Brightest Young Things

Where we talk about stuff we didn't write about but is still something you may care to get all riled about and comment.

This week, in other DC media sources:

• DC becomes the 1st city (not state) in the US to distribute free female condoms
• Considering Contraceptive Ignorance week post on The Sexist, maybe not such a bad idea

• Washingtonian gets cozy with Ezra Klein "a new paradigm" for DC journalism.
• Speaking of which, New Columbia Heights is apparently a hotbed for young DC writers (among other things)
• the Walter E. Washington Convention Center was the place to be yesterday: teams of humans, ranging in age and with vastly superior intelligence, put their impressive robotic acumen on display. DCist has some photos:

• Left Bank, my favorite place to have brunch in Adams Morgan closed this Saturday
• Facebook helps solve the Woodland Murder
• We Love DC gets the cold, hard facts on the lost forts of DC

• And finally, ReadySetDC discusses the redesign of the Metro Map : something for both DC Metro Obsessives (all of whom seem thrilled about the new General Manager Apointee Sarles), AND graphic design junkies alike:

Booth has three chief complaints with the current WMATA map. One, he criticizes the non-standard orientation of text of the various station names, including the cheating of what should be a 45-degree angle on the Foggy Bottom and Farragut West text. In reality, the slant of this text is rotated a few degrees off to avoid overlapping the blue line. Second, the map breaks from the “perfect diamond” shape of the District since the two eastern borders are not 45-degree angled lines. Finally, Booth thinks the call-out boxes that address peak hour services are cumbersome looking. His redesign corrects these so-called design sins and offers a map that is a significant break from the current design

Previously in I Heart DC:

• 2/13: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use:
• 2/13: 101 Reasons To Love DC-Part 1
• 2/10: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use
• 2/9: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use
• 2/8: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use
• 2/8: Perfect Date Outfits + Outings
• 2/7: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use
• 2/6: DC News You Can Maybe Use:
• 2/2: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use:
• 2/1: DC News You Can (Maybe) Use: