Misc.

[magid]

An idea for a computer game with a dragon's perspective.

There's a classic engineering problem being reconsidered, with new research data and so on: bra construction.

For readers east of the Atlantic, a question: is "squared paper" usually how paper with lots of horizontal and vertical lines is referred to? (Over here, I'd call it graph paper or grid paper.)
And in anticipation of tomorrow, happy Guy Fawkes' Day.

I've been checking printer proof this week. I've caught a lot of things that will get fixed, which is satisfying, but it's a stultifying task.

Shreve, Crump, and Low (jewelers since 1786 or so) are moving soon: all the windows at the current location (where little wooden men are packing valuables) and the new location (construction not quite finished yet) have been enhanced with Aerosmith quotes.

Heard last night: the owner of Taam China will be opening another restaurant, in Newton, possibly as soon as next month.

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I've been checking printer proof this week. I've caught a lot of things that will get fixed, which is satisfying, but it's a stultifying task.

I thought it was not printer's proof but in-house proof (using a system which had previously not been done in-house).


Heard last night: the owner of Taam China will be opening another restaurant, in Newton, possibly as soon as next month.

Is the implication that this will be a kosher restaurant?

[magid.livejournal.com]

My understanding is that the pre-flighting and such is a reasonably new process that's now being done in house, but that the pages I'm checking are from the printer. I may have it wrong; certainly there's been a number of points of confusion so far.

And yes, a kosher restaurant.

[jarel.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I think I remember it being called 'squared paper' at school, but we'd certainly use the term 'graph paper' over here too. Thinking about it, I'd probably use 'squared paper' for the sort with larger squares, though.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Vicious Circles and Other Savage Shapes in the Murderous Maths series, and noticed the usage, which sounded a bit off (more so than the "s" at the end of maths, for instance.)

I think over here it's all grid/graph paper, with side length descriptors of a square, if necessary to distinguish. For work, I use only pica grid paper.

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Er, insert "I'm reading" at the beginning of the second sentence...