Linotype: The Film

Check out the film's homepage for screening locations! No Toronto dates yet :(

Proper Spelling? Its Tyme to Let Luce!

A misspelled tweet describing a crush as adorable is changed to say she is “affordable.” The text message “I like himm” is changed to “I like Himmler.” Damn you, autocorrect! By now most of us have had unfortunate experiences with autocorrection software—innocuous messages turned anatomical or lunch plans morphed into love notes. (Pro tip: Don’t ever abbreviate Wednesday.) Damn You Autocorrect! is even the name of a popular website that collates hilariously obtuse examples of texts perverted by software assistants. [Continue]

You know the essay is ridiculous when her own magazine writes a rebuttal.

A Glorious Breakfast!

The chocolate is a little over-powering so I prefer a 2:1 banana to chocolate ratio :)

Ultra-Widescreens

The company's CinemaWide models, dubbed the XVT3D0CM series, offer three screen sizes (50, 58, and 71 inches) that have an aspect ratio of 21:9, which in person is noticeably wider than the normal 16:9 rectangle shape used by typical HDTVs.

The advantage of the shape, according to Vizio, is that it allows the sets to display 2.35:1 (CinemaScope) movies without any black bars. As the company points out, many big-budget Hollywood flicks are shown in CinemaScope, which means that standard 16:9 wide-screen HDTVs have to either zoom the image, cropping or distorting it, or show black bars above and below (more info). The new Vizios will have a 2,560x1,080 native resolution, compared to the 1,920x1,080 of standard TVs. [Continue]

Nice for movies but I can't see this appealing to most people since you would have to compromise on regular tv viewing.

Prime Burger Restaurant

Wow... I've never seen seats with those swing-out trays before.

Via [Kottke]