links for 2007-08-29

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  45 Excellent Blog Designs | Design Showcase
  Not a single one is Typepad. Grrr.
  (tags: blog blog+design design blogging)


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  Minding the Meeting, or Your Computer? - New York Times
  Conventional wisdom about laptop etiquette in meetings. Yawn.
  (tags: instant+messaging instant+messaging+etiquette laptop+etiquette meetings meeting+etiquette)


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  A World of Eloquence in an Upturned Palm - New York Times
  The open palm gesture — ‘gimme’, ‘shrug’ — is shared with our primate cousins, and is very basic. Turns out gestures are controlled by the language centers in the brain.
  (tags: gestures deep+cognition primates)


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  Our Favorite Fonts of 2006 | Typographica
  A great collection of fonts: I especially like fabiol
  (tags: fonts, fabiol, typographica)