Monthly Archives: November 2007

Interesting anagrams

A DECIMAL POINTWhen you rearrange the letters, you get:IM A DOT IN PLACE DESPERATIONWhen you rearrange the letters, you get:A ROPE ENDS IT DORMITORYWhen you rearrange the letters, you get:DIRTY ROOM ELECTION RESULTSWhen you rearrange the letters, you get:LIES – LET’S RECOUNT ELEVEN PLUS TWOWhen you rearrange the letters, you get:TWELVE PLUS ONE THE EYESWhen… Read More »

The obvious secret

Take a look at this image (apologies for the small size as it’s taken from FORTUNE‘s online article, “Meet the Pivo 2: The car won’t reverse“) and the accompanying caption: At Nissan’s tech center in Japan, the shape of the future is a closely held company secret. I find the caption laughable because if they… Read More »

Hello, and welcome to the psychiatric hotline…

If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2If you have multiple personalities, please press 3, 4, 5, and 6If you are paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want. Just stay on the line while we trace the call.If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully… Read More »

Conspiracy theory

InternetNews.com reported today that a number of Seagate’s Maxtor Basics hard drives were shipped with a virus that searches for passwords for online games and sends them to a server located in China. Seagate said the problem products originated from its subcontractor’s factory in China, although the company did not disclose the stage in the… Read More »

Composing coverlines

Good editors make composing coverlines look deceptively easy, but sometimes the operating word is deceptive. Here are a few examples: “Bachelors: They’re young, they’re male, they’re… single!”Albemarle “How to shoot kids”Popular Photography “Get a job, you lazy slacker”Sassy Related posts:Writing headlinesSpot the mistakes