Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Like buses, only photos.

Nothing for ages, then three new albums at once! Here are some photos taken on a hike from Felsenegg to Uetliberg, at the Technorama science museum in Winterthur, and on a walk around Lake Zurich one evening.

My favourite? The dancing magnetised iron filings in Technorama, doing their thing to Technotronic's "Pump up the Jam". (Warning: video)

Saturday, 9 July 2011

Truth in advertising?



This reminds me of a place I once worked, who rolled out a standard email signature that we were all supposed to use under threat of some undefined penalty. It included the wonderful phrase "Educate Yourself", followed by a link to product information, which I promptly changed to "Find out more".

For more on the delicate distinctions between Englishes, I recommend the wonderful US/UK English blog Separated by a Common Language, written by Lynne Murphy, especially her recent post on making suggestions.