The Story Behind Comic Sans

Comic Sans is a interesting font to be included by default in Windows. It seems rather unprofessional and is so because of its history. Read on to see why someone at Microsoft designed Comic Sans.

Helltown

Introducing Helltown, a city in Pensylvannia which is home to a fire that has been burning since 1962. No joke. Although I wonder whether they changed the town name before or after the fact.

Interesting Architecture

On my when-you're-in-these-cities list of things to do is this link that introduces 12 of the best new buildings in the world.

Brain Training

The most popular game in Japan right now is a game called Brain Training. Looks like little exercises that well exercises your brain. Seems to be spurring the sales of Nintendo DS, although if this is a parent's justification to buy their kid one, then I think it is kind of lame.

Averaging Gradius

I haven't had a chance to see this yet but it sounds like it will be cool. Gradius is a shoot-em up from the NES era, and someone recorded the play styles and overlayed them on top of each other to see what people generally do.

How To Eat Sushi

This is a crazy long webpage about how to eat sushi. I think I'm going to file it under the read-it-later folder.

CD-Rs will Die

Your CD-Rs, perfect for backing up your files may actually be a bad format to backup data on. Apparently CD-Rs will only last between 2-5 years depending on their materials.

The Look

Paris Hilton, much like Zoolander apparently has only (and perfected) one look.

Respected

Allan Iverson, once had a bad reputation in the NBA, but has since repaired his image and is now considered one of the NBA's model citizens.

Behind a Keynote

Take a look behind the scenes and see how Steve Jobs prepares for one of his keynote KeyNote speeches.

MySpace's History

MySpace is quite secretive about its history so if you've wanted to know about its founders and previous incarnations, you'd have to look pretty hard.

The Business of Movie Theatres

You may (or may not) be surprised that the business of movie theatres involving making your movie experience the opposite of what you expect, that is a clear, immersive experience with an interesting movie.

Random Trivia

BBC's 100 things we didn't know last year is a collection of pretty useless trivia that will be useless in a few years.

Starbucks Book Forthcoming

Someone is visiting, researching and eventually writing a book about Starbucks. Check out his most recent visit to the only Starbucks in Harlem.