Printing, Picas, Points, and Pixels: How’re they related?

By James Thompson, on January 26th, 2009%
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Have you ever wondered why fonts use points, or what that unit of measure is in Photoshop – the Pica?  Did you know that pixes and screen fonts are very much related to old school printing?  Here’s the place where I can bring it all together for you.  First the definitions:

Points

There are 72 points in an . . . → Read More: Printing, Picas, Points, and Pixels: How’re they related?

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Goals vs. Resolutions

By James Thompson, on January 7th, 2009%
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Goals and resolutions are not the same thing.  Let’s look at their definitions as advertised via dictionary.com:

goal

–noun
1. the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
2. the terminal point in a race.

res⋅o⋅lu⋅tion

–noun
1. a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. . . . → Read More: Goals vs. Resolutions

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My Goals for 2009

By James Thompson, on January 4th, 2009%
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Lose 33 lbs

I currently weight 213 lbs, and I would like to slim that down to a cool 180.  I have a treadmill and a rowing machine, so it should be pretty easy to exercise.  I will post my workout strategy in another post sometime.

Put $10,000 into my IRA

This goal may actually change, depending on what . . . → Read More: My Goals for 2009

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