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Today's New York Times Magazine features a story on blogging, dating, and privacy issues. Perhaps it provides insights to non-blogging readers, but much of the discussion like, "Discussing your dates in detail on your blog might hurt someone's feelings," seems like common sense, but it surprises me how much personal material some people share on their blog. I do worry that some people might read a story like this and assume that all bloggers share juicy gossip and messy details on their blogs.

The piece is illustrated with a series of isometric pixel drawings. I think the isometric pixel art of eBoy is amazing, Diesel Sweeties' use is amusing and effective, but, now that its used in the Gray Lady, its probably over. Regardless, I was delighted when I ran across these toys, "The Cubes," which take cues from pixel art, and mock the conformity and blandnesss of cubicle life. As a former cube-dweller, I can say that I often felt if I was crammed - physically and culturally - into a a little box. I was probably Jim, the cube-dwelling rebel, on this page. Thankfully, I never had a goatee.