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Ambigous Spin Cycle Selector Switch

Monday, April 7th, 2008

This is the spin cycle selector knob on a Frigidaire Gallery washing machine. I’m not sure what this means: does “fast” spin the clothes faster and remove more water, or does it spin them at the same speed for less time, making it finish faster?
These two possible interpretations are opposites in terms of the effect [...]

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Ambiguous Letterforms Yield N-word

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

This is a poster for a show for Vanilla Fudge. The bubbly, melty type seems appropriate for a 1960s psychedelic rock band… until I try to actually read the words.
“Fudge” is clear enough, but to my eyes, the “V” in “Vanilla” looks a lot like a “Y”, and the “L”s look like “G”s. Given the [...]

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