Category Archives: graffiti

Happy Birthday Karel Čapek (and robots)

January 9, 2008 – 10:58 am

Today is the birthday of Karel Čapek, who is attributed with popularizing the term “robot,” which he introduced in his 1921 play “Rossum’s Universal Robots” (or R.U.R.). He gives credit to his brother Josef for inventing the word, which has its roots in the Slovak word robota which translates literally to “serf labor.” Čapek is [...]

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PI DAY

March 14, 2006 – 9:21 am

Hello everyone, please remember to observe Pi Day today. On a less round note, I need to try to get a shot of it on the way home, but I was impressed this morning when I noticed for the first time some billboard graffiti near the West End station. DOSE has tagged the entire back [...]

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