked so I'll move on. Oh, and they kept my $20 since I never received a receipt from cashier and couldn't prove I paid for food. A main dish and 2 sides from buffet with a bottle of beer i...
Outside on the sidewalk, a young man had set up a table with scupltures on it. Looking closer, they had all been fashioned out of forks! In fact, the man had before him a stack of forks, and in his hand, a needle-nose pliers, and was busy making more fork scupltures. His ...
Ving: “Is that an inside joke?” Me: “Uh, yes. Nevermind.” .. Me: “So, where did you get all this stuff? I’d love to own a piece.” Ving: “Mostly German Art Dealers, filthy Nazis all of them.” Me: “I see, well Nazi art is the best, I mean, maybe not the art...
When you use allcaps section titles, set the tracking (letting-spacing) a little wider. (Example from Steve Schoger)Font SizingDON'T GO CRAZY WITH FONT SIZES.Try to use 1-2 sizes and vary other things like weight, space/leading, color, casing. Don't rely on varying fontsize to control...
The day before, he was talking to a friend on the phone and not-so-cryptically said “yeah I bought it last week. (pause) I’m going to do it very soon” – and I was sitting next to him. And minus the waiting for him to poop, I do prefer the way it happened. I appreciated...
the calves from getting sick on summer pasture. At the same time, the cows are often given shots too. The cows are given shots to help them breed over the summer with a calf for next year. Branding day is a fun yet tiring day. Getting to work with the neighbors and joke around all...
The joke about Laos People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is that the PDR really stands for “please don’t rush.” While that attitude does translate into a wonderfully relaxing, mañana-time country, it also means that nothing much ever seems to happen. Until I met up with Wes and Stu...