Keep it Simple
Jul 26th 2004Wallabylaughter & nerd alert
I never thought I’d be bored enough to flip through back issues of Laser Focus World, but I reached that point tonight. (It’s actually a lot more interesting than I would’ve guessed.) (Registration required, feel free to use FirstN/LastN/laserfocus@orangewallaby.net)
Perhaps the best part (better even than the featurette on 3D fabrication of micron-scale devices in photoresists) was the editor’s [closing rant](http://lfw.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARCHI&ARTICLE_ID=207021&VERSION_NUM=1&p=12) about his new cell phone:
Finally, on page 26, we get to “key in the number, including the area code.” But, of course, this doesn’t actually get you connected with your significant other or boss or whatever. No, you have to press a key that has a Masonic symbol on it that looks like a leaping sperm. You remember the illustrations back in Human Biology—I thought so. This key is green, which in Europe signifies “good.” If you want to end the call, you press a key that looks like a leaping sperm that has delivered a large foreign object. This key is colored red, that action clearly being the devil’s work.
I’ll never look at those icons the same way again… no matter how hard I might try…