Thanks to a certain documentary, fonts are front and center in many conversations and blogs. While digging around I found this older post that outlines the history and battle between the now gone-Hollywood-font Helvetica and it’s newer MS born brethern Arial.These are the kinds of conversations I wish I could fill every dinner party with.
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Shutterbug School
Stock up on film (or clear out the memory cards) and dust off your lenses, this Saturday PhotoCamp is pitching its tent at the Homewood Library.
Basically this event falls under the “unconference” kinda thing. So the attendees are also the instructors. If the shots on the Magic City Flickr Group are any indication, these folks have talent and it’s going to be good.
Wish I could be there (I need the instruction and I’m always looking for good freelance talent) but I’ll be down in Montgomery for the Alabama Book Festival. Maybe this one will be such a huge success they’ll have another one soon
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Now reading
I’m a member of the Deep South group on LibraryThing. Since I’m not exactly a native southerner (though I claim to southern every chance I get) I thought it’d be a fun way to get to know some of the southern writiers. So far this group hasn’t disappointed. It’s an odd mesh of people who love to read. And so far no one has nominated any of the heavy hitters (Faulkner, etc.) just good honest southern lit.
If you’re interested, join us! Right now, the group is reading Ecology of a Cracker Childhood. It’s pretty good so far. I can see why it was nominated. If you’ve spent any time driving around the southern US then you’ll be able to picture the settings of this book.
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Just finished
I have posted two quick and dirty reveiws of a couple of books I finished last week.
They are both on LibraryThing. One is a review of Philip Roth’s Professor of Desire and the other review is of Andre Schiffrin’s The Business of Books.
