Triangular Kiwi

Here is a cross section of one of the kiwis I bought today:

A triangular kiwi.  Hmm…   Genetic modification?  Seems unlikely, especially since the packet said that they were organic.  I don’t know much about kiwis, so perhaps this is just a variety I’ve never come across before in Albert Heijn.  (Wait a minute?  According to Latin, shouldn’t kiwi be the plural?  That would make the singular ‘kiwus’.  Perhaps not…)

I recently joined twitter and what struck me most about the site was something which also struck me about vimeo.com.  Far from exhibiting the predilection for point 9 font in the name of elegance, both these sites have clean, elegant, appealing designs, with a large font sizes.  This makes them much easier to read and significantly more user-friendly.  Furthermore, the skillful use of colour really helps in improving usability in both cases.  Contrast these two sites, then, with myspace.com, which is the embodiment of unnavigable clutter.

Meanwhile: the BBC has discovered that Gordon Brown personally telephones people who send him letters.  That must have been difficult for Downing Street to own up to.  (Stand clear of the copious sarcasm.)  Especially as the government is currently trying to promote the idea that Brown ‘listens to the people’.  Wow!  What a coincidence that this comes out so close to the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.  You could almost suggest it was more than a coincidence.  Nah!  That’s about as unlikely as coming across a triangular kiwi.  Oh… So… that would be ‘quite likely’ then.