Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Media: TV - Tomes & Talismans

"Tomes & Talismans was a 1986 educational television series produced by Mississippi ETV, consisting of thirteen 20-minute episodes presented as a dramatic serial story. Each episode defines, illustrates, and reviews specific library/research concepts."

(via MG -- read the cool plot summary on Wikipedia, then check YouTube, which is said to host at least 12 of the segments)

Monday, May 28, 2007

Typos: Please do no (not) enter it

On the TurboTax Support email screen, the last thing they tell you is they will never ask you for your social security number, so "Please do no enter it on this form."

I'm never filled with confidence when a support staff cannot speak, type, or read plain English.

Email: Netflix Support

Title request: Earth: Final Conflict, Seasons 1-5+