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Archive for July 2005

   (2005.07.20)

Reference page on zoom layouts now available

   (2005.07.20)

I’m presenting in London on September 1

   (2005.07.19)

How do they get those giant cranes onto construction sites? They use other cranes to build them.

Crane on right side, platform of stationary crane on left
Orange crane hoists large steel panel to platform of stationary crane
   (2005.07.19)

It figures that Alaskans would be übersurvivalists and would still feel cheated! that Y2K didn’t result in apocalypse after all.

Alaska license plate reads AK 2K and Alaska Gold Rush Centennial

(If the notation really refers to the Alaska Gold Rush Centennial [Caslon Antique, anyone?], then why doesn’t it read AK 1K or AK K?)

   (2005.07.19)

I have a vague memory of Letraset faces like this one.

Sign over barred-up store reads COLLECT-O-MANIA in drop-shadow type
   (2005.07.18)

B-links, July 18

   (2005.07.18)

Wow, this takes me back. Do they also still make Hakkapeliitta fog lamps and driving lamps?

Covers on twin driving lamps attached to a Mitsubishi bumper read Comet 500 Hella in Helvetica

(Hella, admittedly, fits on a lamp cover hella more conveniently than Hakkapeliitta would. And it’s a classic Helvetica usage. But are you supposed to stop your car in the pouring rain, walk out to the front bumper [at risk of being hit by another vehicle], and pull off the antimacassars just so you can switch the lights on?)

   (2005.07.18)

Superexclusive THRILL-CAM shot of local “motorcycle club” engaging in lawful assembly.

Men in T-shirts and vests and women in tank tops and tube tops mill about outside building labeled Hells Angels Toronto

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