Entries filed under 'Centophobia'
36 per cent of Australians believe that you have to be Christian to be ‘truly Australia’!? WTF?
(David Dale - Who We Are - A snapshot of Australia today)
I felt reassured that 91 per cent of people thought that feeling Australian was enough to make someone ‘truly Australian’, and I can accept that becoming an Australian would improve your Australian-ness. But the rest are pretty unacceptable if you ask me. What has being Christian got to do with being Australian? Aboriginal people aren’t Christian.
Come on people!
November 7th, 2007
I want to be a graphic designer. It is almost poetic:
Roman (serif) faces do join, align and shape words better than sans serifs. Walking serifs hint at a baseline of sorts, and align letters and words to one another. If you look closely at the serifs of any roman face, you’ll notice that their horizontal reach suggests a juncture between the letters within a word.
The thick and thin strokes of serif faces bring more texture and variety to the text. (Bivins 1991).
October 11th, 2007
A quote I just had to share:
It is sheer magic that I should be able to hold a one-sided conversation by means of black (and pink) marks on paper a webpage with an unknown person halfway across the world. Talking, broadcasting, writing, and printing are all quite literally forms of thought transference, and it is this ability and eagerness to transfer and receive the contents of the mind that is almost alone responsible for human civilization. (Beatrice Warde, Graphic design and reading: The crystal goblet. 2000.) - my alterations.
So don’t be centophobic. Go forth into the world, and share the “contents of the mind” with others.
October 11th, 2007
So I always thought it would be great if you could just play Australian lotto online, except when you go to the normal websites (for example, Golden Casket) to sign up, it says you have to take identification down to your nearest newsagency before you can play. I thought that was dumb!
Anyway, now you can put your lottery numbers in online using OzLotteries and you even get two free entries if you join.
October 8th, 2007
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