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This bit from Dr. Drang is going to be so handy in Editorial.

Speaking of journalism, Jay Rosen has a pretty hilarious example of footnoting the punchline.

Here’s a great index of Sublime Text packages on GitHub and in Package Control. It includes current package compatibility with the forth coming Sublime Text 3.

From Paul Carr at NSFWCorp: single data point about a person I don’t know, have never met, know nothing else about. And yet, using Bruni’s logic, that’s information enough for me to guess at his motivations, impugn his reputation, snipe at his gender and – really – call him whatever names I choose. For example: Frank Bruni is a lazy, misogynistic sack of dicks – and everything that’s wrong with sadsack male opinion columnists in America.

fileformat.info has a really handy little chart of various image and screen sizes.

I think David has pretty much sold me on upgrading my ScanSnap. Now if only there was a vibrant used ScanSnap market to sell my gently loved S510M.

There are a few apps that really make iOS work for me. TextExpander Touch is one of them. Version 2.0 is ridiculously good and I’m thrilled they are sponsoring the site this week. Type faster on your iPhone or iPad using short abbreviations that expand into long snippets, such as email addresses, URLs, and standard replies. Tap in your abbreviation and it automatically expands to the full snippet. You can even insert today’s date automatically with the default abbreviation “ddate”!

One of the most common debates in my house is over the efficacy of vitamins. I think they are an unregulated scam perpetrated with the help of a US senator and bolstered by unscientific data. This Atlantic article fits with my own conclusions. I’ve read a lot about Pauling and his crazy vitamin C “research”. This is a good summary of that insanity with an intro to some real research into supplements.

A day late, but I celebrate Don’t Be A Dick Day every day. At least, I try to.

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