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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.
Category Archives: Daily Newsrack
Layoffs at Times-News
Another 14 newspaper layoffs announced, this time at the Times-News in Twin Falls. Consolidation, usually a dirty word in newspapers, will allow 14 layoffs between the Times-News and the South Idaho Press and a series of community weeklies in the … Continue reading
Spokesman-Review gets the list
Spokesman Review publishes list of almost 10,000 people who got bogus degrees from Spokane diploma mill. NASA engineer, Saudi gyno, NSA employees, CIA contractor all had fake degrees. Source: “There are people in high places with these degrees, and only … Continue reading
Boise gives up spots
In an effort to stop the governor from parking on city sidewalks, Boise is about to offer the Idaho State Police two street spots. See Wednesday’s BW for the scoop.
Bilingual ed hits Boise Valley
When teaching in Spanish is a civil right. “Many of these young teachers have begun to see America’s school system as an increasingly racist widget factory that culls out minority students—largely Hispanic students, but also the poor and alternative students—pushing … Continue reading
Children of deportees
Five million U.S. citizen kids have an undocumented parent raising specter of deportation orphaning. Caldwell family: “They attend local schools and churches, but unlike most of their classmates, they have to drive 20 hours to see their fathers.” ICE: It’s … Continue reading
Sockeye return
As many as 700 endangered sockeye salmon are headed up to Redfish. Jeff Heindel, Eagle Fish Hatchery: “We haven’t had 500 fish in the system since the 1970s. It’s a feel-good story.” IDFG says fish like colder water, high flows. … Continue reading
Chicken fights in Wendell
Gooding Co. SO broke up a cockfight Sunday night on a dairy near Wendell. 9 arrests, 20 vehicles impounded. Birds may have come from Cali, rising the possibility of federal charges. Humane Society’s Rosenthal: “Cockfighting is almost always associated with … Continue reading
Outsourced Idaho
Study: Idaho had largest percentage of lost jobs since 2001. 9,000 computer and electronics jobs lost in Idaho and 2.3 million total U.S. jobs lost to “trade gap” with China, according to American manufacturers. In 2007 we bought $68 billion … Continue reading
Times-News discovers new outlaw biker gang
TF reporter discovers Hells Angels. Jackson on Angels (or not): “According to media reports, Hells Angels must be white, with Harley Davidson motorcycles, and without any history of molesting children or law enforcement work.” Riding to Montana, stopped for a … Continue reading
Get your funny Obama Craig buttons on
LMT editor emeritus scored 10 copies of the Obama-Craig/LaRocco buttons that he has made famous. Bill Hall: Like finding a damaged coin. Stuck to your shoe? LMT story via Statesman. Button maker is funny: “This particular designer uses a fairly … Continue reading
More radioactive waste headed to Idaho
According to a San Francisco Guardian story, via NewWest.net, some nuke waste from SF may be slated for an Idaho dump. Hunter’s Point Shipyard hosts artists colony now found to be radiologically contaminated. SFBG: “Currently the Navy is proposing to … Continue reading
Risch stands by temporal tax cut
Lt. Gov. Jim Risch will air his tax cut ad again, claiming $200+ million in cuts during his tenure as gov. Does not mention his concomitant sales tax hike. Risch: “I said it then, I mean it now, and you’re … Continue reading
