Archive for March 2006

Tandoori Tango    (2006.03.14)

Tango, Letraset, circa 1975.

Memories of Brick Lane™?

Truth in advertising    (2006.03.12)

Of course, I’m also riding along there when it’s –10° or colder. (Cf.)

Spacer-style activities    (2006.03.12)

Here’s what I’ve done in 3½ months as attestations of my interest in the city and neighbourhood I live in

Pixelation    (2006.03.11)

‘Try to turn off your gay male pixelation’

Green bolts    (2006.03.11)

I have a surprisingly large collection of photos of coloured truck wheels.

I suppose at this point that sort of thing shouldn’t be surprising.

Self-raising pastiche    (2006.03.09)

I think this is a skilful pastiche given the bottom three lines (in Helvetica Condensed, mismatched on English and French sides).

Notes from FCC interventions    (2006.03.09)

Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc. asked for changes to requirements for captioning quality, among other things. What were the responses?

Exploding the conference business    (2006.03.08)

(Pace Jeff Jarvis.) For two months straight, I have received weekly inquiries about South by Southwest: Was I going? Or, as it was more commonly expressed, wasn’t I going?

No, I’m not. I’ve been there twice, presenting on both occasions, and, while I have admitted that it SXSW is a great time in which one is [...]