Dwell On It » Oddities

What sort of relations are we talking, exactly?

Tateru Nino — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:56:05 +0000

Spotted while out at the shops today.

The Stink Eye

Tateru Nino — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:22:39 +0000

Just give me an excuse to use this image in a post.

An advertisement … or a warning?

Tateru Nino — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:38:30 +0000

Spotted while I was about my errands today.

Familiar faces

Tateru Nino — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:22:42 +0000

Snapped at the GP clinic today, because this has been bugging me for a while:

What’s cooking?

Tateru Nino — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:02:59 +0000

Very nearly you, Read more ...

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Holograms you can touch

Tateru Nino — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:58:38 +0000

This is still in the early prototype stage, but is very neat.

Ultrasound is used to create a sensation when your skin intersects the volume of the hologram.

It’s got to be a real place!

Tateru Nino — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:49:43 +0000

So, you might think that I’m having a pretty good time snapping photos of erroneous signage with my phone, right?

Yes, you’d be totally correct. It’s a hoot.


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More adventures in retail signage

Tateru Nino — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:36:38 +0000

Our local Safeway store recently put these signs up at every register.


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A call for help

Tateru Nino — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:26:34 +0000

I cannot imagine what is going on here.

In case of emergency

Tateru Nino — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:25:39 +0000

My family picked this up for me.

I presume that this is in case I should wind up surrounded by enemy forces, or some terrible occurrence should take place.

An unusual find

Tateru Nino — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:16:02 +0000

You know how the old story goes. One of your in-laws visits, and the next thing you know, you’re down the road in old parkland with a metal-detector and digging holes.

A sampling

Tateru Nino — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:48:34 +0000

Well, a lot of comment-spam turns up here. 100% of it gets caught, at the expense of maybe 1 in 100 legitimate comments winding up in the spam folder accidentally and needing to be fished back out.

It’s a pretty unusual mix.

A curious gift

Tateru Nino — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:20:25 +0000

I was given a curious gift this year, among the usual passel of fascinating stones.

Welcome, fellow tool-users

Tateru Nino — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:20:40 +0000

Joining the relatively elite group of species who are intelligent enough to use tools. Let’s give it up for the Octopus.

The stars are right!

Tateru Nino — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:45:19 +0000

Cthulhu as you’ve probably never seen it before.


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Size matters

Tateru Nino — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:38:17 +0000

I thought this was kind of cool, actually.

Just grab the slider below the image and drag it along.

Top marks to the University of Utah for giving such a neat display of sizes.

What’s not to like?

Tateru Nino — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:55:36 +0000

Now these are some awesome shoes, though not the first of their kind that I’ve seen. I saw something like these back in my home-town years ago, but there should be more of them about.

Five shots: The Star

Tateru Nino — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:05:49 +0000

Some say that creativity is a product of our freedoms.

I’m more of the opinion that creativity is a product of our constraints, whether externally imposed or self-imposed.

So, the self-imposed challenge: Take five images (already taken) from the digital camera’s memory-card and weave them into a one-page comic that tells a story.

Everybody knows: You have the right to remain silent

Tateru Nino — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:26:49 +0000

The Miranda warning in the USA generally goes something like this, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?”

If you answer “Yes” to the question “Do you understand these rights?” then you’ve just lost your right to remain silent, and all the other rights specified as well.

Everybody knows: Lots of folks got burned as witches in Salem

Tateru Nino — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:30:25 +0000

Nope. Actually, of the 150 who were tried as witches in the Salem witch-trials (which lasted two years, 1692-1693), only 20 were convicted. Six men and fourteen women – a 13% conviction rate.

There was a seventh man, who died during judicial torture.

None of those convicted were burned at the stake. They were all hung hanged [thanks Saffia]. Not that that probably gave a whole lot of comfort to the 20 people who were executed.