Woooooo, more nerdly government document fun: BOPCRIS: Official British Government publications from 1688-1995! From 1909: Apart from a small number of persons who use moveable dwellings as a pastime, van-dwellers are of two classes, showmen and the gypsy class. For showmen no legislation was required. Mr Horne, the chaplain of their guild, stated that there […]
If I didn’t post a pointer to The Shakespearean Insulter in July when it was first brought to my attention, I should have. I’m just a foul defacer of God’s handiwork, after all.
Conventional wisdom is the idea is "too far ahead of its time," but isn’t it long overdue to bring back the automat? Instead, McDonald’s is axing their Redbox automated food outlets (sadly, they were far more like giant vending machines than they were like automats). In other McNews, McDonald’s doesn’t like the word McJob.
Crows are, in fact, devils and demons. (Yeah, I know, it’s “screamin’”; I just always expect it to be “schemin’”)
Yep, it’s Monday again, and the mind turns to chucking it all and wandering the globe. Check out the legal requirements at the State Department’s Travel Advisory page. Or pretend you’re already an ex-pat by listening to radio in other languages while you work and browse the Foreign Groceries Museum.
I’m not linking to it, because that would be tantamount to signing it, but Adam Kalsey has posted a manifesto regarding blog-comment spam at http://kalsey.com/2003/11/comment_spam_manifesto/. He seems to overestimate the power of bloggers, or maybe I’m overestimating the power of postmasters and large corporations. I believe ISPs are doing as much as they’re going to […]
The esteemed Harald Seiwert confirms that his piece "Chicken" (as previously linked in FP) is Photoshop-assisted. As he points out, Photoshop would have been necessary to get the colors matched, even if he did have time to play with extreme depth of field (which he doesn’t, what with his book deadlines hard upon him—keep your […]
Ooh, take a look at the new Prius– it’s got back seats and covered storage in back. The storage demonstration reminds me of a Flash game. It also has a DVD based mapping gizmo, but you have to pay extra for updates. In the name of equal time, here’s the Insight.
A startling discovery in Target: Fertilmarq brand male fertility tests. And I always thought that sort of situation was your best excuse to buy a microscope. My actual Target purchase: edible notepaper.
Though relatively straightforward for the most part, some of those clothing care symbols can be tricky.