Some of the news I’ve tweeted about lately:
1. Is it my dirty mind or Barnes & Noble’s? Last year they launched the Nook. This week it’s the PubIt! publishing platform. There’s something about the shape of that T… (And don't get me started on the exclamation mark.)
2. Celebrity Cruises has a new ship, the Celebrity Reflection, whose “uniquely unordinary” (huh?) restaurant is named Qsine. I think that’s supposed to suggest “cuisine,” but all I could think of was a math function. (More misbegotten Q-names here and here.)
3. Google’s new link shortener, goo.gl, is now public. One of its advantages: it will display a list of links you shortened in the past. Wondering what .gl stands for? It’s the Greenland country code. (More about domain hacks here.)
4. “Alexa Chung for Madewell Christian Skinny Jeans.” No Jews need apply? (Read about other offensive jeans names here.)
5. I checked. There really is a Nofing Way in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. Just in case you don’t trust the photographic evidence. (Hat tip: Diane Fischler.)
It's not just your dirty mind.
Posted by: Jonathon | October 05, 2010 at 06:43 PM
That "t" is just insult to injury. Also, as "cubit" is a word in English, shouldn't I pronounce PubIt the same way? I shouldn't - but I will.
Meanwhile, Qsine IS ridiculous and Madewell Christian baffles me.
Nofing Way is pretty darn funny though. I initially thought the name might be related to the word "nof" in Hebrew, which means "panorama," but then I looked at the map to see where Red Feather Lakes was and am pretty confident there aren't too many Hebrew speakers there.
Posted by: Jessica | October 06, 2010 at 02:21 PM
Qsine reminds me of what we called the terrible cafeteria food in college: queasine.
And it also rings of math class, as some variant of cosine.
Pubit seems to call for a long U, to which I say, Pube what?
Posted by: Elizabeth | October 13, 2010 at 06:46 PM