January 2008
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“Nothing less than a new switching mechanism, which defaults to emulating...”
– James Bennett backgrounds Microsoft’s quandary with regard to its new version targeting proposal for IE8 and beyond.
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Underware →
European type foundry, publisher and radio station in one.
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“…As Heath left the set that night, he quietly thanked each crew member for...”
– The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan remembers Heath Ledger for Newsweek.
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“For me, the religion was in the chase, the pursuit of accumulated fact and...”
– David Simon, series creator of the superb HBO police drama The Wire, recalls his early experiences as a staff reporter for The Baltimore Sun newspaper, in an essay for the March issue of Esquire.
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“The better we do our job, the less people realize what’s going on. I think a lot...”
– Sound editor Skip Lievsay on the sound design in the Coen brothers’ new film No Country For Old Men. (via John Gruber)
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Andrew Bird performs his superstitious incantation...
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“He had a vague interest in Cuba.”
– Aaron “Captain” Carson on now-famous DJ Dunc tha Funk’s interest in funk music before he was invited to be part of Cocktail Corner on 95bFM Drive.
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“Think of it as a unified field theory for animation.”
– Jos Stam is creating the future of visual effects.
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“There was a point at design school when I realised that I loved drawing...”
– From an interview with New Zealand typeface designer Kris Sowersby. 