Off into Boston Common with friends for a picnic this last week of undergrad, and Boston’s despicable weather is finally considering playing nice with such springtime festivities. Let’s see how long it lasts.

• 21 Ways to Shoot Better Photographs - Still more photography basics, prettily illustrated by some medium format shots.
• Rich Chocolate Heart Cakes - From Martha Stewart, this is my all time favorite dessert I've ever made. Also, I am totally obsessed with rosemary.
• Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas - Via Merlin, I believe. WebDev is always on my mind these days, and the reliably great Smashing Magazine has another list which is both well-curated and highly digg-friendly.
• Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes - Oh man, fantastic nitpicking of typographic minutiae and the keyboard shortcuts to solve the problem.
• Chávez seeks Shangri-La with ’socialist cities’ - Caribia is one of five "socialist cities" under construction throughout the country that will provide nearly 75,000 homes. Ten more cities are in the planning phase.

“Ray, eat a ripe pirate tea. YAR!!

Falindrome.com, fake palindromes. Updated daily. [via Waxy]

Diverse group of students: We’re actors – this literally never happens

Frisbee golf dude: I much prefer to hang out with carbon copies of myself!

“1. The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage. 2. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him. 3. He must always tell the truth. 4. He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals. 5. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas. 6. He must help people in distress. 7. He must be a good worker. 8. He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits. 9. He must respect women, parents, and his nation’s laws. 10. The Cowboy is a patriot.

Gene Autry’s Cowboy Code - I could definitely dig this. Also, you have got to give the guy credit for coming out against racial and religious intolerance in the fifties.

Fantastic find from TPM, Clinton’s Laws of Politics, via [Matt]

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