cafes, communication, and more
If you’re trying to find out how Christianity went from being Jesus and a few people following him in Israel, to there being a Roman Emperor who considered himself a Christian, the definitive ancient work to read is Eusebius’ Church History. I read the Penguin edition, which has a long introduction, a map of Roman …
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Video interview with a barista that may answer some of your questions about espresso
An Introduction to Espresso by George Howell.
Geek learning: An Introduction to XSL-FO – a way to go from XML to PDF with much more formatting grace than HTML provides.
Quote from Don Carson: I’d like $3 Worth of Gospel, Please
Viral ad: firstdate…. – I’ve written some reviews for this guide: tonight, I held an advance copy in my hand, and saw my name in print. A very cool experience.
[snail] A dense article, academic in tone: No coffee – Jakob Norberg – translated from Swedish. Some of Norbergs insights about coffee are fascinating, though. The article mostly addresses the early history of the coffee house, but there are implications for modern cafe culture too. The idea of sitting in a cafe is a typically …
Typogrify: fix all the typographic mystakes before they hit a web page
Five simple steps to better typography
Spammers have started to us Esperanto translations of Russian science fiction novels to beat the spam-filters.