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Archive for January 2006

   (2006.01.18)

I use Kinja and I’m not afraid to admit it. There are, however, a few problems

   (2006.01.18)
Tamil-language sign has giant black display type that looks like twisted liquorice, with each stroke surrounded by a red shadow
   (2006.01.17)

The PDF/UA Committee is looking for worst-case scenarios of real-world tables. The purpose? To make the PDF accessibility spec better than reality

   (2006.01.12)

Where exactly do you get a pickup body made of corrugated steel?

Rear of rain-spattered pickup truck is made of stubbly corrugated steel, with black walls extending upward from the sides of its bed
   (2006.01.10)

Could better paint on the Body & Paint Shop’s sign be in order?

Severely weathered sign reads M&C AUTO COLLISION BODY & PAINT SHOP FREE ESTIMATES

Oh, never mind. We like the weathered look.

   (2006.01.07)

“Metropolis” nail sculpture, City Hall.

Angled view of a sea of silver and brass nails forming undulating patterns like fortresses around a coliseum
   (2006.01.06)

When did it become OK for consumer-grade pharmaceuticals like moisturizers to list the ingredient water (eau) bilingually, monolingually, or interlingually as aqua?

Brass plate with steel border reads WATER, with WADE CANADA inside a maple leaf

Presumably rather a long time after this grating was forged.

   (2006.01.05)

You need that much visibility when dappled with slush.

Orange plastic tread has debossed traction patterns and a pictogram of a person slipping headfirst on a flat surface

By the way, I know an Australian who almost walked right into a lake of slush in Boston, so unaccustomed to the substance was he.

   (2006.01.04)

Failed Redesigns of 2005: “Because You Should Have Known Better”

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