Tag Archives: passions

Donald Knuth, the Mac, and practical typography

By Sharpy | Published: July 20, 2009
You could call me any combination of fussy, perfectionist, OCD or just plain anal when it comes to matters of typography. I wasn’t always this way—at least not about matters of type. I think the root cause of my problem is that I’m an intuitive learner. I can’t stand to learn things by rote and [...]
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What’s happening? Change is.

By Sharpy | Published: July 14, 2009
I have not been this excited in a long time. You know what’s caused this sudden, unanticipated precipitation of passion? Change. Some people hate it. Some people have an extreme dislike of it. Some even loathe it. And yet, the prospect of simple, profound change in my church and the extraordinary opportunity to be one [...]
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A simple name

By Sharpy | Published: July 13, 2009
Wrestling with the decision of whether or not to buy a domain. I need something that makes my site about me, that doesn’t limit my creativity or my ability to express my meaning. I originally called my site And Then Some, but though it communicated something of what I wished to communicate, it did not [...]
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What on earth is wrong with James?

By Sharpy | Published: April 20, 2009
Well, it’s been a while, but I’m back again. I hadn’t realised that two months could go so quickly—you’d think I might be used to that sort of thing by now! My theory is this: the reason each year feels shorter than the last is that with each new year there are more years past [...]
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