Archive for June 2006

Beach bench usurpation    (2006.06.21)

The old guard must make way for the new, &c, &c.

The wrong people’s Internets    (2006.06.21)

If you’re in your own silo on the Internet and you’re trying to talk to somebody in their own silo, are you actually communicating?

Colour-coördinated air rides    (2006.06.20)

I was not aware that Spanish was intrinsically blue.

French as intrinsically yellow I can get behind, though.

Beach sand leveller    (2006.06.19)

I suppose this is unremarkable on beaches in general. It is nonetheless a rather alien sighting one city block away from a major thoroughfare.

Cooper’s Barber Shop    (2006.06.17)

Oversharpening the photo gives the illusion that the ill-cut Cooper Black is raised out of the sign bed more than it is.

While this visual effect falsifies reality, I prefer it nonetheless.

Max Adrian O’Callaghan    (2006.06.16)

Uncial, Frutiger (apparently), and tacked-on Helvetica all in one sign.

If you’re going to go uncial, why not go uncial all the way?

Problems facing audio description    (2006.06.16)

Just what it says. And some of them are bullshit problems

Citroën SM chevrons    (2006.06.13)

How not to achieve 100% captioning (parliamentary version)    (2006.06.13)

In which I am quoted in an industry newsletter