2013-02-25 (Monday)
Writing
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The Canadian iron ring tradition
Canadian engineers wear rings on their little fingers as a reminder of their responsibilities to the public.
Links
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Ben Schott | Assembling a Film’s Billing Block - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
Explanation of the blocks of credits at the bottom of movie posters. (via @benterrett)
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iWantHue
Another colour palette-generating thing. Looks nice, although I did seem to keep getting palettes containing two or more very similar shades. (via Migurski)
Tweets
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@tomcoates @mattb Wow, the pressure of social media works quickly!
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@jaggeree @revdancatt “Nunjucks coupled with Express”? You’re just making it up now! I prefer Abalone run through Epiglottal.
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@rodbegbie Thanks, I’ll add it to the queue!
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@revdancatt You should totally write… oh never mind :)
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@revdancatt I know! And all very nearly the same. Nutters.
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@revdancatt They all seemed a bit weird tbh. They all seem like ugly workarounds. But I got on OK with simple Handlebars usage.
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@revdancatt When I was bewildered by all the JS templating languages (not for Node), Handlebars seemed most popular, and what I went with.
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@paulpod I figure that if you ever feel guilty for forwarding through or deleting ads on TV, then yes. Otherwise, no. No.