Portland Press Herald: Maine picks laptops – but not Apples
An exclusive contract comes to an end as the governor and state education officials go with Hewlett-Packard.
What a Difference Having a Good Governor Makes to Maine
Category: humor
A couple of takes on: Mitt Romney Nears Presidential Run, Commits Design Crime
Really enjoyed this link that my friend KPP sent on the new Romney for president logo.
Two things struck me.
First, when the goal is trying to please everybody, the end result is almost always milquetoast – and this logo certainly proves that point. A designer friend, Cornelia, came up with this interpretation:
Second, is that a quick look at the font treatment of “OMNEY” and it can read as “MONEY” (and not only for the dyslexics in the crowd). Sadly, the way the system works these days, it is only because of the fact that he has personal heaps of money is why he gets to do what he does in the public arena. So this is my take on it:
So there you go, MONEY for President. Anybody have any good ideas on the tag line?
Shell Can’t Spell
Filled up at my local Shell station this morning.
Somehow I think they have the wrong person working as a copy editor for their pump displays
THANK <OU FOR$ SHOPPING WITH UW TODEY. $
Wonderful sarcasm disguised as an article about absinthe
The New York Times: The Diluted Mystery of Absinthe starts out with a headline of “Care for an Absinthe? Ptooey!” which made me giggle. But the best stuff I must quote:
If absinthe were a band, it would be Interpol, third-hand piffle masquerading as transgressive pop culture. If absinthe were sneakers, it would be a pair of laceless Chuck Taylors designed by John Varvatos for Converse. If it were facial hair, it would be the soul patch. If absinthe were a finish on kitchen and bath fixtures, it would be brushed nickel.
and then later on:
You could say that absinthe is a kindred spirit of so many falsely subversive things: ear piercing for men, tattoos on women, those cigar bars, pole-dancing-aerobics classes, mind erasers, blogging about one’s bikini grooming, naming one’s bong after a cartoon character.
and tops it off with:
“It was lots of people who knew each other through the online absinthe community,” he added. (Like Chuck Norris ephemera and role-play games, absinthe has a big Internet presence.)…”
I hope it wasn’t just me who was ROTFL
Naughty Words in Google Maps – Brunswick, Maine
Naughty words in Google Maps here.
Which is funny, especially since is is my understanding that the satellite images are 6+ years old…
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Follow-up:
…so I did a little more digging, and it turns out that the Google Maps are indeed old.
The Town of Brunswick has a GIS site (for tax maps, I believe).
It shows the property (23 Hillside Rd.) to have the graffiti on the roof in their Aerial Photo from April 2001.
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The graffiti on the roof is gone in the Aerial Photo of April 21, 2006 (or has been digitally removed).
