Fake Font Friday 4
Another kind of fake font, these type styles replicate printing found starting in the 20th century—dot matrix, LCD, “computer” and 8-bit. Not to be confused with my posts Fake Font Friday 1, Fake Font Friday 2 or Fake Font Friday 3. Dot Matrix by Moonbase Press in Techno > LCDDownload
The Hut Where the Internet Began
Alexis Madrigal for The Atlantic: Let’s start at the end point: what you’re doing right now. You are pulling information from a network onto a screen, enhancing your embodied experience with a communication web filled with people and machines. You do this by pointing and clicking, tapping a few commands and organizing your thoughts into […]
Is 3D printing about to hit the mainstream? Plus some items I’ve printed for myself
I ordered this skull and heart from Shapeways.com, a well-known 3D printing service. The 4-inch-high skull is heavy and beautiful (the heart hasn’t arrived yet). You can choose from many items with 3D patterns already uploaded, or upload your own. Some items are available only in the white plastic discussed below, and others in […]
Hacker Heroes: 6 Women Who Have Changed Technology
By The Daily Muse Editor at The Daily Muse: When you think about women in tech, you probably instantly think Sheryl Sandberg, CEO of Facebook, and Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo!. But there are plenty more women you should know about—women whose names you may have never heard before, but who truly shaped […]