Archive for November 2006

When ‘911’ is a benediction    (2006.11.30)

From the arse end of the most enduring automotive silhouette.

‘Accessibility theatre’    (2006.11.30)

accessibility theatre conspicuous but ineffective or counterproductive measures giving the appearance of responsible attention to accessibility (Cf. security theatre.)

Re Rabinovitch    (2006.11.29)

Responding to an interview with CBC president Robert Rabinovitch (after converting it to HTML so it could actually be read)

Emissary from a realm in which liquid waste can be ‘accurate’    (2006.11.27)

Chocolate foot, respeaker, i18n    (2006.11.26)

How many words that I use are found in The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English?

Setting up Christmas in the Beach    (2006.11.25)

Hyphen-fest, -fu, –vacation homes    (2006.11.25)

Hyphen–hyphen–en dash

Curious serif for ’06    (2006.11.23)

I don’t totally understand the giant blob of a serif on the 2 in this inscription.

All that’s missing is an apostrophe    (2006.11.22)