http://www.cssstickyfooter.com/

Clearly IE is the worst browser in everything.

Im a Firefox gal myself.

http://sixrevisions.com/infographs/browser-performance/

http://sixrevisions.com/infographics/performance-comparison-of-major-web-browsers/ 

It seems NBC didn’t secure the rights to use a handful of Font Bureau’s trademarked typefaces. The same ones, we should add, that have been used as part of NBC’s fall marketing campaign to tout shows like The Jay Leno Show, Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.In a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Font Bureau argues that NBC only paid for a single license—which would only permit the company to install the typefaces on a single computer—and only paid to use a limited number of fonts. But NBC went ahead and copied the fonts to a bunch of other computers within the company, Font Bureau claims, and also started using several other fonts for which licenses were never obtained. (In case you’re wondering, the typefaces in question include Bureau Grotesque, Interstate and Antenna.)

http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/7508

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I love vintage/classic circus graphic design and style.  I love all the typography, the colors, the costumes. Its so kitchy and stimulating to me. Large striped tents, diamond patterns, yellows and reds, and lovely little glittered costumes…fabulous.
I found out about the large book “The Circus” by Taschen, makers of many  graphic style books.  At first I really wanted it, but then I actually saw it in person at Atomic Books in Hamden…and its $200.  Its a gigantic book, and its $200.  Bummer.

Then I saw that I can flip through the book online.   Of course not as fun as seeing it in person, but it saves me $200, and I can still go look through the book.

WJFK was there for me after high school, when I went to community college, and after that when I wasn’t working at all.  It was there when I moved, it was there when I got a job, there during my job, there when I lost my job.  That station was there for me for most of my life…14 years.  I listened when Stern left, listened to the many shows that came and went during mid days, and always Don and Mike in the afternoons.  I cried when Dons wife died, which was strange feeling so much hurt for someone I met once but listened to everyday.  I was there when he left the show, I was going to listen no matter what.

Then in Baltimore, WJKF was gone.  It went to all sports.  Which meant that I wouldn’t be able to listen on the radio in the car.  That was a very difficult thing to wrap my head around and get over, since I started a job and was driving a lot.  But still, I listened online all day at work, no matter what.  And then I lost my job again, and needed WJFK more than ever.  I was home all day, and lonely, and the one thing to keep me going was listening to Big O and Dukes and Mike O’meara.  They kept me laughing.  They told me what was going on in the world.  I didn’t even watch TV, I listed to WJFK online.  I was there, and I needed it.

And then they went all sports.  It felt like a family member in my life died.  This was not some radio station I turned on once in a while, this was a station that  has been a large part of my life.  And they died. Just like that.  They took away all the people I cared about, and replaced them with people talking about fucking bull shit sports.  I hate major sports.  I cant think of anything more annoying and tedious than to hear people talk all day about a bull shit, worthless baseball game.  I got over the fact that Baltimore had done it to me, but I held on to DC.  I had my DC.  And when DC died, it all really died. And I cried.  July 17th, I cried and cried, because it was over.

I hate executives that think they know what they’re doing and ruin life for real people.  I hate the strange empty feeling of having that station be gone.  It must seem strange to someone who doesn’t get it, but for those who listened and understand it not strange.   Sure someone can say to me and all the others “Its a radio station, get over it”  but to me, its like a family member or a friend I had for that long, suddenly stop talking to me.

A couple days ago, Big O and Dukes had a little get-to-gether at a nifty bar in Northern VA.  Nothing like the old “Don and Mike Vegas Style Shows”, it was just them there talking to people.  I went, because I just wanted to hug them, tell them I miss them a lot, and that I’m a fan…and I did exactly that.   I am not in the demographic that they were made for, I am not white, I am not a male, I do not care about sports.  But I was a fan of WJFK no matter what.  That didnt matter, all the fans didnt matter.  WJFK died, and a little part of me died as well.  Sure I’ll survive, but things wont be as funny.

Here is a great post about the station flip and The Mike O’meara Show

Its a pretty interesting read, and maybe a little funny.  Many diagrams of the “DNA” of the past logos (taking the logo and pointing out the curves by using a circle), previous bottle shapes, design proportions…and then comparing the logo to the magnetic force of the earth???  I don’t know about all that.

Either way, a simple read that is pretty humorous at times, somewhat educational, and a small glimpse into the wackyness of Pepsi?.

 http://jimedwardsnrx.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/pepsi_gravitational_field.pdf

I went over to see the Chinese acrobats.   I was slightly impressed at their performance, but not blown away as I had hoped.  Still, it was at the right price for me anyways. (free)

I did not know that Artscape had doubled in size. I didn’t go last year, so this year I was shocked to see it had spilled up Charles Street and over the bridge, and up Charles street some more.

I kind of got sucked into it and kept walking way more than I thought I would have, checking out all the sillyness happening on the bridge. My favorite was the Camera Obscura, where you go to a dark little room with a screen, and through a hole in the door, you see whats outside on the screen.  It so simple, and very “old tech”.  But still fun.

I also enjoyed watching the game of life sized foosball, with people on harnesses attached to pipes and kicking a ball through the goal.  Genius!

I have never gone to Artscape by myself, this was a first for me. And overall, it wasnt so bad being alone. Since Artscape has grown so much, with more things around than art, it was kind of fun. I wasnt even that interested in the art, I liked all the other happenings. I suppose I ever really noticed that there were other parts to Artscape other than art I cant afford and food.

Here are my photos I took there. 

I would have totally forgotten if my bother hadn’t called and reminded me, soon there after I left the house to go get crepes.  Of course my husband kept mumbling about how UN-Canadian crepes are, and I say “Whatever” to that. I like to play up the French-Canadian aspect of Canada, since I love Montreal so much. And besides, I don’t think there is any place in Baltimore serving poutine.
So after that, its was time to watch “Strange Brew” on Nexflix/Xbox, I have never seen the movie before.  I usually watch “Canadian Bacon” on Canada Day, and I thought this year I watch something else.

So wave your red and white proudly!

So I took a standard business card size, including the bleed and layed them out on a page, made some crop lines, and went to get them printed and cut on a card stock.  I really like the way they turned out, I got 80 cards with 5 different designs.  Generally, it was more expensive than getting 250 at VistaPrint, but not having to feel stuck with a whole box of cards in a design Im not feeling works better for me.

Two locations I am interested in, Fells Point  (I know where that is), and The Village at Cross Keys (Dont think I have ever been there).  At Fells, I want to see “Iron Man” and “Slumdog Millionaire” and at The Village, they are showing “Cry-Baby”!!  Yes, I loooove “Cry-Baby”.  Count me there.

http://www.cdjoint.com/filmsonthepier.cfm

http://www.villageofcrosskeys.com/

So now that Baltimore has been dropped down to #2 in murder rate, well…that still doesn’t really help me feel better.

“Detroit police have acknowledged an error in their 2008 homicide total submitted to the FBI, a change that pushes Baltimore down from the top spot for homicide rate among large U.S. cities.”

Error by Detroit makes Baltimore No. 2 in murders

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I tried it and it works!

Its really quite lovely. A little bit of halftone dots, a little splatter, a little swirly…Its perfect for the event its for. Great use of colors. (I love strong colors, in case you didnt know) I love that it has some “messy/splatter” elements as well as a decent balance of white space. (I know I can use more white space in my life) I kind of want to go to this Philly Designers Market, except that I’m sure the items there will not be cheap, and I’m not in the mood to spend monies at this time.

http://www.annapolisgreekfestival.org/

I’m probably going to attend on Friday.  I’m not Greek at all, its free, that’s why I’m going.  That and I’m hoping to be able to take some photos…since I haven’t gone out for picture taking in a couple of weeks…oh my.

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Update:

I went by myself and I wasn’t that impressed.  Overall it was kind of “meh”.  Then again, I was not hungry, I was alone, and I was kind of cranky and freaked out from my crappy car getting over to Annapolis.

I was looking around for a font, one I previously had on my computer, but somehow had deleted.  The only font I could find online were all pay.  After more searching, I found a site offering the font for free…if I answered a bunch of questions.  Desperate I filled out the form, all with fake information, and I was taken to the font download.Once I had downloaded it, I felt suspicious of this file.

Then I found this site, Virus Total, and did a scan of the file.  It took a long time to scan one little font file, longer than I thought. The results were  that the file was fine.  It just seemed pretty cool, an online file scan for anyone if they unable for one reason or another to install file scanner software…check the file online.