Archives for January 2006

Woman jailed for leaving kids to go see Springer

“A woman got a 30-day jail sentence for leaving her three young children home alone for several hours, while she and her boyfriend attended a videotaping of The Jerry Springer Show.” — CNN.

Grapefruit and oranges on the same tree

I bet you don’t have a cool grafted grapefruit and orange tree (2MB .wmv file).
I’m special.

Elevator Buttons

Why aren’t the buttons in elevators toggle-able? You push ‘2′ by accident, wanting 3, and you’re screwed.
WHY?

Urban Outfitters: Rip-off artists

Truly sickening practices. And to think they got some of my money 5 years ago in Boston.

My Christmas Vacation Report circa 2001

I found this in some archives. Enjoy.
This is a general boarding message for passengers of flight 899, your incoming plane has not landed yet because a single ice crystalization the size of a needle’s head was detected on the runway in Charlotte, NC before that plane’s departure. As such, we’re probably looking at another [...]

Color and Contrast

“Boxes and Arrows is firmly devoted to the practice, innovation, and discussion of graphic design, interaction design and information architecture, large and small. Since 2001, it’s been a peer-written journal promoting contributors who want to provoke thinking, push limits, and teach a few things along the way.”

Do your would-be-readers a favor, Boxes and Arrows: [...]