Little Bitta Retro Newz

Jake has posted a pretty interesting article about the forthcoming “retro” Game Boy Advance SP.

Looks mighty spiffy!

And speaking of Retro Games, BoingBoing has a news byte about Starcade coming out on DVD in April. That show never aired here, so that might be fun to see.…

Gyp-py Pop

Out of nostalgia, we bought one of those Jiffy-Pop popcorns. You know the kind, where you rub it across the stove’s burner, it pops into this huge aluminum cloud before your eyes. It sounded like so much fun! I had such fond memories and thought it would be a blast to re-kindle that feeling.…

Milk Made

Yesterday I was thinking “I bet that would look good with the font from the ‘Got Milk’ ads!”

So after a goodount of Google-ing, I found out the name. So, to save anyone else the trouble here is what I learned:

Font Name: Phenixerican
Cost: $22
Status: commercial
Sold by: Agfa Monotype
Designer: Morris Fuller Benton
Year: 1935
Example: Here

You will need to do a goodount of kerning, but that’s the “official” font and the one you’d want.…