Monthly Archives: November 2008

Wikipedia doesn’t have an entry for “gulliable”.

By Catherine Winters | Published: November 29, 2008
As seen on Digg: Did you know that Wikipedia doesn’t have an entry for “gulliable”?
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How to write a US Political Thriller: Start with the Secret Service codenames.

By Catherine Winters | Published: November 9, 2008
So the most pressing question of the post US-election period, beyond “did adults seriously come up with the name ‘labradoodle’?” and “will Team Obama need to buy their own keyboards?” is clearly, “what is Sasha Obama’s Secret Service codename?” Apparently, it’s Rosebud. I find that a little weird on its own, but particularly so in [...]
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Adventures in self-checkout UI

By Catherine Winters | Published: November 8, 2008
Part of being me is that basically every possible task I decide to undertake in my day-to-day life is completely unaccounted for by city planners, architects, designers, doctors, software engineers, and so on. Sometimes, this is simply due to the fact that I am tall[1], as in the case of the face-level wall sconce mounted [...]
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