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February 05, 2008

TV shows recently viewed for the first time that were stupider than I expected them to be

1) Numb3rs
2) House

Maybe I'm just a hoity-toity snob.

Posted by tplambeck at 11:14 AM

TV shows recently viewed for the first time that I couldn't turn off

1) Ultimate Fighting Championship. I actually hate fighting, but still.
2) Chinese language news station. Best viewed with sound off, with Bartok in background.

Call me a hoity-toity snob. Again.

Posted by tplambeck at 11:13 AM

Helpful, or ambiguous?


Helpful, or ambiguous?
Originally uploaded by thane
Do these little illustrations with a hand holding an ATM card that's about to be stuck into the machine truly disambiguate the sense in which you're supposed to insert the card into the machine?

Whenever I encounter such a picture, I somehow twist the issue around in my mind until I'm able to think, "No, it's still ambiguous," but now, absent the beep-beep-beep urgency of completing a transaction, I think the answer is "Yes, they do."
Posted by tplambeck at 10:42 AM

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