Archive for September 2006

Mosaïcism    (2006.09.23)

Throughout the east end, there are several such entranceway floors reading TAMBLYN in mosaic tile.

Engineers and AIDS    (2006.09.23)

Things must have changed mightily if the engineer marching band serenades participants of the AIDS Walk.

Toronto streets with long names    (2006.09.22)

Topping the list at 28 characters: Colonel Samuel Smith Pk. Dr.. Try fitting that on a sign you mocked up with a nice compact name like Bedford Rd.

China Lily    (2006.09.22)

A difficult-to-photograph sign. May have to wait till the vanishingly brief period of no leaves on trees but adequate light and no snow.

Gothic ice cream    (2006.09.21)

To use the vulgate. Would this not be textura ice cream?

(Is blackletter ice cream like liquorice ice cream?)

Why accountancy is not boring    (2006.09.21)

Unicode Explained by Jukka K. Korpela: Assuredly not boring

Hairdon’t    (2006.09.21)

Why does the remake of Hairspray, set in the 1960s, use giant Arial type on a building at its location shoot in Toronto?

Notes from street-furniture vendor meeting    (2006.09.20)

Notes from vendor’s session on Toronto street-furniture contract, 2006.09.20