gigamatic

...but nobody will listen to me...

I was asked if I could put together an HTML email. From a PDF. One of our divisions outsourced an ad to a firm which is in the same bldg as my old consulting firm, for use in the paper. Unfortunately, the division gave the ad firm web graphics for logos, and the PDF shows it. Also, the type is too small and kerned too tight for me to be able to salvage it as a gif or jpg for an "HTML version". Aside from that, it would take me some time to recreate it all in a viewable (mixed HTML and graphics) form, and then it would probably bear little resemblance to the original.

And then, I saw it. At the bottom of the ad. Another misuse of a URL.

WHY can nobody understand to leave off the "www" on short university urls?
http://moron.su.edu. http://idiot.su.edu. http://infuriating.su.edu.
YOUR ADDRESS NEVER HAD A WWW! NEVER! STOP ADDING ONE!
The University powers that be eliminated it so you wouldnt need to type it all.
Do I have to send out a "style" memo?
Do I have to staple it to your foreheads?
The deal is, keep it short and simple. You make it long and complicated.

Why do we have rules if you continually break them?
One of these days, [Alice], BAM! To the moon!