British book chain Waterstone’s Waterstones has dropped the apostrophe from its name, despite the fact that the company was started by someone with the last name Waterstone. The company has decided that keeping the apostrophe in the name is no longer practical in the age of digital communication.
End of an error: Why it’s OK to follow Waterstone’s and ditch the apostrophe
The Unofficial Apple Weblog has a nice post on whether you are supposed to have a space between the value and the unit when talking about digital storage. For example, do you write 250GB or 250 GB (or 1.44MB vs 1.44 MB if you’re old school). It turns out that the correct answer is to keep the space.
From the article:
On page 133 of the SI brochure, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures says, “The numerical value always precedes the unit, and a space is always used to separate the unit from the number [...] The only exceptions to this rule are for the unit symbols for degree, minute, and second for plane angle.” (emphasis added)
So this applies to most other units of measurement as well. I know that I never really paid much attention to this in the past and probably switched back and forth or used the incorrect convention.
Soccer week concludes here on quellipsis with a doozy. It seems an indoor soccer team in Dallas has taken to calling themselves Portman Kunis United after a certain scene in Black Swan between Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. If you’re not sure which scene go to their site and take a look at the club crest, the interlocking scissors should be a good hint. I also like the black swan graphic below the number on the back of the jersey. These jerseys actually look much better than a lot of professional team jerseys. And you can add a custom name and number to the back if you order from their website. I have to admit I’m tempted…
A little over a month ago I wrote about how Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos dropped the Copa del Rey off a bus during the victory celebration in Madrid. Well we finally get a close look at what is left of the trophy. The consensus online is that the trophy is on display in a museum somewhere along with a newspaper article explaining what happened, but that this is not the trophy case at Real Madrid headquarters.
