I just got back from an all-too-brief week-long road trip to New York last night. It was a fantastic trip and I'll try to compile my impressions of the city and put some of my photos in my gallery in the next couple of days.

While on the road, I was pretty much out of touch with online happenings. I checked my email a few times but my regular reading schedule was interrupted for almost exactly a week. It's kind of fun to catch up on a whole week's worth of reading in a single morning. Here are a few of the most notable things I missed:

• Jason of 37signals sparks a great discussion about the recent emphasis in web design on CSS over usability.
• Steven broadcasts Acts of Volition Radio, Session Eight which is a tribute to the great Gene Eugene.
• R. Stevens serves up yet another great week at Diesel Sweeties.
• Dave at Scripting News links to a fantastic cover from The Economist magazine.
• Jim Coudal links to an intriguing discussion on the outdated practice of double-spacing at the beginning of sentences at Typophile. I'll never double space again.