Four short links: 24 Apr 2009

Data, fonts, transparency, and exceptions: Performance Comparison: Key/Value Stores for Language Model Counts (Brendan O'Connor) -- sort-of benchmarking for the various distributed key-value stores. One of the first efforts to systematically investigate in such a way that there can be informed comment on value and quality of the alternatives. (via mattb's delicious stream) Typographica's Favourite Fonts of 2008 -- what... http://ping.fm/ZCvDr