Monthly Archives: May 2007

Aperture users: Check out this tip on importing photos into BookSmart

If you’re an Aperture and Mac user looking for a way to export non-contiguous photos as a group rather than doing them one by one, check out this nice step by step – complete with screenshots – courtesy of photographer Thomas Pindelski: Given that all my high quality original pictures reside in the Aperture database, [...]

Book of the Week does not play with matches

I live in a very tall, very old building. A former neighbor raised bees and made honey… in his apartment. One weekend his honey pots were left cooking while he stepped out. For the afternoon. They caught fire. I heard the smoke alarm. I called SFFD. They arrived within 5 minutes and I got to [...]

Authors and the fonts they write in

So there we were, browsing Slate, when we spied this clever article on fonts. The writer asked noteworthy authors to discuss their favorite font to use when writing. Elisa Zuritsky, a writer and producer of Sex and the City, had to talk to her therapist about her love of Courier. Speaking of Courier, did you [...]

Blurb Podcast: After the Summer of Love, there was Mendocino in the ’70s

In the ‘70s, you could find the emerging disco culture all over the U.S., but Mendocino, located 150 miles north of San Francisco, had its own distinct Northern California vibe. Mellower and earthier, its alternative scene embraced artisans, musicians, free spirits, and those drawn to the back-to-the-land movement. Many of its residents fled the hippie [...]