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Every modern typographer agrees on the one-space rule. It’s one of the canonical rules of the profession, in the same way that waiters know that the salad fork goes to the left of the dinner fork and fashion designers know to put men’s shirt buttons on the right and women’s on the left. Every major style guide—including the Modern Language Association Style Manual and theChicago Manual of Style—prescribes a single space after a period. (The Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association, used widely in the social sciences, allows for two spaces in draft manuscripts but recommends one space in published work.) Most ordinary people would know the one-space rule, too, if it weren’t for a quirk of history. In the middle of the last century, a now-outmoded technology—the manual typewriter—invaded the American workplace. To accommodate that machine’s shortcomings, everyone began to type wrong. And even though we no longer use typewriters, we all still type like we do. —Manjoo
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I love you guys, but you’re crazy. On questions of aesthetic preference there’s no particular reason that normal people should listen to a bunch of geeky obsessives who spend orders of magnitude more time on these issues than average. It’s like how you probably shouldn’t listen to me when I tell you not to use .doc files or that you might want to consider a digital audio player with Ogg Vorbis support. I strongly believe those things, but even I know they’re pointless and arbitrary for everyone who doesn’t consider “Save As…” an opportunity for political action.
Nor should we assume that just because typographers believe earnestly in the single space that their belief is held entirely in good faith. They’re drunk on the awesome power of their proportional fonts, and sure of the cosmic import of the minuscule kerning decisions that it is their lonely duty to make. Of course they don’t want lowly typists exercising their opinions about letter spacing. Those people aren’t qualified to have opinions! —Lee
dang. might start saving those avocado and mango seeds now.
Chart: America’s Gardens Are Warmer in 2012
One way to tell that the world (or at this country) is warming is to take a look at the map the USDA puts on the back of seed packets, which shows that winter temperatures have risen pretty much everywhere in the U.S. The Department of Agriculture released an update to the 1990 version of its “Plant Hardiness Zone Map,” which reveals much milder winters than in the past. Read more.
[Image: USDA]
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Watch this mayor’s soul leave his body. Fine questioning by a TV reporter. via ImmigrationProf.
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Jan Brewer vs. Obama: An airport meeting turns into an epic battle
She wrote some things in her book he didn’t like: The tough-on-immigration Arizona governor, who was not particularly happy with the way the president treated her in a much-talked-about-at-the-time 2010 meeting, wrote about it in her new book ”Scorpions for Breakfast,” and Obama didn’t like what she said. So, last night, when Obama got into Phoenix, this happened. ”I will say that a picture is what it is,” she said. “I must say, I was not hostile. I was trying to be very, very gracious. I respect the office of the president, and I would never be disrespectful in that manner.” What we would give to hear that conversation up close. (AP Photo) source
3 weeks to read the book.
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Governor Orders State Offices to Use Fuel Efficient Vehicles
Earlier this month Gov. C. L. Butch Otter ordered state offices to refrain from buying SUVs unless necessary for the job and to make it a priority to buy hybrids or fuel efficient vehicles. State agencies will also have to … Continue reading
Out-of-State Inmates, Sali, U of I
Idaho inmates being held in a Texas prison because of overcrowding are being forced to sleep in temporary diggs that are… well, overcrowded. The Legislature is gearing up to address the prison overcrowding problem, but it’s not yet clear how. … Continue reading
Growth, Guns and Gingrich
Idaho growth still among fastest in nation, with people moving here to either find a job or slow down their lives. Perhaps the growth is part of the reason for continued battles over CAFO’s in Jerome County. And Gingrich is … Continue reading
Cops, Craig, Smoking
Thursday’s Newsrack includes a story that raises plenty of questions about who is policing us now. Do ex-military guys training to be civilian police need extra training or treatment? Are academies training cops to inflict PTSD on us? And has … Continue reading
Otter’s agenda & response
Gov. Otter’s ’08 agenda — grocery tax relief, money for southern Idaho water users, a freeze on property taxes — is getting a public airing prior to his state of the state address, but some law makers feel left out … Continue reading
Teachers, Logging, Nukes
There has been surprisingly little commentary on Supt. Luna’s plan to pay teachers more in exchange for their contract rights, but groups of teachers are starting to meet, like this group in Lewiston, and they are not too happy about … Continue reading
Info on Payette Nuke Plant
Whether state or county officials should have veto power over siting of nuclear (and coal) power plants in Idaho was discussed in the 2007 Legislative session, but not resolved. The prospect of a nuclear plant in Payette and another in Owyhee County will focus this debate in the upcoming session.
Also, new reports on health care in Idaho and Moscow City Hall’s decision to offer insurance to domestic partners could test the state’s gay marriage laws. Or not. Continue reading
Tuesday: State school board, immigration training and mental health
Russell takes a look at how the State Board of Education go to where it finds itself today: broke and leaderless. The story foreshadows a possible shift in power back to the department under Tom Luna.
Also, Ada County’s sheriff is looking at training deputies to assess immigration cases and the NRA seems a bit confused about federal land designations in the Statesman’s washington bureau report on Crapo’s guns on federal land push. Continue reading
Thursday: Power, PETA and SnowPack
Slow news day in Idaho. Interesting Statesman story about Idaho Power capacity, nothing about Craig in Bali, Transportation Board meets again to approve road funds. Read it here… Continue reading
It’s Hannuka in Boise
Got a dreidl and gelt on Main St. yesterday. Guys in the coffee shop debating whether it’s eight or nine or 12 days. Deli serving Matzoh Ball Soup and Pulled Pork.
Simcox was in Boise, missed the talk
Minuteman founder Chris Simcox spoke last night at Boise State… I intended to go, but didn’t make it. You can read the Arbiter’s take here and Channel 2 has a story too.
Mike German: FBI does not have to be this way
Former FBI agent Mike German recently told a pack of Boise civil libertarians that the government does not have to fight terrorism by stepping on Americans’ Constitutional rights. This is at least a six-year-old cliche by now. But German spoke … Continue reading
