This is what’s called “Getting Noticed By The Big Dogs”

This is solid stuff, a symbol of enduring quality.

Some of my real-life friends may know of my orange socks. I got them from the Draplin Design Co., a design outfit that also runs a pretty great blog — one that I’ve linked to permanently to the right, there. I’ve found loads of stuff there in the past, and a couple of times, I’ve shared it here, as well.

I always find at least one great link in Aaron Draplin’s daily posts. Today, I got to contribute.

Doing my regular rounds of the blogosphere, I happened back across Winnipeg Love & Hate, a photoblog dedicated to “the most beautiful, most repulsive city in the world.” I’d been there before, of course — I’ve even linked to it before. But the top post today was a striking photo that focused on some neon typography. Great typography, by the way, is one of thing that you can always count on Draplin to ferret out.

Well, I browsed for a shameful amount of time, and figured I should probably drop a link in the Draplin direction. It was also way past time I thanked him for the greatest pair of socks I’ve ever owned.

So I fired off an email — a bit of a gushy one, re-reading it now — and got a response back lickety-split.

Before the day was out, that link had been featured on the DDC. He had some kind words for this blog, too.

So if you don’t regularly check out my blogroll over there, do yourselves a favour and at least click on the Draplin link. The guy’s a genius at using Futura and he’s got a full set of sweet merchandise (including socks and the only work calendar I need). Tell ‘im Grant sent ya.