That someone made a [film about the Helvetica font](http://www.helveticafilm.com/)? Or the fact that I really want to see it now... (Via [Daring Fireball](http://www.daringfireball.net/)).
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Shortly before Christmas my [old Powerbook laptop](http://www.apple-history.com/?page=gallery&model=pg4_12&performa=off&sort=date&order=ASC) started doing two distressing things. Firstly, it started getting really, really hot and was working really slowly. Secondly, and even *more*…
In the rest of this entry are the pictures from when I got my shiny new [Wii](http://wii.nintendo.com) back in December. I didn't post the pictures at the time…
One of my christmas presents this year was this a papercraft penguin. This weekend just past I found the couple of hours to make the thing, and here…
Weight: 109.1kg Breakfast: Weet Bix & OJ Lunch: Vegemite Sandwich x 2 Dinner: Fillet Steak with Potatoes and Peas Snacks: None Total Calories: 1221 Exercise: Cycling, 20 mins…
Via [Washington Monthly](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_01/010565.php) is this unbelievably strange [story in the Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1990795,00.html): > Britain and France talked about a "union" in the 1950s, even discussing the possibility of the…
Went out tonight to try and find [Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught](http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~rmn/C2006P1.htm) with no luck so far - too much haze, and Canberra is just too bright. This continues…
Last night I very nearly posted a long rant about how it's 'Macworld', and not 'iPodworld' or 'iPhoneworld'. [Good thing I didn't...](http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/09/macworld-2007-keynote-liveblog/) Apple only announced two big new…
From [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1823033.htm) is this brain dead bit of policy: >Australian Young Labor is calling on the ALP to adopt a policy of not taxing people under 18.…