the eotw as i know it

A month from now, Sony Pictures will release its Roland Emmerich film, 2012. And if everything stays true to its script about the world ending in 2012, then I have only a little over three years left to maintain this blog, barring any other earlier personal misfortune. Bummer! I wish I could be with you [...]

The barcode

According to Google, today marks the 57th anniversary of the patent filing for the barcode or Universal Product Code (UPC, to those who work in retail and merchandising). Yes, that ubiquitous array of thin and thick lines and spaces that are commonly found on products sold on the planet. Who would have thought that a [...]