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Flickr released a new version of their iOS app today. So far I am very happy with the features of the app and the results it has produced.

Flickr followed the lead of Instagram and the thousands of other copycat apps by adding more filters and gimmicky features, but they also added some very useful and professional editing tools that allow for and encourage more fine tuning of images.

I have intended to post more photos for a while. Especially now, with the new baby, I should be snapping away every day and capturing as many of these early memories as possible. Looking back on old albums has always been such a joy. I’ll have to collect these photos now so my kids and I can enjoy looking back on them in the future.

I recently finished reading Butterick’s Practical Typography, a short web book by Matthew Butterick. It is filled with many practical rules and tips for producing professional-quality typography with common tools. The book starts off with a short chapter called Typography in ten minutes which offers some simple rules to fix the most common typographic violations (it’s a great place to start).

I’ve made several minor design changes on this site over the past few months, primarily focused on improving the typography and visual layout. Butterick’s book showed me a few other areas where I could improve. After reducing the size of the header tags and making some of the typographic elements on the page more subtle, I think it is getting closer to the clean and clear look I’m after. There does not need to be such extreme contrast in the elements on the page, especially since it should be primarily about the words.

I Forgot My Phone - YouTube: Written by/Starring Charlene deGuzman and directed by Miles Crawford.

This video shows me. And probably lots of us.

Far too often, I find myself absorbed in the action of a 4-inch screen instead of seeing the real world unfolding around me. I’m not going to throw the phone away or retire it when my contract is up, but this video has inspired me to try to put it away when there are others around.

ARod promotes muscle enhancing substance to kids.

A living room view.

Every Second on the Internet

Well, I wasn’t planning on sleeping tonight anyway.

(via Sunset Reflected in an Alligator’s Eyes - Imgur)

Hats.

Looking everywhere.

Frog holding an umbrella. Photo by Penkdix Palme – National Geographic Your Shot

Ninja Remote - Stealth TV Gadget

In Chicago, 3-D Printers Are Available To Anyone With A Library Card

The World Without Mobile (by QUALCOMMVlog)

I like this playful .gif from the top of the newly designed Google Play Store.

NASA Hubble Finds a True Blue Planet (by NASA Goddard Photo and Video)

This motorcyclist understands the importance of a morning cup of joe. The driver of the SUV, unfortunately, doesn’t.

(by Bossaucey)

There are many ways to be bad at eye contact. The WSJ reports that the ideal gaze lasts 7 to 10 seconds. Is that creepy in practice?

(via The Decline of Eye Contact - WSJ.com)

Feedly will support third party RSS readers

Harley Davidson National Rally in China

Life’s a Happy Song on Disney Video

Happy Sunday!

I love this song. It makes me happy every time I hear it.