• Droste Effect Packaging – a package with a picture of the package on it
  This really blew my mind as a kid; it was great later on when I learned about the mathematical/computer programming notion of recursion.
• Geeky and complex explanations of recursion on Wikipedia
  Basically it’s something that is defined in terms of itself. Or a function that uses itself to complete its task.
• Volvelles, or Wheel Charts
  Those circular disc things that you rotate to look up information.
• Guides to Culture, Etiquette, Customs and Protocol
  For whatever they are worth. Listed by region and country.

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gives a brief review of Reinventing the Wheel, by Jessica Helfand (a contributor to the excellent Design Observer blog), a survey of wheel and slide charts and other pre-computer-age information technology. (ViaAll This ChittahChattah.) Here’s a nice volvelle swiped from Eclectica: Finally, in honor of Passover, the Four Questions: Question #1: Can you name 18 made-up drugs from books, movies, and TV? A.V. Club can

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I stumbled onto your blog, looking for examples of new digital advertising and I am now totally enjoying it — and I read a fair number of blogs, none of which truly hold my attention on any given day. But it’s not just the direct content (advertising), it’s the other pieces — photos (you have one from Singapore that looks just like my dog!), the social research part (I’m an ethnographer so I’m geeky interested), and now today, ETIQUETTE, which is one of my topics (I write about food and culture mostly). Just wanted to say thanks.

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Thanks, Alice. I really appreciate the compliment!

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[...] The Blog & Website Cuss-o-Meter tells me I’m pretty darned clean, but not as saintly as Mr. Verb, to whom I tip my hat. Karen at Verbatim pointed me to GraphJam, where users post their own graphs on sundry topics. Here’s one of the wordier ones: And this one appears to have been made especially for me: Speaking of circular objects, "volvelle" was new to me: it’s a Latin word for a type of wheel chart first used in the Middle Ages and still popular today. Eclectica gives a brief review of Reinventing the Wheel, by Jessica Helfand (a contributor to the excellent Design Observer blog), a survey of wheel and slide charts and other pre-computer-age information technology. (Via All This ChittahChattah.) Here’s a nice volvelle swiped from Eclectica: Finally, in honor of Passover, the Four Questions: [...]

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