“In the 1840s, Esther Howland was handcrafting romantic cards cards of lace, foil and feathers. Hallmark now owns her collection.” Learn more about the mother of the Valentine’s card by watching a video at Hallmark.com (but first, don’t miss this gem: Zombie Valentine). (Thanks HOW!)
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A 1:04:18 MP3 recording of XPLANE founder and CEO Dave Gray’s presentation at MeshForum: “A poorly communicated concept is a missed opportunity. Visual thinking is a mode of thinking to assist with communication, like a calculator assists with math. It serves as a tool to communicate fairly difficult concepts.”
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Bummer. Haddock was one of the first links in my late ’90s daily weblog travels: “If you’re one of Haddock.org’s few regular visitors you’ve probably noticed that the Haddock Directory part of the site had its last daily update in October. After updating the Directory every day (well, kind of) since its launch in 1997 I’d finally had enough of the dull and thankless task earlier last year.”
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