I do internet sometimes.

When you’re making something that other people are going to use to make things, helping them make something beautiful by default means that they’ll make more things and enjoy your product more.

I installed Ubuntu 10.10 out of necessity. It hadn’t been that long since I upgraded to 10.04, but I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 and the screen flicker problem that persists in 10.04 was too annoying for me. I can’t get anything done if I keep getting distracted by the bottom half of my display suddenly becoming red horizontal lines like some strange flash on the screen in a movie when they’re trying to portray the main character losing their grip on sanity.

Anyway, I am so impressed by 10.10 because of the ubuntu font family. With the Chrome extension that displays all web pages in the new typeface, everything is suddenly important and beautiful. It feels light and airy, and I don’t feel like I am worthy of writing this post. My words are not beautiful, true, or important enough to be expressed by these letterforms.

OK, maybe that’s a little melodramatic. But I’m really happy about it!