§ Politics
When was the last time you heard a politician or news anchor use the word ‘genocide’ in the present tense? For example, why did American diplomats bend over backwords to avoid using genocide as a definition for the bloodshed that occured in Rwanda? In his radio broadcast addressing the verbal gymanstics involved in contemporary diplomacy, Barnaby Mason, diplomatic correspondent to... more
§ Weird
How do you respond to an article like Childless couple told to try sex? According to Ananova, this couple simply had no conception1 of how the human reproductive process begins: A German couple who went to a fertility clinic after eight years of marriage have found out why they are still childless - they weren’t having sex… A clinic spokesman... more
§ Design
I’m not an über-typography-geek, but I have been known to go on the odd typeface-bender every now or then. My most recent round of font research led me to the pleasant discovery of Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black. Who knew that a flash movie about the circuitous career of a popular typeface could be so amusing? Even if you’ve never... more