This week I noticed myself drawn to things that helped me be
precise. If you know me, you may know that I vacillate between precision and a
chaotic sort of gut-feel driven decision-making. This was a week of precision.
What The Font?
I discovered What The Font? a little less than half an hour
ago (said in Inigo Montoya voice--holla if you follow*). Honestly, I can't believe I didn't go looking
for it before. When I am working with any sort of technology, I often think it
should be doing more for me than it does. Typically, I Google the thing I want
it to do and find that either yes, it can be done or I am a wee bit lofty in my
expectations. In the case of What The Font? I was trying to identify a font as
I do on a daily basis. I was mirroring a graphic from a website (not copying,
honest) and wanted the exact font. I held a brief conversation with myself:
Me: Self, shouldn't the internets be able to figure this
out?
Self: You are being too lofty again, dear. There is no way
the internet can recognize random fonts.
Me: But don't you think it should?
Self: Well of course dear, check if you must*
I typed "font reader” in the search bar and viola!--the
first hit was from a site called ilovetpyography.com. It was post from 2007! I was not being
lofty! What The Font? can identify fonts
for you! Huzzah!
ColorZilla
Just after my font success I wanted to know an exact color
from the same website (still not copying, honest). I searched "color
picker", found a Google Chrome Extension, started to download it, and had
another conversation with myself:
Me: I am absolutely sure I would have done this before now
Self: Yes dear, considering your strong feelings about
color.
Me: I wonder why I didn't?
Self: Perhaps you did do, dear. Go ahead and check.
And there it was in my Chrome Extensions bar... ColorZilla.
It does everything you might hope for and more. I was immediately gifted with
the RGB numbers and full code for the color I wanted.
Washi Tape Planning Boards
When the to-do lists get long, I need to manage them in some
way. This week a shiny new magnetic white board was installed on my office
wall. Granted, I had planned a lovely book shelf quilt wall-hanging for that
wall, but considering the size of the to do list, that has fallen to the
wayside. I tried listing the to-dos by color, but was not feeling the result. I used washi tape to divide up the board and categorize the to-dos. I
also made some quick color-coded magnets by using pre-stickified magnets and
pre-colorfied flat-bottom marbles. Could I have marked something off the to-do
list in the time it took me to do that? Most certainly. Would it have felt
nearly as good? Not even a little bit.
Thread-Wrapping
I like to wear my
wrist-band fit tracker, but it looks and feels clunky after a few days of
constant wear. I've seen a lot of thread-wrapped bangles around and about
lately, and thought I might be able to fancy it up a bit. I wanted it to stay
smooth and unobtrusive, so I had to wrap it very carefully to keep it lined up.
I wonder how long it will last and not become pill-y?
Verilux
I read a blog post about Verilux light bulbs and think I might
need to try one. Imagine the precision color-picking to be found with light
bulbs like this!
*In case you wondered
**My self is kind of like Mrs. Doubtfire in these situations.
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