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Pittsburgh Signs Project: appreciation of the glorious signage of Pittsburgh
Earlier this summer, a nice group of people approached me at my signing at the CMU bookstore in Pittsburgh, PA and handed me a copy of Pittsburgh Signs Project, a photography book that features...
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Occupy Wall Street (?) protest sign, with flowers
From the Boing Boing Flickr Pool, a nicely composed shot of an upbeat Occupy Wall Street (?) protest sign with flowers, taken by Sleepy Armadillo. The post Occupy Wall Street (?) protest sign, with...
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#OccupyWallSt sign of the day: "It's Wrong."
Snapped by Ben Furnas. Protester/sign-maker's name unknown. Ben got another funny shot here. The post #OccupyWallSt sign of the day: "It's Wrong." appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Insane shop-window sign
Spotted in @carriebish's Twitter, this insane and menacing shop-window sign about an improbable sky-diving trip and a fraught marriage. The post Insane shop-window sign appeared first on Boing Boing.
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WWII "gremlins" safety posters
Vintage Ads poster Write_light rounds up a collection of WWII "gremlins" safety posters, beauties every one. Sunday Surplus: Back Up Our Battleskies! The post WWII "gremlins" safety posters appeared...
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Chinese restaurant sign thanks Jews for eating there on Christmas
I am slowly digesting a rather large semi-traditional Christmas dinner, courtesy of my Welsh-English wife, but this glorious sign brings me vividly back to my childhood with my Jewish-atheist family....
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Monster-movie drive-in poster
A near-perfect example of the monster-movie drive-in poster-maker's art. "The Biggest THING in Town!" The post Monster-movie drive-in poster appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Taxi-window sticker: our security stinks and your credit card will be sniffed
On my way to Dallas-Fort Worth airport today, I snapped this picture of the sticker on the inside of the back-seat passenger-side window of my taxi. It warns "The method used to authenticate credit...
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Map of a notional city whose streetnames come from iconic place-name songs
Ali Johnson sez, Song Map is a new litho print by Dorothy. The Map is, as its name suggests, made up entirely from song titles: Highway to Hell stretches past Itchycoo Park, Heartbreak Hotel can be...
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Sax-playing gorilla at your party
There's little provenance for this photo and the distinctive service offered therein (just a note that it was "donated" by Andrew Wightman), but it appears to date back some while. I don't suppose...
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Here's the backstory behind the iconic "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters. Though 2.5 million were printed, they were never officially issued as they were reserved for crisis or invasion. 50 years...
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Rules for chess
The Olympics are still months away, the surface-to-air missiles are still tucked safely in their beds, but already our talented signwriters are practicing night and day for the 100m passive-aggressive...
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New Aesthetic eruption
A New Aesthetic eruption I caught yesterday off Brick Lane in east London: this LCD adverscreen displaying rotating, chiding public safety messages beneath a CCTV camera, nestled among the...
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Advisory: iOS6 maps on the tube
The London Underground workers made a funny. (Thanks, Fipi Lele!) (Image: source unknown — if you know it, please leave details in the comments) The post Advisory: iOS6 maps on the tube appeared first...
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Kid manifesto
Not a bad childrearing philosophy, if you ask me. Source unknown) (Thanks, @DrinkyMcEyeball) The post Kid manifesto appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Hit cancel to retry; hit retry to cancel
Snapped this weekend at a movie theater in London: an automated ticket machine (confusingly abbreviated to "ATM" — namespace collision ahoy!) with a sign on it explaining that if you don't want to...
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The flags really make this sign
USA USA USA The post The flags <em>really</eM> make this sign appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Saving a classic 1950s Arby's sign
Growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, this 1950s Arby's sign was an icon of suburban life (before suburbia meant the former farmlands 40 minutes out from downtown.) In fact, just seeing this photo makes me...
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Venn menu
Spotted this morning at London's Giddyup Coffee in Fortune Park (near the Barbican): this terrific Venn diagram/grill menu. Haven't tried Giddyup's grill, but it's my daily morning coffee, and it is...
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