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In a previous post, I wrote about 10 creative ways to use Drop.io. Drop.io is a free online file sharing/collaboration service.

One of the ideas was using Drop.io’s voicemail as a way to let visitors leave audio comments.

Audio Blog Comments—A New Idea?

Short answer, no.

The idea of audio comments isn’t new.

Paul Boag, of the excellent Boagworld, allows (or allowed–can’t seem to find it now) visitors to post audio comments. Paul also has posted audio responses to text comments on some of his posts (via AudioBoo).

This is logical because of the podcasts they publish. Audio comments could be used in future podcasts.

People could record a message to MP3 and then save it to their computer. Boagworld gave visitors an option to upload the saved MP3 file to their site right from the comments section.

This is a nice idea, but unless you’re really motivated, you’re probably not going to go through the hassle of doing all this just to leave a comment.

Easier Audio Comments By Phone With Drop.io

So far, I haven’t really found any sites implementing audio comments on their site besides Boagworld (though I’m almost certain to be proved wrong ;) ).

How could you make it easier for visitors to leave audio comments on your blog?

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There are only 26 letters in the English language, and yet so much that can be done with them.

There’s just something unique about vintage and retro typography. I could spend hours looking at all the different styles.

1908 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue

I was clearing out a garage a couple weeks ago for an older lady and found an old 1908 Sears, Roebuck catalog catalogue in among some junk.

I immediately brought it home and started thumbing through the pages.

Did you know you could buy tombstones from Sears? Blacksmith tools? Home dental equipment? A swastika hat pin? Lithium tablets?

Amazing Retro and Vintage Type

Anyhow, among the velocipedes and stereoscopes was some amazing vintage type.

The headings are very bold. There’s even a touch of art deco thrown in (see the armchair page below).

I wanted to share a few of the pages (out of over 1100 pages!) I pulled from the catalog, so I scanned a few of the highlights.

The images and fonts below were created pre-1923, so they are public domain.

PS: My favorite is the “automatic liquid pistol”. Read the suggested uses.

On to the images…

If they keep making music long enough, every music icon will eventually release a “Greatest Hits” or “Best of” album. These albums cover some of their best songs.

In a similar vein, this week’s post is a bite-sized recap of some of the best icon-related posts (get it?) that may have slipped by you since they were 1st released.

Let’s rock!

12+ Mega Icon Sets

This is actually one of the very 1st posts published on the site. It showcases over 12 huge (in number) icon sets.

Free Icon Search Tools

Need to find a few icons for your project? Take a look at my review of some of the best icon search engine sites.

More Greatest Hits…

Fugue is a free icon set created by Yusuke Kamiyamane–free for personal and commercial projects.

Let’s look at Fugue and how you can quickly add icons from the set to your site via the Fugue CSS Sprite Framework.

Fugue – A Huge Icon Set

This icon set currently has over 2000 16×16 pixel icons (in PNG format and PSD) and more are constantly being added. With this many icons, there’s usually at least 1 or 2 suitable icons for whatever you’re wanting to represent. Each icon is available with or without a shadow.

This set would be great for any web app–it contains many interface and UI icons among others. For example, I used Fugue for my OpenX Admin Icon Set v2.0.

Customize Fugue Icons With the Devkit

Yusuke has also graciously included Photoshop files (PSD’s) for every icon in the set; letting you tweak and combine icons if what’s there is not exactly what you want.

License

Fugue is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

If you prefer not to provide attribution (or can’t), you can also buy a royalty-free license for $49.

Learn how to use add Fugue icons to your site quickly via a CSS sprite framework…