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Daily Archives: May 30, 2005

What’s in a name?

Posted on May 30, 2005 by jjn1

My kids, with remorseless logic, have pointed out the critical flaw. After all, they reason, Toys ‘R Us sell toys, so this store obviously sells babies.

Posted in Asides, Photography

This is not a bookshop

Posted on May 30, 2005 by jjn1

It’s a display case for software manuals.

As such, it’s a testimony partly to the awfulness of computer software and partly to the stinginess of manufacturers who no longer bother to provide proper documentation for their products.

Posted in Technology
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