Well said, Ian Hines:

Though I’m sure that you — like me — are familiar with the historical themes surrounding and emanating from the Declaration, you’ll likely find that reading the document itself reveals yet another important layer: beauty. Put simply, the Declaration of Independence is one of the most beautifully written pieces of English prose that I have ever read.

LaunchBar (my application launcher of choice) got a significant update yesterday. Too many cool new features to list, you’ll have to just read the release notes for yourself.

A huge thanks to Evan Calkins for sponsoring the RSS feed this week to promote his company Hoban Press, and his fine product: Hoban Cards.

When I was going to WWDC I knew I’d be passing out business cards and I wanted something that was top notch. More than that, I wanted the best cards in San Francisco. And thanks to Evan’s handiwork I did have the best cards in town.

Most people don’t pass out many business cards these days. And so when you do, why not hand out something conversation worthy?

If you’ve ever wanted letterpressed calling cards but have been held back by price, then you should check out Hoban Cards. Each calling card is hand printed on a 1902 Chandler and Price letterpress, using 110lb stock. For $75 you get 100 cards with your name and either your email or phone number. That is a great deal for such a fine product.

So far as I can tell, Paper Mache by Ryan Watkins is the only Instapaper app for webOS that is designed for the TouchPad. Moreover it’s free. And moreover again, it’s well done and does Instapaper proud.

The official native webOS app for writing to your WordPress weblog.

Starting today: all data transfers in to your S3 account are free, and all data transfers out are a little bit cheaper. And the people rejoiced.

Sachin Agarwal, founder of Posterous and former member of the Final Cut Pro team, shares why Apple built Final Cut Pro X.

Recorded early for 4th-of-July weekend, Ben and I talk about Google+ and the HP TouchPad reviews. Also, I happened to be wearing aviators during the recording.

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What’s worse is that it’s still there.

[Update: The typo has been fixed.]

Matthew Panzarino:

I can give you one reason that I’ve found to be evident across all of the tablets that I’ve tested personally and that seems to be present in the ones that I haven’t yet, going by the reviews: The fluidity and immediacy of touch response in the user interface.

Put another way, features do not a user experience make.

Something you found in most of the TouchPad reviews I read this morning, but that I thought came across best in Joshua’s, is just how likable webOS is. Josh touches on the feel of the TouchPad more than just the feature list.

Summed up:

I’ve been testing the TouchPad for about a week and, in my view, despite its attractive and different user interface, this first version is simply no match for the iPad.

The embargo lifted last night and the reviews for the HP TouchPad are being published. And, for the most part, those with review units share the same sentiments about the TouchPad: it seems that HP did a lot of things right with webOS 3.0 and the future of the TouchPad has a lot of potential, but it’s still buggy and full of dark corners.

Jason Snell writes, in his review for Macworld:

Is there any reason for a prospective iPad user to buy a TouchPad today? I can’t see it. In a head-to-head comparison with the original iPad on launch day, the TouchPad might win out due to its dual-core processor and multitasking support. But today’s iPad 2 has both, along with tens of thousands of tablet-optimized apps and almost none of the quirks that the TouchPad currently exhibits.

Setting up Typekit fonts is a piece of cake. And there is not just one way to do it — Typekit has a few different options. If you want to learn a different option, or if you’re still weak in the knees about rolling custom fonts, then this tutorial on the Typekit blog can help you. (I’m doing “Option 2” on shawnblanc.net.)