sagas of icelanders

A List Apart: Three columns. One fixed-width sidebar for your navigation, another for, say, your Google Ads or your Flickr photos—and, as in a fancy truffle, a liquid center for the real substance.

kuro5hin: “Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves the much higher compensation.”

 Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union message, 1861

Plan59

MathWorld: A phenomenological law also called the first digit law, first digit phenomenon, or leading digit phenomenon. Benford’s law states that in listings, tables of statistics, etc., the digit 1 tends to occur with about .3 probability , much greater than the expected .11 (i.e., one digit out of 9). Benford’s law can be observed, for instance, by examining tables of logarithms and noting that the first pages are much more. Also see the flash-based Significant Figure Distributor Generator.

Truthdig : “While contemplating the ill-starred presidency of G.W. Bush, I looked about for some sort of divine analogy. As usual, when in need of enlightenment, I fell upon the Holy Bible, authorized King James version of 1611.”

The Phrase Finder

matushansk: Confucius say, man who stand on toilet high on pot

Counterpunch: “Terrorism directed or supported by the most powerful states continues to the present, often in shocking ways.”

Los Angeles Public Library

Typetester: Preview various typefaces at different sizes, leading, and tracking.