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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.
Tag Archives: immigration
First 8th Street Event
Last Thursdays Series: Exploring Amor and Exile April 28, 7-8:30 pm Cole/Marr Coffee House in the Lower Level of the 8th Street Marketplace (next to Café Olé – 404 S. 8th Street) Exploring Amor and Exile #1 Question: What would … Continue reading
A 24- or 25-year-old Mexican man shot himself in the head on Sunday at his family home in the city of San Juan del Rio in Querétaro, Mexico. According to two different newspaper accounts, he had been distraught at being … Continue reading
You’re in Tucson?
Actually, I’m in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, where I enjoyed a fairly relaxing day. I have not checked the murder count for the day here yet, but I just learned of the shootings in Tucson via Twitter and read several accounts. … Continue reading
American love exile links for Ignite Boise presentation
Tonight I am “performing” the first public presentation of my research to the Ignite Boise crowd at the Egyptian Theater in Boise. It is a crowd heavy in tech, with a slightly palpable conservative bent … I’m thinking of making … Continue reading
Prepping for Ignite Boise
I have already heard some concerns about my upcoming Ignite Boise presentation, entitled 12 Million Hardons, so I want to clarify two things in advance. (Maybe three things … should “hardon” be hyphenated?) Here is the short description that will … Continue reading
No human is illegal, nor an alien
When you meet someone in a bar or on the bus or selling fruit on the side of the road, you may ask where they are from and how the are faring. But unless you work for the border patrol, … Continue reading
A blast from the past (from April 6, 2006):
Minnick’s Willie Horton does not even have a name
In 1988, the mug of an African-American felon named Willie Horton swayed white voters toward Bush I… In 2010, the spectre of unnamed “illegals,” blurilly huddled, complete with cheap backpacks, behind Idaho’s first Latino congressional candidate is supposed to sway … Continue reading
The numbers in this Politico story on the potential wave of anti-immigrant candidates heading to DC are astounding baffling: If predictions for a broad Democratic defeat in the midterm elections prove accurate, immigration advocates could start out in January with … Continue reading
Machete is the answer
There is an unabashed popular culture war against immigrants in the United States. It has been progressing for the the last five years or so, ignited by the spectacle of the Minute Men, and fanned by Fox News and talk … Continue reading
An LGBT news site in Dallas is covering the story of a gay couple forced to live apart for several apparently egregious reasons, starting with a now-rescinded ban on HIV-positive immigrants and even visitors to the United States. Aurelio Tolentino, … Continue reading
Web of Americans in love with “aliens” grows
I’ve just nailed the third solid couple to profile for my book. So far I am tracking the stories of three gringas who all fell for undocumented Mexican men. But all three stories are working out quite differently. I’m going … Continue reading
