Spatial and Information Efficiency in Price Lists

Everything's clear, right?

theres gotta be a better way to convey this information pic.twitter.com/pHEswDU0TC

— sean (@seanposting) October 21, 2018

(Tip of the cap to Heather Zinn Brooks.)

Last Will and Temperament

I haven't seen this picture in several years.

I humbly request that, when I am gone, many of these (but with my name, instead of this guy's) be made and installed at appropriate spots all over the world. I may have to put this as a condition in my will.

Also, I want my sign to be grammatically correct.

#Goals pic.twitter.com/qbbw2ZiUa8

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) August 29, 2017

P.S. The title is an allusion to this skit.

(Tip of the cap to Gabor Vattay.

Discussing Mathematics in Line

Apparently, at least one deli explicitly disallows this. That's odd. (Now I want to go there, just so I can do it.)

At the local deli. What could have happened to make them put up that sign?? pic.twitter.com/7BzPNjFm1L

— Anna Haensch (@extremefriday) June 14, 2017

Museum Notice of the Day

Wow! This is spectacular!

I want this to be my obituary. pic.twitter.com/od4pJLn5cO

— Dr Jez Phillips (@drjezphillips) May 12, 2017

(Tip of the cap to Meghan Duffy.)

Some Signs from the March for Science

Here are some really cool signs from the March for Science

I'll try to post some more links later. I have been seeing fantastic signs on the March for Science Facebook page for the past several weeks (and I saw some great signs in LA today).

(Tip of the cap to Maria Satterwhite.)

P.S. Some Thomas Dolby got played at the LA March, of course. :) This was the first song blasted as the gathering started on their march after a series of short speeches. Allusions to Thomas Dolby also showed up yesterday on signs, of course.

Update (4/23/17): Here are some more signs. (Tip of the cap to Peter Mucha.)

Update (4/23/17): Naturally, and as expected, people nerded out quite a bit yesterday (just like we people do in venues like Dragon*Con). In some ways, it was also like Coachella for scientists and friends. You can see some more signs in this Motherboard article and this Vox article. (The so-called "Laplace equation" in one of the pictures actually shows a Laplace transform.) Spock, Data, Beaker, and other scientifically-themed fictional characters were also very well represented.

Update (4/23/17): According to this Washington post article, the March for Science was unprecedented. (Tip of the cap to Karen Daniels.)

Update (4/23/17): Here are some signs from the New York march. I am partial to the Oregon Trail one, of course. (I have seen variants of it posted on the Facebook page for March for Science.)

Update (4/25/17): Here are some pictures from the LA March.

Update (4/26/17): Linda Hall Library is developing a digital archive of the March for Science. Very cool! (Tip of the cap to Laci Gerhart-Barley.)

A Stiff Fine

This stiff fine will likely be paid by your next of kin. :)

(Tip of the cap to Iain Macmillan.)

Do Yoga Pants Lead to Eternal Damnation?

All you people who wear yoga pants are fucked.

RT if you see yourself on the sign pic.twitter.com/gD7i6L5EsW

— mohamad ali (@moesdeph) November 5, 2016

(And I'm an atheist, so I'll see you at the party!)

Error Message in the Sky

Well, it's not quite a wheel in the sky, but this error message in the sky is awesome!

(Tip of the cap to Guillermo Valle Pérez.)

Life Imitates Fluxx

Following these parking instructions works just like in the game Fluxx, right?

Grammar and Spelling are Awesome

Yes, yes they are.

(Tip of the cap to George Takei.)

Humorous Grammar Lessons

Yes, indeed.

(Tip of the cap to Jennifer Nicoll Victor.)

A Spectral Navigation Algorithm

Clearly, some users of London's transportation system are using a spectral algorithm for navigation.

(Tip of the cap to Sang Hoon Lee.)

Additional Translation Fails

Translating can be hard, and sometimes things don't quite go right. You can find many of the signs from the above website in one of my previous posts. However, many of the "new" ones are also glorious. It's hard to say which are my favorites in the new list, because several of them are awesome. For example, 'soup for sluts' and a fire extinguisher being labeled as hand grenades are simply excellent! (Those are both on the other list as well.)

(Tip of the cap to Iain Macmillan.)

The Signs Says What?

Here are some awesome (and also "awesome") Chinese signs that got lost in translation. Several of these are hilarious, and in my opinion #22 is the best. (Number 22 made me laugh out loud. It is awesome!) I have doubts about the authenticity, though. They seem too funny to be real signs without any photoshopping or other alterations. They're damn funny, though.

(Tip of the cap to Ravi Montenegro.)

Sign of the Day

I just walked out of Dartington House and some random student walked up to me holding a sign that read "Will Work for Mathematica Advice".

Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me (and it wouldn't be very inconspicuous for me to come back with a camera in hand). I just wrote a post about this on Facebook and hope that somebody still in Dartington House takes a picture of this before it's too late.

Where is Stephen Wolfram when you need him?

(By the way, I told him: "Sorry. I don't use Mathematica.")

My Kind of Sign

This is my kind of sign. I approve! :)

Best. Sign. Ever. (Buffet Edition)

This sign is absolutely wonderful. (It opened up my mind.)

(Tip of the cap to Peter Mucha.)

Isn't it ironic, dontcha' think? (The Sequel)

I love irony. Wow, this is priceless.

Too Many Turns?

I keep reading the local "Christmas Art and Craft Fair" signs as "Christmas Antiaircraft Fair" signs. Clearly, I have been playing Civ V way too much lately...

(This isn't quite as extreme as the Tetris pieces that used to fall when I closed my eyes and went to bed, but I still don't think that this is a good sign.)

Excellent Use of Signage

This picture made me laugh. I'm sure I can figure out a way to adapt this for use over here. :)