• WTF 13.02.2010 No Comments

    An advertisement in our local brake repair center offered this helpful bit of car repair wisdom today:

    The Purpose of Brakes

    The Purpose of Brakes

    Other facts they might feature on future posters: “Engines help you go!” and “Steering wheels help you turn.”

  • WTF 13.02.2010 No Comments

    Sophie got a box of valentine cards to hand out to her friends — princess themed, of course.

    Princess Valentines

    Princess Valentines

    The cards came in a box with two curious warning messages inside. First:

    Caution: changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

    And second:

    NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

    Are paper Valentine’s Day cards for children now more sophisticated than they were when I was a kid? They look exactly the same to me.