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Butterick’s Practical Typography

I took basic design classes as part of my fine art degree, but haven't studied typography formally. I love finding resources like Butterick's Practical Typography available online. Although I do love the feel of a book in my hands, this website is an excellent example of an easy to read and well organized website. I would prefer longer pages, but they load quickly and it's filled with great examples.

Working with Bitcoin Testnet on Windows 7

The testnet is extremely useful for assisting in the development of Bitcoin software. You can grab some test coins from this faucet and avoid spending the time and money trading for actual Bitcoins to get started building and testing software. Getting a test environment up and running smoothly in Windows might not be immediately obvious so we will discuss the particularities of Windows 7 and fix a minor annoyance here.