Does it get much better than a blog solely devoted to typography? There are others around, but this one is quite lovely.

Ironically, I fully concur with Simon’s thoughts on blogging despite having never gone through the right of passage (the hard core blogging phase).

“[I] told him I’d be happy to build him a website. Evan was thrilled at the prospect that this would actually happen. He was considerably less thrilled when I told him I needed some content before I could even begin designing the site. … I half expected he would at this point quickly lose interest in the whole matter, so I considered this thoroughly relevant content request to be a little test of his conviction. Two days later without reminders he handed me 5 pages of handwritten content for the site, along with what amounted to his idea for a sitemap. Wow again.”

Let us all take a moment of silence for Blueprint magazine. Martha announced the cancellation this morning — and then proceeded to accuse readers of being responsible for its demise. Apparently we crazy Millennials don’t read things printed on paper anymore. Oh, but the marrying types among us do, because Blueprint will be relegated to a pullout in Martha Stewart Weddings and will be aimed at newlyweds. Call me crazy, but aren’t newlyweds done with wedding planning magazines? Most of all, I feel badly for all of the young women who relocated to the Big Apple to work on this publication. Some of them will remain on staff to continue Bluelines and work on the pullout editions, but that will be a small subset to be sure.

Looking for something fabulous to buy on eBay so that you can impress all of your friends with your auction-foraging skills? Refinery29’s eBay blog at your service.

Several things I observed but didn’t blog from a couple weeks ago: higher IQ in firstborns (NYT), reflections on change and sameness (Rebecca Sower), the most beautiful, relevant admissions website I’ve ever seen (and I hate that it belongs to my alma mater’s rival) and Type Camp.

As Josh said, “wth, if they’re deleted, how are they online?” Perhaps a better title would be “Images that you would have deleted if you didn’t think they could live a second life online.”

“Christian Bale is eighteen times cooler than you, or anyone you will ever meet.”

If I saw the photos of By Design Scrapbook Boutique without the text, I would think that this super-glam, couture, modern-vintage shop was in San Francisco or perhaps New York. It’s actually in Houston, which makes me a little sad because SFO could be a much more convenient location for me. Did I already mention that it’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous? Every store should aspire to be this beautiful.

“Oh, I screamed ‘Big hands I know you’re the one’ like I was 18 and at the Lambda Chi house.” Where do these people come from? And, more importantly, why aren’t they sending text messages to me?

This seems to be the season for posts, leaked emails, stories, etc. about working for the IT/software giants, but this one is actually useful — and well-rounded, since the author interned at both Microsoft and Google and now works at Yahoo!. (And yes, I’m still trying to get past the self-loathing prompted by that last phrase.)

The AfterEllen.com Hot 100 list is a refreshing response to Maxim’s list with the same name. A diverse list of beautiful women of vastly varied ages and body styles.

If MIMS’ “This is Why I’m Hot” becomes the song of summer 2007, I may very well swear off radio (internet and analog) ’til September.

How do these things happen? It makes me want to tour a chip factory.

Essential freelancing resources — 101 in all, organized into ten categories with six or more items apiece.