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2012 commencement programs for the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin include an unfortunate typo:

Susan Binford, assistant dean for communications at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, says the “pubic” t… — 2012 commencement programs for the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin include an unfortunate typo:

Susan Binford, assistant dean for communications at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, says the “pubic” typo was spotted after the programs were distributed at Saturday’s commencement exercises.

“Obviously, we are mortified. It’s beyond embarrassing.” The program went through “lots of layers of approval” without any[one] catching the error.

More, including apology tweets and dean’s statement: That ‘Pubic’ problem – again! | JIMROMENESKO.COM

May 21, 2012

Source: http://jimromenesko.com/2012/05/21/that-pu...

Grammar-based CAPTCHAs. Yes, please.

August 23, 2011

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World’s Biggest Writing:

“One person [Nick Newcomen] has created the world’s biggest writing by using a car and a GPS tracking device as a ‘pen.’ The writing – "Read Ayn Rand” – consists of… — World’s Biggest Writing:

“One person [Nick Newcomen] has created the world’s biggest writing by using a car and a GPS tracking device as a ‘pen.’ The writing – "Read Ayn Rand” – consists of 12,328 miles traveled and stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean and covers 30 American states.“

"He turned on the device when he wanted to write and turned off the device between letters. He then input the recorded GPS data into Google Earth resulting in the image you see above.”

(via Wired)

September 1, 2010

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August 3, 2009

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