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2013-02-25 (Monday)

Writing

  1. The Canadian iron ring tradition

    Canadian engineers wear rings on their little fingers as a reminder of their responsibilities to the public.

Links

  1. 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)

  2. 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

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @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 :)

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @revdancatt I know! And all very nearly the same. Nutters.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @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.