Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
Women’s clothing stores spare no expense to advertise their wares and put them in the best light. Just look at this lovingly crafted display in an upper end clothier. Women’s clothing is also, apparently anti-slavery, which is a good thing. Continue reading Great moments in marketing
To the left, a nifty dark green evening frock with shimmering highlights. In the center, a daring see-through lace party dress, with a discreet, mostly opaque shell underneath. To the right — Forget it. They don’t pay me enough for Continue reading Adventures in retail display
Profound advice from a bumper sticker on profound advice: Fun fact: the United States and New Zealand are the only countries that allow direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.
I spent most of my grade school years drawing pictures instead of doing classwork. Classwork was easy, so I did that quickly and then “illuminated” my work with fanciful spacecraft, mythic maps, and lots of lizards and horses. My maps Continue reading Why I didn’t become a graphic artist
I figured since everybody else was drawing charts, I should make one of my own. (Photos from various public sites.) Government Shutdown Explained (full size)
Very informative chart, but also very pretty. Image is from NASA. Potentially harmful asteroids (full size).
Yes, I know Microsoft’s explanation, but their explanation makes no sense at all. Real meaning of Bing (full size)
NOAA is the world’s leading publisher of original content on the Internet. Not collected from others, but direct publishing. Every day, NOAA instruments, programs, projects and people push a steady stream of environmental, technical and scientific information out to the Continue reading NOAA Patch and Coins
What happens when a high-tech urinal crashes? It no longer flushes, but it does flash an indicator light and occasionally beeps. No, it was not made by Microsoft. The beep sound occurs only about once every ten seconds. This is Continue reading When plumbing fails