These are my recent Pin​board​.in links:

• Kinet­icJS — HTML5 Can­vas JavaScript Library Framework

  “Greet­ings fel­low webo­nauts! Kinet­icJS is an HTML5 Can­vas JavaScript library that extends the 2d con­text by enabling high per­for­mance path detec­tion and pixel detec­tion for desk­top and mobile appli­ca­tions. You can draw things on the stage and then add event lis­ten­ers to them, move them, scale them, and rotate them inde­pen­dently from other shapes to sup­port high per­for­mance ani­ma­tions and tran­si­tions.  Served hot with a side of awesomeness. ”
  
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• Tim Brown — More Per­fect Typog­ra­phy on Vimeo

  At long last, design­ers can use real fonts on the web. But what now? Where do we go from here? Tim Brown has been study­ing type on the web for seven years, and has lots of ideas to share. In this talk, Tim will guide you through using typo­graphic tools and per­spec­tives that will change the way you design web­sites. Typog­ra­phy is an ancient art and craft; we are merely its lat­est prac­ti­tion­ers. By look­ing to our tra­di­tion for guid­ance, we might once more attain our finest typo­graphic achieve­ments in this new medium.
  
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• Twit­ter /​ tsuomela: My response to http://t.co …

  
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• BOOKTRYST: Amer­i­can Rare Book Trade Ads From 1902, Part III

  Part III of an absolutely fas­ci­nat­ing nanohis­tory series at Book­Tryst, exam­in­ing each of the ads in a 1900s bookman’s mag­a­zine. “On August 10, 1915  Ralph Ran­dolph Adams filed for, and on July 10, 1923 was granted a U.S. Patent for “Radioac­tive Spray Mate­r­ial.“ “The object of this inven­tion is to pro­vide a radio-​​active sub­stance for the pur­pose of stim­u­lat­ing plant growth. A fur­ther object is to pro­vide a radio-​​active sub­stance for the pre­ven­tion and destruc­tion of insects, lar­vae, eggs, bac­te­ria and fungi which are inju­ri­ous to plants or ani­mals. A fur­ther object is to pro­vide a mate­r­ial hav­ing these prop­er­ties which can be effi­ciently applied by spray­ing, and which will adhere to the parts of plants above ground…or to the fur, feath­ers or skin of ani­mals [our empha­sis] which are both­ered by pests…(U.S. Patent No. 1461340). In short, Adams invented a radioac­tive insect-​​killer to spray on the leather he used for bind­ing as a preser­v­a­tive to pre­vent pests from harm­ing his work. Adams “Vien­nese” bind­ings prior to 1910 do not, pre­sum­ably, require use of a Geiger counter, and, hav­ing one from 1902 recently pass through my hands, I am relieved. It is unknown to this writer whether Adams’ post-​​patent bind­ings glow in the dark.”
  
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