This font they apparently had to send us? Helvetica.

Well, it's so hard to get...

OH HOLY GOD, now they've sent a power point presentation for the designers to make graphics out of!

That's what, all of 150 ppi? What possible problem you could have getting that ready for a print publication of 300 ppi or better?

We have authors who (1) thieve copyrighted images off Web sites and tell us to use them [uh, NO, because it's illegal and also 72 goddamn dpi], (2) send us powerpoint slides, (3) send us something photocopied out of a textbook and ask us if we can scan it and "clean it up," and (4) authors who send 72 dpi art and, when we ask if they can send a higher-resolution file, ask "How do I make it bigger?"

AUTHOR FAIL.

(Of course, our boss routinely asks us, and I quote, "You make art smaller in Photoshop; why can't you make it bigger in Photoshop, too?" No matter how many times we explain why the results will be hideous -- and even demonstrate -- we know that within a month, he'll ask us that again and STILL be surprised by our answer.)

"You make art smaller in Photoshop; why can't you make it bigger in Photoshop, too?"

Um... just say, "You can make a steak smaller by eating part of it. But you can't make a steak bigger."

Or else say that "To make a graphic smaller, you throw away information. To make a graphic bigger requires information you don't have."

Or hit him over the head with a clue-by-four until he gets it... or no longer cares.

Heh.

San Francisco’s Answer to Westboro Baptist Church

Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest in front of Twitter’s San Francisco office on Thursday, but found themselves severely outnumbered by a crowd of absurdist pranksters, including guest blogger EDW Lynch above.

Ugh, Daisy, that link makes me despair for humanity.

Wackiness! In San Francisco!

Whodathunkit.

I loved the "I was promised donuts!" sign.

Why the hell were Phelps's whackaloons protesting Fiddler on the Roof?

They don't necessarily protest the event, they protest at the event to garner attention. I once went to a Christmas concert they were protesting at.

I just chalk that up to one more thing people outside of our department-our team really-don't understand. Much like deadlines.

This graphic we got a powerpoint for today? Has to be created by Monday so it can go to development Tuesday so it will have been in QA to go live the next Tuesday.

I think they really think that those HP commercials are real.

Another random trivia question involving a submarine:

Once upon a time, a submarine did something no other submarine had done. After which, it radioed back to headquarters, giving its location in latitude but not longitude.

What did the submarine accomplish? Bonus question: What was the message?

eta: to fix question.

I liked the I HAVE A SIGN! It's subtly mocking much like Steve Carrell in Anchorman.