BrainFuel

Useful for identifying the particular parts of a letter.

Text set in lower case is more legible than text set all in upper case (capitals), presumably because lower case letter structures and word shapes are more distinctive. — The Wikipedia article on Typography

I don’t ever eat McDonalds, but tonight I ran across their web site and have to say it’s really nice. I love the navigation bar, and the intuitive roll out menus. That, and the amazing photography almost make it look healthy. Hah, not even close.

I stumbled across this beautiful motorcycle this morning. The 1928 Sunbeam Model 90.

The Hawaii Convention & Visitors Bureau has produced an amazing travel guide for Hawaii called GoHawaii.com. I’m considering a trip there this fall, and this site has been very helpful for learning about the state. Where to go, and what to see. Kudos to them for the nice site.

Wolfram Alpha is unlike any other search engine. Because of this, searches you would normally do on another standard search engine don’t always work. They’ve got a really nice example that suggests how to search, and gives you a way to see how it works. Nice job!

Comedian and actor Jim Carrey has a pretty bizarre web site. It’s filled with crazy animations, strange sound and music, and some surprises.

Actor Jeff Bridges fills his site with interesting illustrations and writing.

Inspired by a post on Hacker News.

Check out this sweet feature on the NBC Miami web site.

Whenever visitors are viewing an article they can rate it based on a number of factors — like “Laughing” or “Furious.” It’s a great way to gauge reader opinion without requiring that they leave a comment.

And — after you’ve shared your opinion, you can easily share it on Twitter or Facebook.