Monthly Archives: February 2010

Musings on physical media

By question | Published: February 22, 2010
I was just reading about how Fantastic Mr. Fox is coming out on DVD/Blu-ray next month, and thinking that I was probably going to have to pick it up.  Then I got to thinking about the last movie I bought for myself on DVD.  I couldn’t remember what it was.  So I searched my email, [...]
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Found punctuation: umlipses

By question | Published: February 13, 2010
I came across this and decided I have to post it.  So someone on the internet came up with something called the umlipses, it’s basically an extended umlaut that sits above a vowel and indicates that the vowel sound should be stretched out.  As the author puts it, “like when people say, “duuuuuuude!”, except represented [...]
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Ampersand roundup

By question | Published: February 9, 2010
First up, the Spampersand: As the post mentions, “At the intersection of typography and canned meat, there is only the Spampersand.” Next up, 300&65 Ampersands, an extremely minimalistic typography site showing a different ampersand every day.  And that’s about it.  It actually wouldn’t be the worst browser home page, on my screen the site is formatted so [...]
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Whole Foods punctuation fail

By question | Published: February 5, 2010
Apologies for the blurry camera phone image, but this card in the prepared foods department at my local Whole Foods is in dire need of some punctuation, any punctuation.  Is that “garlic, bread crumbs”, or “garlic bread, crumbs”?  I love garlic bread, and it might be an interesting addition to a rice cake, but I’m [...]
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Thom Yorke ????

By question | Published: February 1, 2010
Thom Yorke is performing at Coachella this year sans Radiohead, but apparently he is not performing by himself.  His backing band is either a mystery or goes by “????”. Thom Yorke Brings ???? To Coachella, Rekindles Poorly Punctuated Magic
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