tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post8002552512210574641..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Under ConstructionPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-8946492432556521572010-03-14T22:43:22.583-07:002010-03-14T22:43:22.583-07:00Hi,
Just to let you know your rss feed is broken ...Hi,<br /><br />Just to let you know your rss feed is broken (it is rsss.xml not rss.xml).<br /><br />Chucky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-31624098082564757082010-03-11T08:42:41.759-08:002010-03-11T08:42:41.759-08:00Twitter box issue fixed. Bug report closed :)
wo...Twitter box issue fixed. Bug report closed :)<br /><br />word verification: Limati. Is that the mix of a lima bean and the illuminati? hmmmSir Brasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893578064434019702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-90199137913840132422010-03-10T10:02:04.626-08:002010-03-10T10:02:04.626-08:00Citizen Grim:
True enough, to all of what you sai...<b>Citizen Grim:</b><br /><br />True enough, to all of what you said.<br /><br /><b>Frank:</b><br /><br />Brilliant!<br /><br /><i>Who let the Huns in? Who, who, who, who?</i>Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-36184661015984639762010-03-10T05:38:58.127-08:002010-03-10T05:38:58.127-08:00I love me some Arial Bold. It's got a Helvetic...<i>I love me some Arial Bold. It's got a Helvetica feel to it: the right kind of modernism.</i><br /><br />Indeed, with the exception of a few angles and differences in proportion, Arial is nearly identical to Helvetica. Some other similar typefaces include Franklin Gothic and Univers. They all descend from Akzidenz-Grotesk, a sans-serif font designed in the late 19th century.<br /><br />I'm a bit burnt out on Helvetica, because so many other designers out there are <i>obsessed</i> with it the past couple years (ever since there was a documentary about it). Plus, it's <i>everywhere</i> - it's even the font in subway systems and IRS tax forms. Helvetica is the Starbucks of typeface.<br /><br />My favorite sans-serif is Gill Sans. My favorite serif is Garamond.CGrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257084521984285384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-80841282835354037582010-03-10T05:21:49.527-08:002010-03-10T05:21:49.527-08:00Chantry:
A "hunnin" is a historical far...Chantry:<br /><br />A "hunnin" is a historical far-eastern military fatal error.<br /><br />As is:<br /><br /><b>If you want to ruin millennia of Chinese Dynasties, fine: let the hunnin.</b><br /><br />"exhunnin" is the countermeasure to "hunnin". As in:<br /><br /><b>Let the exhunnin so he can tell us what Attila is planning to do and we can therefore squash his Mongolian keyster.</b>FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-73243205136300083532010-03-10T04:14:12.948-08:002010-03-10T04:14:12.948-08:00This is getting depressing. Will I ever be able t...This is getting depressing. Will I ever be able to drag my eyes off the headline font long enough to grasp the point being made in the article again? Maybe if I scroll down...<br /><br />Word verification: "exhunnin" - formerly hunnin? What's a hunnin?Tom Chantryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485908616177111150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-65201794981415498542010-03-09T22:15:43.523-08:002010-03-09T22:15:43.523-08:00I love me some Arial Bold. It's got a Helveti...I love me some Arial Bold. It's got a Helvetica feel to it: the <i>right</i> kind of modernism.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-62136458973273685122010-03-09T19:13:52.502-08:002010-03-09T19:13:52.502-08:00Let's try Arial Bold for the headlines. We...Let's try Arial Bold for the headlines. We'll run it a coupla days.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-11725418706780382852010-03-09T18:35:46.078-08:002010-03-09T18:35:46.078-08:00I do like artistic modernism—mid 20th-century musi...I do like <i>artistic</i> modernism—mid 20th-century music, art, architecture, and graphic design (and fonts, too)—but having had my fill growing up of a modernistic, progressive, secular worldview, not so much the <i>theological</i> kind.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-21276201340044578922010-03-09T18:30:30.206-08:002010-03-09T18:30:30.206-08:00Peter:
Actually, my joke was working in the rever...Peter:<br /><br />Actually, my joke was working in the reverse direction. Serif fonts are pre-modern(ist), although they've enjoyed a resurgence since the 1980s—a little bit like Calvinism.<br /><br />The accusation has been hurled that those adhering to Biblical theology are "modernist" (contra the self-styled "postmodernists" who hurl the accusation), but ironically, adherents of theological "modernism" were consciously rejecting Biblical theology in favour of something new and shiny, and were in some ways the direct precursors (which makes sense etymologically) of postmodernists.<br /><br />Clear as mud, right?Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-8853485533211462362010-03-09T18:16:27.060-08:002010-03-09T18:16:27.060-08:00Both the matchbox and the header art link to the h...Both the matchbox and the header art link to the home page.<br /><br />I'm also getting the problem of Phil's Twitter box getting cut off by a few pixels on the right side. I'm using IE8 in Compatibility view on Windows 7.qizhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00384887776892817322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-89724838543865302812010-03-09T15:54:15.596-08:002010-03-09T15:54:15.596-08:00Didn't the old template go to home page if you...Didn't the old template go to home page if you clicked on the header art?Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-89584410558505143932010-03-09T15:53:44.264-08:002010-03-09T15:53:44.264-08:00I thought the sans serif type would look good. See...I thought the sans serif type would look good. Seeing it in action, I'm not so sure. Maybe if we unbolded it, or made it Cap & LC instead of all caps. I don't know. We'll probably play with it for awhile.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-62946074752344270112010-03-09T14:23:04.699-08:002010-03-09T14:23:04.699-08:00Grim:
No. Click on the matchbox if you want the ...Grim:<br /><br />No. Click on the matchbox if you want the home page.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-31221748315980414272010-03-09T14:05:22.185-08:002010-03-09T14:05:22.185-08:00Was Stefan right about Phil's reasoning for ke...Was Stefan right about Phil's reasoning for keeping the font sans serif, namely, that a font with serifs is postmodern?<br /><br />Is it for aesthetic reasons alone, or is there a deeper reason?Peter Eddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674486721805434567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-39385669554758738112010-03-09T13:57:05.545-08:002010-03-09T13:57:05.545-08:00Stefan,
It's not Gill Sans here. I just meant...Stefan,<br /><br />It's not Gill Sans here. I just meant that I liked Gill Sans as a Font. <br /><br />When I saw "Sans serif," I thought it was a cousin of Omar Sharif. I stand corrected.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-49679659996197715862010-03-09T12:35:47.936-08:002010-03-09T12:35:47.936-08:00Not to be nitpicky, but while we're making cha...Not to be nitpicky, but while we're making changes...<br /><br />Can we make it so the logo at the top of the page links to the homepage?CGrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03257084521984285384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-88930951993867123412010-03-09T12:20:04.952-08:002010-03-09T12:20:04.952-08:00The problem with Phil's twitter feed is new. ...The problem with Phil's twitter feed is new. I'll look at it tonight.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-75397301615352496102010-03-09T10:25:21.605-08:002010-03-09T10:25:21.605-08:00That doesn't look like Gill Sans (which I also...That doesn't look like Gill Sans (which I also like, along with its cousin, Johnston's Railway Type). Gill Sans upper case characters are more square.<br /><br />And I love the verification words: they're pseudo-inspired.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-60538832712286456242010-03-09T08:35:54.444-08:002010-03-09T08:35:54.444-08:00I like Gill Sans as a font. Especially in italics....I like Gill Sans as a font. Especially in italics. <br /><br />It's so English.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-38380227645710303192010-03-09T08:35:33.845-08:002010-03-09T08:35:33.845-08:00site width is strictly constrained and it is cutti...site width is strictly constrained and it is cutting off the display of phil's twitter feed without a horizontal scroll option, no matter how wide my browser window is. I'm getting white space between scroll bar and right side of page, yet phil's twitter box is getting cut off still.Sir Brasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893578064434019702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-87709722206021106422010-03-09T08:05:20.228-08:002010-03-09T08:05:20.228-08:00Sweet. Thanks for updating the template, Frank. Lo...Sweet. Thanks for updating the template, Frank. Love it. You've fixed a dozen or more issues that have annoyed me for years.<br /><br />For example, in the old template, you couldn't click on the title of a post to get the permalink. Now you can.<br /><br />Also, the old format refused to show more than 200 comments, which meant our most interesting brouhahas always got cut short.<br /><br />I'll work on some fresh graphics today. I'm still home with bronchitis.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-90229519337137442872010-03-09T03:13:10.838-08:002010-03-09T03:13:10.838-08:00The favicon completely got by me. I'll have t...The favicon completely got by me. I'll have to get that fixed some time today.<br /><br />And we all know that Blogger's commenting system is horrific, but let's just be glad that we aren't using ECHO. Blech.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-79466642858741057992010-03-09T02:51:39.074-08:002010-03-09T02:51:39.074-08:00Oh, thanks for mentioning the headlines. I probab...Oh, thanks for mentioning the headlines. I probably wouldn't have even noticed, but now <i>all</i> I can see is the headlines. Every time I check into Pyro I'll be saying, "What's up with those headlines?"<br /><br />And for pity's sake, not to start something, but since you're changing things, couldn't you simplify the word verification? Mine is, I kid you not, "elinspro." Really? Elin's Pro? We can have sans serif headlines but we can't improve on that?Tom Chantryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485908616177111150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-87526457302308488202010-03-09T01:31:58.390-08:002010-03-09T01:31:58.390-08:00Sans serif?
Modernists....Sans serif?<br /><br />Modernists....Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.com