July 2006

On the Web

• The Fall Guy: An action shot of one of my several failed attempts to mount a tallbike. (Eventually, I succeeded.)
• FreeJack: All of the Flash source files from the current season of the animated Canadian series “Odd Job Jack” are being made available to the public. Wow!
• A Way to Set the Limit of Font Scaling in One Dimension: An excellent demonstration of why non-uniform type scaling is a bad idea.
• Transformers = Propaganda: “(The military) are looking at this … for the recruiting factor, because this hits an age range … from the forty-year-olds to the young kids. And I put the military in a very good light, and I make them heroic and strong,” says director Michael Bay.
• Redesign: Strongbad shows us how to bring a logo up-to-date.
• American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980–1986.

In the Stereo

• Andrew W.K.: Close Calls with Brick Walls
• Mr. Lif: Mo’ Mega

On the Silver Screen

• Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story
• A Scanner Darkly
• A Prairie Home Companion

In Print

• For the Record: The Life and Work of Alex Steinweiss by Jennifer McKnight-Trontz