Posted April 13th, 2026 @ 09:37am by Erik J. Barzeski
Aadam Jacobs, sometimes called Chicago Tape Guy, is a concertgoer and archivist in Chicago, Illinois, known for recording more than 10,000 tapes of indie and punk rock concerts between 1984 and the 2010s. Described as a "ubiquitous local club presence" and "rabid fan" by the Chicago Tribune,[1] Jacobs captured an estimated 30,000 music sets from at least 3000 music acts[2] including R.E.M., The Cure, Tracy Chapman, Depeche Mode, Sonic Youth, and Nirvana.[3] Since late 2024, dozens of volunteers have digitized, cataloged, and published thousands of his audio files.
The four most imÂporÂtant tyÂpoÂgraphic conÂsidÂerÂaÂtions for body text are point size, line spacÂing, line length, and font (see font recÂomÂmenÂdaÂtions), beÂcause those choices deÂterÂmine how the body text looks.
point size should be 10–12 points in printed docÂuÂments, 15-25 pixÂels on the web.
line spacÂing should be 120–145% of the point size.
The avÂerÂage line length should be 45–90 charÂacÂters (inÂcludÂing spaces).
The easÂiÂest and most visÂiÂble imÂproveÂment you can make to your tyÂpogÂraÂphy is to use a proÂfesÂsional font, like those found in font recÂomÂmenÂdaÂtions.
Avoid goofy fonts, monoÂspaced fonts, most free fonts, and sysÂtem fonts—esÂpeÂcially times new roÂman and arÂial.
Use curly quoÂtaÂtion marks, not straight ones (see straight and curly quotes).
Use bold or italic as litÂtle as posÂsiÂble, and not together.
Never unÂderÂline, exÂcept perÂhaps for web links.
all caps are fine for less than one line of text.
Use cenÂtered text sparingly.
Put only one space beÂtween senÂtences.
Don’t use mulÂtiÂple word spaces or other white-space charÂacÂters in a row.
If you don’t have real small caps, don’t use them at all.
Use 5–12% exÂtra letÂterspacÂing with all caps and small caps.
kernÂing should alÂways be turned on.
Use first-line inÂdents that are one to four times the point size of the text, or use 4–10 points of space beÂtween paraÂgraphs. Don’t use both.
AlÂways use hyÂphenÂation with jusÂtiÂfied text.
Don’t conÂfuse hyÂphens and dashes, and don’t use mulÂtiÂple hyÂphens as a dash.
Use amÂperÂsands sparÂingly, unÂless inÂcluded in a proper name.
Use proper tradeÂmark and copyÂright symÂbols—not alÂphaÂbetic approximations.
In a docÂuÂment longer than three pages, one exÂclaÂmaÂtion point is plenty (see quesÂtion marks and exÂclaÂmaÂtion points).
Put a nonÂbreakÂing space afÂter paraÂgraph and secÂtion marks.
Make elÂlipses usÂing the proper charÂacÂter, not peÂriÂods and spaces.
aposÂtroÂphes point downward.
Make sure foot and inch marks are straight, not curly.
Posted June 4th, 2025 @ 08:17pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I love when "remind me of this message at 7pm" works… but when it doesn't, there's seemingly no way to make it work. I can't add a link to that message thread in Reminders.
And that's just Siri.
On my HomePods I can say "Play my Alison playlist on Shuffle." It works every time. On my iPhone it plays Allison Crowe every time. That's not what that playlist is (it's Taylor Alison Swift songs. 😃)
When we buy a physical product, we accept that it won’t change in its lifetime. We’ll use it until it wears off, and we replace it. We can rely on that product not evolving; the gas pedal in my car will always be in the same place.
However, when it comes to software, we usually have the ingrained expectations of perpetual updates. We believe that if software doesn’t evolve it’ll be boring, old and unusable. If we see an app with no updates in the last year, we think the creator might be dead.
Posted June 25th, 2023 @ 12:02pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I am liking iCloud Private Relay. One feature, though, that I wish it had… let me specify an IP address or a website domain name for which I don't want it to be active. A "whitelist" of sorts.
I administrate a few sites, and it's a hassle to turn the feature off and turn it on. I appreciate the "Reload and Show IP Address" option, but that doesn't work for new tabs from the same session and it's something you have to do every time.
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