Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to coax sharper-looking fonts out of typical low resolution screens. Where they differ is in philosophy. Apple generally believes that the goal of the algorithm should be to preserve the design of the typeface as much as possible, even at the cost of a little bit of blurriness. Microsoft generally believes that the shape of each letter should be hammered into pixel boundaries to prevent blur and improve readability, even at the cost of not being true to the typeface. offsite backup services ... read full article , by Joel Spolsky, a software developer in New York City (thank you larry )

Purchasing a puppy from a pet store appears, on its face, to be an entirely benign act—perhaps even a compassionate act, given the pleading eyes of these beautiful pups. But reproduced tens of thousands of times, this act is the economic engine that allows more than 5,000 puppy mills to operate in this country, mainly in the Midwest, but scattered throughout the nation and causing misery for hundreds of thousands of dogs. © iStockphoto At a time when 3 to 4 million dogs and cats are euthanized at animal control agencies and local humane societies, our nation has an entire oldies songs ndustry built upon the principle of mass production of puppies — treating the breeding females like machines and churning out puppies for the pet trade. We'd be naive to think that the two phenomena—high-volume euthanasia and quasi-agricultural puppy production businesses—are unrelated. So that's why The HSUS took the unusual step of commenting yesterday on the behavior of the hyper-scrutinized Britney Spears—specifically, her apparent impulse buy for $3,000 of a Yorkshire Terrier. Generally, we are for leaving this young woman alone. We'd much prefer the nation's attention focused on social issues like animal protection, rather than on the social outings of Britney, Lindsay, Paris and others celebs. But it's been celebrity purchases of small pooches —by Paris Hilton and other high-profile celebs—that have driven the popularity of pocket puppies, such as Chihuahuas, Yorkies, Maltese and many others.

Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to coax sharper-looking fonts out of typical low resolution screens. Where they differ is in philosophy. Apple generally believes that the goal of the algorithm should be to preserve the design of the typeface as much as possible, even at the cost of a little bit of blurriness. Microsoft generally believes that the shape of each letter should be hammered into pixel boundaries to prevent blur and improve readability, even at the cost of not being true to the typeface. .... read full article aol login page by Joel Spolsky, a software developer in New York City (thank you larry )

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Purchasing a puppy from a pet store appears, on its face, to be an entirely benign act—perhaps even a compassionate act, given the pleading eyes of these beautiful pups. But reproduced tens of thousands of times, this act is the economic engine that allows more than 5,000 puppy mills to operate in this country, mainly in the Midwest, but scattered throughout the nation and causing misery for hundreds of thousands of dogs. © iStockphoto At a time when 3 to 4 million dogs and cats are euthanized at animal control agencies and local humane societies, our nation has an entire industry built upon the principle of mass wellness seminars inc roduction of puppies — treating the breeding females like machines and churning out puppies for the pet trade. We'd be naive to think that the two phenomena—high-volume euthanasia and quasi-agricultural puppy production businesses—are unrelated. So that's why The HSUS took the unusual step of commenting yesterday on the behavior of the hyper-scrutinized Britney Spears—specifically, her apparent impulse buy for $3,000 of a Yorkshire Terrier. Generally, we are for leaving this young woman alone. We'd much prefer the nation's attention focused on social issues like animal protection, rather than on the social outings of Britney, Lindsay, Paris and others celebs. But it's been celebrity purchases of small pooches —by Paris Hilton and other high-profile celebs—that have driven the popularity of pocket puppies, such as Chihuahuas, Yorkies, Maltese and many others.

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By way of Amanda at Pandagon, who learned of it from Echidne, comes the news that Atrios was on C-SPAN the other night and he got asked the question. You know THE Question. "Where are all the women bloggers?" Sigh. As I wrote in Amanda's comments, "That question, 'Where are all the women bloggers?' a babelfish would translate as 'I only know the names of four or five bloggers. You, the guy I'm interviewing right now, and I just learned your name from my producer. Matt Drudge, Glenn Reynolds, and Mickey Kaus. Frankly, that's more names than my head can hold and I'm really not interested in reading any blogs. Can you please say something that will stir up a little view ontroversary on the subject and help keep me awake through the rest of this interview?'" But I think another way to translate it is, "Hey, fella, how come I have to sit here with you, a boring, pasty-faced white guy, instead of some hot chick in a mini-skirt, and, by the way, do you have Wonkette's phone number?" There are plenty of women blogging, of course. What there are not are any who are regularly linked to by the top five or six male bloggers ( Wonkette is a special case), who are the only ones the producers who book slots for talk shows care about. I don't think the reason for this is sexism, although sexism always seems to come into play when those top male bloggers try to explain why they don't link to more female bloggers.