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

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 [...]

Goals vs. Resolutions

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 [...]

My Goals for 2009

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 [...]