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 [...]
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 [...]
This has made my day. Great attention to detail. via Reddit
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 [...]
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 [...]
