Archive for September, 2008

The Bleedin' Obvious

The Continuing Misfortunes of Simple Graphics Man ~

#32: The Bleedin’ Obvious.

Part of Simple Graphics Man’s job description must surely read ‘Show ability to absolve employer from the stupidity of even the most dimwitted of morons’. How else do we explain this sign – there is actually nothing in the doorway that a normal person could trip over. Unless the point of it is that the sign itself is the tripping hazard, in which case the whole thing is so bafflingly self-referential that we are left to infer some kind of conspiracy by sign manufacturers.

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Thanks to hewhohears for this latest SGM sighting.

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An Eye Pin

Violet Towne made me this ultra-geek-chic pin for my birthday.

Spidey

I found this little* guy yesterday clambering all over our renovations. He (or maybe she) is of the family Nicodamidae, endemic to Australia and Papua New Guinea, and usually found in Eucalyptus forests. He’s making do with sawn pine around our place at the moment.

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*Don’t let the photo fool you – he was only about 10mm long from leg tip to leg tip.

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The Polanskis

The only known group portrait of the notorious Polanski Brothers.

Thereminists Unite!

So. If the US political campaign runs true to form, any day now we should see John McCain up on a podium with a minimoog.

Personally, I’m voting for Clara Rockmore. What the US really needs is someone with commitment and perfect pitch. And a beehive hairdo.

I’m sure you know the drill by now.