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Maybe it’s a British thing?

Chris Eckert — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:56:38 +0000

Why would you censor all references in the artlce to “c**k” and then have this photo accompany the article?

How is that even a dirty word removed of context?

Hello, New Favorite Wikipedia Category!

Chris Eckert — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:22:40 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Criticisms

So much criticism! Finally, someone is calling out NASCAR, journalism, Family Guy and anarcho-capitalism!

Is there a way to RSS feed just one Wikipedia page?

Worst of 2007: Wolff Olins -or- The Emperor Has Some Ugly Clothes

Chris Eckert — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:44:54 +0000

I am not a professional designer or anything, one look at this site should make this obvious. But I like to think I can identify good design when I see it, and I recently learned that half of the really terrible logos popping up lately have all come from the same design firm: Wolff Olins.

Probably their most egregious campaign is London’s 2012 Olympic Games. Look at their logo:

My initial reaction to the logo, after puzzling over what it even was — the numbers 2012 if anyone is still confused — was that it resembled some dude doubled over vomiting:
But shortly after someone pointed out that it more closely resembled Lisa Simpson doing something unspeakable to a man:
Now that is all I can see when I look at the logo. Thanks a lot, Woff Olins!