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Ale | 32 | ♓ | Slytherin - Horned Serpent | INFJ | spleen | Here, take a cup of tea and chill out with me.

[rchrgd]

The Old Dovecot

Dunfermline - Fife, Scotland

[petitworld]

Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent, England by Reece

[suitupweird]

[thepumpkinqueen53]

[myautumnsoul]

myautumnsoul 🍁🍂

[anlamazlarki]

via

[nh-art]

Hideaway

[landsccape]

[cycles-seasons]

[cook-with-lau]

Dream place to visit

[rinibayphoto]

[maviyenot]

[iceclaw9753-photos]

Creeping dogwood bloom growing in a logged area.

[superkursunaskr]

[arrghigiveup]

TiL (click to go to the thread, which probably has more interesting tidbits I missed).

Bonus:

[drst]

These are my people.

[petermorwood]

Betting I’ve reblogged this before. Betting I’ll reblog it when it turns up again.

In addition to the print terminology stuff: the visual shorthand icons and ad graphics for something about writing are still often pen-nibs, fountain pens and typewriters…

…while graphics of a monitor, keyboard and mouse remain visual shorthand for computing…

…even though most writers now use monitor /  keyboard / mouse or even laptop / touchpad.

In addition, headers for “this blog / website is about writing” are often in one of the many imitation typewriter fonts complete with smudges, or just Courier.

The start and end call icons on most / all smartphones is still the handset of a classic desk telephone, and sometimes the open-app icon is a complete phone.

The term “hang up” for “end the call” refers to something even older - one of these…

And of course the Save icon is indeed a 3½ inch floppy disc.

Why it wasn’t a 5¼ floppy is a mystery. The icon version is just as distinctive.

Also, why various OP updates never changed “Save” to the graphic of a CD / DVD or flash drive is another mystery, and nowadays a Save icon should probably be a cartoon cloud.

Graphics and terminology are funny things.

[nehirose]

reblogging this again for EVEN MORE information.

[porcupine-girl]

I’m mostly entertained by the guy who thinks you need to know that “case” means “box” in French as though that’s not what it means in English.

[catgirlforeskin]

skeumorphism my beloved

[bizships]

It’s fascinating. This post alternately made me feel old and taught me something. Tumblr is amazing.

[redcurlzbychoice]

And because we continue to use signs of ancient hardware, youngsters come up with questions like “why is the icon for ‘save’ a vending machine with a can of soda?” (One day I’ll find that post and link it)

[proseify]

[thecollectibles]

Art by Leah Gardner