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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: May 2008
No rainbows in TF parade
Gay Pride float in Twin Falls Western Days parade can’t be too gay. The Southern Idaho Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Community Center has to call itself the Community Center, nix rainbows, no AIDS education pamphlets. Parade chairwoman Lisa Cuellar: … Continue reading
Minnick wants Sali on town hall tour
Day-after challenge to Rep. Bill Sali already on the Google Calendar. Dem Challenger Walt Minnick asks Sali to join him at series of open forums with voters across the First Cong Dist. Sali had not seen the proposal, but has … Continue reading
Horton stays supreme by 276 votes
Judge Joel Horton will keep his Supreme Court bench by the slim margin of 276 votes. Challenger John Bradbury will not demand a recount. Horton, after all-night election watch: “I’m truly just 20 percent of the vote on any particular … Continue reading
Secret out-of-state corporate tax breaks revealed
An Idaho tax commission auditor revealed a long-standing practice of secret tax settlements with out of state corporations that cost millions. Auditor Stan Howland, near retirment: “This allows these companies to avoid paying millions of dollars of income tax that are properly due the state of Idaho, and to do so in complete secrecy…” Continue reading
Ron Paul’s Idaho
Maverick GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul squeezed 24 percent in Idaho and got more votes statewide than Obama. Rhee at Boston Globe, KTVB.
The fed roundup
Risch-LaRocco, Sali-Minnick match-ups set. Miller, AP in the Times-News. Debbie Holmes snags Dem nomination, will face Simpson. Simpson in 5th term, Holmes on first race. Stahl in the Mtn. Express.
Craig book proposal shifting
Sen. Larry Craig, who has said previously that he intends to write a book upon retirement, was marketing his forthcoming work on Primary night. Only now the tome is about America’s energy future and how the media and blogosphere got … Continue reading
Hailey voters reassert J-rights
A package of pro-pot laws approved, again, in Hailey, Idaho. Home of Ezra Pound wants med mary, hemp fields and easy-going cops, but no city tax on the wacky weed. From the comments: “Can’t wait to go shoot a wolf … Continue reading
Trickle down ‘bamanomics
Boise Weekly on Montana and the trickle down ticket. Idaho GOP campaigner Jason Lehosit: “I don’t think having Clinton or Obama is going to take a solidly Republican district and make it Democrat.” AZ Gov. Napolitano: “The Democrats who are … Continue reading
Rush to head up Ed board
Mike Rush, a former Pro-Tech administrator, will lead the troubled Idaho State Board of Education. Rush has been acting as director since the last one left the board budget in shambles and crawled back home, with a pit stop in … Continue reading
Results of PaleoMedia.org races to watch
Initial analysis of last night’s primary shows some mixed results. Hot races in the unsettled territory between West Boise and Oregon, or at least from Boise to Caldwell, ended up all over the map. Moyle drew out his rural base in north Boise Valley but Boise businessman Chuck Winder also landed the Senate seat there. In Meridian proper, McKague held on, but west of there, in Wilder country, former bureaucrat Takasugi managed to defeat the red-baiting rhetoric of Otter appointee Bowers.
Miners heading back to Silver Valley
Boom in metals is drawing former Silver Valley residents back to the shafts. Ski bums don’t stand a chance. Geranios, AP in the Times-News.
