Monthly Archives: October 2011
All about the math
Sometimes, in the middle of doing what many would consider mindless and boring, you realize that you’re actually paying some important bits of attention. For example, if you’re cutting long strips into squares, it pays to use the previous cut … Continue reading
More is more
It’s a funny thing. Today I created 50 stacks of different “dark” fabrics. A few of them I was half-hearted about. I don’t really have a way to handle or store that many stacks. There were a couple too many … Continue reading
Who knew!?
Imagine my surprise when I saw this little blurb in Quiltmaker mag. Who knew solid color fabric was trending? Or in my case that it had not been trending? What silliness.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs died today, too young and much admired. Here’s the 2005 commencement talk he gave I always remember that he and I shared an early interest: calligraphy. For him, it meant great fonts on our screens and beautiful usable … Continue reading
Word discovery of the day and an owl
Many thanks to Holly for a link to a Mental Floss article on 14 More Wonderful Words Without An English Equivalent which included: Fremdschämen (German); Myötähäpeä (Finnish) The kindler, gentler cousins of Schadenfreude, both these words mean something akin to … Continue reading
