Ben Millett
@benmillett
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. 🌈 🌈 🌈 📨 hello@benmillett.net
I know I should be comparing only to Neue, because that’s what my site has currently, but look at Now Display’s numbers! Its default spacing is just so much better. But I’m not paying their yearly licensing just for that.
"Let's train you on genAI! Don't know what it is? Just use this AI app to ask about this training. (But also - we don't take any responsibility for this app.)" - Microsoft.
I don’t really want the LEGO X-Files set. But getting that is the only way to get the Scully’s Lab set, which I DO want. Why, LEGO?
I’m going to need the contact info of the person that decided that every single top for men had to be textured, especially the year I need new clothes. This photo is Abercrombie, but every store was full of this shit. (And don’t get me started on boxy coming back.)
After using the keycap samples that arrived, I'm pretty sure these are the Yuzu keycaps I'll be ordering. I've cut out all the extra cmd, etc., variants that I don't want to use, but left the fn variants and a number of blanks just in case.
I got my Yuzu Keycaps sample set and am both glad I got as many variants as I did and upset I didn’t do more. Compared to the Nuphy Coast Keycaps, the Yuzu top is shorter, but stem is slightly taller, putting the keycaps at the same height. The Yuzu also has a bit more surface texture.
Dr Drang reminded me of charting sunrise/set times with/out daylight savings, and I decided to reformat using Excel, for Des Moines. Under the permanent DST, the sun would rise after 8am between mid November and late February, instead of never. No, thank you. leancrew.com/all-this/202...
Finally my ultimate favorite, permanently on display, made specifically for this space. I could have sat and stared for a long while if I wasn’t with others. Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Blue Black, 2001 Painted aluminum 336 x 70 x 2 1/2 inches (Label description in alt)
Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Leaves, Île St. Louis, 1950 Ink on paper (I hadn’t realized these were as large as they were, close to 16x20)
Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Briar, 1960 Graphite on paper (Label description in alt. I hadn’t realized these were as large as they were, close to 16x20)
Dan Flavin (American, 1933-1996) Untitled, 1969 One two-foot daylight and one four-foot cool white fluorescent light with fixtures (Label description in alt)
Medard Rosso Two Figures on a Street in London, ca. 1896 Pencil on card (Label description in alt)
Doris Salcedo (Colombian, b. 1958) Disremembered V, 2015 Raw silk and nickel-plated steel (Label description in alt)
Doris Salcedo (Colombian, b. 1958) Atrabiliarios, 1992-1993 Sheetrock, wood, shoes, animal fiber and surgical thread Pulitzer Arts Foundation (Part of label description in alt)
Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Dark Gray, White, Gray, 1980 Oil on canvas, three panels (Label description in alt)
(Remainder are from the Pulitzer Art Foundation’s 25th Anniversary Retrospective.) Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Blue Black, 1988 Oil on canvas
Janie Stamm: Mermaid’s Purse Relic VI (Memory Tree), 2023 Sea fan with beach detritus on coquina-like rock, shells from Florida, chain, jump rings, starfish Courtesy the artist (I didn’t realize the overhead lights made everything peach.)
Janie Stamm: Mermaid's Purse Dorothy, 2019-2021 Fabric, glass beads, shells and sand from Florida, o-rings, canvas, rivets Courtesy the artist (I didn’t realize the overhead lights caused a green hue.)
Andrea Carlson Cast a Shadow, 2021 Oil, acrylic, gouache, ink, colored pencil, and graphite on paper Assembled suite of 24 Forge Project Collection, traditional lands of the Moh-He-Con-Nuck (Label description in alt; be sure to zoom for more details)
Andrea Carlson Anti-Retro, 2018 19-layer screenprint on paper Edition of 20 Published by Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis Courtesy the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco (Label description in alt)
Whoops. The grocery store did have Field Day Featherweight Lime Lager, but I got curious how it stood up against all the other lime beers.
I’m definitely not compelled or obsessed about things, says the man who listened to Mumford & Sons entire discography this weekend, just added every type of lime lager at the grocery store to a shopping cart after having one at lunch, or added every Noah Kahan album to my music app this evening.
I'm really disappointed this shirt from Self Esteem isn't available in the US. www.musicglue.com/self-esteem/...
Whipped up a patchwork-based typeface this morning and am debating its utility, even for me, since it'll only ever be two colors.
On a whim, I pulled together this collection of thread, as something to play with. Not sure what it'll become.
I'm trying to keep my Letterboxd updated, even though I don't add a text review for everything. I found a tool online that told me no one else has the same Top Four, which is both obvious and shocking. letterboxd.com/benmillett/
The Quilted Grotesk Micro zine has been updated to include the improved C, G, O, Q, c, o, and all numbers used in the digital typeface. I have no plans to add uppercase letters to the Quilted Grotesk zine. It is the same as before since none of the glyphs were modified. benmillett.net/shop/zines