Perspicuous as Mud

Entries from December 2009

Reading Menus

December 10th, 2009 · No Comments

I usually read menus with a mixed feeling of dread and excitement: I know there are going to be some terrible grammatical errors, which I hate; but I also know I have a pen in my pocket, and will fix those howlers when the waiter/waitress isn’t looking.  There I go again undermining the very fabric [...]

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Tags: It's the way you say it · Language

Editing a PDF

December 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In my daily life I strive to be as paperless as possible – for months I even managed to do without renewing the ink in my printer and found ways to resuse paper or just do things electronically.
Generally, the only paper I use on a regular basis is some old paper to write down set [...]

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Tags: IT · Programs · how to